Transformers & Beer Podcast #50 - Anniversary Episode, 1st Ever Special Guest & Lots More

• Show opening
• "M's" finishing off Assassin's Creed Syndicate and will be starting Transformers Devastation
• Joe's on to his 3rd game for the #1Console Challenge for the Cartridge Club
• We celebrate our 50th milestone episode with our first guest ever
• We ask Bill what Transformers he has and what he remembers about them from his childhood
• Bill reverses our Transformers Show & Tell segment and quizzes both of us
• Why are some Transformers so hard to transform?
• Taking some requests for what to show next on our YouTube channel
• Our thoughts on the return episode of Walking Dead
• We choose a new name from suggestions for our Show & Tell segment
• Joe guesses at our new What's In The Box game
• MP 2.0 Dinobot Commander Reximus Prime KO Oversized MP Grimlock

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Transformers & Beer Podcast #49 - Listener Questions & MP-27 Ironhide Not A Mistake

• Watching Mr. Robot
• Thoughts on the new X-Files and should "M" watch the original series
• Show opening
• New videos on the YouTube Channel
• Answering listener questions
• Reviewing Maz's article on MP-27 Ironside and did we make a mistake not getting it?
• What is this PS2 Transformers game?

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"M" G2 Transformers Unboxing & Transformation

My TRU Shelves

Popped out today to finish some last minute shopping (per usual) and couldn't resist popping into one of my Toys R Us stores.

I was hoping to maybe see some of the new Generation figures out there but instead this was all I got.......

New Book Arrival

This rather big book just came from Amazon today.

Remember the thrill of tearing open a gift on Christmas morning, discovering a brand-new Transformer in a shiny new box? While the toys were amazing in their own right, what made the packages stand head-and-shoulders above the myriad competing action figures

New Arrival Teaser

Another new arrival came as I was on my way into work tonight.....certainly a great way to start off the night!

My Local TRU (Whitby) - 05/08/14

Ive been going back and forth since I first saw the posting about the soon to be released version of Generations Leader Class Jetfire, but after humming and hawing about whether or not it fits into the direction that I'm taking my collection in, I think that from what I have

They have consolidated what was once a split up TF display back into one section.
That's my little guy checking things out in front….he's not for sale.

seen overall in the pictures makes it worthwhile for me to get.  So off to check out my TRU to see what's doin'.

80's Toy Show - 05/04/14

I was at the 80's Toy Show this past Sunday and I actually took my point and shoot camera this time because I always find it interesting when other sites post pics of conventions that they go to and I thought I would return the favour for those not from the Toronto area.

There is no specific order to the display of these pictures, but since this is not strictly

Are eBay Shipping Costs A Transformer Killer?

No, I don't mean literally.  I just needed a catchy title.

The problem that I am actually referring to seems to be the ever growing costs of shipping Transformers bought off of eBay.

How much in shipping is this worth to you?

I came up with writing about this quite accidentally, though the the general idea crosses my mind anytime I surf eBay for TF's. 

Lately, I've been trying to catalogue all of my figures on a spreadsheet, and I am

Prehistory Animal vs Ancient Animal #1 Tyuannosaurus - Part 1

Chalk up another one to the KO category.

I know that there are those of you out there on either ends of the spectrum; you either absolutely love KO's, or you that absolutely hate them.  Listen....I get it.  There can be a whole variety of factors that go into this:

• quality control issues (though this does affect a lot of the newer figures as well)
• money; either you don't have enough money for the "legitimate" versions so you buy the KO, or money is of no concern and you don't bother with the fakes
• the direction of your collection; you only want to have G1's, or maybe you want to have all the different versions of the same character you can get your hands on

Whatever the case may be, as long as you're part of the TF collecting family then that's

The Empurata of Shockwave

As recommended in "Continuum - An IDW Transformers Reading", we were given the order in which to read IDW's Transformers comics in a way that would better suit the complexity of the storylines.  Over the last while I had gone back myself to try this and have re-read / read for the first time the multiple lines of these issues.  

Now, never having done this with any other comic line, or if it's even possible (if anyone knows of a series I would like to hear of it), I had no idea how it would work but in the end I couldn't believe how well it did; the characters interactions between each other are even better, the stories still flowed, and the timelines made more sense.  Time well wasted in my opinion.

In my reading of these issues, I came across the transformation of who we know as Shockwave today.  I thought that I would revisit that today and maybe share it for those that have not read the comics yet.

G1 Springer Canadian Movie Box (complete with Metal Chest Version)

So here comes another addition to my blog from an impromptu photo shoot.  I was visiting my friend "M" on our usual Friday Transformer get-together show and tell, and I was bringing over my G1 Micromasters Greasepit and Airwave since he hadn't seen them yet.   He had a few purchases arrive since our last visit but had not told me what because he wanted to surprise me.

This was the first beauty he brought out…..G1 Springer Canadian Movie Box w/ Metal Chest Version.

Complete & MIB 

Now there is a little bit of backstory to this purchase and on the "wrong" figure inside but I will get to that shortly.

Bruticus Scramble City Encore 16

I guess I could have included this in one of my earlier posts, "Call Me Ruination or Baldigus..." since it is essentially the same mold, but it took my friend "M" reminding me that I even had this encore set since it's been sitting in my closet for so long.

This is one of the two very first Transformer toys that I have ever purchased at a Convention. This goes back to 2011and my TF collecting buddy "M" and I went

Call Me Ruination or Baldigus…Just Don't Call Me Late To The Fight!

This is all started with a name…..Ruination. Hook, line and sinker. They had me.  Okay, so it is basically Bruticus but that doesn't matter to me.  Anything with a name like that I had to have!  Before you think that's a weird way to buy something, take some time to consider how we as a society have been conditioned to buy products based on looks, names, or colours alone and then it starts to make some sense.

Gorgeous animated artwork on one side of the box
BOTTOM RIGHT BIG LETTERS : Japanese Baldigus (バルディガス Barudigasu)

Just a completely sexy looking box! It has everything that I love the most when looking at packages:

• I prefer figures that come in boxes
• I don't understand any of the writing on it (it just tends to lend a little bit of mystery and fascination to the piece)
• Fantastic artwork,
• It's from Japan thus making it a rarer piece for us living in North America.

This was actually the first piece that I ever purchased directly from Japan; the sellers name

Continuum - An IDW Transformers Reading

For us who have already started, and for those who have not yet opened themselves to the fantastic new world of the IDW Transformers comics, I post this as a consideration on how to relive again, or start anew your love and appreciation for some old and new found characters.  (Thank you Maz for your inspiring post on the "Power of Fiction").

I've been a comic reader for as long as I can remember., mind you within that span of time, my interests have waned in and out.  I can't remember how or what made me initially pick

A Consumers Distributing Memory

So it's 1:34am and I'm here at work thinking about how I need to get another post up.  As cool as it might be to pull out a figure right now for a shoot, I'm not always in reach of me Transformers toys; though I have had my HeeroToys KO Bape Optimus in the back of my car for a few weeks now.

Consumers Distributing G1 Megatron

This is when I remembered my conversation with my friend "M" earlier today regarding him

Masterpiece Acid Storm

Well, here it is,  Finally arrived....another Starscream....er, Seeker...damn, I mean Acid Storm.

I have also included the list of all the previous Seeker molds that have come before Acid Storm. to date, I only have Takara's Coronation Starscream, and Hasbro's Thundercracker and Acid Storm. We'll see how things progress if I end up getting the other ones.  Anyway, enjoy the read and the pics.

MP-01 Acid Storm is a green and black redeco of the MP-11 Starscream and is sold as a Toys R Us Exclusive.  His designation of "MP-01" falls in under a new Masterpiece toy line designed for the international market.

The Transformers Masterpiece is a secondary branch of the Transformers line made by Hasbro/Takara Tomy.  They are recreations of specific characters, either famous or from key scenes.  The MP's are significantly larger than their originals, with more detail, more complex transformation processes, and with more posability, while maintaining the integrity of their original visage.




A nice new packaging display

The first Seeker mold (MP-03) released back in 2006 was of course, Starscream.  He comes included with the following:

Monstrosity Issue #2

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

How can you not be interested in this comic run with a cover page like that?  I mean c'mon! 

Scorponok staring down at you with his claws covered in purple "blood"....utterly fantastic!

TRU Shelves

I'm not sure what to say about these shelves so maybe I'll let the pics speak for themselves.  Hold on tight for this shit show of pics....

First off, here's the same shit that I see as soon as I walk down the aisle.  I always look at the bottom first since that's where they usually put the bigger boxes and the only good thing

Robot Coffee Points III

Coffee and hotdogs? Nobody ever said Warpath's intelligence was high.

Nope....his intelligence is a 5.