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News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:59 am

Scaleface is back with another edition of the Retro Robot Radio podcast.

Scaleface wrote:

Third party Transformers news for the week ending December 13th, 2014.

Includes the latest news from DX9 Toys, eness, FansToys, Keith's Fantasy Club, Mastermind Creations, Mega-Steel, Play With This Too, Transforming Collections, Warbotron, XSZ and X-Transbots.

Screen shot this week is of the 1963 TV series Space Patrol.

Be sure to comment in his thread. There were a lot of great shows in the 60s, but have you ever noticed how many were related to space? What's up with that? Was there, like, some sort of space race to the moon or something going on at that time?

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 5:07 pm

After a slight haitus for Christmas, Scaleface is back with the next edition of the Retro Robot Radio podcast.

Scaleface wrote:

Third party Transformers news for the week ending December 27th, 2014.

Includes the latest news from Badcube, Dr. Wu, DX9 Toys, FansProject, Model Spirit Magazine, Perfect Effect, Play With This Too, Reprolabels, Tianbotoys and Xovergen.

Be sure to comment in his thread. I'm not sure if this is a spoiler or not, but I'd like to wish Scaleface and his wife a belated Happy Birthday! I know X-Mas babies are often gypped out of more presents due to the proximity to X-mas. (My birthday is in the summer.) So, in honor of your birthdays, have some Java and Cookies!

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 9:10 am

Scaleface brings in the new year with the next edition of the Retro Robot Radio podcast.

Scaleface wrote:

Third party Transformers news for the week ending January 3rd, 2015.

Includes the latest news from Badcube,Beelzeboss Dr. Wu, Iron Factory, Perfect Effect, Planet X, Play With This Too, TFC Toys and X2 Toys.

Screen shot this week is of 8 Man!

Be sure to comment in his thread. I'd make a clever comment here, but I just got my POL from BBTS...

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 4:47 pm

Scaleface brings in the new year with the next edition of the Retro Robot Radio podcast.

Scaleface wrote:

Third party Transformers news for the week ending January 10th, 2015.

Includes the latest news from BadCube, FansToys, Guilty, iGear, Iron Factory, Mastermind Creations, Mega Steel, Perfect Effect, Play With This Too and Warbotron.

Screen shot this week is of the robot boxer Maxo from the Twilight Zone episode Steel.

Be sure to comment in his thread. I love watching those old Twilight Zone episodes, especially to see some of the name actors in them...

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:03 am

Old skool reveal from Planet X!

Planet X PX-06 Vulcan (Not-FoC-Grimlock)

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News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 2:24 pm

Scaleface does not disappoint with the next edition of the Retro Robot Radio podcast.

Scaleface wrote:

Third party Transformers news for the week ending January 17th, 2015.

Includes the latest news from Clonedroid, Dr. Wu, DX9 Toys, FansProject, Gigapower, Mastermade, Mastermind Creations, Play With This Too, TFC Toys, Ultimate FansToys, Unique Toys, Warbotron and X-Transbots.

Screen shot this week is of the Kaiju Dinosaur Tank from the 1957 TV series Ultra 7.

Correction: MADLAW is Function X 5, not Function X 15, as I state in the video.

Be sure to comment in his thread. I find it amazing what the creative teams out of Japan came up with way back in the infancy of TV. We may not even have Transformers without that wonderfully cheesy stuff! :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 11:08 pm

Scaleface does his best to compete with the Superbowl by posting the next edition of the Retro Robot Radio podcast.

Scaleface wrote:

Third party Transformers news for the week ending January 31st, 2015.

Includes the latest news from Badcube, DMY, Dr. Wu, DX9 Toys, Iron Factory, JSI, Mastermind Creations, Planet X, Play With This Too, Unique Toys, Xipoo and X-Transbots.

Screen shot this week is of the Carousel of Progress ride at Walt Disney World.

Be sure to comment in his thread. Sorry Scaleface. While I love these podcasts, the end of that Superbowl was absolutely amazing!

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 11:53 am

After a pause from these forums, Scaleface is back with the next edition of the Retro Robot Radio podcast.

Scaleface wrote:

Third party Transformers news for the week ending May 30th, 2015.

Includes the latest news from Badcube, BMOG Toys, Headrobots, Hero Hobby, Machine Boy, Mastermind Creations, Play With This Too, Spark Toys, Transform and Rollout, Unique Toys, Voodoo Robots and X-Transbots.

I talk briefly about the Morphonauts Kickstarter, which you can see here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/49729681/morphonauts-magnetic-action-figures-the-toys-of-th

Screen shot this week is of the Tick Tock from the 1985 film Return to Oz.

Be sure to comment in his thread. It is, indeed, good to see you back posting, Scaleface!

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 3:50 pm

Scaleface is back once again with the next edition of the Retro Robot Radio podcast.

Scaleface wrote:

Third party Transformers news for the week ending June 6th, 2015.

Includes the latest news from Dr. Wu, DX9, FansToys, Iron Factory, Keith's Fantasy Club, Maketoy, Mastermind Creations, Megasteel, Play With This Too, Reprolabels, Spark Toys, Takara, Toyworld, Unicron-WMD, Voodoo Robots, X-Transbots and X2 Toys.

I talk briefly about the Eon Quest Graphic Novel Kickstarter, which you can see here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/19 ... phic-novel

Screen shot this week is of the Arcade Robot from the 2015 film Kung Fury.

Be sure to comment in his thread. I'll be glad when I get a minute to watch these.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 8:26 am

Trying to get back in the habit with Scaleface and the next edition of the Retro Robot Radio podcast.

Scaleface wrote:

Third party Transformers news for the week ending June 13th, 2015.

Includes the latest news from Dr. Wu, DX9 Toys, Gigapower, Keith's Fantasy Club, Maketoy, Mastermind Creations, Nonnef Productions, Play With This Too, Toyworld, Voodoo Robots, X2 Toys and X-Transbots.

Visit the third party Transformer page at WikiAlpha.org here: http://en.wikialpha.org/wiki/Third_party_Transformer

Screen shot this week is of the Torg the robot from the 1964 film Santa Claus Conquerors the Martians.

Be sure to comment in his thread. This really is a great way to quickly catch up to the third party news for the week.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Sun Jun 28, 2015 9:23 pm

So, let's get ready for America's Independence (because no where else in the world matters #ArrogantSarcasm) with Scaleface and the next edition of the Retro Robot Radio podcast.

Scaleface wrote:

Third party Transformers news for the week ending June 27th, 2015.

Includes the latest news from FansProject FansToys, GCreation, Maketoys, Megasteel, Play With This Too, Warbotron and X-Transbots.

Visit the third party Transformer page at WikiAlpha.org here: http://en.wikialpha.org/wiki/Third_party_Transformer

Screen shot this week is the "scout in a can" from the 1990 film Spaced Invaders.

Be sure to comment in his thread. I have a confession to make. I actually really like Spaced Invaders and need to get the DVD for it! 8-}

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:23 pm

I can't believe it's almost midweek and I haven't reposted Scaleface and the next edition of the Retro Robot Radio podcast.

Scaleface wrote:

Third party Transformers news for the week ending July 4th, 2015.

Includes the latest news from Badcube, Beelzeboss, Generations Toys, Hero Hobby, Iron Factory, Perfect Effect, Toymecha, Toyworld, Wukong and X2 Toys.

Spotlight this week is on former FCC chairman Mark S. Fowler!

Screen shot this week is Sherman from the 1989 film Millennium.

Be sure to comment in his thread. Once again, Scaleface has crawled inside my twisted mind and found an absolutely horrible movie that I absolutely love for the screenshot!

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 10:05 am

Once again, it's time for Scaleface and the next edition of the Retro Robot Radio podcast.

Scaleface wrote:

Third party Transformers news for the week ending July 11th, 2015.

Includes the latest news from Badcube, Cloud 9, Eness, Fanstoys, Iron Factory, Maketoys, Megasteel, Mastermind Creations, Perfect Effect, Play With This Too, Shapeshift, Inc., Takara, Toyworld, Warbotron and X2 Toys.

Visit the third party Transformer page at WikiAlpha.org here: http://en.wikialpha.org/wiki/Third_party_Transformer

Screen shot this week is Arthur from the 1985 film Starchaser: The Legend of Orin.

Be sure to comment in his thread. And now, for the second week in a row, Scaleface has crawled inside my twisted mind and found an absolutely horrible movie that I absolutely love for the screenshot! I really should just leave this message untouched as this happens so often. Now, off to watch Starchaser again. I thik it was originally presented in 3D, with those awful red and blue 3D glasses. Ah, the nostalgia....

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:43 am

I just thought I'd mention this here : WK-05 LOST AGE BRAWL :

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 9:17 am

Scaleface has posted the next two editions of the Retro Robot Radio podcast.

Scaleface wrote:

Third party Transformers news for the week ending August 1st, 2015.

Includes the latest news from Beelzeboss, BMOG, Dr. Wu, DX9 Toys, Fans Want It, Guilty, Machine Boy, Master Made, Planet X, Play With This Too, Shadow Fischer, Spark Toys and X-Transbots.

Screen shot this week is the robot from the music video for Monkey Vs. Robot.

Scaleface wrote:

Third party Transformers news for the week ending August 22nd, 2015.

Includes the latest news from Boldforms, Combtoys, DX9 Toys, EchoTF, FansProject, GCreation, Gigapower, Keith's Fantasy Club, Maketoys, Play With This Too, Spark Toys, Toyworld Transformission, Warbotron, Weaponeers of Monkaa and X-Transbots.

Screen shot this week is the police robot Elle from the 1978 film Star Crash.

Be sure to comment in his thread. Thanks again, Scaleface, for these summaries. I have to admit that with the shift toward MP sized 3P Products, I am enjoying watching many of these projects from afar as my wallet slowly recovers...

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 1:38 pm

Hasbro UK has a Survey they put up that asks fans experiences and even asks questions about 3rd party toys like your favourite Companies, or which one's you've bought off.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Hasbro_Modern_Fan_2015

I hope this does not lead to someone getting a cease and desist order slapped on them.

by **necr0blivion** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 9:16 am

RAR wrote:I hope this does not lead to someone getting a cease and desist order slapped on them.

That scares the crap outta me.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:39 pm

Scaleface is back with the best summary of current third party news in his next edition of the Retro Robot Radio podcast.

Scaleface wrote:

Third party Transformers news for the week ending August 29th, 2015.

Includes the latest news from FansProject, Gigapower, Keith's Fantasy Club, Mastermind Creations, Play With This Too, Reprolabels, Toyworld, Transformission, Voodoo Robots and X-Transbots.

Screen shot this week is the android police from the 1979 film THX 1138.

Be sure to comment in his thread. THX 1138 was an okay movie. I actually kind of liked the movie Lucas did back in college, which THX 1138 was based on. I'm actually waiting on the special edition....

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 8:27 am

Scaleface has posted the next edition of the Retro Robot Radio podcast.

Scaleface wrote:

Third party Transformers news for the week ending September 5th, 2015.

Includes the latest news from Corbot V, Custom Robots, Eness, FansProject, GCreation, Generation Toy, Iron Factory, Mastermind Creations, Play With This Too, Shapeshift Inc. and Unique Toys.

Visit the third party Transformer page at WikiAlpha.org here: http://en.wikialpha.org/wiki/Third_party_Transformer

Screen shot this week is an alien robot from the 1965 film The Earth Dies Screaming.

Be sure to comment in his thread. Thanks for the link to the Wikialpha page on 3P transformers. I might waste some time there today...

News Credits: 2 · by **grimlockprime108** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 5:35 am

Play with this Too Kickstarter to start 9/18 with 10 figures available from the start with 5 repaints of Boneyard(Pretender Grimlock homage),and 5 repaints of Jetstrike(Pretender Starscream homage) including Customizer "Blanks" to let your imagination run wild.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 9:47 am

grimlockprime108 wrote:Play with this Too Kickstarter to start 9/18 with 10 figures available from the start with 5 repaints of Boneyard(Pretender Grimlock homage),and 5 repaints of Jetstrike(Pretender Starscream homage) including Customizer "Blanks" to let your imagination run wild.

Thanks! Scaleface has been keeping us pretty up to date in the PWTT thread, in case you want to join in the discussion. (Skip to the last couple of pages if you want to see info about the new Kickstarter. There's a lot of muck in the middle of the previous kickstarter...)

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Wed Sep 16, 2015 7:08 am

There is a lot of those part metal figures about lately there is for example a Metal overscale AOE Lockdown too (ideal for fighting Leader Prime). Three 17cm/7"Inch RID-15 Warrior class toys with part metal in them. not to mention part metal AOE Optimus Prime/ Nemesis Prime - even a version with Powermaster style upgrade armour in KO form.

I do like the look of those part metal overscale AOE Dinobots though.

And the really cool thing is that the Shinebug overscale KO has just been shown in Prototype form too so hopefully the others will follow hot on their heels.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 11:48 am

So, I was on vacation and missed the next two Scaleface postings of the Retro Robot Radio podcast. These are still, in my opinion, the best summaries of recent 3P news.

Scaleface wrote:

Third party Transformers news for the week ending September 12th, 2015.

Includes the latest news from STGCC 2015 as well as news from Badcube, Play With This Too, Second Chance and Toyworld.

Skeleton Warriors Grimskull Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ge ... ion-figure

Visit the third party Transformer page at WikiAlpha.org here: http://en.wikialpha.org/wiki/Third_party_Transformer

Screen shot this week is the alien converter from the 1957 film Kronos.

Scaleface wrote:

Third party Transformers news for the week ending September 19th, 2015.

Includes the latest news from 80s Dream, Beelzeboss, DX9 Toys, FansProject, Perfect Effect, Play With This Too, TFC Toys, Unique Toys, X2 Toys and X-Transbots.

Boneyard & Jetstrike Action Figures Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/44 ... aywiththis

Visit the third party Transformer page at WikiAlpha.org here: http://en.wikialpha.org/wiki/Third_pa...

Screen shot this week is Automan from the 1983 TV series of that name.

Be sure to comment in his thread. I vaguely remember Automan. I wonder if the series is on YouTube... :-?

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:56 pm

RAR wrote:There is a lot of those part metal figures about lately there is for example a Metal overscale AOE Lockdown too (ideal for fighting Leader Prime). Three 17cm/7"Inch RID-15 Warrior class toys with part metal in them. not to mention part metal AOE Optimus Prime/ Nemesis Prime - even a version with Powermaster style upgrade armour in KO form.

I do like the look of those part metal overscale AOE Dinobots though.

And the really cool thing is that the Shinebug overscale KO has just been shown in Prototype form too so hopefully the others will follow hot on their heels.

That Lockdown is too small for leader prime, he is made for the voyager (which makes sense since that was the alt mode Optimus had when they first fought).

I made a small gallery here: pictures-of-voyager-age-of-extinction-lockdown-with-alternate-head-p1731441.php#p1731441

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 5:33 pm

Scaleface is at it again with the next edition of the Retro Robot Radio podcast.

Scaleface wrote:

Third party Transformers news for the week ending October 3rd, 2015.

Includes the latest news from Badcube, Beelzeboss, Dr. Wu, Enlighten, Garatron, Generation Toy, MasterShooter Collectibles, Planet X, SND, TFC Toys, Toyworld and Transformission.

Boneyard & Jetstrike Action Figures Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/44 ... aywiththis

Visit the third party Transformer page at WikiAlpha.org here: http://en.wikialpha.org/wiki/Third_party_Transformer

Screen shot this week is Super Dennis from a 1975 JCPenny commercial.