Podcasts about Grimlock

Play NowThe Seibertron Twincast / Podcast starts episode 375 with a look at some of the initial toy offerings from Takara Tomy's Wild King line, presented through the lens of an anecdotal story about the host's weekly trash pickup. Teasers for another upcoming Transformers and Evangelion crossover toy release lead in thematically to several of the toys shown off at this year's Shizuoka Hobby Show, including collaborations with Macross, Zoids and Diaclone among the non-crossover releases like MPG Hauler and AMT Predaking. Several on-the-spot questions are posed to the cast related to their personal experiences and collections before the episode wraps up with the recurring "Bragging Rights" segment, where the cast shares their most recent Transformers toy and product acquisitions.

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A few weeks have past since last time so whats this? A missing link Grimlock? oh that will never sell right?

Best known for his appearances on the television series Charmed, where he played Belthazor, a Grimlock leader, and Shax. He has also appeared in Men in Black II as Creepy, and The Hills Have Eyes 1 &2 – Plus, he served in the renowned 82nd Airborne Division as a paratrooper. HOOAH, AIRBORNE! Can tell that Michael is a very passionate and loving person and he still carries that passion with him wherever he goes. Just to sit and talk to him about his acting career is an absolute honor and pleasure – this guy has done it all. Another legendary actor dubbed as a ‘Chameleon' – being able to flawlessly deliver any role handed to him. Especially as “Super Freddy” – who we all know is an icon in the horror community and the A Nightmare on Elm Street Franchise. Overall, it was great speaking to him and getting to know him on a more personal level. I can tell that this guy is going places! Also, make sure to check out his wife's business, “Inseam Saver” which there is a quick promotional video at the end.

A special guest teacher shows up at the Academy: It’s Grimlock, and he’s brought a whole pile of RiD2015 continuity with him! Then, Hot Shot learns how much he needs his teammates when he tries to do a rescue on his own! So is being scared of Dinobots racist, or is it more like being scared of goths? Join us this week for the Rescue Bots Academy episodes “Tyrannosaurus Wrecked” and “Blame Game”!

Boo and Evan tackle the lore dense Marvel UK Annual number 1, but since its a chunk of stories this will be just part 1 of 3. You all know how much they ramble on already, this would've gone on for 3 hours, easily. For the first time in a bit we take a break from the Dinobots, so they can do their own thing, but we get treated to some "Real World Factors" as the Autobots meet a very influential person of power from the time that they woke up on Earth. Guess who that is? Yeah, I forgot to say soilers in the title. My bad.If you'd like to contact the guys, they'd love to hear from you!Edhatestransformers@gmail.comMorethanmeetstheseguys@gmail.com@mtmtgpod on Twitterhttps://www.facebook.com/MoreThanMeetsTheseGuys/https://discord.gg/sKr8jwaAvhIf you'd like to toss a buck or more per episode, we'd adore and say nice things about you. You don't have to, as we'll still gladly hang out with you guys and gals every week, but we appreciate any help! patreon.com/user?u=69144181

Boo and Evan conclude the storyline that includes the Dinobots dealing with Guardian and the remnants of what Shockwave and the Decepticons left the Autobots to deal with in the Ark. THere will be some hurt feelings and hurt comrades amongst the Autobots.If you'd like to contact the guys, they'd love to hear from you!Edhatestransformers@gmail.comMorethanmeetstheseguys@gmail.com@mtmtgpod on Twitterhttps://www.facebook.com/MoreThanMeetsTheseGuys/https://discord.gg/sKr8jwaAvhIf you'd like to toss a buck or more per episode, we'd adore and say nice things about you. You don't have to, as we'll still gladly hang out with you guys and gals every week, but we appreciate any help! patreon.com/user?u=69144181

The guys get together to discuss topics such as the Jazwares Pokémon Battle figure line, Transformers Age of Extinction 2010 Grimlock figure and revealing a few AEW and WWE chase figures and much more on this highly entertaining episode that you do not want to miss and make sure to tune in!

Boo and Evan check the bookmark and get back into the Marvel UK comics with "Decepticon Dam Busters!" Ratchet has to explain to the Dinobots why they're the good guys, and not scaring humans. Boo has discovered a major Marvel callback that has apparently gone unnoticed up until now. How does Secret Wars work into the the Marvel Transformers Universe? Find out on this week's episode!If you'd like to contact the guys, they'd love to hear from you!Edhatestransformers@gmail.comMorethanmeetstheseguys@gmail.com@mtmtgpod on Twitterhttps://www.facebook.com/MoreThanMeetsTheseGuys/https://discord.gg/sKr8jwaAvhIf you'd like to toss a buck or more per episode, we'd adore and say nice things about you. You don't have to, as we'll still gladly hang out with you guys and gals every week, but we appreciate any help! patreon.com/user?u=69144181

THIS EPISODE BROUGHT TO YOU BY:   MATT'S NEW BIBLE SERIES ON YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmWfaZSszyw PATREON - patreon.com/nodumbquestions    STUFF IN THIS EPISODE: G.I. Joe toys Recondo Cobra Commander Transformers Starscream Crossfire from Hasbro Voltron Thundercats Castle Grayskull Battle Armor He-Man Gary Larson's Thagomizer Cabbage Patch Kids Care Bears Show Intro Power Rangers Transformers Transformers Dinobot - Slug Grimlock Grimlock talking Hot Wheels Star Wars Galactic Heroes The Animal Toy Truck Commercial Galoob Wrestling Figures Electric Trains Magnetic Tiles   CONNECT WITH NO DUMB QUESTIONS: Support No Dumb Questions on Patreon if that sounds good to you Discuss this episode here NDQ Subreddit Our podcast YouTube channel Our website is nodumbquestions.fm No Dumb Questions Twitter Matt's Twitter Destin's Twitter   SUBSCRIBE LINKS: Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Android OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELS ARE ALSO FUN: Matt's YouTube Channel (The Ten Minute Bible Hour) Destin's YouTube Channel (Smarter Every Day)

On this episode, FigPin has a new set of Transformers pins, DNA Design has more upgrade kits for Hasbro Legacy figures, and Takara mixes Megatron and Grimlock into a new Godzilla figure. All this and much more, on this episode of TransMissions! Order our exclusive Skybound Transformers #1 comic with cover art by E.J. Su! Want some TransMissions swag? Check out our online shop, powered by TeePublic! Show Notes: If you enjoy TransMissions, please rate us and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! These ratings greatly help podcasts become more discoverable to other people using those services and is an easy way to help out our show. Contact us: Continue reading The post TransMissions 618 – These Tires Are Fire (Convoy) appeared first on TransMissions Podcast Network.

On this episode, FigPin has a new set of Transformers pins, DNA Design has more upgrade kits for Hasbro Legacy figures, and Takara mixes Megatron and Grimlock into a new Godzilla figure. All this and much more, on this episode of TransMissions! Order our exclusive Skybound Transformers #1 comic with cover art by E.J. Su! Want some TransMissions swag? Check out our online shop, powered by TeePublic! Show Notes: If you enjoy TransMissions, please rate us and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! These ratings greatly help podcasts become more discoverable to other people using those services and is an easy way to help out our show. Contact us: Continue reading The post TransMissions 618 – These Tires Are Fire (Convoy) appeared first on TransMissions Podcast Network.

Shockwave deploys a weapon that will wipe out all organic life on Earth! But how’s that supposed to help him defeat the Autobots, exactly? Then Windblade, Bumblebee, and Grimlock finally find the Ark in… exactly where we’d expect them to find it. Can they wake up the rest of the Autobots before the Decepticons get to them? Join us this week for the Cyberverse episodes “The Extinction Event” and “Awaken Sleeping Giants”!

Windblade faces down Slipstream and her Seekers to escape from the missile silo and get back to the mission! Then, Windblade and Bumblebee find Grimlock, but he’s gone feral! Can they get him back under control? And did they just completely destroy a city’s electrical grid? That seems like a problem! Join us this week for “Siloed” and “King of the Dinosaurs”!

Episode Notes S5E35 - Join us as we dive into the mind of the amazing Michael B Smith. He'll take us on his journey and tell us tales from being Super Freddy to Belthazor on Charmed. Michael Bailey Smith is an American actor. He is best known for his appearances on the television series Charmed, where he played Belthazor, a Grimlock leader and Shax. He also appeared in Men in Black II (2002) as Creepy, a minor antagonist. HELPFUL LINKS: VETERANS: https://www.va.gov/.../mental-health/suicide-prevention/ https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/ https://homebase.org/programs/get-care/ ADDICTION: https://lp.recoverycentersofamerica.com/.../continuum-of.../ https://www.refreshrecoverycenters.com/reclaim-your-life.../ https://drughelpline.org/ NEWS FLASH: You can now purchase Toking with the Dead full novel here https://a.co/d/7uypgZo https://www.barnesandnoble.com/.../toking.../1143414656... You can see all your past favorite episodes now streaming on https://redcoraluniverse.com/ OR Show your support by purchasing FB stars. Send stars to the stars fb.com/stars Toking with the Dead: https://www.stilltoking.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TokingwiththeDead?tn=-]C-R https://www.instagram.com/stilltokingwith/?hl=en https://twitter.com/thetoking?lang=en https://pinecast.com/feed/still-toking-with Check out Toking with the Dead Episode 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awhL5FyW_j4 Check out Toking with the Dead Episode 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaUai58ua6o Buy awesome Merchandise! https://www.stilltoking.com/toking-with-the-dead-train https://teespring.com/stores/still-toking-with Our booking agent: https://www.facebook.com/AmyMakepeace https://www.facebook.com/groups/3770117099673924 Sponsorship Opportunities: https://www.stilltoking.com/become-a-sponsor or email us at bartlett52108@gmail.com thetokingdead@gmail.com ————————————— Follow our guest https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809344/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bailey_Smith https://www.instagram.com/michaelbaileysmith/ https://www.facebook.com/michael.b.smith.5/ https://twitter.com/mbaileysmith?lang=en ———————— Follow Still Toking With and their friends! https://smartpa.ge/5zv1 https://thedorkeningpodcastnetwork.com/ ————————————— Produced by Leo Pond and The Dorkening Podcast Network https://TheDorkening.com Facebook.com/TheDorkening Youtube.com/TheDorkening Twitter.com/TheDorkening MORE ABOUT THE GUEST: Smith was born in Alpena, Michigan, to an Air Force family, who lived in Tehran, Iran, during his last two years of high school. He graduated from Tehran American School. After working for Westinghouse, he joined the United States Army where he served in the 82nd Airborne Division as a paratrooper. He then attended college at Eastern Michigan University, where his athletic talents earned him a spot as a free agent with the Dallas Cowboys in 1985. Smith's football career was cut short by injury and he returned to Eastern Michigan University, where in 1988 he earned a bachelor of science degree in computer aided design. Smith stumbled upon acting when he accompanied a friend to an audition for the 1989 film A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child. Smith landed the role of Super Freddy. Smith would appear three years later in a small role in Renegade playing PJ Butler. In 1994, he appeared in an unreleased Marvel Comics adaptation of The Fantastic Four as Ben Grimm. Smith was also cast in Cyborg 3: The Recycler alongside Malcolm McDowell. Smith appeared in many TV series, such as Diagnosis: Murder, Star Trek: Voyager, Wings and Conan the Adventurer. In 1999, Smith had small roles as guards in Donald Petrie's My Favorite Martian (film) and The X-Files. Smith appeared 18 times in the hit TV show Charmed, where he played Belthazor, The Source, Grimlock and Shax. Also in 2002, he appeared in the hit sequel Men in Black II, where he portrayed the character Creepy. In 2003, Smith was the brother of Bob (Monster Man) in the hit movie Monster Man. Around that time, he appeared in the TV series The O.C. and Desperate Housewives. In 2006, Smith was cast as villain Pluto in the remake of The Hills Have Eyes. In 2007, he played villain Papa Hades in The Hills Have Eyes 2. He also starred in the 2010 horror film Chain Letter, alongside Nikki Reed, and Noah Segan, directed by Deon Taylor. Smith has also maintained a career outside of acting; he currently works for LEXI as the VP of Global IoT Sales. Find out more at https://still-toking-with.pinecast.co Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/still-toking-with/918e603f-3d0d-4cef-9e84-bd527c6997de

Devastation is over and All Hail Megatron isn't here yet, so Layne and Jon discuss parallel lives in IDW's The Transformers Spotlight: Mirage and Furman's Dynobot interlude in Grimlock, both from 2008!

Devastation is over and All Hail Megatron isn’t here yet, so Layne and Jon discuss parallel lives in IDW’s The Transformers Spotlight: Mirage and Furman’s Dynobot interlude in Grimlock, both from 2008!

Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956)[1] is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for his deep voice and screen presence[2] in over 300 roles across film, stage, television, and interactive media. He has starred in such films as The Thing (1982), Platoon (1986), Road House (1989), Men at Work (1990), Final Analysis (1992), The Quick and the Dead (1995), Larger than Life (1996), Armageddon (1998), Where the Heart Is (2000), Novocaine (2001), Head of State (2003), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Gamer (2009), and American Fiction (2023). He starred as Elroy Patashnik in the sixth season of the NBC series Community (2015)[3] and starred as Bishop James Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama Greenleaf (2016–2020). His Emmy-winning voice-over career includes work as the narrator of Ken Burns films such as The War (2007) and Muhammad Ali (2021). In film, characters that he has voiced include Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog (2009) and the Cat in Coraline (2009). On television, he portrayed Goliath in Gargoyles (1994–1997), Al Simmons / Spawn in Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1997–1999), The Flame King in Adventure Time (2012–2017), Andre Curtis / The President in Rick and Morty (2015–present), King Andrias in Amphibia (2020–2022), Dr. Tenma in Pluto (2023), Husk in Hazbin Hotel (2024–present), and Mephisto in Hit-Monkey (2024–present). Video game roles include the Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee in the Halo franchise (2004–2015), Julius Little and himself in the Saints Row series (2006–2017), Admiral Anderson in the Mass Effect series (2007–2013), Chaos in Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008), Sergeant Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009), Spawn, in MK11 and Grimlock in Transformers: EarthSpark. PICTURE: By Mingle Media TV - https://www.flickr.com/photos/minglemediatv/15962249604/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38614046

Today's episode is a banger! Joe and Reese attempt to name the new baby of our long time Australian listener Noel Du Boulay. Joe tells us a story about using the port-a-pottie and Reese shares some poop related Warped Tour stories. It's everything you would expect and more (probably not). We hope you hate it!Patreon: www.patreon.com/pickleandbootshop Merch: www.bonfire.com/store/the-pickle-and-boot-shop--shop/ Email: thepickleandbootshop@gmail.com Instagram: joeandreesepabs Diabolical Discussion by Daniel Rock: facebook.com/groups/diabolicaldiscussion Good Eats: beefaro

The long awaited day has arrived... HardLore conducts a live tournament bracket to determine the hardest HARDCORE band of all time in a stacked tournament of bands hand-picked by us, in brackets set completely randomly... We swear. We stuck to MUSICAL HARDNESS as our main criteria, but there are a few examples when separating the art and the artist is simply impossible. Enjoy. HardLore is now on Patreon! Join now to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly episodes: https://patreon.com/hardlorepod HardLore Official Website/HardLore Records store: https://hardlorepod.com Join the HARDLORE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/jA9rppggef Get 15% off MADD VINTAGE with code HARDLORE15! https://MaddVintage.com Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code HARDLORE at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod FOLLOW HARDLORE: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/hardlorepod/ TWITTER | https://twitter.com/hardlorepod SPOTIFY | https://spoti.fi/3J1GIrp APPLE | https://apple.co/3IKBss2 FOLLOW COLIN: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/colinyovng/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/ColinYovng FOLLOW BO: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/bosxe/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/bosxe Check out our merch at https://knotfest.com/store/?view=hardlore Find all of our videos at https://knot1.co/3vWXsbx 00:00:00 - Start 00:00:33 - Introduction 00:04:51 - Dying Breed Vs Earth Crisis 00:10:27 - The first Judge... 00:12:48 - All Out War Vs Grimlock 00:14:01 - Cold As Life Vs King Nine 00:15:17 - The Killer Vs Everybody Gets Hurt 00:17:46 - Built Upon Frustration Vs Knuckle Dust 00:20:06 - Terror Vs Negative Approach 00:23:18 - Death Threat Vs Madball 00:30:04 - 100 Demons Vs Bulldoze 00:32:29 - Biohazard Vs Trapped Under Ice 00:41:24 - Ringworm Vs Hatebreed 00:42:34 - Cro-Mags vs Merauder 00:45:01 - Floorpunch Vs Stout 00:46:39 - Discharge Vs Agnostic Front 00:48:15 - Infest Vs Irate 00:49:10 - E Town Concrete Vs Kickback 00:50:39 - Stigmata Vs Blood for Blood 00:53:10 - Pardon This Interuption... 00:56:12 - Beginning of Round 2 00:56:21 - Dying Breed Vs All Out War 00:57:24 - Cold as Life Vs The Killer 00:58:19 - Knuckle Dust Vs Terror 00:59:01 - Death Threat Vs 100 Demons 01:03:24 - Hatebreed Vs Trapped Under Ice 01:05:30 - Merauder Vs Stout 01:07:03 - Agnostic Front Vs Irate 01:08:59 - Kickback Vs Blood for Blood 01:10:51 - All Out War Vs Cold as Life 01:20:20 - Terror Vs 100 Demons 01:22:34 - Hatebreed Vs Merauder 01:37:47 - Irate Vs Kickback 01:40:28 - All Out War Vs 100 Demons 01:46:37 - Hatebreed Vs Kickback 01:47:22 - The Finals....

We're on TikTac now: @⁠HashtagJustSayin⁠ In this episode we discuss - working out of spite, Joe was on vacation, and the worst cough drop flavor Please don't forget to check out our Youtube Channel, where we post the first 20-30 mins of the show…for free. You can't beat free. We'd be forever in your debt if you could jump over to our Youtube channel and Subscribe - and tell a friend. If you haven't got a friend, we'll be happy to be your friend, After you subscribe. You can also follow us on social media on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter. That's all of them, correct? Does anyone read this far down? Email us: ⁠⁠HashtagJustSayinPodcast@gmail.com

All Hail Unicron: Episode 67: Dont be a fat fuck INTRODUCTION   Anybody Get Anything?   Movie/Show News    Third party: TianTi Design Movie Masterpiece scale Sideways prototype reveal https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/05/04/tianyi-design-studio-masterpiece-scale-revenge-of-the-fallen-sideways-prototype-510549   Magic Square's late to the punch Sludge https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/05/05/magic-square-ms-b58-brontosaurus-legends-scale-g1-sludge-color-prototype-510584   B-I-N-G-O and Missing Link Grimlocko was his name-o! https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/05/11/bingo-toys-bt-06-grimsharp-g1-articulated-grimlock-color-prototype-511179   BingoToys, uh, Jazz? https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/pfbid0JLrUV2GtUHwqZuY4T6jBYggpWGEkjbRcryCdabPtWyLNVEHRzHpwJsEA7d9Te4Bkl   Dr Wu tiny Megatron and Cliffjumper https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/pfbid036frjYEseeScQcSdDp1WavZG7cW9hJpzYQ4eJx9dpUSeTRsVxCDWLp9aDMk2tFTGUl https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/pfbid0R96uqtWPj2xgcyqH5k39RPYKpjGRAeE4kx8uginSbrtjspij3bXeGuJ9koGPhckFl   Rising Force Stunticon Breakdown first look https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/pfbid02pK3KjTjgy8U7zkdVGQu4RNwqtjBygfhCGyrGUZ1KTUdnPHYPmZUjuXf6fjtyrxSHl Sears and Lowe's are proud to throw their hat into the third party game with their take on Legends scale Computron https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/pfbid02BQ5wEMuuDHmCH4a1gbaeV2ZqsMngQVJKF7XH4ztrU5SWtJT9nGB8DtBfduNiDXxel https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/pfbid0ywymqB1VdvBv1eeHyhVrBZ6SByy1MX3kvgSM8hcPAy2g5euHhSDu2bG8rYRmBTB5l   It wouldn't be third party news without a new Seeker repaint from MakeJets! https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/pfbid02xTNgMzxxAi4dHe72MCV5UAQCdSPmxEWJN7i3czLh7F1CEmt5eNsT3o45uy8aF2qjl Official: Hasbro flips off its fans with Transformer One Power Flip-off Optimus https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/05/02/transformers-one-power-flip-optimus-prime-revealed-510373   More Transformers One reveals including the best Optimus Prime we've seen, he even comes with mouth and faceplate options! You're gonna love BOTH of his paint apps! https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/05/09/transformers-one-exclusives-reveal-quintesson-high-commander-and-more-511025   Rock em' Sock 'em wannabes and One-step changers (also one paint app?) https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/05/02/transformers-one-mainline-cog-changers-robot-battlers-revealed-510384   This really isn't a Happy Meal toy? Are you sure? Sigh, fine. Earthspark Tacticon Starscream stock images. https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/05/05/transformers-earthspark-tacticon-starscream-first-stock-images-510618   Well, might as well keep up with the Earthspark theme... Hashtag and Spitfire also revealed https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/05/07/transformers-earthspark-warrior-class-hashtag-revealed-510837 https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/05/07/transformers-earthspark-warrior-class-chaos-terra n-spitfire-revealed-510830   Yachts Over Lake Ontario Park's ROTB Apelinq https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/05/06/yolopark-amk-pro-x-series-rise-of-the-beasts-apelinq-official-images-510709 Unreleased G2 Tee-gay's 24 hour towing and more! https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/05/07/unreleased-transformers-g2-flipchangers-redecos-images-510791#images   Takara unveils new T-Spark Project collaboration with Flame Toys starting with IDW Rodimus and Studio Ox Predaking reveals https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/05/07/takara-tomy-t-spark-amt-01-adamas-machina-rodimus-predaking-510893 Rodimus prototype: https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/05/07/shizuoka-hobby-show-2024-project-t-spark-adamas-machina-amt-01-rodimus-prototype-510922   Another reveal for the T-Spark Project, this time Lio Convoy. Oops, NOT T-Spark, a 40th anniversary line. https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/05/07/shizuoka-hobby-show-2024-takara-tomy-tf-40a-lio-convoy-first-sketches-510932   Geeeeee-wun throwback news! Blaster Blues storyboard and 150 model sheets now available on The Sunbow Marvel Archive https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/05/09/transformers-g1-cartoon-blaster-blues-storyboards-available-online-511066   Legacy Star Raiders Thundertron, Calcitron, and Nightstrike first look https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/05/11/legacy-star-raiders-leader-class-thundertron-with-calcitron-and-nightstrike-first-look-511246   Discussion:   Emon Anthousis Hello again,   Here's my next round of questions.   Do you have a figure or figures that you love but the rest of the world hates? For me, I really enjoy the MPG trainbots. I haven't combined them and even broke one early on but got a free replacement. I just love their blocky-goofiness. As a masterpiece, they suck, but are fine for Chug. Is anyone getting the magic square Grimlock? I have all the recolors for the newage dinobots, minus clear and love them; however, the MS one just looks better in the dino mode. I'm tempted to get a set of MS dinobots for dino mode and use the newage for bot. Rich mentioned the constant upgrading that comes with buying mainline and I personally hate it. I really wish that Hasbro would have a collector line that is smaller than masterpiece. These figures could be the definitive screen representation of characters. I'd expect a premium price and everything that goes along with it: better paint, accessories, and articulation. There are some Studio Series figures out now that I think would work. The new Ultra Magnus is perfect. Studio Series Hot Rod is close but needs better paint. Kingdom Rodimus doesn't work because of the robot mode being off. Any thoughts? Would any of you be into something like this?   Finally, what is the most expensive figure you ever broke? I broke the new MP-44 toy version during the transformation the day I got him. The paint on the windshield panel was so thick that it snapped. Luckily Amazon Japan sent me a free replacement.   Anyway, thanks again! Expect more questions soon Emon Anthousis   And yes that's my real name. I'm Greek Noob Ryan: Hello Mr All Hail.  Thanks for reading my question on your last episode about which of your transformer collection you'd save in a fire and if you'd keep collecting.  Rich asked for my answer so here it goes.  I may just save my G1 Jazz I had as a kid because he was my favorite growing up and no, I would probably end my collecting if everything turned to ash. There would be a Ryan BF (before fire) and Ryan AF (after fire).   New question for this week: What was the most egregious thing you did to your transformers growing up that makes you cringe now as an adult collector?  Sorry if this is a duplicate question, I really only listen to the podcast episodes that Rich is on.   ——Noob Ryan Email your questions to: Hailunicroncast@gmail.com    Special Shoutouts: Dustmightz for providing the beats for the theme song! Check the Realm of Collectors on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmofcollectors   Everyone who followed us from Shattered Cast Uncut, we are grateful to each and everyone of you for joining us on this journey!   Hosts: T2RX6 http://www.youtube.com/user/T2rx6 Rich “Preordered” H. Oscar Alonso https://www.youtube.com/user/oscarnjboy Robert Duyjuy-sabado-gigante  

All Hail Unicron: Episode 666: Justin gets stem cells INTRODUCTION   Anybody Get Anything? Justin: Stems cells from Nicaragua   Check out the Marvel Sunbow Archive site: https://sunbowmarvelarchive.blogspot.com/   Movie/Show News  Guardians of the Transformers One trailer drops https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/04/18/transformers-one-animated-movie-trailer-out-508933   Third party: DNA Design reveals their Legacy Animated Optimus Prime add-on kits https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/04/23/dna-design-dk-54-animated-powermaster-legacy-animated-optimus-prime-upgrade-kit-revealed-509565   Dr Wu reveals out the tiny a-hole Bumblebee and repaints https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/05/01/dr-wu-dw-e34-wasp-dw-e34m-wasp-dw-e34g-golden-beetle-micromaster-scale-bumblebee-bug-bite-goldbug-images-510244 Cyclonus https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/05/01/dr-wu-dw-e35-wingman-micromaster-scale-cyclonus-variants-images-510275 Overkill and Slugfest https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/04/22/dr-wu-slaughter-brutality-g1-overkill-slugfest-sketches-509498 Broadside (Mechanic Studio/Mechanic Toy/Dr WU) https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/pfbid02JvGJdHjFXavAVCCSP8pZMtjGuj4RhUuVt4LxsyAP3R8WX7gh68PzREo4nW2VZyFQl   New MMC Protectobot? Nope, just another repaint https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/pfbid02nCwLEMM9TWRaUVGRjPK7DHvouSvNEXJNSjKfjJHkxWYe2uaWim1EE9rzVZEXYdVjl   Robert's favorite combiner company strikes again! https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/pfbid02qcQwjC6gZZcNVRoBbW8gGirGcH8gXxfxdmAAznM3vsEU7h1Lts1PjzBimD2kmZ2l   Another third party Devastator? Why the fuck not. https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/pfbid024XF7hh2TDTPj5KRw8vV7BY3YKxQf4PWXppYSCrripQb28M26GvTaknRprGQEdHqDl   Unique Toys Stinger prototype https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/pfbid02J1dE7bwt49yxPucWAeDj2beXDtsZAoESsmqpJRTQdsVsdFiJ191qwP3kq9TyVwzwl   TransArt Dinobot II full reveal! Is it great, or truly number 2? https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/pfbid0qyU5FsqEig3nBqPs9SvjAZLmUguYNesyQQu9DHdrdSpN83oTfxg9E2ddfb6LNnFEl Official: Transformers One Happy Meal... wait, hold on a sec, we're being told these aren't Happy Meal toys, rather mainline figures https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/04/18/transformers-one-mainline-toys-revealed-509122   Studio Series TF One "My thighs and crotch are the color of old desktop computers" Optimus Prime https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/04/18/transformers-one-studio-series-optimus-prime-available-now-509116   MPM-15 Only my titties have battle damage Brawl https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/04/19/transformers-mpm-15-movie-masterpiece-decepticon-brawl-revealed-by-hasbro-china-509169   Hot Shot first look. Finally a Legacy Cybertron figure with an actual Cyber Key! https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/04/23/legacy-united-deluxe-cybertron-hot-shot-first-look-509645   Vector Prime first look. Two Legacy Cybertron figures in a row with a Cyber key?! Oh but he's missing everything else except the inflated price tag https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/04/24/legacy-united-voyager-cybertron-vector-prime-first-look-509714   Legacy Deluxe Shelfwarmer first look https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/04/24/legacy-united-deluxe-armorizer-nucleus-first-look-509720   If they make it, you will build it. Lego Bumblebee info https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/04/24/rumor-transformers-lego-bumblebee-new-information-509759   Missing Link Bumblebee and Cliffjumper coming from Impossible Toys? https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/04/26/takara-missing-link-bumblebee-cliffjumper-possible-first-look-510074   If only we could get some electric shavers inspired by Revenge of the Fallen... https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/04/30/philips-x-transformers-limited-edition-shavers-in-china-510194 Discussion:   Robosen Megatron! Bigger, Frankier, but cheaper than Grimlock? https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/pfbid035Q2TEi5VUUMKgAZFmctmi25i5ky3rMSUDxRDRw4AGyTgPVUBtVoCocBynEXy8GiMl Questions: Noob Ryan Hello Mr. All Hail.  Short time listener, first time writer.  I'm curious, if your house was on fire and you only had one chance to save one thing in your transformers collection what would it be and why (assume your family and pets already were safe outside the house).  Also, after your entire collection is gone except for that one thing, would you look to rebuild your collection or just be done with collecting? Emon Anthousis: Hey all,   First, love the podcast. I really wish you'd record more episodes.   Second, how do you guys fight the collecting everything? I have been collecting for my entire life and seriously don't know how to focus my collection. I have mainline, legends and masterpiece. I like aspects of each and don't think I choose only one to collect. The problem is that I have so much that barely of it is on display at the moment. Right now I try to buy what I like, which is still too much.   Finally, do you think that fans toys prices are getting out of hand? I canceled so many preorders because of the jump in price. I don't think I can justify over a grand for Devastator. I know superion and menasaur are close to that price now, but I have already invested most of that money. Thanks for everything you do. I'll email again soon. Emon A.   PS Ignore Bobby, I love the TMT Bumblebee figure. Not the most posable but definitely feels premium and looks great with MM Optimus. And are you all on instagram? Would love to see any pics of your collections.   Thanks and have a nice podcast,   Noob Ryan Nick Lord Gentlemen,   I trust this message finds you all well. As a long time listener (well back in the shattered cast days) and first time corresponder I just gotta say I do look forward to my fortnightly dose of mayhem you guys provide... but I digress. I need a question. So, is anyone keeping up with the new Skybound comic? I've only seen bits and pieces, but it seems like they're at least doing their own thing with it so far. Getting individual issues down here can be a pain in the dick too but I'll probably have a look at the trades when they start to appear. Anyway, I won't keep ya's, but I appreciate the efforts.   Representing the international audience from New Zealand,   Nick   Email your questions to: Hailunicroncast@gmail.com    Special Shoutouts: Dustmightz for providing the beats for the theme song! Check the Realm of Collectors on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmofcollectors   Everyone who followed us from Shattered Cast Uncut, we are grateful to each and everyone of you for joining us on this journey!   Hosts: T2RX6 http://www.youtube.com/user/T2rx6 Rich “Preordered” H. Oscar Alonso https://www.youtube.com/user/oscarnjboy Robert Duyjuy-sabado-gigante

Episode 347 of the Twincast / Podcast swoops in to look at all the latest in Transformers while looking back once again. The episode begins with onsite commentary about the Wondercon Studio Series toy reveals such as Bumblebee Movie Shockwave and the highly anticipated Studio Series 86 Leader Class Swoop, plus Bumblebee Movie Sunstreaker and Gamer Edition Sideswipe who are already in the hands of the crew for discussion. The toy talk continues with an unsurprising leak of Legacy Sideburn, a new Target 4 pack, leak of a possible Masterpiece God Ginrai giving new life to the MPG line, and yet another Collaborative reveal with the TMNT Turtle Van challenging the dais to buy 4 copies for the display. This week's installment of the "40 for 40" segment takes us to the year of 2004 with Energon leaking all over and the crew taking the podcast into the shop for a new Alternator. As always, the joy of Transformer collecting is shared as Bragging Rights brings the show to a close.

Gregg Berger is an American Voice / Actor, who is internationally known for his iconic roles as GRIMLOCK in G1 Transformers and Transformers Fall of Cybertron, Transformers: Devastation, Power of the Primes and more. His classic and contemporary iconic roles also include Odie, Squeak, Harry and others in the Garfield franchise, Spirit and Firefly in the original animated G.I. Joe, Mysterio and Kraven the Hunter in Spider-Man, Cornfed in Duckman, Agent Kay in Men in Black, The Animated Series, Sir Jecht in Final Fantasy, Eeyore in Kingdom Hearts 2, The Pain in Metal Gear Solid 3, The Gromble in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, and many more including, Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Droid General Kalani, Resident Evil: Raccoon City as Harley, Guild Wars 2 as Conrad and Duggadoo, Dishonored as Street Speaker and Halo Wars as Cutter and in the Spyro Reignited Trilogy as Ripto. On camera, he had leading roles in the classic comedy Police Academy: Mission To Moscow and the Sci Fi Comedy cult classic Spaced Invaders as well as three pilots for CBS. Gregg Berger is the author of Think Globally… Act VOCALLY! (And Voice Virtue) and is the reader of the Audiobook. It is available on iTunes and Audible.com. For many years he was associated with Famous Fone Friends, making calls in requested iconic animated character voices to children in Pediatric Hospitals. As an animation voice-over talent, it's been a dog's life for Gregg Berger and that's just the way he likes it. He has been the voice of Odie the dog on Garfield since Odie has had an animated voice. He's also Squeak the Mouse, Harry the AlleyCat, Herman the Mailman and others on The Garfield Show on Cartoon Network. He also doesn't usually think of himself as a pig, but he sure enjoys playing one on TV. He is the voice of Orson Pig on U.S. Acres... as well as the voice of Cornfed Pig on Duckman. Gregg Berger is also the voice of Niles Crane's talking cockatiel 'Baby' on Frasier, and Barry The Parrot on Hot In Cleveland, The Gromble on Nickelodeon's Ahhh!!! Real Monsters! Eeyore in Kingdom Hearts2 and many of Disney Character Voices' Winnie The Pooh projects, Kraven the Hunter and Mysterio on Fox's Spiderman, Agent Kay in Men In Black, and Bill Licking on The Angry Beavers. He has careened through the galaxy as A.B. Sitter on Fantastic Max and has even had a blind date with Judy Jetson as Curly Quasar on The Jetsons (in addition to berating his favorite employee as Mr. Pinkley on Cathy). Gregg Berger's Interactive Game credits include his 2023 involvement in Squanch Games' High On Life as well as careening down the track as ODIE in Nickelodeon Racer, joining his return to the Spyro Reignited Trilogy as Ripto, Metal Gear Solid 3 as The Pain, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron and Rise of the Dark Spark as GRIMLOCK (and Lockdown in RotDS)), Resident Evil: Raccoon City as Harley, Guild Wars 2 as Conrad and Duggadoo, Final Fantasy X and X-2 as Sir Jecht, , Dishonored as Street Speaker, Halo Wars as Cutter, Spiderman Web of Shadows as Kingpin, X Men Origins:Wolverine as Fred Dukes aka The Blob, Brutal Legend as Ratgut, Star Wars: Episode One Racer and Star Wars: Phantom Menace, as PloKoon, DarthMaul, Wan Sandage, CyYunga, Kingdom Hearts2 as Eeyore, Winnie the Pooh/Eeyore Interactives, Curse of Monkey Island as Cutthroat Bill, Small Soldiers as Archer, ViewtifulJoe as Capt.Blue, Call of Duty, Legend of Kain as Turel, Gabriel Knight as Abbe Arnaud, WackyRacers.and many more. Search Gregg Berger at www.imdb.com or greggberger.net for his complete credits. You can catch Gregg at Supanova Comic-Con & Gaming 2024

Described as an experimental and genre-defying podcast recorded entirely live in support of an-inside-joke-within-an-inside-joke narrative weaves a tangled web of wackiness and weirdness. On Episode 604 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss Cobweb, the latest film from the South Korean Maestro Kim Jee-woon! We also talk about all the Killer Klowns we know, we have a surprising revelation about a famous character actor, and we have fun with Google Maps! So grab your director's megaphone, convince your cast that your film isn't a fequel, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!Stuff we talk about: James Hong, the “Asian Persuasion”, high energy old dudes, The Blarney Stone, Leitrims, Moynihans, Power and Glory, Mos Eisley Cantina, fun with Google Maps, Dead of Winter Fest, Rough House Publishing, Mina Rose, Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game, name all the klowns, sequel prequel requel equel geekquel and fequel, communism is like poop, Ralphus, nitrous balloons, Midnight Madness, Eddie Deezen, Michael J. Fox, David Naughton, Liev Schreiber, Paul Reubens, Dirk Blocker, Poltergeist, Richard Tyson, 3 O'clock High, Doogie Kamealoha, M.D., Doogie Schnauzer, Doogie Trouser, Barry Bostwick, Snowpiercer, The Host, Parasite, The Quiet Family, The Happiness of the Katakuris, I Saw the Devil, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hausu, Kim Jee-woon, Cobweb, Terror Firmer, Shadow of the Vampire, Ed Wood, Blair Witch Project: Book of Shadows, movie within a movie, Star Wars movies over two hours, Goldface, Captain Amerigo Vespucci, one-take film scenes, The Constitution, Deadpool, Rob Liefield, Berberian Sound Studio, the Dangerously Aroused Goblin, art or commodity, Director's Cuts, Death Rattle, $5 buy in for the verdict, Soapdish, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Here For Blood, Brother Business, Edge and Christian, Ravage, Soundwave, Jetfire, Grimlock, Go-Bots, and don't violate my childhood bro.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradioJoin our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.comSend Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.comVisit our website: http://trickortreatradio.comStart your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzKFB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradioTwitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadioFacebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadioYouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadioInstagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadioSupport the show

All Hail Unicron: Episode 60 INTRODUCTION   Anybody Get Anything? Movie/Show News    Third party: Iron Factory Samurai Menasor https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/01/26/iron-factory-ex-80-84-samurai-menasor-legends-scale-renders-502716   Iron Factory Killbison and Drillhorn detailed pics and Legends class combiner comparison. https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/01/27/iron-factory-if-ex-69-if-ex-70-legends-scale-drillhorn-killbison-in-hand-images-502773   Hold up, Iron Factory isn't done with the news yet! Beast Wars samurai figures for days coming! https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/01/28/iron-factory-samurai-series-legends-scale-bw-megatron-bw-blackaracknia-bw-tigatron-shockwave-cheetor-optimus-primal-502923   Is Iron Factory paying us to only cover them in third party news this week?  Samurai Sideswipe! https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/pfbid07qjYtKP9HkQxakmYJFZf4zrEmGgaqYK2wc3m52QjZvwQuWnTpoRLFZu2jf63zjhGl   FINE. We'll cover somebody else too. New Age Windcharger and Tailgate https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/01/30/newage-h60-fili-legends-windcharger-h60d-dalton-legends-tailgate-503001   Lookin' long, low, lean, and legendy, we get full color pics of BaiLan Toys legend class 2007 Optimus Prime https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/02/05/bailan-toys-blt-01-road-master-legends-scale-transformers-2007-movie-optimus-prime-color-prototype-503507 Official: Super 7 wave 4 Transformers https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/01/22/super-7-transformers-ultimates-wave-4-in-hand-images-502497 First authentic look at the authentically cheap Authentics Alpha Class Megatron https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/01/24/new-authentics-alpha-class-megatron-first-look-in-hand-images-502542   New images of Masterpiece Bravo Megatron, Grimlock, Bumblebee, and Optimus Prime! Just kidding, it's more Authentics... https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/01/24/new-authentics-bravo-class-megatron-grimlock-bumblebee-optimus-prime-stock-photos-502567   To quote the late Billy Mays as he watched the second plane, "BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!" https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/01/24/new-transformers-authentics-titan-changers-wheeljack-stock-images-502592   Robots Except Disguise (RED) Skywarp first look https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/01/24/red-skywarp-possible-first-look-502602   They won't re-release the game, but they will give us figures! War For Cybertron Sideswipe first look https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/01/25/studio-series-gamer-edition-wfc-sideswipe-first-look-502645   More pics of Studio Series BB movie Sunstreaker. Smexy or no? https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/01/25/studio-series-bumblebee-concept-art-sunstreaker-new-images-502661   Because nothing says, let's celebrate 40 years of Transformers starting back in 1984 quite like a HasLab set from Robots In Disguise 2001, right? https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/01/30/haslab-rid-2001-omega-prime-in-hand-recap-503080   Meanwhile, in Japan... Takara reveals 40th Anniversary Project Our Origin https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/01/30/takara-tomy-40th-anniversary-project-our-origin-503275   Deluxe Rock Lord Shart? https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/01/30/transformers-legacy-united-deluxe-shard-first-look-503253   Possible first look at Legacy Deluxe Chromia https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/01/30/possible-first-look-at-legacy-united-deluxe-chromia-503268   Best ever Skullcruncher is coming from the Earthspark line https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/01/31/takara-tomy-transformers-earthspark-esd-s-dx-battle-station-optimus-prime-more-503302   Takara is about to put Robertsen out of business with their very own self Transforming Optimus Prime. https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/02/01/takara-tomy-karakuri-statue-ks-01-optimus-prime-revealed-503361   Legacy Gears in hand pics https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/02/03/transformers-legacy-united-deluxe-gears-in-hand-images-503445   Remember that announcement for McFarlane Toys Transformers Page Punchers? Well now we have some images. Spoiler alert, they don't transform or punch pages https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/02/05/mcfarlane-toys-transformers-page-punchers-2-packs-official-images-503555 McFarlane Toys Transformers Page Punchers 2-Packs Official Images   Discussion:   Questions:   Email your questions to: Hailunicroncast@gmail.com    Special Shoutouts: Dustmightz for providing the beats for the theme song! Check the Realm of Collectors on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmofcollectors   Everyone who followed us from Shattered Cast Uncut, we are grateful to each and everyone of you for joining us on this journey!   Hosts: T2RX6 http://www.youtube.com/user/T2rx6 Rich “Preordered” H. Oscar Alonso https://www.youtube.com/user/oscarnjboy Robert Duyjuy-sabado-gigante  

Episode 343 of the Seibertron.com Twincast / Podcast kicks off with revelations on the HasLab Omega Prime announcement, or at least commentary on the upcoming project and speculation about its odds of success. Toy news talk continues with the discussion of the recently revealed Generations Legacy United Leader Class Sandstorm, plus the comic-themed redecos of Grimlock and Shockwave. Unofficial leaks of Shard and Chromia are up next, followed by brief thoughts on licensed merchandise including the McFarlane Toys Page Punchers Two Packs, as well as the 40th anniversary trading cards. In a special topic, the cast imagines possible alternate histories that could result by making one small change in the past. The limited recurring “40 for 40” topic comes next, revisiting the year 2000 and our favorite toys from Beast Machines, Car Robots and even the very tail-end of Beast Wars. This episode then concludes with the regular “Bragging Rights” segment.

Some Men of Steel are actually MONKEY! Case and Jmike are joined by Derek Van Dyke to talk about what is undoubtedly the "Optimal Optimus" (as well as "Code of Hero" because we are not monsters).   Transcript (Subject to error) 00:00 Case Aiken Season one has a couple, like, events that feel like this should be the season finale. Like the floating island one. Yeah. And then it's like, oh, no, we're just gonna keep going. 00:07 Derek Van Dyke Season one just did a lot of great, like, mini story arcs leading up to. Yeah. Watching Beast wars, like, out of order on syndication, over the air was. 00:17 Jmike Folson Yeah, that would have messed with you. 00:18 Derek Van Dyke Yeah, because it's like every other week there's some season finale, and you're like, what is happening? 00:40 Case Aiken Hey, everyone, and welcome back to the Men of Steel podcast. I am an optimal case Aiken, and as always, I am joined by my rat trap, J. Mike Falson. 00:51 Jmike Folson I gotta be rat trap, though. Why couldn't it be Cheetor? 00:53 Case Aiken Oh. 00:54 Jmike Folson Anyway, hey, welcome back, everybody. 00:55 Case Aiken I mean, honestly, you're probably the rhinox of the team. 01:01 Derek Van Dyke A higher compliment you cannot give. 01:05 Case Aiken Well, and there's the peacemaker right there. So that's the tiger Tron, Derek Van. 01:09 Derek Van Dyke Dyke, although I do not have nearly as deep and dulcite of tones as Tigatron's voice actor. 01:16 Case Aiken What's his name? Blue Mankuma. 01:18 Derek Van Dyke Beautiful, beautiful voice. 01:20 Case Aiken An incredible voice. So we're not going to mince words here. I tried to do a bit and it didn't quite work. But you know what? We're going to maximize this effort here. Today we're talking about maximize Transformers, Beast wars, and specifically, we're going to talk about Optimus Primal and how I would argue that he is a Superman analog. And before we started recording, Derek and I were talking about how probably of any Transformers character, especially any Beast wars character, Optimus prime is the best example of a Superman type character in the series. 01:50 Derek Van Dyke And that also, I think that primal specifically is probably the best version of Optimus to make that analog with in terms of the ways that Primal is a unique character from G, one Optimus, or, like, prime or Energon or any of those other versions of Optimus Primal, very much stands out in that regard to me. 02:11 Case Aiken Yeah. I mean, so much so that in the episode victory, there is a direct, like, it's a bird, it's a plane. It's exactly. I mean, we're all 90s babies here. This seemed kind of like an appropriate little session of just, like, nostalgia and looking at a thing that definitely, even if the metaphor is forced, it is the heroic archetype that we try to talk about on this piece, where a character has the power of action and does his or her best to make the world a better place, regardless of threats and regardless of the ability to do more in a way that would be harmful to others and trying to avoid those types of situations. So we picked out a bunch of episodes from the first season to really focus on for this. But we'll talk about the series as a whole. 02:56 Case Aiken We'll talk about some of the other characters. We're obviously going to talk about code of Hero because we're not monsters on this podcast. And that has to be discussed if we're talking about beast wars. But we are going to try to frame the conversation mostly about Optimus Primal, who is just goddamn awesome. And I think a good place to start, then, before we actually get into the episodes, is just how Optimus Primal is not Optimus prime. They're very similar characters. They are obviously both the leader types for the group. But for one thing, Optimus Primal isn't just the biggest fucking dude in the room. 03:28 Jmike Folson Always. 03:30 Derek Van Dyke Yeah, he's interestingly, like, perfect middle size. Rhinox and Dinobot are bigger than, like, several characters. Outsize him in stature, so he's not the big guy of the team like Optimus traditionally is. 03:45 Case Aiken Right? I mean, Skyfire aside, or Omega supreme or any of the other really weird ones out there, Optimus prime was always sort of positioned as being the biggest one. And some of that is japanese toy convention of having the leader types always be the biggest action figure, which is true for the Optimus primal gorilla figure. Although of course, for those of us from the 90s who remember when the Beast wars toys first came out, Optimus Primal was a bat. 04:09 Derek Van Dyke Oh God. That's right. I forgot that the first toy was a bat. Wow. 04:15 Case Aiken Yeah. And Megatron was a crocodile. 04:17 Derek Van Dyke I don't think I ever saw the megatron crocodile. 04:20 Case Aiken Yeah, well, and then they got phased out and they put out. Right, right. 04:23 Derek Van Dyke And then we got the ones that. 04:24 Case Aiken Are the monkey nut truck version of Optimus. While the figure was the biggest. There's a little bit of a weirdness when you look at Rhinox. Like, depending on the shot, rhinox is clearly bigger in beast form, but sometimes a little bigger. A little. Maybe not quite as tall, but wider in terms of sizing. It's still early. 04:40 Derek Van Dyke They don't always make him, like, way taller than everyone else. Rhinox is the big guy because he's also just wide and stock. He's built like a linebacker. 04:49 Case Aiken Yeah. Meanwhile, Dinobot is definitely the tallest of at least the season one maximals, and just is one of the biggest of the show, just generally speaking, which continues to be useful for him even when he does not get some of the upgrades that the others do. But yeah, no, Optimus, he's not the biggest one in the room. He is pretty tough, and he is actually pretty capable. One of the big differences that they make in Beast wars versus g one transformers is that they can't all fly explicitly whatever the hell was going on in the more than meets the eye pilot. And then in later episodes where it's like, oh, I guess we forgot how to fly. Optimus Primal is the unique one on the early team. He's the flyer for the group to. 05:27 Derek Van Dyke The point that's a huge advantage for the enemy team, the predacons, because they have multiple flyers, and we've just got Optimus on the good guy's side. And since he's also the commander, it's risky to have him flying around on basic scout duty. 05:42 Case Aiken Right. Scouting, you would think, would go to the flyer. He's also not the heaviest heavy, but he's a heavy on the team. They make a very big point early in the pilot of, like, in terms of COVID fire, Optimus can move faster to a location, but he's also going to be a better person to lay down suppressing fire in a situation. You kind of need him to be able to move into those spots. And so what that means is that Optimus primal in Beast wars is a generalist for the majority of the show. Yeah. 06:09 Jmike Folson Mid tier character. 06:10 Case Aiken That's a niche that a Superman type often falls into when they actually scale the power levels accordingly for a team, as opposed to having the big fluctuations of a full on Superman in the group. Because Optimus is durable as hell. He's strong as hell. He can fly, and he's got firepower, but he's not necessarily the top for any of them. He's the red mage on the team, which, if you're seeing everyone as having stats that get spread out and some people focus on some, the Superman type is going to be. Yeah, fast, strong, durable, good up close. 06:39 Derek Van Dyke Good from afar, good at thinking out a plan while not necessarily being, like, the master tactician. Like you said, a little bit of everything. 06:46 Jmike Folson Yeah, I thought that was because this iteration, like, when the first episode, they clearly say they're explorers. 06:52 Case Aiken Yes. 06:52 Jmike Folson So I was like, okay, they're not, like, beefy types that we're used to seeing. So I thought that kind of got explained away right there. I was like, okay, they're just doing their thing, and this optimist is just like, copernicus, Galileo. 07:03 Derek Van Dyke Yeah, well, and that's kind of a good point too, that this optimist is not a definitive military leader with a ton of experience. This is a scientist and a man of peace, and he has doubts. I think that, like, g one Optimus, who was really the only other version of Optimus that existed at the time that beast wars came out, right? 07:27 Case Aiken I think, yeah, I mean, there's g two Optimus toys and comics, but there hadn't really been, like, a mainstream transformers. 07:34 Jmike Folson I remember Megatron saying throughout these episodes is that at this point in the Transformers timeline, the Autobots had won the war. The Autobots had won the war. And the predicons, decepticons were underneath them. Now, I don't know how that figured out and everything else. 07:49 Case Aiken Well, it's a weird part, and I'll go into it, because I watched these to death back when I actually got them dvd. I watched these back in the day. Initially, I taped these off of vcrs and rewatched it, but I bought the dvds and I listened to the commentary tracks a ton. So I have some input from that which I did not get a chance to re listen to. So I'm only going touch on it a little bit. It's a weird series of a show in that it is technically in continuity with the original Transformers show in a way that is different from all the other transformers stuff that has come since. There has been a ton of Transformers material of all types, including additional versions of Beast wars characters and so forth. 08:23 Case Aiken What we're saying, though, is at the time when this came out, there was Peter Cullen as Optimus prime, and now we're getting Gary Chalk as Optimus Primal and setting those two up as different characters. 08:35 Derek Van Dyke Yes, and spoilers for a late 90s animated series. But it's both a sequel and prequel to the original transformers as opposed to a reimagining. And I just think that's also so interesting because to me, gen one Optimus is not a lot of a character. He's cool, right? But because it's Peter Cullen, and he just has some raw lines to lay down. But to me, it's the more dynamic personality of primal, of being somebody who does have doubts, being somebody who does fail more, somebody who is a boy scout, but also kind of aware of the ways that holds them back sometimes and has to struggle with that, I think makes him a more interesting character for actually engaging with the question of what it means to be a leader. 09:26 Case Aiken What it means to be a hero. 09:28 Derek Van Dyke Even sometimes, if you don't want to be, but just because you're the one. 09:32 Case Aiken Who is best able to be, right? I mean, he was the leader of a scientific exploration vessel and all of a sudden had to do a police action against war criminals. And it's stuck in this situation where in a Dino riders style pilot sequence, they transport back in time and crash land on ancient Earth and have to contend with weird histories and all that. I think this also goes for the fact that the supporting cast is so strong. And part of that is that this is a mid to late 90s CGI cartoon wherein they couldn't have that many characters. Like the original Transformers had, like, a fuck ton of characters, especially, oh, my God, we can't keep track of. And on purpose, like, to the point where they just start introducing characters. They don't need to be like, oh, here's the new guy. 10:16 Case Aiken It's just like, this guy's always been here, right? Like, you know, Perceptor, the microscope guy. You know him, right? He's been in all these episodes somewhere. 10:25 Derek Van Dyke He was just off screen. 10:26 Case Aiken Yeah, no, he was down in the science lab doing science stuff. And this episode has science stuff. So here's Perceptor. You know the guy. And so with Beast wars, the show had a very small roster. It's five characters on each side initially, where they make up for the fact that they don't have the virtue of Transformers properties in general, which is that you like the ones that you think is cool, and then you have so many that everyone's going to find one that they think is cool, and you keep going. In this case, they had to be like, here's the distinct personalities for the five that we can animate on each side. 11:00 Derek Van Dyke Yeah, here's the personalities they have. Here are the skills that they have, how all of this stuff informs each other, and then how those characters have to change over the course of the episodes. Because Beast wars is really good about having characters start at one place and then have to change and grow, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse, as events affect them and stick with them in a way that was kind of rare for a lot of animation of the time. You have a lot of these animated shows of the time, and especially the original Transformers. Right? Where the point was, like, we have our episode plot of the week, and at the end, everything's going to go back to the status quo, right? And Beast wars really threw that out. 11:42 Case Aiken The window, for one thing. We have such dynamic supporting cast members like Rattrap and Dinobot on the hero side, where Rattrap is insubordinate, a coward, super competent, and a prick. Like, it's great, that whole combination right there. And then you have Dinobot, who was a reformed bad guy, and anyone who knows me knows that I am a sucker for reformed bad guy. No, like, Anubis is my favorite character on Ronan Warriors, Dinobot is one of my favorite characters. Piccolo is my favorite dragon Ball Z character. The honorable bad guy who realized the errors of his way and has reformed in ways that are logically consistent and not just because we needed a heel face turn for the sake of the plot, is so fucking good. And Dinobot is that. 12:31 Case Aiken And again, we're going to talk about code of hero, because we have to talk about code of hero. It's so goddamn good. But that means that right from the get go, we've got people who are arguing against Optimus Primal. Rattrap, who is on his team, who was part of his crew, asks him if he's up to the task constantly because the mission is different. First episode all the time. Like, Rattrap refuses a direct order, and so Optimus Primal has to put himself in danger. And then later is like, here is why I did this thing. Here's why I explained it this way, and I asked you to do it because it made more sense that way. And instead, we did it this way, and now we're hurt, and we're not in a good position where we can actually easily fix ourselves. Things are bad. 13:13 Case Aiken And then Ratchup still is giving him shit. It's not like a one time, and then it's fine. Every single time afterwards, he's giving him crap until eventually he finally learns to trust him. 13:23 Jmike Folson Optimus had to tell him early on. He's like, I'm not going to put you in positions and things that I wouldn't do myself, so you're going to have to trust me. And Raptrap's like, man, whatever. 13:34 Case Aiken Sure, Optimus. And that's such a good line. 13:37 Derek Van Dyke Better you than me. 13:39 Case Aiken That honestly has stuck with me in terms of my management style so much more, probably more than it's, like, healthy in some regards, where I'll throw myself out there to work on a project where I'm like, I probably should have been focusing on the macro. There have been plenty of times where it's like, oh, yeah, this project that needed to be done by the end of the month. I'm now cramming to finish because were in the weeds about something else somewhere earlier in the month kind of thing. But I think that's such a great aspect of his character. He is completely prepared to lead from the front, to take the hits, to do all that, even if he sees the best way to do it is this. And that's the plan I'm going to go with. 14:13 Case Aiken But when something doesn't work, when circumstances change, he'll get out there. There's no problem with that. And it's not for glory. It's not for honor. It's not for anything like that. This is the best plan. And does it make the most sense for me to be there? Yes. No. But it's never out of cowardice. It's never even self preservation from the standpoint of, like, well, I'm the commander. I have to survive so I can keep making new plans. Like, when the plan fails to make a new plan type character. No, he's not that. He just is aware that he's also pretty well equipped to do a bunch of different jobs because he's the red mage on the right. Yeah. 14:47 Derek Van Dyke And especially bringing up rat Trap and the way that rat trap kind of does not respect Optimus's authority at first. 14:55 Case Aiken Can we just pause before we go further on a discussion of rat Trap? And let's just say for anyone who has not watched the show, rat Trap is Rocket Raccoon. 15:03 Derek Van Dyke Yeah, I mean, that's a great point of comparison for modern audiences, like, to. 15:08 Case Aiken The point where I'm wondering if when they kind of rebooted rocket raccoon to be the character that he is in the comics, if they were looking at, like, they're that close. Yeah, we're all going to die, right? That's his catchphrase. We're all going to die. 15:22 Derek Van Dyke God, Scott McNeil is just so good as half the cast of this show. Yeah, but, like Rattrap, it's a great example of. One of the most powerful aspects of Optimus Primal, to me, is the effect that he has on the rest of the cast. Rat Trap is somebody who starts off as very cowardly, very insubordinate, and obviously, he's always going to be the team loudmouth and the team cynic. But over the course of especially that first season, you really watch rat trap, like, one step at a time. Have to learn from Optimus's example and from Cheetor some. But in that case, it's still indirectly Optimus, because Cheetor adores Optimus and is trying to do everything he can to mirror that behavior, sometimes to overly enthusiastic. 16:12 Derek Van Dyke But, like, it's that drags rat trap into being more of a team player, being more heroic, putting himself at risk more when he's the best person for a job you can watch over the course of that first season, how much he changes. And that's entirely Optimus's influence as a leader. 16:33 Case Aiken Yeah, that's the best part about Optimus, which is that the team becomes better because of his presence there. He inspires people to better, which is exactly the kind of thing we talk about on this show and why the archetype of, like, a hero who is doing their best is important. 16:51 Derek Van Dyke Yeah, it's not enough to be the leader and be like the jack of all trades. You also have to be a little bit the Paladin. Right? Like, you have to be somebody who, it's not just the actions that you take, but how you empower the people around you to better, to teach young and impressionable Cheetor to think a little bit more ahead, to teach rat trap to be kind of braver, to be an example for Dinobot to clash against. Right. Which is so fascinating because Dinobot never fully takes on Optimus's ideals. But I think especially by code of Hero, we'll get to it. You do see how much he has learned by his time with the maximals. 17:33 Case Aiken Why don't we actually dig into the episodes that we wanted to talk about? The ones that we highlighted specifically were the two part pilot BSors, episode ten, guerrilla warfare episode twelve, victory episode 24 before the storm, which is really just the first part of the three part finale, and then the two part finale of season one, which is other voices, and then Code of hero, because again, we're not monsters here. Yeah. So talking about beast wars, the Pilot, I emailed you guys when I was watching it because right from the get go. Oh my God, this show is so good at economy of storytelling. 18:06 Derek Van Dyke Yes. 18:06 Case Aiken We've got the whole transwarp. We've come through time and space and we're having this whole fight over this weird alien world. And we set up elements about all the different characters on the ship. We set up like, it's an exploration vessel, not a battle cruiser. Like all those little bits right there. We set up the proto forms, which is such an ingenious little element of like. Yeah. Now we know we're going to want to introduce characters more over the course of the season, at least. How do we do that? Here is an element that will work, but we don't have to worry about it right now. 18:37 Derek Van Dyke Here's a massive number of ticking time bombs for new characters that we can introduce as many as we want whenever we want down the road. But they're not here now, right? 18:46 Jmike Folson They're floating in space. 18:47 Derek Van Dyke Yeah, they're just sleeping. 18:50 Case Aiken There's the whole inner John situation that is on the planet in season one, where their robot forms are unable to function for prolonged periods of time in the environment. And so that they have to turn into animals as a way of basically, like, Terminator style clothing themselves in meat as a way to bypass a thing. And that's a really fun exposition bit that they set up very quickly. They bring up the great War, which, according to the commentary tracks, they didn't fucking know what that meant. They didn't know they were necessarily talking about the original transformers at the time. That all came later. And the fact that it fit so smoothly is incredible. 19:24 Derek Van Dyke Sometimes you get lucky. Sometimes you say the phrase the Clone wars, and you figure it out later. 19:30 Case Aiken You know what I mean? We introduce all these characters. We set up all that, and then we start setting up their capabilities very quickly. 19:38 Derek Van Dyke Right. 19:38 Case Aiken When they leave the ship for the first time, we start seeing the zooming in eye effect that Optimus Primal has, even in ape form, which I think is such a great way of one reminding everyone they're robots and they can do XYZ. I always thought that their augmented reality vision stuff was, like, one of the coolest secret abilities that they had, as opposed to the really obvious, like, I have a gun that comes out of my ape arm kind of thing. Yeah, no, they're still robots here. And just to continue the comparison with Superman. Yeah, he's got supervision on top of flight, and he's a robot. Yeah. 20:11 Derek Van Dyke Every character gets moments that are, like, establishing the most important pieces of their personality at the start of the show. Right. Like, rat trap is going to be cynical and cowardly from the get go. Rhinox is going to be the Peacekeeper and also the big guy who's like, nope, you know what? I don't care if there's a rock I can break through that know Cheetor is going to run off on his own when everyone says, stop, wait, he's already gone. 20:40 Case Aiken Right. And then establish that the communications are limited because of the environment that they're in, so they can't just, like, radio everywhere. 20:47 Derek Van Dyke The energon is such a brilliant little piece of plot BS in Beast wars, because the way that they've made the energon out to be in this, it is a resource that they desperately need and can fight over in however many episodes they feel like. It is the reason the bad guys are there, which makes it accidentally the reason the good guys are there. It is a limiting factor. Right. Because it is incredibly dangerous and forces them to arbitrarily whenever the plot demands it. Right? Oh, there's so much energon. We've got to stay in Beast form. Right? Like, it can be a limiter for the plot of the episode, which is used to great effect many times. 21:29 Derek Van Dyke And then finding out new weird things and ways that it interacts with a lightning strike or a certain piece of technology gives them the ability to bs in the plot. For a bottle episode, it's one singular element that really makes the show kind of by how it gets to both be the prize and the hazard. Yeah, if that makes sense. 21:54 Jmike Folson I feel like later on, they kind of forgot about a lot of the energon stuff they set up. 21:58 Case Aiken Yeah, because at first they're like, oh. 22:00 Jmike Folson We can't be in our robot forms for more than, like, two minutes. And by season two, they're having full on guerrilla warfare out there for hours at a time, like killing each other. And like, oh, wait, the season two. 22:14 Case Aiken They deliberately say all the energon because it's unstable energon, as opposed to what we had seen in OG transformers, where it's like, here's just cubes of stuff that soundwave emitted from his chest that can soar up the coal energy from this furnace or whatever. They make a point that it is different. It's unstable. It's dangerous, and there's so much of it and that the season one finale destroys most of it and transforms what's there into a stable version that does not affect them. 22:42 Jmike Folson Energon cubes. 22:43 Derek Van Dyke Unless you're, like, right up on it. 22:45 Jmike Folson Right. 22:45 Case Aiken Really, the split between season one and two is like a complete, like, we're just like, wiping the floor with all the status quo that we had set up in season one so that we can get away with doing a much weirder season two. And I like a lot of season two, but it loses some of the vibrancy of the first season. It's way more deserts and it's way more like battleground vistas as a. 23:04 Derek Van Dyke Just mesas and stuff. 23:05 Case Aiken Yeah, exactly. 23:06 Derek Van Dyke As far as the eye can see. 23:07 Jmike Folson So what you're saying is you don't like silverbolt? Shame on you, Casey. 23:10 Case Aiken I actually like silverbolt. But you know what? If fucking Silverbolt showed up in season one, he'd be interesting showing up in season two, right when they're showing up, like, being like, here's transmetals and here's all this other stuff going on, and here's Jesus fucking gorilla, man. Like, Silverbolt gets lost in the gouache at that point. 23:26 Derek Van Dyke He's just here to be very beautiful and stupid. 23:32 Case Aiken I mean, yes. So, like, the pilot does a lot of great stuff here. We set up the stakes. We establish, like, yeah, at first it's four on five as far as teams go, because dinobot, very quickly, you think he might be like the starscream of the team gets into a fight with Megatron. I love it where it's like leadership takes cunning and cleverness as well. Wouldn't you say? So Scorponok, like, just shoots him away. 23:55 Derek Van Dyke I do like, also, the pilot is the only time Scorponok is ever a threat. Very quickly becomes the butt monkey of the enemy team. 24:07 Case Aiken I mean, is he the worst butt monkey? It's hard to really say. 24:11 Derek Van Dyke Look, nobody out. Butt monkeys. Waspinator. 24:14 Jmike Folson Hey, we put some respect. 24:20 Case Aiken Secret best characters, the same. God, we love some of these characters. And some of these best characters are all voiced by the same person. 24:33 Derek Van Dyke Yeah, I know, right? I do love how they have a completely unsubtle like, yeah, this is the actual starscream in pterosaur. To the point of, like, he just sounds, looks, acts like everything like him gets possessed by Starscream. 24:48 Case Aiken In an episode. 24:50 Derek Van Dyke Waspinator gets possessed by Starscream. That's right. 24:53 Case Aiken When Starscream shows up in that. Not exactly a deep cut, but the fact that the Starscream ghost thing had been set up already, it's like, oh, that's fun. 25:02 Derek Van Dyke Yeah. 25:02 Case Aiken And also, as one of my favorite lines in the show, which is when black Arachnia betrays starscream and says, are all your dreams in Technicolor? But getting back to the pilot, so we've got this power imbalance, which I think is really fun. We also established that they are not that fucking big. Like, it's not Transformers OG style, where it's like, yeah, he's a truck that turns into a robot, but what if he's even bigger than that truck? What if the microscope guy is as big as the truck guy? What if the boombox is four stories tall? 25:33 Derek Van Dyke What if the bad guy turns into a regular handgun? 25:37 Case Aiken At least it made sense with G two when they turned him into a tank. 25:40 Derek Van Dyke Yeah, but, yeah, all the transformers are like, roughly analogous to human size. I think they're mostly a little bigger than your average person if you scale them against the pre humans in later seasons. But they're like six to 10ft tall, not 18ft 45. 26:00 Case Aiken Yeah, we know that Cheetor is the same size as a regular cheetah because of direct comparison there, we know that rat trap is very big. For a rat. But it appears that Optimus Primal is about the right size for a gorilla, which means that he's big for a person, but not terrifyingly big. And rhinox actually seems kind of small. And actually, Megatron seems kind of small for a T Rex. 26:20 Derek Van Dyke I mean, again, getting into the arachnids, I've never seen a tarantula that size. And if I ever did, I would die on. 26:30 Jmike Folson Snap my own neck. 26:32 Derek Van Dyke I'm out. 26:35 Case Aiken And what a roster of villains. We talked about terror sore being just the starscream. Like, he's there for that role. We've got Waspinator as the bumbling ally that we like, and we've got Scorponok as the bumbling ally that we don't like in terms of the bad guys, but fucking tarantulas, man. 26:52 Derek Van Dyke Fucking tarantulas. And it's crazy to go back to the first few episodes of the show and realize, like, a, they hadn't quite nailed down how much Waspinator was going to suck, and they hadn't quite nailed down what they wanted to do with tarantulas yet. Right. It takes a few episodes for them to really be like, actually, tarantulas is going to be the smart guy. 27:11 Case Aiken Well, they, right off the bat, say that he's the only one who has the skill to break down the giant rock of inner John that they find. And then the next episode is the web episode where he captures and tortures Cheetor. So I think at the very least, they were like, he's going to be the scary spider, right? 27:26 Derek Van Dyke Yeah, yeah. That's why they gave him the. It's. It's perfect. But the amount to which tarantulas becomes a capital p problem, I don't know that they had really planned out at that point. 27:40 Case Aiken No. And that's fair. This show is so good at. Yes. Ending in a way, once you know how little they knew what they were doing in the pilot, it fits so goddamn well. When you get to the end of season one and you see all the machinations of tarantulas and Megatron and how it plays out and all that. That's all really good. And you get to the shit at the end of season two where it's like, oh, man, it's g one transformers. And they're all there. But they didn't know shit about transformers when they made the show. They didn't know what they were doing. They were told, make a fucking show with these toys. These are the reboot guys. 28:19 Derek Van Dyke Yeah. Even the pilot is a perfect example of how they. Yes. And did from the beginning. Because I think you look at the pilot episodes compared to the third episode, and you see that within the pilot, there is so much more of transforming has to come with the full. 28:37 Case Aiken Yeah, they have, like, an activation mode. 28:39 Derek Van Dyke Or Cheetor maximize and then lengthy transformation sequence. And from as early as episode three, they're like, okay, we can cut down on the dramatic yelling at the sky and then stock footage. That's not the tone that's working for us. Let's minimize that a bit. I think it's interesting to see how much more expositional dialogue is in that first episode or two in a way that works great. Like you said, to set up, like, economy of storytelling, to set the stage in one or two episodes. But the format of dialogue changes so much by the third episode. 29:14 Case Aiken Yeah, I mean, obviously, it's kind of nice in the first episode to have them all do individually their activation codes where they say their full name and then what team they're on. If they say maximize or terrorize and go through that, also establish that it's just a code word that they can just change because Dynobot does it, which is a nice detail there. That's fun. That's power rangers for you. 29:34 Derek Van Dyke Changes his tattoo. 29:38 Case Aiken It's the 90s. We were suckers for it then. I'm still a sucker for it now. But you don't need to do that going forward. And eventually we get an episode where they full on are just like, oh, no. They're all in sync with their animal selves. Now. The call of the wild episode where they all regress to their animal forms and then, like, tiger Tron gets them stoned and, like, no, man, you just need to vibe with your animal self. But that does allow for really cool moves, like rat trap, like rolling as a rat and then standing up as a robot and shooting things. All those kind of maneuvers that really come into play in the second half of the season, which also goes for what kind of choreography can they do in the early episodes, if you're really paying attention? 30:14 Case Aiken Even some of the shots where it's like a different angle, it's still the model in the same motion. They can move the camera around, but the gunfire motions are oftentimes the same animation. Just like, move which angle that they're looking at the model from. And that's because this is a 90s CGI show. This is the reboot studio. This is the show that the reboot studio did right after reboot. Yeah, I was going to say to. 30:34 Derek Van Dyke Clarify for a lot of folks who don't. There was a show called reboot. 30:38 Case Aiken That is not the recent show called Reboot. 30:41 Derek Van Dyke Yeah, there's a CGI show called Reboot before this. This is not a studio that does reboots. It's a capital r reboot. I remember nothing about reboot, to be honest. 30:52 Case Aiken Reboot is great, but this came out between season two and three. And so season one and two of reboot is rough, particularly season one. 31:01 Derek Van Dyke It looks rougher to look back at, for sure. I think part of it, too, is that because beast wars, the designs are robots and toy animals, they don't have to look as off putting as, like, we made blue people. 31:15 Case Aiken Right. 31:15 Derek Van Dyke You know what I mean? 31:17 Case Aiken And even that was choices that were made to get around the fact that it was Tron as a tv show. It was set inside of a computer so that they didn't have to be that realistic because it was a tv budget CGI show, which at the time was really difficult to do. Side note, there is a call out to reboot, which is one of the catchphrases for the main character, which is there's just no pleasing some people. Optimus Primal says to rat trap at one point in the pilot. 31:40 Derek Van Dyke Yeah, I remember that line. 31:43 Case Aiken But the point is, this is the show that they pick up after that before they come back for the amazing season three and the lackluster season four of reboot. Season three of reboot, one of the best things you can ever watch. I will continue to sing its praises forever. It's fantastic, but this show is very clearly part of this phase of a group of people learning to work with their budgets and using the restrictions of the medium that they're working in to jumpstart creativity. We have such a defined, cool supporting cast in the show because they only have the resources to make five models for each side. We've got ten characters total, and we have a pretty clear idea of what they're able to do in all cases. 32:24 Derek Van Dyke Yeah, well, and that's why, again, new characters come in at a semi steady pace, but paced out, it takes a bit for Tigatron to show up, and then it takes a bit for black arachni to show up, and then it's eraser and then Inferno. Right. 32:40 Case Aiken And there's a reason why the first two that come in, I mean, also this kind of ties into the toys, which is that they're palette swaps. Like, yes, they have design changes, but a lot of the foundations for the models are based on the same characters. Tiger Tron is Cheetor. 32:55 Derek Van Dyke They're clone characters. 32:56 Case Aiken Yeah, exactly. Yeah. 32:57 Derek Van Dyke Down to the same rifle with the brain in the back of the gun for some reason. 33:01 Case Aiken It's a marthroy situation. Yeah. And black arachnia with tarantulas. And it's great there because. Oh, my. Like, what two wonderful characters did they spawn from this whole thing? Yeah. 33:13 Derek Van Dyke Holy shit. Those two being at each other's throats the entire time is just. 33:18 Case Aiken Yeah, just great details. But we don't get them until later. And they're fun additions, but they have to pick and choose their battles for when they bring a new character in who's going to be important, and yada, yada in the pilot, right off the bat, it's like, all right, well, here's, like, a little first confrontation. There's, like, a little pit and a rock, and we can establish some character stuff. And they do really good stuff because this is where Rattrap refuses to jump into battle. And we get, like, rhinox being, like, the big tough. Like, they need cover fire. 33:45 Case Aiken So I'm picking you up, and this is a whole groot rock and raccoon situation right here, where he's holding Rattrap, who's firing in one hand, using Cheetor's gun in the other, because they didn't really want to show off his Uzi as his main weapon in the pilot. 33:56 Derek Van Dyke Yeah, the chain gun with a buzzsaw blade on it for some reason. 34:01 Case Aiken Buzsaw blade within three. It's so weird. 34:08 Derek Van Dyke He never once used that thing to hit him. 34:11 Case Aiken No, but he does shoot some people at point blank rage several times. 34:14 Derek Van Dyke He sure perforates some folks with it. That's for sure. 34:18 Case Aiken Is so great. And we will mention beast machines at the end of this. But there is a reason why I hate beast machines. 34:24 Derek Van Dyke There's no human being who loves beast. I cannot believe that's possible. 34:30 Case Aiken So we get, like, this wonderful confrontation between them that sets up all this character stuff. We set up the efficacy of the Predacons, and then the first episode of the two part pilot ends with, well, now we've got to have a battle for victory between Dinobot and Optimus Primal, which is nice to set up. I love Dinobot. I love him having this, like, well, I need honor. Like, I can't just beat you with treachery. I wouldn't have earned leadership there. And that's such a good way of setting up. He's going to work here because he's the bad guy, but he's lawful evil. And you guys are fighting chaotic evil right now. Yeah. And he's powerful. 35:06 Case Aiken He's got those fucking eye beams and he's big and he's got a weird tail spin blade thingy, which, thank God, in code of hero, he uses as like a helicopter device. Yes, man, dinobot. So here's a weird thing. I love the Megatron design in season one. I think it's really cool. I love the Trex head as the arm. I feel like it's a great shout out to the g one transformers, where Megatron, weirdly, it's the scope of the gun, but it acts as a blaster that's on his arm. I feel like it works very well there. I always thought it was weird though, that they didn't just use the Grimlock design. And then I realized that Dinobot is Grimlock. And in fact, there is an alternate color toy of dinobot that is called Grimlock. 35:47 Derek Van Dyke Oh, I didn't know they did have Beast Wars. Grimlock. 35:50 Case Aiken Never in the actual series. Yeah. But if you look at his transformation sequence, it has actually the same positioning that's going on where the head goes down to the chest, the legs extend out from the chest and are not part of the main body. And that the legs of the dinosaur form slide up and become the upper torso arms. 36:08 Derek Van Dyke Okay. 36:09 Case Aiken And then the tail splits open. And on grimlock, it splits open and becomes like part of his back. In this case, it becomes a separate spinny weapon thing with his spine being his sword. 36:19 Derek Van Dyke Yeah. Or something. 36:21 Case Aiken That's the extension of the spine. 36:23 Derek Van Dyke Yeah. It's one long thing. One long spaghetti noodle. Right. 36:28 Case Aiken So there is some weird headcanon of like. Well, but maybe Dinobot is the descendant. The point is that they went with this very tried and true design for the character to be then this weird villainous lancer character. 36:44 Derek Van Dyke Yeah. 36:44 Case Aiken In a five man band. That sort of makes the most sense. Right. Because then, yeah, he was effectively the. 36:50 Derek Van Dyke Number two on the predicon side. And then he defects. And because the maximals just do not have that same explicit sort of hierarchy structure, it's like, okay, well, I'm not the leader. What am I? And it's like, here's the guy. Here's one of the boys now. And clearly he struggles forever to figure out how he is supposed to work as a soldier, as somebody who believes in hierarchies, as somebody who believes in a chain of command. Again, like there's science. This is not a military that he has joined. 37:24 Case Aiken Yeah. And it's like a small crew. It's not the starship Enterprise. Like, yeah, we've got rhinox. He's really good at scanning shit. And Rattrap's really good at fixing machines and making bombs. 37:35 Derek Van Dyke He's sort of the engineer. 37:36 Case Aiken Again, Rattrap is just fucking rocket raccoon. 37:40 Derek Van Dyke Technician, demolitions expert, snarky little guy, and I love it. 37:48 Case Aiken It's definitely not plagiarism in terms of rat trap, and it's archetypal, but it's just so well done here. Yeah. 37:53 Derek Van Dyke It's a defining version of that archetype for me. 37:57 Case Aiken We have this wonderful face off between the two of them where we get to establish Dinobot's credentials as being honorable, and we also get to see Optimus primal showing that. Yeah. In addition to having guns that come out of his body and rockets and guns that come out of his arms, he also has swords. He has, like, dual scimitars. Yeah. 38:17 Derek Van Dyke Like a copesh or something. 38:19 Case Aiken He is very capable. And then we establish, like, all right, well, the predacons show up, and they fuck up the whole thing, and then they blow up a mountain. It's like, oh, there's a big energon thing, and they both have to separately go to it. And again, economy of storytelling, or at least, like, seeding what's out there, they're like, this is a really weird world with, like, two moons and all this other shit. Also, that's fucking Stonehenge right there. That definitely was not put here by a thing we've seen so far. 38:41 Derek Van Dyke And I love, too, how it kind of confuses you of, like, okay, well, we've landed on earth, clearly, because there's earth animals and there's Stonehenge, but there are two moons that they call attention to. And the geography and landscape is still very alien and full of energon in a way that it is not by transformers g one time or just the modern day. And I love how they even use the pilot to set up things that will be the focus of several episodes separately down the road, and then many of which will loop back around for the season finale. 39:16 Case Aiken Yeah. And then the pilot kind of concludes with a big five on five battle in the energon field. So they can't transform because it's too dangerous. And we get. 39:25 Derek Van Dyke You get to watch the aminels fight. 39:27 Case Aiken I mean, some really, like, right off the bat, they are okay with reminding people, like, yeah, no, a t. Rex would be really, like, there's a shot, and they use it. In the opening credits of Megatron trying to bite Optimus Primal's neck. 39:41 Jmike Folson Oh, yeah. 39:41 Case Aiken And you're like, yeah, no, that's real bad. And side note, a gorilla would not have been able to survive. We gorillas are strong compared to us gorillas are not strong compared to Tyrannosaurus rexes. 39:54 Derek Van Dyke Right. There's a mass difference. Know. 39:57 Case Aiken But he's also a small T Rex. 39:59 Derek Van Dyke Yeah, but also just the way that, like, coming into that sequence, like, megatron, like, stomping in and the fact that it shakes the camera as he strides in ahead of the rest of his crew. It's very like, yes. Okay. Yep. You're selling that. This guy's big. Like, way bigger than everyone else on the field. 40:18 Case Aiken Right. But we also got a Mario 64 styled Optimus primal spinning it. 40:24 Jmike Folson Optimus swinging around, which I have to. 40:26 Case Aiken Imagine is just easy to animate because they're not really moving. You just spin the model around. 40:32 Derek Van Dyke But it's so good. It's so good to watch a gorilla swing a T Rex around. Right. And just yeet him there. Well, and also you get to see, like, rat trap. Do whatever rat trap does to tarantulas. That counts as an attack. 40:47 Case Aiken I don't know. 40:47 Derek Van Dyke It kind of seems like he tickles them. 40:49 Case Aiken I'm not really sure what it is. 40:50 Derek Van Dyke He goes, that's not even close to the sound. I give up. 40:56 Case Aiken Yeah, I mean, the pairing is okay, but as we pointed out, there's two flyers on the predicon side already. And it's not really, like a one to one kind of comparison right there. But it is close enough that it would fit any of the myriad two opposed army kind of tv shows that we had grown up on. At this point. If you could pair. 41:19 Derek Van Dyke Yeah, you could pair any of them off against any of the others. But I do like how the predicons and the maximals do not have clear analogs between each other. You don't have the clear cut good and bad version of the archetypes. You have pretty different dynamics on each team. 41:39 Case Aiken Yeah. Like, season one especially has just, like, very clear, different characters there. And then as we start adding people, they usually come in pairs. So that kind of puts them as opposite each other. Like, Tiger John and Black Arachnia are the first two that come in, and then Airazor and Inferno are the next two that come in for those fill in the slot of like, well, were missing this thing on our team. And then we get the fusors, where we get quickstrike and Silverbolt at the same time. Yeah. 42:08 Derek Van Dyke It's interesting to think of each character that gets added. And like, what is it that they're adding to each team? Right. And with Tigatron, we get the heroic character who can't be relied on to always be part of the super 6th. 42:22 Case Aiken Ranger when he shows up. 42:23 Derek Van Dyke Yes, the heroes get a one up, but it's not a one up that counts. And then Black Arachnia shows up. But Black Arachnia is even more double timing than pterosaur and tarantulas are. So it kind of doesn't fully count for the Predacons. And then we get Air razor and Inferno, who both do kind of fill out. But like, Inferno gives the predacons even more firepower. Air Razor gives the maximals another flyer they desperately needed. 42:52 Case Aiken But when Inferno joins, he's also a flyer in addition to being a heavy. 42:57 Derek Van Dyke Completely unreliable, no, he's reliable. 43:00 Case Aiken He's just. He's an idiot, though. 43:03 Derek Van Dyke Reliably going to fuck up everything in. 43:05 Case Aiken Front of him for better and for worse. Like, if you tell him, follow them, he will dig a hole underground below the level of a force field to make sure that he gets there because he's going to do his job. He's going to live up to the demands of his queen. For the colony, for the royalty. For the royalty. Yes, my queen, I do. She wouldn't call me that. But the pilot does his job is what I'm trying to say here. It's not an intensely complicated story that happens, but it sets up the first season so well. 43:39 Jmike Folson We will call these the beast War. He said the thing. 43:43 Case Aiken He said the thing. 43:44 Derek Van Dyke It's definitely cornier than the rest of the show, but it does a miraculous job of doing so much setup in just the first half of the pilot. You could do a writing class using that as an example of setting the foundation for what's to come. Most tv shows do not do that well. 44:03 Case Aiken Yeah, like, you know, the stakes. You know, everything that pops up after this point is introduced in the pilot. You have a clear idea of all of the characters, even if some of them end up being more of a fuck up than they are set up in this episode, and some of them end up being more of a fucking asshole than they are set up in this episode, they do a pretty good job of making sure you're aware of what are the players and what are they like. And God damn it, we haven't talked about Megatron that much yet. We got to talk about Megatron a little bit because his whole talking to himself thing and talking to his T. Rex hand especially is so good. 44:38 Jmike Folson Yeah, that got interesting. 44:39 Derek Van Dyke Later on, he gives it a rubber ducky. 44:41 Case Aiken Yeah. 44:41 Jmike Folson Because at times it looks like the arm is sentient and it's like looking back at him and communicating with him. But he's also kind of doing his. 44:51 Case Aiken He's not well, he's also doing the. 44:52 Jmike Folson Whole Dr. Claw thing where he's like. 44:54 Case Aiken Rubbing the arm, pets it like a cat. 44:56 Derek Van Dyke Yeah. 44:59 Jmike Folson Oh, yes. 45:01 Case Aiken I think in terms of setting up how different he is from, like, g one Megatron. He's fucking insane. He talks to his hand for the majority of season one. 45:10 Derek Van Dyke Yes, he's crazy, but he's crazy like a fox. 45:13 Case Aiken Yes. 45:14 Derek Van Dyke Because he is genuinely incredibly cunning. He is usually one step ahead, if not several steps ahead of Optimus and everybody on his side who is trying to murder him and take his place. Because that's the dynamic of the Predacons is like, most of them think they'd do a better job than him, and all of them are wrong. 45:34 Case Aiken Yeah. That's such a fun dynamic of the Predacons in general, where unlike in the original transformers, where it's two opposing sides and this is the army, that's like, kind of in the winning position. Like, the Decepticons have Cybertron mostly under control at the start of the series and pretty much cements their hold over the course of it. And so Megatron is the leader of this army. And while there's starscream, the majority of the people are like, people in the army with him. The Predacons in this are all criminals. And by that I mean there are predacons on Cybertron and they have their own governing body. Sorry. We're recording this in 2023. And you can probably make some weird comparisons to geopolitical stuff going on right now. But suffice it to say they are a subsidiary state with the maximals being the dominant power. 46:19 Case Aiken But the maximals are the good guys and kind of nice. And the Predacons are kind of like, well, we're working with them and we would like to not be doing this, but right now we've got our government and whatnot. And Megatron is a terrorist and he has criminals working with him that all have their own goals. And they're all criminals amongst the predacons. 46:38 Derek Van Dyke Yes, because there's a major plot point of the actual predicon leadership wanting him fucking taken care of. Because his actions destabilize the peace that they are currently in. And it's like, look, we don't like the maximals either, but we have our plans, and we're operating within the realm of politics, and you are operating within the realm of car bombing. You know what I mean? And we cannot have this. 47:05 Case Aiken Right. And that's a really interesting dynamic for these characters. You have to assume that some of that comes from the fact that this is a 90s show as opposed to an 80s show. The original show. Yeah, you could probably make a cold war parallel. And this is like the end of history. Everything is technically fine. We're at peace with everyone. But, oh, hey, there might be these terrorists out there. It's pre 911, but it's not pre the concept of terrorism. 47:30 Derek Van Dyke I mean, look, diehard existed before, you know what I mean? 47:35 Case Aiken And I also don't want to assign too much thought about the larger state of the world, but it is the zeitgeist that the show comes out of. 47:42 Derek Van Dyke Right. I think it gives us, like, a really interesting squad of villains in that regard. And I think to this day, it makes the Beast Wars Megatron the most memorable and version of Megatron out there. 47:57 Case Aiken Yes. Why do you always talk to yourself? 48:01 Jmike Folson His best and biased impersonation. 48:03 Derek Van Dyke I don't talk to myself. 48:04 Case Aiken I'm not intelligent conversation. It's not until episode ten that we really get a real optimus focused episode, and that is guerrilla warfare. And I love several things about this episode. For one thing, while it is a goofy as fuck, like, we learn something about this plant and it becomes, like, important for later element, which is very much a part of early beast wars. Like the first half of season one has a lot of these kind of like the natural world. We're studying these things, blah, blah. We get one, an incredible use of the biology of the different species that we're in, which is that we see that the dinosaurs have issues when shit gets attached to their neck. 48:42 Derek Van Dyke Oh, yeah. 48:43 Case Aiken Like the way dinobots tiny arms when it's happening is so good. We get some fun uses of Optimus primal, being a giant gorilla in that when he has to move a boulder, he uses his foot to move a stone to shift. Things like those are fun. Right there. We get Scorponok attempting to be the mad scientist archetype that he was intended to be, but then everyone immediately remembering that he's a giant fuck up in everything he does. 49:11 Derek Van Dyke Yes. And we get Optimus with the limiters removed. 49:17 Case Aiken And this is actually the thing that I really wanted to get to when I was saying, like, well, Optimus has the power of action to do a lot more than he necessarily does in the majority of the show, like, he's typically one of the strongest members of the team until he's definitely the strongest member of the team. 49:33 Derek Van Dyke Right. 49:33 Case Aiken The fact of the matter is, he could probably go into a bloody fight and kill a lot of people or lead a lot of people into a situation like that. But he's not about murdering people. He's about apprehending people who stole something. Like the death penalty is actually not what is required of that. He has restraint all the time up until he doesn't hear when a giant fly attaches to his chest and really fucks with his central nervous system. Yeah. 49:59 Jmike Folson Isn't the kryptonite. 50:00 Derek Van Dyke Yeah, well, and it's like, it's a great look. Everybody knows the famous world of cardboard speech with Superman. And that kind of applies here as it's the reminder that Optimus is holding back, because from his concept of morality, he is not supposed to be killing if he can avoid it, that's not what he is here to do. He is not comfortable with that. But also in terms of, like, he puts himself greatly at danger by going full berserker rage, and his team can't afford to lose him. So he could probably take out. As the episode establishes, most of the predacons single handedly die in the process, but then his team is left without him, and then where are they? It's multiple ways in which there's that recognition of, like, this is why I hold back. 50:49 Derek Van Dyke This is why I am not the ace on the team. 50:52 Case Aiken Yeah. When he is taken off the team, they fuck up trying to be like him, where we have to negotiate, and what they do is they spoil everything. They're like, here's a heads up that Optimus is coming your way. He's out of his mind. You can expect him anytime in the next hour. 51:07 Jmike Folson Perhaps only Optimus can think like Optimus. 51:10 Case Aiken Yeah, no way. So, yeah, I mean, he takes on tarantulas and he takes his anchor thingy. That is like, such a toyetic element. I remember, actually, that toy. It's like a spring loaded, like, grappling hook that fires off, and he uses the other end of it, which is sharp, to impale him against the wall. 51:25 Derek Van Dyke It's brutal. This episode goes hard. 51:28 Case Aiken Tanks. Like, all of these shots throughout these, which is such a Superman sequence of him just like, walking through gunfire to go into this whole fight. Fantastic stuff there. I mean, we're reminded, like, oh, yeah, big, scary, flying super monkey is kind of a scary thing. 51:43 Derek Van Dyke Yeah, it's fitting making him a gorilla because it's like, just like a gorilla. Right? We tend to not remember, oh, yeah, those things can rip your arm. 51:53 Case Aiken Yeah. It's a gentle giant situation. Yes. 51:55 Derek Van Dyke And be happy when they're being a gentle giant. Like, that's much preferred. Do the alternatives. 52:02 Case Aiken But in this episode, he decides to stop monkeying around and just truck on through everyone. And at the very end, we get the callback to the first part where it's like, oh, just shit. Attached to his neck. But in this case, it's Megatron, and he's got even smaller arms he can't even reach. It's a fun episode. I mean, it's not the deepest episode. It's like, well, what if he went angry and bad? And wouldn't that be bad? And I think it's good for this point in the show. It's ten episodes in. To remind us, like, yeah, no, the leader could be, like, a more aggressive Rob Liefeld style character, and that would be a problem because X, Y and Z and X, Y and Z here is like, he would probably die. You guys would probably die. The amount of devastation isn't worth it. 52:43 Case Aiken Like, the collateral damage, death, they are fighting, but they can be rebuilt. Most of the characters here take really bad punishment over time, and that doesn't kill them because they're robots. The rules are a little different. The rules get laid out over the course of the series for, like, what is a fatal kind of thing. But the death penalty is not just an automatic thing here. And that kind of incident is a big deal. Like, when a character actually dies. Dies. That is taken as a very serious thing, but it's also always on the table. 53:14 Derek Van Dyke This is a great example of a sort of a bottle episode. 53:17 Case Aiken Great. 53:17 Derek Van Dyke Like, first half of season. One example of we have a plot that wraps itself up by the end that doesn't drastically change the status quo and is informed by and also tells us more about certain characters. One of the things that does happen is there's a lot of collateral damage to equipment and bases, and that's the sort of thing beast wars makes a huge point of keeping you abreast of that. Damage to the ships matters because eventually these things have to get fixed and fly off. And you can put a somewhat damaged robot in the tank, and they will slowly recover over time if it's not a fatal injury. But when something gets broke, it's broken. When a door or a side of the ship gets blown out, now you've got a side of the ship that needs to get repaired. Resources are limited. 54:05 Derek Van Dyke Manpower is limited. That stuff matters. 54:08 Case Aiken And by this point in the series, we had seen a bunch of these kind of gimmicky episodes. Like, I think we had already had the teleporter episode at this point, the chain of command episode where Optimus is taken away and Ratchet has to lead. All the stuff that we kind of need to do just to be like, yep, this is the show we're dealing with here, but this is just a fun episode in terms of being like, we really need to establish what the leader is capable of and why is he not doing some of those things. Yeah, and I think you make a great point in terms of the damage to equipment. While the show has a status quo, more or less in season one, there are big shifts. 54:42 Case Aiken And when things happen that damage the two ships, that does have lasting impact in terms of the capabilities of the group, even while they are becoming more effective in their warfare, in developing new technology to fight with each other. 54:55 Derek Van Dyke But yeah, guerrilla warfare. Great. First half of season one episode, the pilot gives us the hero. We get to see Optimus continue to be just the leader in the background of several episodes leading up to that. And then we get to see, okay, no, he can rip ass in the right circumstances, but also here's why he does not. 55:15 Case Aiken Yeah, so moving on to. It's sort of the midseason finale, which is victory. I remember seeing this episode a lot, which I feel like the block probably ended somewhere about here. It's episode twelve. There's no actual victory. It's a fake out episode. It does do a really good job of setting up a recurring theme, which is that every time the maximals think that they have figured out espionage, they are reminded that the predacons are way better at espionage than they are, which I love because every time it's like, yeah, we figured out how to spy on their camera system. It's like, it's a good thing we figured out they're spying and now we have like fake information being fed to them. Right? Yeah. That's really great. 55:52 Jmike Folson Yes. 55:55 Case Aiken We open with. Were you guys deep Space Nine fans? There's an episode called the Pale moonlight, which is seen as like one of the better episodes of Star Trek in general, wherein there's kind of a similar thing where via deception, they are using a fake prerecorded sequence to mess with people in it. And in that scenario it's like way more fucked up than this. But it's still a scenario of the predacons have figured out that the maximals have been able to hardwire a feed from their security cameras. And so they pretend to die. 56:23 Derek Van Dyke Yeah, they stage, like, a fake rebellion and fight that leads to a horrible accident that kills them all, right? 56:29 Case Aiken Which, knowing going into the episode, it's like, okay, they're really playing it up in it all. But on the same token, pterosaur is a piece of shit who has betrayed Megatron multiple times at this point and continues to betray him because he is just fucking scream. The show knows that we're transformers fans. 56:47 Derek Van Dyke Starscream, but less intelligent, to be clear. 56:50 Case Aiken So much worse. Which is why they bring in real starscream, just to be like, oh, better Starscream here. 56:56 Derek Van Dyke Yeah. 56:56 Case Aiken And a reason why Pterosaur does not make it into season. You know, it's plausible. The only part that really threw me is that Scorpinok is on the side of pterosaur in that sequence. 57:06 Derek Van Dyke That should have been the giveaway, I think, to a lot of people. 57:09 Case Aiken Right. 57:09 Derek Van Dyke Because Scorponok's main defining trait for most of season one is that he's the one who stays loyal to Megatron. Unquestionably. Which probably also like the fact that Inferno comes in and is just that, but funnier is probably why Scorponok gets written off. 57:25 Case Aiken Right? Yeah, we're not going to talk that much about Inferno here, but I actually really like Inferno. He's a giant fuck up, but in a way that I really adore. 57:33 Derek Van Dyke Oh, incredibly funny. 57:37 Case Aiken But yeah. So they stage this fake death and then abandoned their base. And apparently black arachnia has developed some kind of tech that hides the signature from their sparks so that no one can actually identify that they are still alive and allow the maximals to raid their base, take all the stuff they would need to get their ship able to fly again, with the intent of then attacking the maximals and stealing the ship and flying off of it. I do have questions about how that all works based on the timeline that we see in this episode. But the big focus, and while Optimus is part of it, the big focus of this episode is Dinobot being like, well, if I go back to Cybertron, I am a criminal who was part of a massive theft of one of the great relics of our world. 58:21 Case Aiken And I left, and you guys pursued me and I was a turncoat and joined you when you pursued me. I have nothing to go home to. 58:29 Derek Van Dyke You're all going home. And I'm going to prison, right? 58:33 Jmike Folson Forever. 58:35 Case Aiken And it's an interesting moment because he decides to stay. And they are like, well, we got to get the ship going. We're going to go. And he's like, I'm going to conquer this world. It's like, well, that's kind of fucked up. I don't think that's a good idea. It's like, well, yeah, I'll probably die eventually. That won't be tomorrow. 58:50 Derek Van Dyke Yeah. 58:

Episode 336 of the Seibertron.com Twincast / Podcast begins with impressions of the recently leaked Transformers Reactivate figures which depict Bumblebee and Starscream in the forms they'll take in the upcoming videogame. Speculation continues due to the surfacing of an image of a possible Bumblebee movie version of Megatron for the Studio Series line. Newly revealed Earthspark deluxe class figures are talked about next. After that, the "40 for 40" segment reaches 1993 and the memorable, bright Transformers: Generation 2. Each cast member talks about their memories and favorite toy from the year. As usual, Bragging Rights then brings the show to a close.

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Ed and Evan return this week to tackle the second part of Desertion of the Dinobots, but they ramble on about stuff old guys ramble on about. Apparently, Carly is extremely adept at fiddling with Transformers and really terrible at faking a limp. There's something really odd about a sad Grimlock and Cybertron has laserdiscs narrated by Ken Burns? Find out in this week's enticing episode of More Than Meets These Guys! Oh, and Ed has a new dog that he might just show off in the discord...join up and see!As always, thanks for being there for us and please reach out if you like what you hear!If you'd like to contact the guys, they'd love to hear from you!Edhatestransformers@gmail.comMorethanmeetstheseguys@gmail.com@mtmtgpod on Twitterhttps://www.facebook.com/MoreThanMeetsTheseGuys/https://discord.gg/sKr8jwaAvhAlso, check out the new youtube channel!https://www.youtube.com/@MoreThanMeetsTheseGuysPODIf you'd like to toss a buck or more per episode, we'd adore and say nice things about you. You don't have to, as we'll still gladly hang out with you guys and gals every week, but we appreciate any help! patreon.com/user?u=69144181

On this episode of the Cereal Box Prize Podcast me & Aaron recap our con experiences from celeberity pictures , to autographs and my many funk pop booths i came across at fan expo boston 2023. We talk about the awesome transfroming Grimlock thats going for $1,500.00 and will these robots in disguise take over man kind? and Post Malone the rapper buys the Lord Of The rings Holy Grail Card for $1 milion dollars he better put that in a sleeve protector lol all this and more on this episode of the podcast. so grab your favorite snack and drink and sit back as we serve you 3 scoops of pop culture. disclaimer: i want to apologize for the loud sound of my microphone on my part triend lowering the levels as much as i could on this epsiode. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cerealboxprizepodcast/message

All Hail Unicron: Episode 48:   INTRODUCTION   Anybody Get Anything?   Movie/Show News    Third party  “Wait! I still function!” DX9 is back from the dead! But with legend scale Doubledealer? https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/pfbid03887vtUXm55QAvUVvUP6CVno2qFNbirNue7Tc84Xh91yfjigWS7BwGjrBujqpvwC3l https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/pfbid02Bajv1EX1kuahj5nsBqtdxQfsZKCe4CEKhme19L2jAfkVegN74cACwnESi5pGBRpwl Official: SDCC Official news He doesn't have time for that right now, but he does have time for a price bump! $100 Commander Class Ultra Magnus and more from the Hasbro Toy panel https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/20/sdcc-2023-hasbro-transformers-generations-toy-panel-report-images-490587 Better Magnus images: https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/20/transformers-studio-series-86-commander-class-ultra-magnus-sample-images-490815 ThreeZero booth: https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/19/san-diego-comic-con-2023-threezero-booth-additional-images-490384 Deathsaurus https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/19/san-diego-comic-con-2023-transformers-haslab-deathsaurus-490237 Hasbro Booth https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/19/san-diego-comic-con-2023-hasbro-booth-490229 https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/22/san-diego-comic-con-2023-saturday-hasbro-booth-images-491156 https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/21/sdcc-2023-hasbro-transformers-booth-new-images-491034 Better Powerlinx Hot Shot pics: https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/20/san-diego-comic-con-2023-hasbro-breakfast-event-legacy-powerlinx-hot-shot-jolt-revealed-490492 Better reveal images: https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/21/sdcc-2023-transformers-reveals-official-pics-490879 Skybound Comics new TF comic info: https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/20/san-diego-comic-con-2023-skybound-transformers-comics-490566 The closest thing we'll get to KissPlayers in the US, Kotobukiya Bishoujo Transformers: https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/20/san-diego-comic-con-2023-kotobukiya-transformers-bishoujo-490243   Shattered Glass IDW Megatron from Flames Toys revealed https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/11/flame-toys-kuro-kara-kuri-shattered-glass-idw-megatron-revealed-489320 https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/pfbid0agXJTKMPUadShQ7qPxDfe442wBLFR6ak98L6ekQ6AKpR2ejcekcQQ1cWx4LufdRHl   More G1 reissues of the same reissues we've gotten time and time again https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/12/transformers-retro-the-transformers-the-movie-shrapnel-skywarp-official-stock-images-489444 https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/15/transformers-retro-the-transformers-the-movie-kickback-in-hand-images-489595 You Only Lubricate Once Park teaser images of ROTB Optimus Primal and Bumblebee movie Nemesis Prime https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/13/yolopark-transformers-iies-rise-of-the-beasts-optimus-primal-bumblebee-movie-nemesis-prime-teaser-images-489478 Primal now with 1000% larger mouth: https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/20/san-diego-comic-con-2023-yolopark-transformers-490239   Finally in the right size, just like your mom likes it, it's MPM-14 Movie Masterpiece Bonecrusher https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/14/transformers-movie-masterpiece-series-mpm-14-bonecrusher-pre-orders-live-new-stock-images-489546   Robosen's tiny Flagship auto-transforming Grimlock fully revealed https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/19/robosen-grimlock-auto-transforming-g1-flagship-revealed-in-hand-too-490101   Stranger crossovers than this Stranger Things crossover have happened: https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/21/transformers-x-stranger-things-crossover-code-red-revealed-491141   Missing Link Optimus https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/08/03/takara-tomy-missing-link-c-01-c-02-convoy-toy-anime-ver-new-images-492096#images   Takara Tomy's Tarantulas vs Heeeeeeeeeeeeeey! Dinobot first look: https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/08/03/takara-tomy-beast-wars-again-bwvs-06-dinobot-tarantulas-promotional-image-492170 Discussion:     Questions: Email your questions to: Hailunicroncast@gmail.com    Special Shoutouts: Dustmightz for providing the beats for the theme song! Check the Realm of Collectors on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmofcollectors   Everyone who followed us from Shattered Cast Uncut, we are grateful to each and everyone of you for joining us on this journey!   Hosts: T2RX6 http://www.youtube.com/user/T2rx6 Rich “Preordered” H. Oscar Alonso https://www.youtube.com/user/oscarnjboy Robert Duyjuy-sabado-gigante

This week on Moonbase 2 NewAge follows Hasbro's lead and does their own repaint of Grimlock to his unreleased G2 Grimlock, G1 Optimus Prime is coming out again but with more modern articulation. Plus a couple of other things and Mikey preps for TFN

All Hail Unicron: Episode 47:   INTRODUCTION   Anybody Get Anything?   Movie/Show News    Third party  FaaaaaaaaansToys finally getting combiners finished?! That and more from the TFCon Toronto Third Party Panel https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/15/tfcon-toronto-2023-3rd-party-panel-slides-in-full-489651 Official: SDCC Official news He doesn't have time for that right now, but he does have time for a price bump! $100 Commander Class Ultra Magnus and more from the Hasbro Toy panel https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/20/sdcc-2023-hasbro-transformers-generations-toy-panel-report-images-490587 ThreeZero booth: https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/19/robosen-grimlock-auto-transforming-g1-flagship-revealed-in-hand-too-490101 https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/19/san-diego-comic-con-2023-threezero-booth-additional-images-490384 Deathsaurus https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/19/san-diego-comic-con-2023-transformers-haslab-deathsaurus-490237 Hasbro Booth https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/19/san-diego-comic-con-2023-hasbro-booth-490229 https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/22/san-diego-comic-con-2023-saturday-hasbro-booth-images-491156 https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/21/sdcc-2023-hasbro-transformers-booth-new-images-491034   Better Magnus images: https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/20/transformers-studio-series-86-commander-class-ultra-magnus-sample-images-490815 Better Powerlinx Hot Shot pics: https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/20/san-diego-comic-con-2023-hasbro-breakfast-event-legacy-powerlinx-hot-shot-jolt-revealed-490492 Better reveal images: https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/21/sdcc-2023-transformers-reveals-official-pics-490879 Skybound Comics new TF comic info: https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/20/san-diego-comic-con-2023-skybound-transformers-comics-490566 The closest thing we'll get to KissPlayers in the US, Kotobukiya Bishoujo Transformers: https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/20/san-diego-comic-con-2023-kotobukiya-transformers-bishoujo-490243   Shattered Glass IDW Megatron from Flames Toys revealed https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/11/flame-toys-kuro-kara-kuri-shattered-glass-idw-megatron-revealed-489320 https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/pfbid0agXJTKMPUadShQ7qPxDfe442wBLFR6ak98L6ekQ6AKpR2ejcekcQQ1cWx4LufdRHl   More G1 reissues of the same reissues we've gotten time and time again https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/12/transformers-retro-the-transformers-the-movie-shrapnel-skywarp-official-stock-images-489444 https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/15/transformers-retro-the-transformers-the-movie-kickback-in-hand-images-489595   You Only Lactate Once Park teaser images of ROTB Optimus Primal and Bumblebee movie Nemesis Prime https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/13/yolopark-transformers-iies-rise-of-the-beasts-optimus-primal-bumblebee-movie-nemesis-prime-teaser-images-489478 Primal now with 1000% larger mouth: https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/20/san-diego-comic-con-2023-yolopark-transformers-490239   Finally in the right size its Movie Masterpiece MPM-14 Bonecrusher from the 2007 Movie https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/14/transformers-movie-masterpiece-series-mpm-14-bonecrusher-pre-orders-live-new-stock-images-489546   Robosen's tiny Flagship auto-transforming Grimlock fully revealed https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/19/robosen-grimlock-auto-transforming-g1-flagship-revealed-in-hand-too-490101   Stanger crossovers than this Stranger Things crossover have happened: https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/21/transformers-x-stranger-things-crossover-code-red-revealed-491141   The closest thing we'll get to KissPlayers in the US, Kotobukiya Bishoujo Transformers: https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/20/san-diego-comic-con-2023-kotobukiya-transformers-bishoujo-490243 Discussion:     Questions: Email your questions to: Hailunicroncast@gmail.com    Special Shoutouts: Dustmightz for providing the beats for the theme song! Check the Realm of Collectors on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmofcollectors   Everyone who followed us from Shattered Cast Uncut, we are grateful to each and everyone of you for joining us on this journey!   Hosts: T2RX6 http://www.youtube.com/user/T2rx6 Rich “Preordered” H. Oscar Alonso https://www.youtube.com/user/oscarnjboy Robert Duyjuy-sabado-gigante

Move over Optimus Prime, Grimlock is showing us why he is king of the Transformers. Robosen Robotics sends us its newest auto-converting, voice-activated creation, which is packed with animations and programming smarts. The leader of the Dinobots, goes from T-Rex to battling robot with a voice command. But this big bot comes with a big price tag.

Move over Optimus Prime, Grimlock is showing us why he is king of the Transformers. Robosen Robotics sends us its newest auto-converting, voice-activated creation, which is packed with animations and programming smarts. The leader of the Dinobots, goes from T-Rex to battling robot with a voice command. But this big bot comes with a big price tag.

One of Fixit's combination experiments accidentally gives Grimlock super speed -- and he can't control it! But when the Decepticon Simacore returns, can he use this power to stop his old "nemesis", or will he do more harm than good? Will Denny's scrapyard survive his rampage? AND WHY ARE THERE ZOMBIE MINI MONKEYS!? Join us this week for "The Fastest Bot Alive!"

Did…did we review this one already? Off to the races!!! Nobody likes our Boomer content!! Podcast analytics! A pile of dead horses!! The Honky Motherland!!! Tornedron: Pure Energy!!! On the Moon...shooting at each other…it's crazy!!! This is ancient…it's important!!! The Matrix is the Monkey's Assistant?!? Grimlock flips the switch on Primacron!!! In the Real World! Chopping Mall!! Iconic Moments!! There's a message in here somewhere!!! WHEN DID WE REVIEW THIS?! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Find more balance, with BetterHelp. Visit betterhelp.com/AUTOPOD today to get 10% off your first month.SHOUT OUTS – 12:20COCKTAIL – 13:50REVIEW – 26:14REAL WORLD – 1:13:05SCRIPT DEV – 1:17:44RATE THE SCHEME – 1:19:50ICONIC MOMENT – 1:21:46

The Twincast team discusses upcoming Japanese Transformers Masterpiece reveals beginning with MP-58 Hoist and the last piece of the Raiden trainbot combiner, MPG-06 Kaen. Takara Tomy's exclusive version of Optimus Primal and the creative JAXA Sora-Q tie-in, Lunar Cruiser Prime, are discussed next. In addition, recent reveals of the Dilophocon & JP12 Jurassic Park Crossover set receive some side-eye remarks, and everyone unanimously agrees that Legacy Evolution Shadowstriker is a huge miss on a multitude of levels. The continuation of Transformers' upcoming 40th birthday celebration comes next with the cast sharing their favorites from 1985. As usual, the episode concludes with the recurring Bragging Rights segment where the cast talks about their latest toy and merchandise acquisitions.

Join your hyper-intelligent crew of the APDC as they review the season 3 episode, “Grimlock's New Brain,” from the 1986 classic animated series, The Transformers! Let's amp up our IQs!! Poop stories!!! Mountain Dew forward, Tequila back!! Flip the switch!! Purple stuff! Anti-electrons!! Weak-ass limbs and one good torso!! Terrorcons!! Nosecone!! Scattershot!! We can make a dick out of anything!!! In the Real World! Iconic Moments!! Script Deviations!! Later, bozos!!!Autopod Decepticast is sponsored by BetterHelpBetterhelp.com/AUTOPODSHOUT OUTS – 7:40COCKTAIL – 8:51REVIEW – 15:02REAL WORLD – 51:55SCRIPT DEVIATIONS – 58:52RATE THE SCHEME – 1:00:10ICONIC MOMENT – 1:01:23

The season for retailer exclusives is almost upon Transformers fans, and episode 325 of the Seibertron.com Twincast / Podcast starts out with impressions of the recently revealed Amazon exclusive two-packs featuring Miner Megatron, Senators Shockwave and Ratbat, plus an Orion Pax using the Siege Hound Deluxe Class tooling. Quick thoughts on Earthspark Grimlock are also included. A pair of Japanese Studio Series exclusives tied in with Rise of the Beasts ticket purchases are pondered next, with said toys being Nemesis Prime and Beast Burning Convoy. The first entry of a new segment, "40 for 40" is found in this episode. With the Transformers franchise approaching its 40th birthday next year, the cast looks back at favorites from each year, starting in this episode with their favorites from 1984. The episode concludes with the recurring Bragging Rights segment, which this time includes discussion on little known packaging variants for some Starscream toys.

This week: Grimlock is coming from Robosen. So expensive, but so tempting. Also: Don is finally getting the "life-size" Arcee he's always wanted. The post Radio Free Cybertron 830 – Don of the Jungle appeared first on Radio Free Cybertron.

This week: Grimlock is coming from Robosen. So expensive, but so tempting. Also: Don is finally getting the "life-size" Arcee he's always wanted. The post Radio Free Cybertron 830 – Don of the Jungle appeared first on Radio Free Cybertron.

Transformers movie season is underway with the Seibertron.com Twincast / Podcast starting out episode 324 with a look at the latest trailer for the soon-to-be-released Rise of the Beasts featuring the surprise appearance of Unicron. Opinions and speculation on the live-action movie give way to further speculation for next year's animated installment, Transformers: One, in light of its cast announcement and plot teasers that have been shared by the studio. Toy discussion follows with reactions to the preorder drop of this year's Generations Titan Class entry Nemesis and her pricing reflecting yet another increase. Images of pre-production versions of the Legacy Evolution Voyager Junkion, an unknown "Miner" Megatron and upcoming R.E.D. series entries for Grimlock and the Prime version of Starscream spark further discussion. The cast reflects on the Transformers themed Ark restaurant in Hong Kong before the episode concludes with the recurring Bragging Rights segment.

Our recording schedules didn't quite line up this week, so instead of a new episode of the podcast, we're releasing a old episode that will be new to almost everyone! We've unlocked the previously Patreon exclusive series ROM Hack Reviews to go over the NEStroid hack Metroid: Rogue Dawn! Created by Grimlock, Optomon, and snarfblam, Rogue Dawn tells the story of Dawn Aran and her quest to capture the alien Metroids to use as a weapon for the Space Pirates! Serving as a prequel to the original NEStroid, Rogue Dawn is a Metroid 1 hack that features original music, new abilities, a beautifully original world, tough bosses, and some crazy hidden Easter eggs! There's a lot to love about this ROM Hack, so come and listen to Andy's review and consider checking the game out for yourself! To gain access to more bonus shows like The Great Metroid Area Ranking, Metroid ROM Hack Reviews, the Spiteri Show and special Discord roles, sign up for the Omega Tier on Omega Metroid's Patreon page!   Visit OmegaMetroid.com!   Subscribe! Podbean x iTunes x Spotify x YouTube Support us on Patreon! Omega Metroid Patreon Buy Omega Metroid Merch! Check out our Etsy merch shop! Download the Omega Metroid Theme Song! Get the Single for Free on Bandcamp! Follow us on Twitter! @OmegaMetroidPod x @Spiteri316 x @dakcity_ x @DoominalCross Chat with us in Discord! Omega Metroid Discord Advertise on the Omega Metroid Podcast!

Episode 319 of the Seibertron.com Twincast / Podcast starts out with the group excited to discuss the leaked images of an upcoming Armada Optimus Prime toy, allegedly the Commander Class entry for this year's Generations Legacy: Evolution line-up. Official reveals from Hasbro are discussed next, beginning with the next two Core Class Dinobots, Skarr and Swoop. Dinobots continue the discussion, prompted by the news of a forthcoming Shattered Glass version of the Studio Series Leader Grimlock toy. Snarl's continuation of Studio Series '86 Dinobots as well as the unsurprising Core Class Ironhide lead in to Mirage from Rise of the Beasts, who rounds out the talk about upcoming Studio Series releases. After taking an opportunity to discuss some potential spoilers from the upcoming film, the toy talk concludes with reflections on the recently revealed Origins Jazz plus rumors of a new Tow-Line toy. The recurring Bragging Rights segment finishes out the episode as usual, with cast members sharing their most recent Transformers toy and product acquisitions.

Transformers Chronicles: The Marvel Years - Episode 036 Issue: Transformers #36 (Marvel) TRANSFORMERS CHRONICLES 36 see GRIMLOCK go cray cray (with a LBC t-shirt to sell that proves it!) but you'll want to stick around for the @RitzTravers email to us

We were able to see a bunch of practice yesterday in Norman and it was glorious. The entire gang is here to talk about our first impressions of Dillon Gabriel, Jeff Lebby, Brent Venables and more. We also got to talk to some of the defensive standouts after practice and we'll relay what stood out about some of those conversations as well. We try and dive into the differences we're seeing so far in this staff and the last staff. We also talk with Josh about the differences in recruiting philosophies between this staff and the former staff. Also, Grimlock gets his public shaming for his drunk texting and dialing at 2:30 am over the weekend. And we decide on ultimate punishment. Why is Josh concerned there will be no commitments from a big recruiting weekend coming up? And we allow Bob to put a wrap on the hoops season after he gets his computer issues worked out. Which made Carey almost lose it today. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Spring football is here! 50:33 - Offensive line talk 54:00 - Grimlock Drunk Calling Carey 1:05:00 - Big recruiting weekend/philosophy