ATW Ep 169, 12th Oct 2018

 Welcome to Australian Transformers Weekly, bringing you transformers news from around the world. This is episode 169,  we are recording live on October 12th, 2018 In this episode we’ll be talking about Another Japanese rarity hitting the mainstream, And we have a wave of third party prototypes to look at. All that and more coming up after this.   Cut to Intro: Opening credits (8bit Transformers Theme) What have you been up to this week? Brad- border dimensions 2018 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7dMTam-1GzwMUFCeHQ3bGdjVG8 00:09:45 Bot Shots Weekly https://tccaus.wordpress.com/competitions/bot-shots-weekly/ The weekly TCCA Facebook photography competition Bot Shots Weekly encourages you to take your bots out of their cabinets and into the great big wide world outside for photos! Weekly winners go into a monthly draw for a prize. Monthly winners go into a hat for a yearly prize! Full T’s n C’s are on the web site at Transformerscca.com This weeks winner is: Allen Chang Comp Thread: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2134872286773110&set=gm.1048944035266199&type=3&theater&ifg=1 NEWS 00:12:28 Takara LG-EX Big Powered Official Photos http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/10/10/takara-lg-ex-big-powered-official-photos-373971?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook   TFW: These images really show us the extent of the retooling done to the molds, as these 3 figures are based off of Titans Return/Legends Misfire, Twintwist, and Overlord. Important to note is that the tank half of Overlord appears to have had the turret removed entirely, allowing Dai Altas to have 1 singular alternate mode as a jet with tank treads underneath. Other news 00:19:46 Flame Toys #01-A Shattered Glass Drift Official Images http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/10/07/flame-toys-01-a-shattered-glass-drift-official-images-373821?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook News In Brief 00:27:11 X-Transbots Autobot X Prototype http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/10/06/x-transbots-autobot-x-prototype-373294?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook 00:32:01 X-Transbots G1 Elita-1 Prototype http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/10/02/x-transbots-g1-elita-1-prototype-373225?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook 00:33:54 Final Victory Masterpiece Scaled G1 Huffer, Warpath And Brawn http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/10/01/final-victory-masterpiece-scaled-g1-huffer-warpath-and-brawn-373188?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook CLOTHING! 00:40:57 Puma and Hasbro announce 80s themed RS-X collaboration https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/puma-and-hasbro-announce-collaboration-with-new-transformers-themed-footwear/42220/ 00:42:57 Hasbro X Alpha MA-1 Transformers Flight Jacket Images http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/10/09/hasbro-x-alpha-ma-1-transformers-flight-jacket-images-373950 00:48:52 THE MAIN DISCUSSION Transformers Cybertron, our thoughts 8 episodes in. 01:07:04 NEW ACQUISITIONS   Brad: new hp elitebook laptop. And it works!! Jason: none Max: Power of The Primes Abominus TCCA BUSINESS -Xmas donation drive is coming soon…. 02:11:05 OUTRO Thank you for listening! And if you’re watching along with the live record, thanks for checking us out.   To find out more about these stories, you’ll find the links to them all and more in the show notes Posted to the Transformers Weekly Facebook page and the Podbean site.   Want to get in touch with us? Please do! We love listener feedback. Our official site is on Podbean: transformersweekly.podbean.com Facebook page is called Australian Transformers fWeekly; and We’re all in the Transformers Collectors Club Australia group on Facebook.   If you’re not already subscribed, you can find the podcast on iTunes, Pocket Casts, YouTube and other podcatchers of choice and distinction. The RSS feed link is on the website and in the show notes - https://transformersweekly.podbean.com/feed   Australian Transformers Weekly is a production of Transformers Collectors Club Australia. TCCA is a registered club in Victoria, run by volunteers who donate their time and money to make the club better for everyone. Our goal is to connect Transformers fans around the country and we do it by engaging the collecting community. You can find more information including affordable yearly membership options to show your support at www.transformerscca.com   That’s all from us, we’ll be back with more Transformers news next week.   End Credits (added in post)