The Transformers Collectors Club is showing art for Transtech Cheetor, from the Transtech line that never came out. This live November 10, 2010 Radio Free Cybertron also covers iGear’s plan to downsize Masterpiece Megatron and the name controversy around a Power Core Combiners Stunticon. LadyWreck reviews IDW’s Ongoing #13 with Brian Kilby, John DeLuna, Rob Springer, Weebo, JD Church and Exvee. The crew also announces a giant year-end giveaway and asks whether character or design sells a toy.
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TFCC Shows Off Transtech Cheetor
The Transformers Collectors Club revealed art of Transtech Cheetor, with a drawn robot mode and a car mode that looks like a photo. Brian calls Transtech the Transformers fans think they should have gotten instead of Robots in Disguise. One host argues its appeal is simply that it never came out, and predicts it would have been worse. Brian plans to order it, likely as soon as preorders open. [Source: not found]
Power Core Combiners Stunticons and New Two-Packs Revealed
Pictures surfaced of the Power Core Combiners Stunticon five-pack and two-packs Undertow with Waterlog and Salvage with Bombshock. The crew is happy to get a boat. Exvee reports the Stunticon commander’s newly revealed name, Spastic, is already controversial because it’s an offensive term in the UK. [Source: not found]
New Perceptor Pictures
KOToys.com has pictures of the new Perceptor, and Brian wants it badly for its tasteful chrome. One host would rather wait for an Ironhide repaint, and another wants the mold as Snow Cat. [Source: KOToys.com]
G1 Cartoon Scripts and Series Bible Up for Auction
Heritage Auction Galleries is auctioning G1 cartoon scripts and development materials, including the series bible. One host is bidding on a Sunbow TV series poster, and most lots had $1 bids when he looked. [Source: Heritage Auctions]
iGear Plans a Downsized Masterpiece Megatron
iGear plans a smaller version of Masterpiece Megatron. One host calls it the stupidest idea he has heard in 15 years in the fandom, given the original’s fragility. Exvee adds that iGear’s knockoff Masterpiece Coneheads will sell as a set for just over $300 plus heavy shipping. [Source: not found]
Masterpiece Convoy Final Edition
Takara’s Masterpiece Convoy Final Edition is billed as the last regular-colored Masterpiece Convoy, with a base and G1 Convoy’s voice. The crew jokes about Takara’s own repaints and pitches an Elvis Convoy. [Source: not found]
Transformers 3 Consultant Faces Arms Charges
A military consultant on the third live-action film was reportedly charged with smuggling arms. The crew adds it to the film’s list of production mishaps, and one host predicts the train-wreck coverage will only boost ticket sales. [Source: not found]
The Hub Heads to Canada and Black Friday Deals
The Hub’s programming is coming to Canada, though possibly only its new productions. Target will sell Power Core Combiners five-packs for $10 on Black Friday, $5 off the going price. [Source: not found]
New Transformers Game Coming in 2011
Activision announced a new Transformers game for 2011. Rob hopes for a Beast Machines game, and the crew teases him about a TFormers poster who called him a noob for liking Beast Machines. [Source: not found]
Comics with LadyWreck
LadyWreck notes San Diego Comic-Con 2011 runs July 20 through 24, with online registration opening November 22. Ongoing #13 is out today, and she shares Ender’s written verdict that IDW has merely removed some nails from the bat. Exvee recaps the issue: Hot Rod steals a shuttle, crashes through Decepticon security and mind-controls Razorclaw to reach Starscream. Hot Rod shoots the Matrix, then Megatron kills him at point-blank range. LadyWreck likes Nick Roche’s art but calls the story mundane. She urges fans to give IDW feedback. One host argues IDW needs a writer who isn’t a fan. LadyWreck says Last Stand of the Wreckers shows fans can do great work, and one host calls it great for a Transformers comic.
This Week in Transformers History
JD notes that part two of Ultimate Doom aired November 10, 1984. Action Blast part one premiered on Hasbro’s Monkey Bar TV on November 10, 2008, which the crew remembers as barely working.
TFWiki Spotlight: Robotix
Chris McFeely spotlights TFWiki’s new Robotix article, about the 1980s construction-kit line with its shorts and one comic. He won’t explain the Transformers connection, but points to the AllSpark Almanac II.
RFC Year-End Giveaway
RFC is giving away Generations Blur and Darkmount plus a stack of Titan Transformers trades. Prizes include All Fall Down, Last Stand of the Wreckers, Matrix Quest, Treason and UK exclusive G1 collections, plus rare black and white trades and Titan magazines. A Fanboy Versus clock and an E&I t-shirt round it out. Follow @TFRadio on Twitter, join the Facebook page, subscribe on YouTube or join the Ustream crowd to enter. Winners are announced on the December 29 show. Rob also plugs his blog post, “Have Your Own Damn Con.”
Character or Design?
From a TFW2005 thread, the crew asks whether the character or the design sells a toy. Rob answers “both equally.” One host says character sells the toy, though Drift is a wonderful figure of a character he can’t like. Another buys for the figure, and Darkmount won him over though he never cared about Straxus. Brian leans character, citing G2 Swindle, a G1 Ratchet reissue and his Coro Q Rodimus Prime. LadyWreck is newer to the fandom and hasn’t started chasing every version of a character. One host owns two Universe Silverbolt repaints, Darkwing and G2 Skyjack, just for the characters.
RFC Twitter Theater
Rob’s pick is a G1 Takara commercial that slips in a red Bumblebee and a yellow Cliffjumper.
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