ATW Ep 124, 22th Sep 2017

This week we are joined by Groovey Guy to check out all the recent transformers news and we tackle some listener questions. show notes:  Opening credits (8bit Transformers Theme) OPENING Welcome to Australian Transformers Weekly, your first choice for transformers news in Australia This is episode 124 Recorded live on 22nd September, 2017 This week your hosts are: Jason Brad And special guest GroovyGuy WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO THIS WEEK? Jason: discuss transformers 1989 https://tccaus.wordpress.com/tcca-past-events-gallerys/tcca-events-galleries/convention-attendances/2017-2/ 00:11:53 Take Your Bot To Work Day Take your bot to work day has been relaunched with a competition by TCCA. Each Wednesday in the TCCA Facebook group there’s a post for the week’s competition. Submit your “bot in the real world pic” for a chance to win some great prizes. This week's winner is: Darryl Anderson https://tccaus.wordpress.com/competitions/take-your-bot-to-work-day/ Hon mention Michael Fouché THIS WEEKS NEWS 00:14:18 Transformers Generation 1 Early Concept Art http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/09/19/transformers-g1-early-concept-arts-349251?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook 00:25:01 Alex Milne returns to his MTMTE universe with Lost Light issue 13 http://tformers.com/alex-milne-returns-to-the-mtmte-story-with-lost-light-13/32503/news.html 00:30:35 Maketoys brings Galaxy Meteor back, prices it at US$99 and pledges to do more Galaxy Force characters http://tformers.com/galaxy-meteor-lives-maketoys-announces-price-drop-on-release-of-mtrm-10-unofficial-cybertron-starscream/32512/news.html 00:38:47 Dr. Wu DW-M08 Shield & Sword For The Last Knight Voyager Optimus Prime Final Product Images http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/09/17/dr-wu-dw-m08-shield-sword-last-knight-voyager-optimus-prime-final-product-images-349163?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook 00:41:54 Imaginarium Art Soundwave Statue Final Production Images http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/09/15/imaginarium-art-soundwave-statue-final-production-images-349102?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook 00:45:43 THE MAIN DISCUSSION Question from Max: What's the most important aspect of a figure to you? Is it detail, articulation, transformation, or anything else? 00:55:16 Question from Mark in the group: With four separate product lines; movies, RID, Generations and Masterpiece/Platinum are HasTak spreading their design and marketing too thin and/or affecting availability? 01:07:04 NEW ACQUISITIONS Brad nil Jason: MMC WEEK - Tyrantron, TFCon Toronto Purple Calidus GrrovyGuy: tr misfire, trypticon, 00:27:37 TCCA CLUB EVENTS Membership renewal season! Full details at transformerscca.com   OUTRO Thank you for listening. Australian Transformers Weekly is produced by Transformers Collectors Club Australia You can find the TCCA website is www.transformerscca.com You can also find the podcast on iTunes or your podcatcher of choice so please head over there and give us a review - the rss feed link is on the website and in the show notes. https://Transformersweekly.podbean.com/feed You can also find our new podcast Transformers Legends on Facebook and the Tcca YouTube channel. www.tflpod.podbean.com End Credits (added in post)