TransMissions Episode 93

Peter-Cullen-The-Voice-of-a-Generation_16x9On this episode, Peter Cullen is going to TFcon Toronto this summer, Toys ‘R’ Us leaks news of the Masterpiece Starscream re-release, and we review Transformers Drift: Empire of Stone issues and .  We have all this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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    feed back feed back notes,everywhere,fun to take ,FUN TO SHARE….

    great, now i sound like wheelie….i wonder if he ever broke forum feedback too?

  2. I think in part the reason we have the Transformers exhibit here in Indianapolis is because we have the world’s largest Children’s Museum.

    The exhibit is scheduled to run, per the CM website, from March 7th through July 26, 2015. So plenty of time for Transformers fans to make a trip to Indy.

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    Oooooh,you lucky dog,karubah,you lucky dog!!!

    • I know! To be honest I did not know about the exhibit until the Transmissions team mentioned it on the show. I will definitely have to go down and see it and report back. 🙂

  4. Hey guys, Bert the Stormtrooper here.
    Isnt it great how I just got done complimenting you guys on the great job you do, putting time markers on your show notes so listeners can skip over some sections of the show they may not be so interested in, and the very next episode you take them out???
    That’s what I get I guess! Hey! Reverse psychology! The time markers sucked! (Hopes that will bring them back!!!)
    As always, thanks for a great show!
    Later,
    Bert the Stormtrooper

    • Hey Bert, the timecodes are still there. Jeremy and I take turns doing the editing and blog posts each week, and our formatting styles are different. But look at the show notes again, all the timecodes are there for each section. We recorded Episode 94 a couple days ago, and we did respond to your feedback, so be sure to listen for that. Thanks for your words of encouragement and suggestions, we appreciate it.

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    Karubah,you report on it ,and if you can,GET PICS!

    (lucky dog you)

    Burt,I agree with you about the show,I think the Dr was right:”you can’t please all the people all th the time”…this is a great show I feel as it is,and I am not a person too keen on change,it may happen ,don’t mean I have to like it..so I hope we can still enjoy the show despite all the nay sayers…
    Keep up the outstanding work guys!

  6. Another Great show guys!!!! I do have a idea about “Lonewolf” I think why they are bringing him out first to get in with the hype and the release of the Stunticons for the Combiner Wars series. With the Motormaster of that line coming out in some places and all. ( Sadly not my area.) They are trying to get people to get him considering how G1 he looks.

  7. Also WHERE IS THE ONLY LIST THAT MATTERS????? We haven’t seen it posted in along time.

  8. Bit of extra information on Bruticus Maximus for Daryl, since he didn’t get it quite right. It was originally released during the Energon line as a deluxe body and 4 scouts for limbs, but there were only two molds used for the scouts. I wasn’t collecting at the time, so I don’t know how it was received then, but it saw a re-release during the Revenge of the Fallen era. I don’t think it was clear if it was supposed to be in the RotF or Universe line, but I don’t think that mattered to anyone.

    Anyway, Swindle and Vortex shared the helicopter mold, while Brawn and Blast Off shared the weird ass tank mold, which are generally considered, by today’s standards, hot garbage. I still kinda like em, but yeah, it’s hard to disagree with that. Fansproject’s add-on kits gave us the new Swindle and Blast Off and all the kibbly bits to turn that mess of a Bruticus into something serviceable. You are totally right, Warbotron totally beat the pants off of it.

    So yes, they did replace two hot garbage molds, but since those molds were repeated, they also left two in. That Energon Barricade, though, that’s not a bad figure on its own!

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    Yep Tom’s got it right ,that mold is from energon,I did not hate the “double up ” factor of those combiners,but I thought it was said they (hasbro)could come out with/afford two sets of all 5 use molds or 3 3 use molds in the end, The latter won,so other than the hands/feet bit on them i think there ok at best.untill the up grade kit came along they were felt to be crap,but I do ponder this: why has no one else came fourth to do upgrades like the fans projects ex:make 2 new members and combiner kibble for the other two maxmiuses after all?

  10. Late reply again…Missed out on replying on Ep92. Now I’m back with a DMG level feedback for you.

    I’ll start with the whole Bruticus talk. I’m happy that Hasbro will tackle that figure again because that FOC version was a POS. The Boosticus kit made it acceptable but it’s still a turd. As stated before the ROTF Bruticus was a repaint of the Energon version. To correct DMG a little…Fansproject DID make upgrade kits for the Energon/ROTF Superion (LOL I own it). Maybe Matthew can correct this but it was rumoured that Fansproject was looking into making an upgrade for the Energon/Universe Constructicon Maximus (aka devastator). I’m assuming that TFC Hurcules and Maketoys Giant killed that project before it got traction.

    As for Warbotron’s version of Bruticus while it looks cool I passed on it and pretty much any combiner from them. My reason for this was 1.) I wasn’t keen on the early business gong show with BBTS with the first figures. My first preorder figure was cancelled from another online retailer (A3U). So sour grapes right off the hop. In the end I really looked over the current combiners I have/had on preorder and relized that the Fansproject Colussus is still a wicked figure and that it scales pretty well with Giant, Quantron, Hasbro Superion, Fansproject Menasor. Now if I got Warbotron then I’d have a huge Bruticus and would likely lead me down the rabbit hole of having to get more combiners that are all in scale (first world problem). Yes I know getting perfect in scale is not going to happen. I’m aiming for reasonably close.

    For those that like Warbotrons stuff I’d ask this….do you like the actual style or is it a case of well this one is bigger so it’s better?

    On the MP Star Scream front…pretty much big MEH! for me. But it’s cool that you guys will be able to get your hands on it for a reasonable price. I have the Takara MP-11 and it is nice to have that hip/leg kibble crap dealt with.

    Wahoo! MP TRACKS…can’t wait and we chatted on twitter about that.

    LOL oh Kijiji! Stupid name but it’s a great place to find deals on tfs and to sell them as well. I’m pretty sure eBay owns Kijiji.

    Yoshi…cool video of the game play. I’m not a gamer but enjoyed watching the crashes. That said I’m with Darryl and this has nothing to do with Transformers and wouldn’t make me want to seek out podcasts about transformers….

    AND YA WTF! WHERE’S THE ONLY LIST THAT COUNTS! Disappointed Yoshi…might have to scale back that Patreon!.

    LOL Just kidding. OR am I O_o

    OHHHHH! Bag of Bots time!
    -Cloud Shockwave…because why not?
    -AOE Platinum Edition Dinobots…totally worth it if on sale.
    -CW Bombshell, windcharger, and powerglide. All just ok.
    -Generations Rat Trap and Tankor for $10 at Winners! Couldn’t say no.
    -6 Comics from a local con which I tweeted pics to you guys.
    -Autobot coffee cup.

    Holy crap I was originally joking about the DMG level feedback…Sorry, I’ll stop now and hand the torch back to DMG.

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    check out the last feedback rob,it’s so HUGE I has to break it up in chunks just to send it…but if if it’ll make you feel better..
    NOBODY TAKE THE TORCH FROM DMG!!!,OH ITS ON NOW!!!!!!

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    Oh and rob,I knew about the upgrade kit you talking about, but it did not change the over all look to them (- new hands and feet,and takes them/the kibble and stores it on the planes) but over all it did not change the look of the combined figure over all to me.at least not to to the extent the fans projects combaticons add on kit did.

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