Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 018 Show Notes

  1. Introduction

    1. About the podcast and site

    2. About Us

    3. Contact Us

    4. What are we drinking?

  2. BOTCON 2009!

    • Overview:

    • The Trip

    • Thursday:

    • Friday:

      • The lines, oh the lines! (but not for us)
      • TCC Magazine and Cominc Q and A
        • More Animated tech specs coming
        • More Shattered stories (Blitzwing Bop, TransHuman, Ultimate Salvation, unnamed)
        • Movie molds off limits, but possibly Animated for exclusive
        • Hasbro suggested Nexus Maximus. They ran with it. Didn’t Google it.
        • Possible TPB of comics
        • Comic is not Sunstorm, but Hooligan
        • Sweeps planned for 2 years
        • Continuity meant to be open for flexibility.
        • Future plans for the Elite Guard.
        • Next exclusive is Punch/Counterpunch based on Classics Sideswipe
      • Stan Bush and Vince DiCola
        • Major sound issues (no staff to help)
        • Concert will include The Touch (original) and Dare
        • Vince was hurt to not be approached about live action score
        • 2 toys to feature The Touch (ultimate BB and ?)
        • Both working on new albums
      • Transformers: Animated
        • Lotsa process information
        • Wanted to do Deathsaurus and give more screen time Dai Atlas
        • Left some open questions that they have answers for
        • NO MORE ANIMATED
      • Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman
        • Michael Bay locked them in a hotel. Took four months to get to shooting
        • As good if not better than first
        • Can’t be a robot in disguise without having humans to hide from
        • More money for effect is this one
        • Demolishor and Scavenger is not an accident, there is a reason for being two names
        • Grindor and Blackout have a reason too
      • Salesroom
        • IDW
        • Soundwave Print with all Cassettes
        • Shout! Factory Sets
        • Matt Moylan
        • Alex Milne
        • Huge Hasbro Display
        • Real Optimus Prime
        • Head to Head ROTF Video Game
        • G1 Unicron
      • Dinner with Sabertron at El Tepeyac (lost in LA with a GPS)
      • Tranformers Film Fest

    • Saturday:

      • Woke up late, no Weird Al
      • Peter Cullen line debacle
      • IDW
        • August, 6 issue Tales of the Fallen spotlights Bumblebee, Jetfire, Fallen and more
        • Spotlight Cliffjumper
        • 13-16 is the Coda, two 11 page stories per issue ties up the loose ends and sets up the next major story arc
        • Wreckers miniseries is in the works
        • GI Joe VS Transformers, IDW asked if we want one, massive audience applause
      • Activision
        • 5 unique games this time around
        • 5 full mutliplayer modes
        • Extra characters, multiplayer characters, dlc characters, no names given
        • Welker, Cullen, Charles Adler, Mark Ryan, Jess Harnell, Megan Fox, John Demaggio,
        • 6 episodes of the cartoon series on 360 and PS3
        • Game exclusive characters that may be getting toys
        • Burst from transformation controllable
      • David Kaye and Weird AL
        • FRONT ROW!
        • Weird Al posted to Twitter during panel
        • Strangest items to autograph is body parts (tattoos and babies)
        • Improve
      • Hasbro Panel
        • Toys R Us – G1 Insecticons and Perceptor
        • Walmart – MP Skywarp – more G1’y
        • Toys R Us – Deluxe Soundwave G1 repaint and Voyager Megatron repaint 2 pack
        • Target Voyager The Fallen fire repaint
        • Animated figures to be released, most like as exclusiveds
        • Deluxe Rodimus Minor
        • Cybertronian Ratchet
        • Deluxe Cybertronian Ironhide (repaint with new head)
        • Deluxe Fugitive Waspinator
        • Deluxe Wingblade Optimus Prime Armor (attaches to Voyager too)
        • Voyager Blackout – Helicopter
        • Voyager Thundercracker
        • Legends Wheelie and Soundwave
        • Scout Breakdown – G1 colors
        • Scout Skystalker – Drone jetfrom the movie
        • Deluxe Dirge – Looks like a Harrier. Tried to keep true to G1 character
        • The three movie motor cycle toys do combine
        • Voyager Bludgeon – Tank alt mode. Samurai sword comes out of gun turret. Over the shoulder knife
        • Voyager Jungle Attack Ironhide – New bumper turns into crossbow, new door panels, new weapons, sniper rifer machine gun combine to be guns
        • Deluxe Movie Lockdown
        • Drift
        • Hoping to have MP Grimlock in the USA within the year
        • Fans Project has caught the eye of Hasbro
        • No more twist ties
      • Lunch with Saber at The Islands
      • Peter Cullen
        • Doing 3 Transformers movies
        • Welker auditioned for Megatron
        • Writing Book
        • “Transform and roll out!”
      • Dinner with George and Ayleen at British Pub (Sheperds Pie)
      • Toy Break Episode 79

    • Sunday:

      • Hasbro Part 2
        • Cybertronian Ratchet comes with EMP and defib paddles
        • Movie Lockdown can also take Deluxe Racthet’s EMP
        • Prototype Drift sketches, very close to the IDW one
        • LEADER STARSCREAM
        • Aaron Archer brought out Tyrese!
      • G1 Writers – Flint Dille, Bryce Malek, Paul Davids, and David Wise
        • Loved their straight forward answers
      • Lunch with George and Ayleen at Boca De Pepo

  3. What We Got

    • Autographs – Stan Bush, Vince DiCola, Gregg Berger, Robert Orci, ALex Kurtzman, Peter Cullen
    • Jesica – Preview Bumblebee (1st Transformer ever), Bumblespud, 3 3/4 Iron Man, Stormtrooper
    • Box Set and all souvenirs
    • ROTF – An ass load
    • Encore Omega Supreme, Seekers and Jazz
    • G2 Seaspray MOC
    • 3 3/4 Hulk
    • Matt Moylan (Lil’Formers) prints

  4. Peace