ATW Ep 131, 17th Nov 2017

Welcome to Australian Transformers Weekly, your first stop and your last best hope for Transformers news in Australia.

This is episode 131, we are recording live on November 17th, 2017

In this episode we’ll be talking about

• The first two episodes of Titans return have aired, will we eat our words?
• Takara is stoking the fire with some massive releases on the horizon,
• Could we finally be getting a Animated Devastator?
• All that … and more!

 

Cut to Intro:

Opening credits (8bit Transformers Theme)

 

What have you been up to this week?

 

00:05:25 Put Your Bot To Work Day

https://tccaus.wordpress.com/competitions/take-your-bot-to-work-day/

Put your bot to work day is a current competition run by TCCA. Each Wednesday in the TCCA Facebook group there’s a post for the week’s competition. Submit your “bot in the real world pic” for a chance to win some great prizes.

• This Weeks Winner is: John Ryan

NEWS

00:08:17 Titans Return releases with episode 1 and 2, with starscream reborn, a nice voice over summing up Combiner Wars and Optimus Prime leaving again. Rodimus hands over the matrix and reverts back to hot rod and the old battle station called trypticon is rebuilt. So what are our thoughts?

http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/11/14/machinimas-transformers-titans-return-episodes-1-2-available-online-353531?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

 

Power of the Primes figures appearing  at retail in the US this week.

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00:44:25 It turns out that the completionists are going to HATE this line, because each figure has TWELVE variants of cards in their box, each one describing how a different Prime affects and powers up that figure.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/11/14/power-primes-pack-collector-card-variant-information-12-variants-per-figure-353551

 

00:51:50 Meanwhile, it does seem like the power of the primes actually refers to the impressive ability of the figures to remain upright with all this shit attached to them.

https://twitter.com/JM77/status/930218271403524096?s=09

 

00:53:12 We saw some images and hints at a new movie Collector's series where hasbro are re releasing fan favourite bots from the first five films with more collector based engineering and look. We now have a reveal via Facebook (taiwan TFCC) of a new Deluxe age of extinction stinger. Also visible in the image is the new leader class black out and voyager ratchet figures.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/11/11/transformers-movie-series-deluxe-stinger-revealed-353428?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

 

Maybe this is related? Details are emerging of a new Studio Series movie range for 2018.

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/upc-codes-for-upcoming-2018-transformers-movie-toyline-hints-at-another-leader-figure-and-more-toys/40053/

 

00:56:08 We've seen blurry images but now Takara have released production shots of the new movie Masterpiece MPM-05. Barricade. It transforms in 40 steps, has diecast pieces and 30 points of articulation.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/11/11/mpm-05-movie-masterpiece-barricade-official-images-353404?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

01:03:56 Takara Tomy has revealed colour figure shots of MP-41 Masterpiece Dinobot in all his glory. The $245 USD price tag appears to be true and online retail has put up pre orders of accordingly. So who's buying it?

http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/11/12/takara-tomy-mp-41-masterpiece-dinobot-stock-pictures-360-turnaround-views-353481?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

 

Scale image:

 

01:11:55 It appears Takara might be about to make Brad faint with joy, as one of their designers have an interview for the Generations 2018 book we recently reported on, stating that their eventual goal for Masterpiece Beast Wars figures is Megatron.

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-masterpiece-beast-wars-megatron-in-the-works-at-takara/40048/

 

Other news

01:16:35 We all love the animated figures and although it was discussed on Transformers Legends this week we thought we'd take a look at this older piece of news also.

Here we have A Plus Toys Animated Dirt Boss in Painted Prototype with Devastator Images

http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/10/10/plus-toys-animated-dirt-boss-painted-prototype-devastator-images-351827?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

01:17:58 Joining the 3p Combiner fight Fans Toys has announced FT-30 Ethereaon (Masterpiece Scale Aerialbots/Superion) with prototype images of thier silver bolt figure.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/11/13/fans-toys-ft-30-ethereaon-masterpiece-scale-aerialbotssuperion-353519?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

Movie news

01:21:58 Finally in movie news, it appears the Bumblebee movie might be abandoning it's Generations name and just going out as Bumblebee The Movie

http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/11/12/bumblebee-movie-news-roundup-wrap-353441

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/2018-bumblebee-movie-name-logo-and-bumblebees-new-look-revealed-at-wrap-up-party/40004/

After 70 days Principal photography on the bumblebee movie has wrapped. News for the film will probably be light until February where we might possibly get a look at the new toyline, but there's probably not going to be a super bowl trailer as universal have mission impossible 6 and cloverfield 3 to promote.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/11/11/bumblebee-robot-mode-head-title-card-revealed-bumblebee-movie-353401?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

01:23:25 NEW ACQUISITIONS  

Chris: Titans Return Quake, Energon Skorponok, Armada Tidal Wave

Jason: GT Tyrant (IDW Stealth Bomber Megatron)

01:41:55 TCCA BUSINESS

• The Xmas donation drive is now open, some great prizes like mp megatron, shockwave and Sunstreaker as well as some 3p bots like TFcon exclusive sphinx and veteran war dog. For every donation of $5 you get a ticket in the draw, there's no limits and anyone can enter.
• For full details and T’s n C’s head over to transformerscca.com

 

01:45:27 OUTRO

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