ATW Ep 196, 29th July 2019

Welcome to Australian Transformers Weekly, bringing you transformers news from around the world. This week in edited :)   This is episode 196,  we are recording live on Monday the 29th of July, 2019.   In this episode we’ll be talking about Unigate And new reveals from SDCC All this and more coming up after this.   Cut to Intro:  Opening credits (8bit Transformers Theme) What have you been up to this week? Nerdmania 2019 HOLY UNICORN NEWS   HasLab War For Cybertron Unicron Crowdfunding Revealed! https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/07/15/haslab-war-for-cybertron-unicron-crowdfunding-revealed-391400 San Diego Comic-Con 2019 Preview Night Hasbro Booth – War for Cybertron UNICRON On Display https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/07/17/san-diego-comic-con-2019-preview-night-hasbro-booth-unicron-391551 Planet Mode On Display https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/07/18/san-diego-comic-con-2019-war-for-cybertron-unicron-gray-prototype-planet-mode-on-display-392347    How will you get it?   Hasbo Pulse is US$575 to back it, and you have to pledge by end August., Thats AU$830 They dont ship outside of the US There are some options for freight forwarding etc   BBTS has it listed at US$775 (AU$1118) https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/97919 Depending on your views on online transactions, safer than backing Requires $150 deposit, so less initial outlay Way more expensive though   Takara Tomy Mall has it listed at 75,000 yen (AU$900) https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/07/17/war-for-cybertron-unicron-to-be-released-in-japan-as-a-takara-tomy-mall-exclusive-391528 Good halfway point between Pulse and BBTS Won’t need to pay until closer to the shipping time   And the KOs have started   72cm OS KO of Armada Unicron coming https://www.facebook.com/VR.TransFans/posts/493152761438088 (no company name to attribute this to)   But is Zeta Toys doing one of their own? ZV-02 Core Star   https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/zeta-toys-unicron-zv-02-core-star.1178221/   SIEGE   Animated Colours Optimus and Megatron - Walmart Exclusives https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/07/18/walmart-35th-anniversary-exclusive-figures-392160   Siege Ratchet - Walgreens Exclusive https://tformers.com/transformers-siege-ratchet-more-in-hand-photos-showing-repair-bay-mode-and-up-close-details/35368/news.html … and already spotted in Hong Kong.   Siege Rainmakers 3-Pack & Micromaster 10-Pack Images https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/07/19/san-diego-comic-con-2019-siege-rainmakers-3-pack-micromaster-10-pack-images-392454   Powerdashers https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/07/25/siege-powerdashers-skydasher-and-drilldasher-cromar-and-zetar-revealed-392868   G1 REISSUES   Soundwave reissue from January now hitting shelves at Walmart https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/01/02/g1-soundwave-reissue-revealed-380038   Cassettes 3-pack at Hasbro Pulse goes nicely with it https://hasbropulse.com/collections/preorders/products/transformers-vintage-g1-mini-cassettes-3-pack-gurafi-noizu-decepticon-frenzy … and there’s more coming in wave 2 … https://www.facebook.com/kapowtoys.co.uk/posts/2498524280167753   NEW ACQUISITIONS   Max:  Jason Brad TCCA BUSINESS -memberships are being shipped out. Now's the time to sign up and go in the draw for a ….   THIS WILL BE OUR LAST HANGOUT :( the service is going away on August 1st and we haven't found a replacement yet. So we will be back for the next podcast episode but we probably won't be continuing to have the videos on the youtube channel. 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 Weekly; 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 more. 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  Brad Groovy Guy can be found on Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/groovyguy0069 That’s all from us, we’ll be back with more Transformers news next week.   End Credits (added in post)