The Energon Pub

This newspost's text by Mr. Starscream

Welcome to another chance to listen to the Twincast / Podcast team gab away about the toys you love and worship. Episode 361 features Host ScottyP, Megatronus, Aaronhide19, and Mr. Starscream as they try to retain normalcy in the wake of the massive retail release of Studio Series 86-31 Commander class Optimus Prime. The opinions are in and it's not 100% a gravy train! The trailer is still pretty loaded with gravy though. Listen up to find out why.

Episode #361 “Doppelganger” is available directly and in our RSS Feed, and should appear on Apple Podcasts and many other Podcatcher sites within 24 to 48 hours of when you see this news post.

Here's what we discuss in this episode:

• The new retro series Generations deluxes went up for preorder, yay! Did the cast buy them? Did you? Are they even really labeled accurately? What are these things actually homaging? ScottyP knows.
  
  
  Hey Ma, look! I'm a Marvel release!
  
  
• The world of Transformers luckily still has more tricks up its sleeve than just "oops all Optimus!" Generations Collaborative powers up for 2025 by revealing some all-new crossovers with beloved anime, and accidental corporate strokes of genius
  
  
  Insert pan flute sound byte.
  
  
• A pair of cast members who were on top of things provide their in-hand opinions of Studio Series 86's Commander Class Optimus Prime
  
  
  20% off is the right of all sentient beings!
  
  
• The less news-based segments got a little bit more breathing room this episode due to a light news week so the cast expanded their discussion quite a bit for 40 for 40 and Bragging Rights. The team remembers the best figures of 2018, which not only feels like just yesterday, but a million years in the past as well. Please listen to us cope with this conundrum.
  
  
  Wait a minute... you didn't come out in 2018, did you!?
  
  
• Bragging rights tears through with something old, something new, something broken, but nothing blue. We're pretty sure at least SOMEONE got a new toy that you yourself have been looking for.
  
  
  See? Purple! NOT BLUE!