Twincast / Podcast Episode #336 "Not Your Father's Autobot"
Sunday, October 22nd, 2023 10:20AM CDT
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Episode #336 “Not Your Father's Autobot” 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 recent leak of Bumblebee and Starscream figures from the upcoming Reactivate game has our interest on the Rise!
- A possible leaked toy of the unused Bumblebee movie Megatron design has the crew wondering what else could move from the cutting room floor to shelves.
- Recently revealed Earthspark deluxe Prowl and Thrash figures are discussed next. Checkpoint, is that you?
- This week's installment of the 40 for 40 segment brings in a new generation of transformers. We discuss zany colors, toy gimmicks, and the reimaginings of classic characters G2 brought us.
- Bragging Rights finishes things off as it usually does
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Posted by o.supreme on October 22nd, 2023 @ 11:02am CDT
Getting G2 Optimus, the Constructicons, and some other random bots...It was kind of the same, but not quite... Also frantically recording every episode of the Transformers on Sci-Fi cartoon quest. Fortunately they ran 2 episodes a day, so if I missed one because my VCR messed up, is wasn't long before that one would come around again. But also knowing the episode well enough to see that edits were made for time. But those VHS copies would suffice for another 8 years until DVDs from Rhino would start being released in 2001.
Posted by ScottyP on October 22nd, 2023 @ 6:31pm CDT
I always really liked green so when it came to getting yellow Constructicons, yeah, I feel this. Didn't have the originals growing up so these were very cool and very much played with, thoroughly, but agreed that there was still a little something missing.o.supreme wrote:: Getting G2 Optimus, the Constructicons, and some other random bots...It was kind of the same, but not quite...
Posted by Bumblevivisector on October 23rd, 2023 @ 1:37am CDT
Luckily I had the original green Constructicons, so I too focused on the G2s of toys I didn't have. Never had the original Optimus (just Powermaster) or any Diaclone Car- or Jet-Robo molds, so I got those G2 launch toys (except Starscream somehow, but I had the Classic Pretender) and Slag, then Seaspray and Hubcap.ScottyP wrote:I always really liked green so when it came to getting yellow Constructicons, yeah, I feel this. Didn't have the originals growing up so these were very cool and very much played with, thoroughly, but agreed that there was still a little something missing.o.supreme wrote:: Getting G2 Optimus, the Constructicons, and some other random bots...It was kind of the same, but not quite...
Had the Original Aerialbots, but not the Comabaticons. Always thought of their G2 colors as their Cybertronian forms, since that was the story I was playing out, with all the new characters' toys being back on Cybertron, duking it out like in Marvel continuity. At some point during that formative generation, the ongoing storyline I'd been playing out with my toys in my head ended, but I never stopped collecting.
Posted by kuhlio on October 23rd, 2023 @ 7:29am CDT
Bumblevivisector wrote:Luckily I had the original green Constructicons, so I too focused on the G2s of toys I didn't have. Never had the original Optimus (just Powermaster) or any Diaclone Car- or Jet-Robo molds, so I got those G2 launch toys (except Starscream somehow, but I had the Classic Pretender) and Slag, then Seaspray and Hubcap.ScottyP wrote:I always really liked green so when it came to getting yellow Constructicons, yeah, I feel this. Didn't have the originals growing up so these were very cool and very much played with, thoroughly, but agreed that there was still a little something missing.o.supreme wrote:: Getting G2 Optimus, the Constructicons, and some other random bots...It was kind of the same, but not quite...
Had the Original Aerialbots, but not the Comabaticons. Always thought of their G2 colors as their Cybertronian forms, since that was the story I was playing out, with all the new characters' toys being back on Cybertron, duking it out like in Marvel continuity. At some point during that formative generation, the ongoing storyline I'd been playing out with my toys in my head ended, but I never stopped collecting.
That G2 Prime was the first one that I remember being readily available! Plus he had great Lights and Sounds! How great is G2--- I mean the perfect mix of features for a toy line are electronics and water guns righht!
Posted by kuhlio on October 23rd, 2023 @ 11:27am CDT
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Posted by ScottyP on October 24th, 2023 @ 7:59am CDT
Wow, never thought about that. We don't deserve how great G2 waskuhlio wrote:How great is G2--- I mean the perfect mix of features for a toy line are electronics and water guns righht!
Posted by Bumblevivisector on October 24th, 2023 @ 4:14pm CDT
ScottyP wrote:Wow, never thought about that. We don't deserve how great G2 waskuhlio wrote:How great is G2--- I mean the perfect mix of features for a toy line are electronics and water guns righht!
Water and stickers don't mix well either, and yet the Color-Change-Formers had as many decals as the next comparable size TFs. I remember stickering-up Jetstorm, then immediately disintegrating a few of of the decals I'd just applied, teaching me to never use any water squirting gimmick incorporated into an action figure, ever again. Well, the Dilophosarus I got earlier that same summer remained an exception for a bit; I trust they didn't incorporate that into Dilophocon? I need to watch that review.
And hey, it wasn't just stickers: Inferno's water cannon featured ladder-destroying-action if you actually attached it as intended!
Posted by kuhlio on October 25th, 2023 @ 7:19am CDT
Bumblevivisector wrote:ScottyP wrote:Wow, never thought about that. We don't deserve how great G2 waskuhlio wrote:How great is G2--- I mean the perfect mix of features for a toy line are electronics and water guns righht!
Water and stickers don't mix well either, and yet the Color-Change-Formers had as many decals as the next comparable size TFs. I remember stickering-up Jetstorm, then immediately disintegrating a few of of the decals I'd just applied, teaching me to never use any water squirting gimmick incorporated into an action figure, ever again. Well, the Dilophosarus I got earlier that same summer remained an exception for a bit; I trust they didn't incorporate that into Dilophocon? I need to watch that review.
And hey, it wasn't just stickers: Inferno's water cannon featured ladder-destroying-action if you actually attached it as intended!
You have to love when a franchise introduces a self destruction feature- reminds me of the first Magic the Gathering Unglued set- I still have a pile of "Chaos Confetti" cards- where you tear up the card into tiny pieces, throw it up in the air and all cards in the playing field that the "confetti" lands in are removed from play.