ATW Ep 140, 02nd Feb 2018

 

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Welcome to Australian Transformers Weekly, your first stop and your last best hope for Transformers news in Australia.

 

This is episode 140, we are recording live on February 2nd, 2018

 

In this episode we’ll be talking about

• Could we be getting new deluxes and voyagers in the generations line?
• It's the battle of the 3rd party Hotrods,
• Finally a statue brad can convince others to buy?
• All that and much more….

 

Cut to Intro:

Opening credits (8bit Transformers Theme)

 

What have you been up to this week?

Enjoying the cold weather

Bot tipping

 

00:03:47 Bot Shots Weekly

https://tccaus.wordpress.com/competitions/bot-shots-weekly-is-now-live/?frame-nonce=34a4a2583c

 

The newest weekly competition in the TCCA Facebook group. Bot Shots Weekly is the successor to put Your Bot to work and follows the same idea. But now we have weekly winners that go into a monthly draw for a prize. Those monthly winners go into a that for a yearly prize. Full T’c n C’s are on the web site at the link provided.

 

This weeks winner is: Michael Vella

Hon mention to Marc for his great pic

https://www.facebook.com/Transformerscca/photos/p.160318521355017/160318521355017/?type=3&theater&ifg=1

 

NEWS

00:07:15 reputed Weibo user TF-Factory seems to be providing evidence of a new evergreen cross generations line. Though the content of the packaging are edited out, this new reveal seems to feature Evergreen Autobot Bumblebee for what looks as though Deluxe and Voyager iterations.
It’s difficult to tell exactly what these are for, but the packaging is vastly different from Authentics Bravo Assortment and the blister carded 7 inch Project Storm Assortment.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/02/01/possible-transformers-evergreen-generations-mainline-toys-pipeline-357551?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

 

00:16:46 we have a look at a possible test shot of Movie Studio Series Grimlock.
We have a single image of what seems to be the expected new Movie Studio Series Leader Class mold Grimlock. No official confirmation about it, so take it with a grain of salt.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/01/30/possible-movie-studio-series-grimlock-test-shot-357450?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

 

00:21:27 we finally have color images of the second installment in Takara’s Star Wars Powered By Transformers line: The Transformers Millennium Falcon.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/01/29/star-wars-powered-transformers-millennium-falcon-color-images-357422

 

Other news

00:26:01 Via 3P TFEVO Weibo account we have a look at the color prototype of TE-01 Hot Fire (Masterpiece Scaled TLK Hot Rod).
This a very impressive and movie-accurate TLK Hot Rod which, according to what we can see from the images, has got an excellent level of detail, and even the back of the figure looks very solid and with only a bit of kibble. It is made to be on scale with the new Masterpiece Movie figures like Bumblebee.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/01/31/tfevo-te-01-hot-fire-masterpiece-scaled-tlk-hot-rod-color-prototype-images-357540?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

 

00:31:16 Via DX9 Weibo account we get some great images of the color prototype of DX9 x Uniquetoys K3 La Hire.
This is a DX9 Toys project that also get the collaboration of Unique Toys to bring us a highly detailed Masterpiece scaled TLK Hot Rod. This figure proves to be very nice molded and with a very accurate alt mode. We have a look at the extra accessories that it will include: 1 energy gun and 1 submachine gun. Additionally, they are offering 2 extra flame accessories for the guns and one Viviane Wembly mini-figure that can hold Merlin’s staff and can sit on the driver seat in the alt mode.
DX9 Facebook also gives us a description of other features and material of this new Hot Rod:
K3 LA HIRE is a royal guard knight.
Its size is matched with the MPM series. The door can be opened in the vehicle mode and put the action figure in.
The car spoilers can be adjusted up and down.It also contain many alloy parts. Its vehicle mode is perfectly matched with the real car whose back wheels are larger than the front ones.
The waist is made of rubber tube.
Coming in the middle of the 2018

http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/02/01/dx9-x-uniquetoys-k3-la-hire-color-prototype-images-masterpiece-scaled-hot-rod-357571?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

 

00:38:34 FansToys FT-39 Jabber Prototype. This is Fans Toys take on a Masterpiece scaled G1 Blurr. The images show a very cartoon-accurate mold that looks great together with other G1 third season Masterpiece figures like Rodimus Prime or Fans Toys previous releases like Fans Toys FT-22 – Koot (Kup) and Fans Toys FT-24 Rouge (Arcee). The figure will include a rifle and Blurr’s Targetmaster partner Haywire.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/02/01/fanstoys-ft-39-jabber-masterpiece-scaled-blurr-prototype-images-357560?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

 

Statue News

00:43:59 Imaginarium Art shared new images on several project they have been working on. First up is their humongous Nemesis Prime statue, which features a base with a tank being crushed under Prime in a very menacing pose. It appears information on release date and pricing is coming soon, so those of you interested in this statue should stay tuned.

Next is their Ironhide statue that is currently in development at this time. They have shared some images of a very detailed full body render that is not posed.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/01/31/imaginarium-art-nemesis-prime-final-product-ironhide-render-images-357507?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

 

00:47:20 Imaginarium Art is hinting towards possible Quintesson Statues for their Transformers: Legacy Of Cybertron line.
The post features Quintesson face of Judgement with a caption of the same. The company followed the announcement with a comment stating “Keep Following, we will announce it very soon”

the Legacy Of Cybertron statues will cost around $200 – $300 each, depending on the size.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/02/01/imaginarium-art-transformers-legacy-cybertron-quintesson-statues-hinted-357557?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

 

The Main Discussion

Nil

 

00:50:37 NEW ACQUISITIONS  

Brad: nil

Max: Weijiang Hound, Dx9 Freeman, Dx9 Gewalt

Jason:

 

00:58:06 TCCA BUSINESS

• New members can still sign up to get some great club merchandise. Check out the site now for full info.

 

00:59:06 OUTRO

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End Credits (added in post)