ATW Ep 129, 03rd Nov 2017

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

This is episode 129, we are recording live on November 3rd, 2017

In this episode we’ll be talking about

• Machinima’s Titans Return Series
• Power of the Primes
• Upcoming Takara Legends figures
• … and more!

What have you been up to this week?

 

00:11:45 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: Russell Bird

 

NEWS

00:15:43 Machinima Titans Return

The new Titans Return Machinima series is almost here - cower in fear, humans! If you didn’t really like their Combiner Wars series then we don’t think Machinima cares.

 

They’ve released a new poster.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/10/30/machinimas-titans-return-metroplex-poster-352860?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

 

And it turns out Combiner Wars (which we’ve been saying can’t be seen anywhere) has reappeared on Hasbro’s YouTube channel.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/10/27/eight-episodes-combiner-wars-now-hasbros-youtube-352722?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

 

00:23:58 Power of the Primes

Two items this week on POTP with a look at Hasbro press images for Starscream coming up. Before we get into that though, we also saw news this week that preorders for the first wave are live and stock is expected to ship in December.

 

Voyager Class Starscream In-Box And Stock Images

http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/11/02/power-primes-leader-class-starscream-box-stock-images-352994?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

 

Other news

00:30:18 Legends Grand Maximus Confirmed for Production and Artwork revealed (bonus green dude not included now due to low pre order numbers)

http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/10/28/legends-grand-maximus-confirmed-production-352731?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

 

00:38:10 Dr. Wu Display Bases and Megatron Upgrade Kit – Color Images

http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/11/01/dr-wu-display-bases-megatron-upgrade-kit-color-images-352912?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

 

00:45:12 Alien Attack STF-02 El Cid – AOE/TLK Optimus Prime Images

http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/11/02/alien-attack-stf-02-el-cid-aoetlk-optimus-prime-353010?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

 

00:51:06 First Look – Zeta Toys Masterpiece-Styled Superion

http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/10/27/first-look-zeta-toys-masterpiece-styled-superion-352726?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

 

00:58:21 NEW ACQUISITIONS  

Brad: nil

Mikey: Badcube Huff, Piper & Brawny

01:07:00 Jason: Siege on Cybertron, Galaxy Meteor, Titans Return Arcee & Grotusque

GUEST:

01:21:27 Chris - talk a bit about your collection and collecting habits

 

01:36:39 TCCA BUSINESS

Australian Transformers Weekly is produced by Transformers Collectors Club Australia.

TCCA is run by volunteers who donate their time and money to make the club better for everyone. Our goal is to connect Transformers fans around the country and we do it by engaging the collecting community.

This means attending and exhibiting at conventions and events around the country, and that costs money.

If you’re enjoying this podcast, we hope you’ll consider becoming a paid member of Transformers Collectors Club Australia.

Yearly memberships cost just 5 dollars and help support club activities at conventions big and small around the country, from Supanova and Oz Comic Con in capital cities to smaller local gatherings.

To join us as a paid member, go to transformerscca.com.

 

Christmas Donation Drive

• Annual tradition for the club, it’s like a Christmas bonanza!

• Prizes include Masterpiece Megatron, Shockwave and Sunstreaker, third party figures like War Dog Veteran edition, a TFcon exclusive Mirage, G1 character posters and a whole lot more!

• It’s a lucky draw. Tickets cost just $5 and you can buy as many tickets as you like.

• Like membership, your ticket purchase helps support the club. We use the money to pay for figures for other giveaways, attending conventions and supporting other club activities like birthday and christmas gatherings around the country.

• Go to transformerscca.com, or look at the pinned post in the Facebook discussion group for more information.

01:42:07 OUTRO

• Thank you for listening! And if you’re watching along with the live record, thanks for watching and participating.

• To find out more about these stories, you’ll find the links to them all and more in the show notes.

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• We also have a new companion podcast! If you or your kids are interested in the younger-themed Transformers toys and franchises like Rescue Bots and Robots in Disguise, you might want to listen to Transformers Legends. You can find it on Facebook and on the TCCA YouTube channel. Its website is tflpod.podbean.com.

• Australian Transformers Weekly is a production of Transformers Collectors Club Australia. The club is registered and incorporated in Victoria. You can find more information about at www.transformerscca.com

• Thank you for listening, we’ll be back with more Transformers news next week.

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