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Kre-O

• 7 different sets each has a piece to build a dark energon weapon
• 29 new Kreons

Transformers Prime

• Just showing all the leaks so far
• From Transformer Exiles novel Thunder-something? Amazing Leo Prime-style lion with a peg leg

Cyberverse

• Legion Flameware

Commanders

• Ultra Magnus
• Blades OP

2013

• Legion Arachnid (more accurate to show)

Bot Shots

• More of stuff that has been leaked already
• Ironhide launcher

MP10 (Masterpiece Optimus Prime) - US release will be Animated Movie Deco

Generations (WFC)

• Kickback
• Starscream
• Sideswipe
• ULTA MAGNUS! (with sword and gun)
• Fireflight
• Voyager SOUNDWAVE! with datadisc Laserbeak - Datadiscs shoot and on impact transform
• Also Soundblaster with Buzzsaw
• Legends Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage and RatBat

SDCC 2013 Exclusives

• Game accurate deco WFC Bruticus!
• Just had vote for artwork for the boxset (it was fake)
• Rust in Peace Cliffjumper - red battle damaged FE Cliffjumper
• Showing concepts for zombie Cliffjumper packaging
• Final is Zombie head for Cliffjumper taken from animation models

August - Generations Deluxes, Cyberverse OP Commander Base

Q&A

• No announcement today about WFC Dinobots, all five are doubtful
• MP10 will be a TRU exclusive
• "Classics" Springer is on a short list, Arcee not likely since she is in Prime and they don’t want to confuse kids
• Ironhide probably won’t show up in Prime, but probably in other places
• Bruticus will be the measure of whether they do more combiners

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TFCC Figure Subscription Service

• Going to show all figures
• 1 payment for all or 3 payments
• 6 figures
• Kicking around 2 per month (to cut down on shipping) or 1 per month
• Will be producing extras for cherry pickers, but will be considerably higher than the subscription
• Breakdown (Generations Sideswipe mold)
• Jackpot (Animated Jazz mold)
• Scourge (RTD Laser Prime mold)
• Slipstream (TF Prime Starscream mold)
• Circuit (Animated Lockdown mold)
• Ultra Mammoth (Big Convoy mold)

Free membership toy for next year Depth Charge (HFTD Terradive mold)

Q&A

• Could a box be made for the FSS? Not right now. Shipping would be cost prohibitive.
• Mold selection? Story is more important than molds. Then they select characters. Then try to find molds within there availability.
• ETA on FSS? Order around June, shipping by November, maybe.

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On my own. Going down the only road I’ve ever known. And that road leads to Botcon, solo. It’s pretty fitting considering I went to my first Botcon five years ago by myself and this maybe my last. It’s interesting how meaningless some things seem once you have something in your life that is more important than you. While we have planned to try to make it to Comic-Con every year, we have to start thinking about saving for the myriad of things babies/kids need. While I think toys will always be a part of my life, minimally they can’t take up as much of my income as they have in the past and that’s okay. At least that’s what I keep telling myself.

Speaking of telling, let me tell you we have one hell of a show for you. I think it’s the longest we have ever done, at least the longest released in one MP3. With over three and a quarter hours of toy talk, you could easily spread it out over a week. Let us see, Monday would be con news, a smattering of great toy news and some Matty/MOTUC Q’s and A’s. Tuesday would yield a little more toy news, a look at 3rd party love and possibly the Store Report. Wednesday would have us looking at some new stuff online, including ShelfLifeX.com. As well as a quick look at What I Got. Thursday we would look at this amazing transforming Sky Striker Starscream and some affordable cancelled G.I. Joes. Finally we would round out the week of toy goodness by hearing from you, talking some Botcon and then some non-toy news from the franchises. Not a bad week, in my opinion.

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Like I always tell Mrs. McFavorite, it’s not right or wrong; it’s just my opinion…Slick

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While we only touch on it briefly, the whole Intellectual Property thing is blowing up as of late. First Fun Publications started with 3rd party toys by simply calling attention to a clause in their dealer room table contract that has been there for years. It’s actually in most cons’ contracts. However, this year supposedly it WILL be enforced. We speculated what this could mean for Artists Alley. Sure enough, reports have begun coming in that non-licensed art will not be allowed either. Really? As everyone’s favorite Joe cast would say, “com’on man”. Only time will tell what kind of effect this will have on not only Botcon, but Joecon as well.

As usual we talk a bunch of toys, but instead of highlighting a few of them with this post, I really wanted to focus on what has me most excited right now, Attack on Cobra Island. What’s Attack on Cobra Island you say? It’s an amazing old school 16 bit side scrolling G.I. Joe brawler. It is literally the game that every red blooded 80s G.I. Joe fan should’ve wanted back in the day. In just a few minutes of playing you can easily tell that it is a labor of love. IP infringing, fangasming love. While I roll with a pretty loose set of ethics when it comes to IP and the fandom, I believe especially not-for-profit projects like this need to be celebrated. Huge thanks to Justin over at General’s Joes for posting about this.

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Bring on my Masters 2D fighter…Slick

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I knew that I would. After several “meh” episodes, I finally had a great time recording this cast. With everything going on (see the last cast’s post), it really does feel good to be enjoying myself again. Now if the rest of the community could get with the program. There’s been a ton of negative vibes out there for the last couple of months. From the ever worsening issues with Matty, the continuing distribution issues and soon to be articulation limiting of the Joe line, to the Collector Clubs’ issues, it seems like the whole community is bitching. Other collectors have been feeling it too. I just wish everyone could remember this is supposed to be fun.

Speaking of fun, what’s more fun than new Disney Star Wars figures? How about a Transformer that turns into 6 different things? No, I got it, a UFO Transformer with an old school bubble helmet. If saving money is your thing, both BBTS and Matty have pretty good sales right now. We also hear from an old friend. Finally, we pick the winner of our Toy Fair 2012 Giveaway. Now this is what I consider fun.

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So good, so good, I got you…Slick

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It’s that time of year again. It’s the Super Bowl of action figure events. Where plastic addicts from all around the world rejoice and/or bitch about all the new toys we’ll be getting. Unfortunately my heart just wasn’t in it this year. We had to cancel our trip to see my family due to weather and a few other unforeseen circumstances. This was the trip we were going to spring the big news. Now we have to wait another month to tell them in person. It feels like a huge weight right now. On top of that, work continues to be shitty.

You want the icing on the proverbial cake? We’ve come to the incredibly hard decision that our faithful companion for over 13 years, Target, has reached an unacceptable level of quality of life. While it might be hard to lose a pet, it’s unbearable to have to actually set a date and count down to it. Every day for the last week and a half has been filled with the 5 steps of grief played out over and over again. I apologize if I don’t have any witty quips, insightful ponderings or even a couple of links. I do sincerely appreciate you listening or reading as the case may be. I’ve had my fair share of pain especially for my age so I know time does helps, I just wish it would hurry the fuck up.

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Pain pays the income of each precious thing…Slick

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Do you like spoilers? Do you want to know the newest information as soon as possible? I don’t, at least not really. That may sound strange coming from someone who peddles toy news, but that’s probably the primary issue. I can’t remember the last time I bought a figure without knowing that it was hitting store shelves. While being part of the community has helped me secure some of the hardest to find figures, it’s also diminished the magic of discovery. While I have been a hardcore collector for about seven years, I have always bought toys. For the most part, it was only a figure here and there or something on clearance. However, there truly was something special about playing with something you had no idea existed.

Those are my thoughts as I see the toys news from Toy Fair scream across my social aggregator. While this is the Super Bowl weekend of toy news, we recap everything leading up to this weekend of weekends. We kick around the leaks from UK Toy Fair, Transformers Prime releases and G.I. Joe Retaliation toys. There are some great preorders if you like the small stuff. Robert Atkins put on one hell of a custom contest. After almost a year of the Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime retrospective, we’re finally reviewing Fansproject TFX-04 Protector Armor. And if you think that was a lot of reviews, I still have two more we could have done, but Mrs. McFavorite would have killed me.

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What’s our next review, spoiler…Slick

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Have you ever had a song stuck in your head? Of course you have. How about for a few weeks? That’s how long this post’s namesake has been stuck in mine. Almost every moment of silence has been filled with “It’s gonna be a good life, a good good life.” The funny thing is I don’t know if that’s how I feel or if I’m trying to convince myself. It’s been a ridiculously stressful January. Not only are we doing our whole first of the year cleansing thing (i.e. no sugar, no fast food, no smoking, no booze, no buying toys, no fun), work has been hell. On top of that I have the standard whirlwind of doubts, concerns and excitement concerning my most anticipated package ever.

One thing still makes everything right in the world, talking toys. Even though I can’t buy any right now, I still love following all the updates. While we haven’t actually talked news in over 2 months we were able to keep the cast to just under two and a half hours. During the show we discuss the onslaught of con news, recent MOTUC happenings, new Transformers toys, the collector clubs’ upcoming exclusives and some of the best 3rd party products we’ve seen in a while. As you can imagine we picked up quite a few new toys over the holidays. Finally we give our thoughts on the Travel Channel’s Toy Hunters.

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It is going to be a good life…Slick

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It’s truly amazing how quickly things can change. One moment everything is progressing the same as it always has and WHAM, your life will never be the same. That’s how I felt on December 11th. It really has changed my entire outlook on life. There’s something priceless about events of this nature. All I can say is I hope everyone experiences something similar at least once in their lifetime.

Talk about once in a lifetime, that’s how I feel about the 80’s and more specifically, the toys of the 80’s. It was literally a perfect storm of relaxing federal regulations, the proliferation of cable TV and syndication and media tie-ins. Gone were the previous generation’s large 12″ and clothed dolls. The late 70’s saw a relatively unknown film usher in a new era of action figures and with it a new approach to toy marketing. With the advancements in technology in the last 20 years, such as life-like video games and the World Wide Web, unfortunately kids will never have an experience like we did. While we normally cover the 4 boys’ lines that have dominated action figure isles for the last 30+ years, this time around we talk about our other favorite lines from what many kids that grew up during that time call the best decade ever, the 80’s.

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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it…Slick

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