Transformers & Beer Podcast #11 - Customizations and Masterpieces We Need?

• What's new in our lives non-TF-related with Joe looking on eBay for some specific 8-bit NES games and "M" busy with work and getting over being sick
• How purchasing video games has taken on the same buying issues as Transformers
• M" has a Galvatron story and tries his first customization job
• Customized figures on eBay
• 30th Anniversary Voltron Collectors Edition that "M" is considering buying
• Dinosauro Robo (KO Slag)
• "M's" latest acquisition #1 Triceratops Dinosaur Robo (eBay # 301517152970 )
• Transformers collection found on Storage Wars
• Our thoughts on ToyWorld Evila Star (Astrotrain)
• Next Toys R Us Exclusive MP Figure Is Starscream....and do we need it?

Keep on collecting!

Transformers & Beer Podcast #10 - "Transformerland & Gold Euro Classics"

•  Celebrating 10 episodes while drinking Rolling Rock & Kilkenny Cream Ale
• What’s new and non-TF related in our lives
• “M” visits the Silver Snail Comic Store in Toronto
• “M” playing GTA 5 on Playstation 4
• Joe up to his elbows with renos on the house
• Joe still finds time to pull all of his game systems and games up out of the basement
• Joe contemplates getting another TF shelf
• Joe thinking of getting some game system emulators
• “M” gets nailed with 3 Transformer packages arriving same day
• Our thoughts on the ongoing Transformerland sale of a recently failed eBay auction due to a high reserve
• Does having a Transformer autographed by an individual devalue it?
• Our thoughts on an eBay Transformers G1 Gold Euro Classics Complete Collection auction #371245324013 from (Oct 26, 2013 on TFSource Blog “Collector Interview 18 – Erwin W”)
• Go-Bots talk about possible movie and our thoughts on the toy line
• A quick comparison of Go-Bot to Transformer equivalent characters

Keep on collecting!

G1 Autobot Car Shelf

While I'm working on posting our "Transformers & Beer Podcast Episode #10" I thought I would just throw up a few pics of "M's" loose G1 Autobot cars.

Click below to see more pics.

Transformers & Beer Podcast #9 - Omega Supreme, 3rd Party and Go-Bots?!?!

• Recent Acquisitions : MISB Encore Omega Supreme for Joe and “M’s” reason for selling it 
• Video Review of G1 Encore 09 Omega Supreme
• “M’s” vintage Mechabot 1 buyers remorse
• Backstory of why “M” sold his Encore Omega to Joe
• Super Change Robo Mechabot 1 (Omega Supreme)
• G1 Omega Supreme
• BadCube Reveals Claymore, Hypno, and Kickbutt (Masterpiece Style Insecticons)
• New Transformers Product Details From Hong Kong Event
• Unique Toys Octane "Provider"
• Hasbro Applies For A Go-Bots Movie And Toyline Trademark
• GO-BOTS TV SHOW INTRO
• TFC Toys Old Time Series Hound Prototype Images
• Maketoys Remaster Series Cupola (Chromedome) Prototype Images
• Maketoys Remaster Series Gun Dog (Hound) Prototype Images

Keep on collecting!
Joe

Transformers & Beer Podcast #8 - "Jr. Headmasters & Completing Loose Figures"

• New acqusitions from “M” 
• Jr Headmasters ( Collector 75 YouTube review)
• G1 Decepticon Squeezeplay 
• G1 Decepticon Fangry 
• Our thoughts on the Headmasters 
• The evolution of our collecting 
• “M” gets a G1 Canadian Slag and the issue of finding a box and what one seller is asking for it 
• The issues of trying to complete loose figures 
• KO “Ghost” Optimus Prime variant 
• Joe’s worst K.O. Transformer purchase 
• Stupid Bot Shots and who tricked who into buying some of them 
• Our love for WST’s

Keep on collecting!

Joe

MC01 Micro Change Series Cassette Robo (Blue & Red) & Micro Cassette Robot Jaguar

Just a couple shots of some Micro Change cassette figures.

Three nice little pieces "M" picked up over the last little while.  I'm not going to get into too much back history on these

Nine MISB MP Cars

I've been running behind lately, what with the family, work, shovelling snow and working on two podcast shows, with possibly a third in the works, so while I do have a number of blog posts in "draft mode", I just haven't had the time to get them completed.

Photo of 'MY" day 

In the meantime, I was just looking on my shelves and realized I haven't had the opportunity to really talk about my MP Autobot cars. Here's a few photo's.

Transformers & Beer Podcast #7 - "Shelf Display Memories & Recent Acquisition"

- "M's" adds another new shelf for his display and discusses his figure layout

- "M's" original TF display : "WHAT'S ON YOUR TRANSFORMERS SHELF?"

- "M's" Dinobot comparison photos : PREHISTORY ANIMAL 2 - TRICERATOPS

                                                          PREHISTORY ANIMAL 1 TYUANNOSAURUS

                                                          PREHISTORY ANCIENT ANIMAL GROUP SHOTS

                                                          ANCIENT ANIMAL 4 STEGOSAURUS

- Consumers Distributing : "A CONSUMERS DISTRIBUTING MEMORY"

- Joe's Headmasters Tweet blew up : HEADMASTER COMIC PREVIEW

"M" ends up pulling the trigger on buying a G2 Megatron (see Joe's G2 Megs blog post here) : G2 MEGATRON

- G.I. Joe Transformers comic crossover/IDW/Dreamwave

- eBay AFA ended auctions : 
1985 G1 TRANSFORMERS AUTOBOT CAR SERIES 2 SMOKESCREEN AFA 85 B80 W85 F85 MOSC

1984 G1 TRANSFORMERS AUTOBOT CAR BLUESTREAK RUBSIGN AFA 80 B80 W85 F90 MOSC

1986 G1 TRANSFORMERS MOVIE MAIL IN AWAY OPTIMUS PRIME SEALED CONTENTS UNUSED

- Our "mail-away" G1 Optimus Primes

Canadian G1 Ultra Magnus (MISB)

Nothing much special here......nope.  Certainly nothing to look at....unless you call a Canadian G1 Ultra Magnus (MISB) nothing worth looking at.

I thought that this would be a great little piece to showcase at this particular moment in time due to the recent release of MP-22 Ultra Magnus.

Transformers & Beer Podcast #6 - "Masterpiece Reissues...Or Should it Be Issues?"

- History of “Age of Extinction” Gross movie profits (North America/Worldwide comparison) :
  http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=transformers4.htm

- MP-21G - Masterpiece G2 Bumblebee : http://tfsource.com/masterpiece/mp-21G-bumblebee/
- Will they do a Red MP Bumblebee next?
- Due to Cliffjumper’s super-deformed original mold of a Porsche; what issues will they have  
   creating him or the other G1 minibots for that matter?
- MP-10 - Masterpiece Optimus Prime – Reissue : http://tfsource.com/masterpiece/mp-10-optimus-prime-reissue/

- Do all these figure reissues devalue and eliminate any excitement for getting 1st run?
- What’s your collection worth?

- More Titan Devastator Info, SDCC G2 Titan Devastator & Possible Upcoming G1 Platinum Releases: http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/generations-classics-44/more-titan-devastator-info-sdcc-g2-titan-devastator-possible-upcoming-g1-platinum-releases-181846/

- BADCUBE OTS – Wardog
- FansToys FT-11 – Spotter : http://tfsource.com/fanstoys/FT11-spotter/
- FansToys FT-09 – Tesla: http://tfsource.com/fanstoys/FT09-tesla/
- KFC - EAVI METAL Phase Three: A - Citizen Stack : http://tfsource.com/kfc/citizen-stack/
- MP-22 - Masterpiece Ultra Magnus with Trailer ''Perfect Edition'' : http://tfsource.com/masterpiece/mp-22-ultramagnus/
- MP-11SW - Masterpiece Skywarp : http://tfsource.com/masterpiece/mp-11sw-skywarp/

- Original Vintage G1 Transformers Sealed Collection Lot MISB MOSC-Transformerland : http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Original-Vintage-G1-Transformers-Sealed-Collection-Lot-MISB-MOSC-Transformerland-/271726588385?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item3f442ab1e1

- Transformers Generation 2 Lot MEGATRON g2 collector's edition optimus prime g1 : http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Transformers-Generation-2-Lot-MEGATRON-g2-collectors-edition-optimus-prime-g1-/171644853959?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item27f6d49ec7

Keep on collecting!
Joe

The Goldbergs Airs Optimus' Death on TV

I was watching one of my TV shows the other day, The Goldbergs,  and I can't help but love this show not just because of its characters, but because of the constant memories and nostalgia toys it usually brings up in every episode from my childhood every time I watch it…..and this episode was no different.  If anything, this particular episode should have some special meaning for all of us in the Transformer community…..the showing of the '84 Transformers movie, Prime's demise and how much it traumatized the majority of us.

The Goldbergs - Airdate : 01/15/15

A kids Saturday morning ritual of watching cartoons.

TRANSFORMERS & BEER - EPISODE 5 : "The AFA Grading Process & Debate"

In an effort to help those (and that includes us) not completely familiar with the AFA grading process, we have taken excerpts and highlights of Maz's recent 1st time attempt on grading a G1 Fireflight (MOSC) and give our thoughts on the whole process as well.



Read Maz's in-depth two-part blog story at http://TFSource.com and follow along with us as we go through this highly debatable topic within our Transformers community.

MAKING THE GRADE - PART 1 : http://tfsource.com/blog/making-the-grade-part-1/

MAKING THE GRADE - PART 2 : http://tfsource.com/blog/making-the-grade-part-2/

Special thanks to Maz for using his time and effort, once again, to help those of us in the Transformer community in better understanding the ever changing process of our collecting pastime.

Keep on collecting!
Joe

TRANSFORMERS & BEER PODCAST - EPISODE 4 : "More 3rd Party....Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying"

Welcome back everyone!  We hope that everyone is all relaxed and refeshed to start the new year off with a bang and renewed fervour in collecting Transformers.

- "M" watches some more Robots In Disguise trailers and we give our thoughts

- MP 11 Skywarp packaging issues and how it could possibly effect preorders : http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/1005998-mp-11sw-skywarp-184.html

- "M" awaiting confirmation for his MP Skywarp and Ultra Magnus to ship out and is concerned about the rare delay

- The TFSource guarantee and why we shop there : http://tfsource.com/firstclass/

- Fans Toys "Soar" (Blue Chest) : http://tfsource.com/fanstoys/scoar-blue/

- Fans Toys "Soar" (Red Chest) : http://tfsource.com/fanstoys/scoar-red/

- Fans Toys “FT-06 Sever” – Iron Dibots No.3 : http://tfsource.com/fanstoys/sever/

- Fans Toys “FT-04X Iron Dibots No.1 Scoria Limited Edition” : http://tfsource.com/fanstoys/FT04X-scoria/

- GigaPower – Gigasaurs : http://tfsource.com/gigapower/hq03-gutter/

- Mega Steel – MS-01 Granville : http://tfsource.com/mega-steel/MS-01/

- Are we ever going to see some ”legit” Masterpiece Combiners and what are the obstacles to overcome

Keep on collecting!
Joe

New Transformer Display

It took a considerable amount of poking and prodding but it has finally happened.

I've divided the photos up by starting at the top and then working left side down following by the right; first showing the whole shelf and then the figures individually.

Kronoform Robot Watch

I like watches. It's that simple.  Even though I only own 3, I'm sure I could find the room in my drawer to add this beautiful one to my collection.

Takara made this line of watches back in the first half of the 80's which doubled as mini transforming robots.