Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014"

Monday, February 24th, 2014 10:25am CST

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Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Seibertron.com Twincast / Podcast! This episode features your host for the evening Counterpunch, along with regular cast ScottyP, Tigertrack, Jon 3.0, Razorclaw0000, and Rotorstorm.

Episode 87 "Toy Fair 2014" is available directly and in our RSS Feed and should appear on iTunes within 24 to 48 hours of this news post.

It is the year 2014 and the heroic Seibertron and El Duque have come to retake New York City. The reason, why it’s TOY FAIR of course! The one event that makes our wallets cry as each new figure is revealed. There was definitely a lot of excitement this year so let’s get right to it.

0:00 - 33:30 (times are approximate)
First up is the next wave of Generations figures. Hasbro has unveiled some pretty awesome figures so tune in to hear which ones we pick as our favorites!

Transformers News: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014"

33:30 - 43:00
Up next we discuss the interesting new Age of Extinction Robots in Disguise line. The question on everyone’s mind is, what is up with Scorn and it seems Lockdown has been perfecting his pouty lips!

33:30 - ??:??
We have finally gotten a glimpse of the new Age of Extinction movie Generation figures. The classic flat nosed Prime is pretty cool, but a purple triceratops!? NO WAY

??:??- 1:07:30
KREO LIVES (Pa-lease, as if it had ever died)… Yes, you heard right… Hasbro unveiled the next wave of Kreo sets, custom kreos and the ever popular blind bag figures.

1:12:13 - 1:19:07
The Loyal Subjects…while the custom figures that were revealed at Toy Tokyo over the weekend were pretty nifty, the twincast has a hard time getting behind these. Tune in to find out why.

1:19:07 - 1:28:00

Closing out the toys, the twincast discusses the new fascination with super kid friendly figures like Hero Mashers, Constructbots, Potato heads and Battlemasters. Will the cast be buying these for the tater tots in our family?

1:28:00 - 1:46:01
Now that we have covered Toy Fair, we’d like to dive into some “Ask the Twincast” questions from our listeners! Did your question get picked? Tune in to find out.

We close out the night with some bragging rights…What kind of deals was ScottyP able to score? You’ll have to tune in to hear.

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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553229)
Posted by Va'al on February 24th, 2014 @ 12:02pm CST

Does Jon think I'm Spanish?

Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553246)
Posted by Counterpunch on February 24th, 2014 @ 1:10pm CST

Va'al wrote:Does Jon think I'm Spanish?

Jon thinks everyone is Spanish.

Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553257)
Posted by shockblast2 on February 24th, 2014 @ 1:33pm CST

Is that transformer from TF4 "smoking" a bullet and does it have a beard? Really??

I bet that is Hound, right? Hound if he were a bullet smoking, bearded human marine??

Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553258)
Posted by shockblast2 on February 24th, 2014 @ 1:34pm CST

Its got lips too.......WTF

And a nose. For what? Breathing?

So much for the silliness being removed from the Bayformer movies like he promised.....

Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553260)
Posted by xRotorstormx on February 24th, 2014 @ 1:39pm CST

shockblast2 wrote:Its got lips too.......WTF

And a nose. For what? Breathing?

So much for the silliness being removed from the Bayformer movies like he promised.....

Yup that is supposed to be Hound. Hey, he's got a very rough and tumble military vibe going though with the bullet belt he carries, kinda like Rambo!

Well, um... the characters in the original cartoon had noses too...

Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553265)
Posted by shockblast2 on February 24th, 2014 @ 1:58pm CST

xRotorstormx wrote:
shockblast2 wrote:Its got lips too.......WTF

And a nose. For what? Breathing?

So much for the silliness being removed from the Bayformer movies like he promised.....

Yup that is supposed to be Hound. Hey, he's got a very rough and tumble military vibe going though with the bullet belt he carries, kinda like Rambo!

Well, um... the characters in the original cartoon had noses too...

Yeah, but nostrils too? The nostrils are what made me shake my head. The "noses" in G1 were not like this. The thing looks like it is supposed to be a human or something.

Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553267)
Posted by Va'al on February 24th, 2014 @ 1:58pm CST

Isn't that Sgt Bulkhound, anyway?

Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553269)
Posted by xRotorstormx on February 24th, 2014 @ 2:08pm CST

Va'al wrote:Isn't that Sgt Bulkhound, anyway?

ha ha Sgt Bulkhound...I like that, has a catchy ring to it

but at least I feel that, with how he looks...he still will maintain some of what Hound was known for...I hope...I pray....

Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553270)
Posted by xRotorstormx on February 24th, 2014 @ 2:09pm CST

shockblast2 wrote:
Yeah, but nostrils too? The nostrils are what made me shake my head. The "noses" in G1 were not like this. The thing looks like it is supposed to be a human or something.

Hmm good point, the nostrils do seem to be pretty unnecessary...unless they are going to be sniffing energon

Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553273)
Posted by shockblast2 on February 24th, 2014 @ 2:13pm CST

Va'al wrote:Isn't that Sgt Bulkhound, anyway?

LOL...I like that. The thing looks more like Brawn than Hound. Not that it really looks like Brawn, but closer than Hound. I really can't understand how these people who claim to know about TF's make these judgment calls on characters. I can just see Bay in a board meeting giving the thumbs up to anything that resembles any human he has ever directed as a Transformer. Lockdown there kinda resembles Ben Affleck. Maybe its name isn't Lockdown after all, but Ben Afflecktron. He'll spend the whole movie with extreme close ups rambling on about how someone just needs to get him in a plane.....

Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553283)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on February 24th, 2014 @ 2:33pm CST

shockblast2 wrote:Its got lips too.......WTF

And a nose. For what? Breathing?

As well all know G1 shockwave is the only logical Robot face, it has an eye, and a voicebox..............somewhere.

Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553302)
Posted by hinomars19 on February 24th, 2014 @ 4:29pm CST

shockblast2 wrote:Its got lips too.......WTF

And a nose. For what? Breathing?

So much for the silliness being removed from the Bayformer movies like he promised.....

Yes, because machines totally don't need to 'breath' to keep internal systems running...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intake

Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553312)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 24th, 2014 @ 5:05pm CST

The audio in this one is really quiet for some reason. I have to turn the sound on my laptop all the way up to a reasonable medium-sounding volume.

Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553319)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on February 24th, 2014 @ 5:43pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:The audio in this one is really quiet for some reason. I have to turn the sound on my laptop all the way up to a reasonable medium-sounding volume.

Did you go through the direct download? The audio's fine on my copy.

Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553321)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 24th, 2014 @ 5:44pm CST

SW's SilverHammer wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The audio in this one is really quiet for some reason. I have to turn the sound on my laptop all the way up to a reasonable medium-sounding volume.

Did you go through the direct download? The audio's fine on my copy.

Yup. Direct download like normal, and it went swimmingly, possibly the fastest a Twincast Podcast episode has ever downloaded for me.

Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553322)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on February 24th, 2014 @ 5:50pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:
SW's SilverHammer wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The audio in this one is really quiet for some reason. I have to turn the sound on my laptop all the way up to a reasonable medium-sounding volume.

Did you go through the direct download? The audio's fine on my copy.
Yup. Direct download like normal, and it went swimmingly, possibly the fastest a Twincast Podcast episode has ever downloaded for me.

Same here, the podcast usually take about 20 minutes for me, but this on was done in about 4-5.

Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553345)
Posted by Seibertron on February 24th, 2014 @ 8:33pm CST

SW's SilverHammer wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
SW's SilverHammer wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The audio in this one is really quiet for some reason. I have to turn the sound on my laptop all the way up to a reasonable medium-sounding volume.

Did you go through the direct download? The audio's fine on my copy.
Yup. Direct download like normal, and it went swimmingly, possibly the fastest a Twincast Podcast episode has ever downloaded for me.

Same here, the podcast usually take about 20 minutes for me, but this on was done in about 4-5.

Just checked the audio. Seems great on my computer. Sabrblade, maybe try downloading the episode again? It should be about 57.94 MB. Have you tried listening to previous episodes again to see if the problem happens with other episodes?

Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553347)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 24th, 2014 @ 8:44pm CST

Just compared the audio of previous episodes with that of this one. With the sounds turned all the up, those episodes have booming loud audio, meaning that they sound normal. It's only this one that has quieter audio.

Just tried downloading it again, same method of direct downloading, and it took a bit longer this time, but the result is the same: Softer audio.

But, I've already listened to it all the way through, anyway.

Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553478)
Posted by megatronus on February 25th, 2014 @ 11:03am CST

RE: Cowboy Bebop characters:

Mike = Vicious
Scotty P = Spike
Ryan = Jet
Jon = Edward
Matt = Ein
Bob = Faye
Claire = The Bebop

Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #87 "Toy Fair 2014" (1553479)
Posted by megatronus on February 25th, 2014 @ 11:09am CST

Also, on UT Maniaking:

Everyone seems to pronounce the "mania" like in "pyromania". I've always thought it was a play on "maniacal"... am I 100% wrong on this?