Year: 2014

TransMissions Episode 84 – Google Hangout Holiday Extravaganza

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On this episode Darryl and Jeremy are left alone to fend for themselves. Listen to the Google Hangout they had where they were joined by a handful of listeners and special guest Protoman! Hope you enjoy this holiday edition of TransMissions! You can watch the recorded video of this hangout on YouTube here. What are your picks for best Transformers toys and comics in 2014?  Take our survey and let us know!  You can also give us feedback on the show! Want to see a new IDW comic set in the G1 cartoon universe?  Sign our petition and make your voice heard! Today’s podcast is brought to you by 80stees.com. 80sTees has an incredible selection of Transformers Shirts and Hoodies including some amazing Transformers costume hoodies. Please support TransMissions and check them out at 80stees.com! Continue reading

TransMissions Episode 83 – A Very Yoshi Christmas

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Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings from TransMissions! While we take a holiday break, Yoshi pulls back the curtain to bring you more behind the scenes fun from Episode 79, with our special guests Nicole Hale and John-Paul Bove.  If you thought that show was already crazy and completely off topic, wait ’til you hear what was left on the cutting room floor!  We hope you’ll forgive us for the significant lack of Transformers talk in this episode, and hang on as Yoshi takes you through all the hilarious clips of Nicole and JP that you didn’t hear!  To all our listeners we wish you joy, peace, and that Santa brings you all the Transformers you asked for this year! What are your picks for best Transformers toys and comics in 2014?  Take our survey and let us know!  You can also give us feedback on the show! Want to see… Continue reading

Yoshi’s List 82

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The #OnlyListThatCounts is back with the vengeance of all the little Canadian kids that Darryl has made cry because he buys out everything from Value Village. Listen to the 82th episode here. Here is the list in all it’s handwritten glory. While you’re all trying to figure out why you didn’t make the list this week rest assured that I’ll be playing GTAV Online, not caring. Thanks to the following people who all wrote to TransMissions. You have been immortalized on paper. Enjoy your stay. It’ll be short lived. Dinobot Maximize Tom Proscia Dual Mirrored Gridwork RD Blade Canadian / Darryl / Cybertronian Beast Christian Brock Mathew Ignash DJ Ronin Continue reading

TransMissions Episode 82

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On this episode of TransMissions Darryl brings us toy news from the 6th annual Fanscon in Shanghai, Charles reviews IDWs Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye issue 35, and we play catch-up on your listener feedback. All this and much more, on this episode of TransMissions! Check out our “Trips to the Store” video segment on YouTube! What are your picks for best Transformers toys and comics in 2014?  Take our survey and let us know!  You can also give us feedback on the show! Today’s podcast is brought to you by 80stees.com. 80sTees has an incredible selection of Transformers Shirts and Hoodies including some amazing Transformers costume hoodies. Please support TransMissions and check them out at 80stees.com! Continue reading

TransMissions Best of 2014 Survey

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The survey is now closed.  Thanks everyone for participating!  The results will be announced on a future episode of TransMissions! With 2014 being the 30th Anniversary, it’s been a great year for Transformers!  We at the TransMissions Podcast would like to hear from you about what you think are best Transformers toys and comics to come out in 2014, and also what you think of our podcast.  Thanks for participating and for listening to TransMissions!  Voting ends January 10, 2015 11:59pm EST (January 11, 2015 4:59am GMT). You can fill out the survey below after the jump, or at this direct link. Continue reading

TransMissions Wu Long Toys Design Course Scholarship Winner Announcement!

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On this very short mini- episode, we pick the winner of the online toy design course scholarship!  Thanks again to Christian Brock of Wu Long Toys, who is teaching the course and donated the scholarship.  You can download or listen to the audio, or watch the video below after the jump!  Congratulations to the winner!  For more information on the course and how to sign up, check out Christian’s blog post. Continue reading

Yoshi’s List 80

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The #OnlyListThatCounts is…. late. Listen to the 80th episode here. Big deal, you want to fight about it?!? I didn’t think so. I wrote out the list a little differently because change is fun. If you don’t like it then don’t write into the show! Thanks to the following people who all wrote to TransMissions. You have been immortalized on paper. Enjoy your stay. Their will be black jack and hookers. The Real Jake Dalrymple Rudy Malibiran Mathew Ignash (@MathewIgnash) Rob Peirson Dinobot Maximize Tom Lynch Christian Broke (@WuLongTi) Gabe Dual Mirrored Gridwork (@DMG1001) Joel Jagdeo Zach RD Blade (@RD_Blade) Continue reading

TransMissions Episode 81 – Interview with Rik Alvarez, Trent Troop & Candice Santora from Play With This Too

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On this episode we welcome former Hasbro designer Rik Alvarez and the crew from Play With This Too.  We discuss Rik’s tenure at Hasbro and his work on the Transformers brand, and then we get into their independent toy company Play With This Too and what they have planned for 2015.  We have all this and more on this episode of TransMissions! Want to see a new IDW comic set in the G1 cartoon universe?  Sign our petition and make your voice heard! Today’s podcast is brought to you by 80stees.com. 80sTees has an incredible selection of Transformers Shirts and Hoodies including some amazing Transformers costume hoodies. Please support TransMissions and check them out at 80stees.com! Continue reading

TransMissions Episode 80 – RetroRobotCrossover with Mathew Ignash

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On this very late episode we are joined by the man behind RetroRobotRadio, Mathew Ignash as we take a look at the problems with Masterpiece Exhaust in the US, and look at a number of new third party figures. We’ll be reviewing IDW’s Primacy #4 as well as the 1988 audiobook “Decepticons Underground” from Matthew’s YouTube channel. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions! Check out our “Trips to the Store” video segment on YouTube! Enter here to win a scholarship for Christian Brock’s online toy design course! Contest ends Saturday, December 6, 2014 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time (Sunday, December 7, 2014 4:59am GMT). Want to see a new IDW comic set in the G1 cartoon universe?  Sign our petition and make your voice heard! Today’s podcast is brought to you by 80stees.com. 80sTees has an incredible selection of Transformers Shirts and Hoodies including some amazing… Continue reading

TransMissions Podcast Online Toy Design Course Scholarship Giveaway!

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UPDATE 12/11/2014: The contest winner has been selected and announced here!  Congratulations! UPDATE 12/7/2014: The contest is over and the winner will be announced soon.  Thanks for entering! Friend of the show and 3rd Party Transformers toy designer Christian Brock of Wu Long Toys is partnering with 3D printing company Shapeways to provide an online toy design course in January 2015. He is graciously offering one scholarship spot for the class for free (value $50) to a lucky listener of our podcast! If you have an interest in toy design and 3D modeling this is an opportunity you don’t want to miss! For more information on the course check out Christian’s blog. To enter the contest fill out this entry form. A Google account is required to sign up for the course, so it is also required to enter this contest. Listening to our podcast is not required to win,… Continue reading