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News Credits: 656 · Sun Mar 22, 2026 9:58 am

Episode 397 of the Seibertron.com Twincast / Podcast is back, here and ready to be promptly replaced by their alternate universe v-tuber counterparts from Cybertron.jp. Or they would be, if that was even a real thing. Host Scotty P chats with Aaarnhide19 and Kuhlio about lame new preorders, cool new preorders, the answers to various listener questions and for the first time in years, the Skybound Transformers comic. Buckle up, or don't, since that will lighten our burden.

Episode #397 “The Burden Hardest to Bear” 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:

Uncomfortably timed America-themed robots that can conduct aerial bombings, plus soccer balls
Kuhlio knows not the glory of G1 Monstructor, but at least now he can buy some crappy Core Class ones
Pigs fly, hell freezes over, Hasbro allows Optimus Prime to relinquish The Matrix, and the Twincast Podcast talks about Skybound's TF comic book. This prompts a rare need for this fun spoiler warning: avoid from approximately 30:30 - 1:01:15 if you do not want to be spoiled on Skybound Transformers #30.
Starflayer asks us a thought provoking listener question about the status of the brand and ways which we would possibly radically re-boot the franchise, leading Scotty to come up with some ideas that no one will like
A listener question from demoman0121 shifts us into Overgear
Listener question stalwart Perceptor1996 has all of us destroying Broadside's jet mode
Bragging Rights crosses the streams with the G2 Rotorforce's brother from another mother

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News Credits: 1 · Wed Mar 25, 2026 9:26 pm

I sign on specifically to criticize Scotty about his now indefensible position on Skybound comics. Always going on and on about the EXTREME violence, and today he reveals that if he could choose one media for serial adaptation it would Sins of the Wreckers, the pinnacle of IDW Transformers Violence, probably the most disturbingly violent and gory transformers comic period. But it's Scotty's favorite apparently. It starting to sound like his continued negative opinion towards Skybound is rooted in something far more personal and less objective.

News Credits: 656 · Sun Mar 29, 2026 10:37 pm

SkyFire Prime wrote: It starting to sound like his continued negative opinion towards Skybound is rooted in something far more personal and less objective.

It is very personal. It is my personal opinion.

News Credits: 1646 · Mon May 04, 2026 3:34 pm

I have thought about Star Eagle for Bluebolts, but I am going to wait for clearance.

when Cores were discontinued, they were up to $11.99 or $12.99, so I think the Monstructor price point is sadly justified for where we are at now.

I have a G1 Icepick, found the inner robot in a $0.25 bin at a collectors store years ago, bought the rest of his pieces over time, I told a soft spot for him for that journey and story.

to be continued tomorrow.

News Credits: 1646 · Fri May 08, 2026 12:52 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I have thought about Star Eagle for Bluebolts, but I am going to wait for clearance.

when Cores were discontinued, they were up to $11.99 or $12.99, so I think the Monstructor price point is sadly justified for where we are at now.

I have a G1 Icepick, found the inner robot in a $0.25 bin at a collectors store years ago, bought the rest of his pieces over time, I told a soft spot for him for that journey and story.

to be continued tomorrow.

To continue now:

Snorting transformer cocaine, wow that took a turn.

Scotty, Skybound seems to be taking an Animated approach to rankings: Optimus, Ultra, Arcee, Elita, once they get their titles, it is added on instead of changing the whole name.

Shredhead is a "they" btw.

I have a lot of fun thinking about Overgear, I really hope to see some balls to the walls armored vehicles in this line.

Scotty, as a cheat, if you wait for ShowZ, their blokees box sets are much cheaper and have free (or $1) shipping. the other kits not so much, but galaxy and defenders are worth it from them.

Broadside as a pure aircraft carrier is the correct answer. If you need aircraft involved, have his head be a plane headmaster unit.

Rotorforce is probably my favorite of the G2 gimmicks, up there with the turbomasters and Laser Prime.