Peter Cullen receives a Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by fellow Transformers legend Frank Welker.
Hasbro Pulse puts HasLab leftovers on sale, and most of them sell out before Premium members get the email.
Reports that Warner Bros. Discovery wants to merge with Paramount worry the crew for EarthSpark and Star Trek.
The crew also covers the 40th anniversary reissue Blaster, Crimsonflame and Yolopark AMK Mini kits.
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Peter Cullen Receives Lifetime Achievement Award, Presented by Frank Welker
Frank Welker received the same honor in 2016. Peter Cullen said nobody made him laugh more than Frank Welker and Jonathan Winters. The crew calls the pairing perfect. [Source: YouTube]
Pulse sold leftover HasLab stock on Monday, and most sold out before Premium members got the email. Brian finally transformed his HasLab Unicron and hated the stress points. Don plans to display his in planet mode. [Source: TFW2005]
Warner Bros. Discovery Interested in Merging with Paramount
The talks are very preliminary. The crew fears EarthSpark could go the way of Animated, and that Star Trek could suffer. They also worry about more media consolidation. [Source: Axios]
The CAD files show a Cybertron mode Bumblebee and an Activators Rodimus. Chris recalls the Activators fondly. [Source: X]
Year of the Dragon Crimsonflame In-Hand Images
In-hand photos look more orange and muted than the booth photos. Chris suspects lighting, and Brian would still buy it at the right price. [Source: TFW2005]
40th Anniversary Retro Reissue Blaster In-Hand Images
The reissue swaps tan legs for a cooler gray, and Steeljaw gets painted gold weapons. Brian preordered Blaster and bought Skywarp on Pulse. He then put ten $10 retro Hot Rods in his Walmart cart. [Source: TFW2005]
Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Wheeljack In-Hand Images
The crew doesn’t hate it, and one host will buy it for the bus mode. Chris still hasn’t watched Rise of the Beasts. [Source: TFW2005]
Bumblebee Movie Blind Box Figurines with Shattered Glass Variants
The crew is amused and admits a Shattered Glass movie Soundwave is not bad. Nobody expects these outside China. [Source: TFW2005]
Yolopark AMK Series Pro G1 Megatron Purple Version In-Hand Images
Diecast wants the Singapore Comic Con exclusive, which can swap parts with the regular Megatron. [Source: TFW2005]
Yolopark AMK Mini G1 Model Kits Revealed
Diecast ordered the 10 to 12 centimeter minis from Big Bad Toy Store to avoid Yolopark’s shipping. Brian notes how mind-blowing these would have been in the 1990s. [Source: TFW2005]
Officially Licensed Transformers 3D Puzzles by Prime 3D
The crew wonders how a 150-piece lenticular puzzle works, but not enough to buy one. [Source: TFW2005]
What We Got This Week
Diecast
Diecast got Buddy Bostock, a G1-style Legends-scale Metroplex with optional lights and a remote. He also got Fans Hobby X-Load, Tasmanian Kid, Legacy United Animated Bumblebee and Windblade. The rest of his haul was a transforming super-deformed Optimus Prime, Studio Series Gamer Edition Starscream and the X-Transbots Power Master Optimus Prime trailer. Rob also sent him another shark figure for his army.
Don
Don got Legacy United Animated Bumblebee, which he finds fiddly and small, and Legacy Windblade, which arrived missing a tailwind. He also got Mastermind Creations’ Batman-colored Ratbat, Battlemaster Airazor and $5 ReAction Cheetor, Blackarachnia and Dinobot. He also picked up another $10 Hot Rod and Hound, the Reactivate Starscream and Bumblebee, and a second Troop Builder pack.
Matt
Matt got Studio Series 86 Rumble (Red) and likes it as much as the blue one.
Rob
Rob got Bump of Chicken Bumblebee from Suruga-ya for $25, the cheapest he has ever seen it.
Chris
Chris got Legacy United Chase and found the shoulder fix: tighten the gray chest screw so the arms lock up. He also got Shattered Glass Sideswipe, a gift from Matt, and loves the new head and Mini-Con.