New photos of Masterpiece Star Saber show the Saber jet combining into his super mode, though nobody knows yet whether a Brainmaster is inside. Subscription Service 2.0 Thrustinator ships, and the surprise seventh figure turns out to be Eject. Generations Brainstorm appears in package, and new images of Chromia and Windblade reveal Nightbeat’s packaging art still shows the Jazz mold. Rob Springer answers a listener question about Age of Extinction, and the crew guesses what Hasbro will reveal at San Diego Comic-Con 2014.
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Subscription Service 2.0 Thrustinator Now Shipping
Thrustinator is shipping to subscribers. The surprise seventh figure turned out to be Eject. John already has his and finds the knees a little floppy. One host says the mold is worth having if you never owned it, though it is now about 16 years old. Another host says Thrustinator is the only figure in the wave he really wants. [Source: not found]
Go Shooter Beats Alpha Trion in the Million Publishing Poll
Go Shooter won the Million Publishing exclusive figure poll, edging out Alpha Trion by 0.4 percent. One host dislikes the mold Go Shooter uses but likes the character choice for a Japanese exclusive. Others preferred Alpha Trion’s look and hope the narrow margin means he comes next. [Source: not found]
Rob Clay Reviews Transformers vs. G.I. Joe Number 1
Rob Clay reviewed the first issue at TFormers.com. Brian likes the book but does not love it, and says it expands on the Free Comic Book Day issue. Don says the art is painful to look at, even though he has not read it. [Source: TFormers]
Generations Voyager Brainstorm Shown in Package
Packaged photos arrive only weeks after the figure’s reveal. Brian says it looks better than his third-party Brainstorm, though another host notes that version uses the Masterforce face. The crew loves the Headmaster stats printed under the canopy. A chat member says the stats are a sticker, and Brian does not care. The crew expects him around August or September. [Source: not found]
New Photos of Masterpiece Star Saber
New photos show the Saber jet combining with Star Saber into his super mode. It is not yet clear whether a Brainmaster is included. The crew calls the Brainmaster an integral part of the character and hopes it survives. They also debate whether Victory Leo will follow, and one host compares Star Saber to a space Ultra Magnus. [Source: not found]
More Than Meets the Eye Volume 6 and Dark Cybertron Up for Preorder
More Than Meets the Eye trade paperback volume 6 and the complete Dark Cybertron hardcover are up for preorder on Amazon. The last Classics volume of the Marvel series is also coming, with issues 77 to 80, Headmasters 1 to 4 and the movie adaptation. The crew calls the Headmasters miniseries the best Marvel material before Simon Furman. [Source: not found]
New Images of Generations Chromia and Windblade
The crew loves Chromia and hopes Hasbro repaints her. They also spot an Easter egg: Nightbeat’s packaging art still shows the Jazz body, though the figure moved to the Goldfire Bumblebee mold. One host wishes Hasbro would spend more on molds it plans to repaint three or four times. One host doubts a Headmaster Chromia will happen, and the crew expects a third party to try. [Source: not found]
Masterpiece Prowl and Sunstorm Coming as Toys R Us Exclusives
Hasbro will offer Masterpiece Prowl and Masterpiece Sunstorm at San Diego Comic-Con 2014 as Toys R Us exclusives. [Source: not found]
New Photos of Gigapower HQ-03
Gigapower’s not-Snarl gets new photos. The Gigapower Dinobots are bigger than MP-10 Optimus Prime. One host guesses the price at about $185, which he admits is speculation. Another host prefers the smaller Fans Toys Dinobots, and the crew agrees not to argue about cartoon scale. [Source: not found]
Q&A with Rob Springer
Listener Transfanatics asks why Optimus Prime did not leave Earth in Age of Extinction as soon as humans began hunting Autobots. Rob blames the editing, which he says cut details the script clearly had. He suspects Optimus gained flight with his knight armor, which would explain the timing. He defends Optimus killing Kelsey Grammer’s character as saving a friend in battle. Rob still calls Dark of the Moon his favorite of the four films. He wishes the Dinobots had voices and more screen time.
San Diego Comic-Con 2014 Predictions
Recorded the night before Hasbro’s San Diego Comic-Con panel, the crew makes predictions. One host picks Generations Trypticon, and John picks a Titan Class Overlord. Another expects Generations combiners such as Superion, Menasor, Bruticus and Defensor. The crew wonders why Devastator is missing, since he needs six members. One host predicts store and online exclusives in the style of the eHobby Shattered Glass Soundwave and Blaster set. Don pitches Marvel Legends style Miko, Jack and Raf figures as a joke. The crew also expects footage from the new cartoon.
Kid-Focused Movie Toys
The crew agrees the simpler Age of Extinction toys are not selling. One host says those pegs are still full where he works. Another argues Fast Action Battlers should have been the simplest line below the one-step changers.
This Week in History
BotCon 2000 took place in Fort Wayne, Indiana. John and Don both attended, while one host’s first BotCon came a year later. Don recalls the chill of hearing the voice of Tarantulas in person, and notes that Venus Terzo was a guest. That year’s convention plate showed Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime fighting Megatron. One host notes that Shokaract was a 2000 exclusive, and that BotCon 2014 brought the name back on the Prime Megatron mold.
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