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It's the Halloween season on Zone Base and a good time to look at some monster robot toys! Come for Draculus and Frankentron, stay for Nightprowler and Skywasp. It's spooky fun at the haunted house full of scary robots!

This week: We all love Studio Series Ultra Magnus, and wish him the happiest of birthdays. News Well-known Transformers site screenrant gets exclusive reveal of Transformers Legacy United Animated Optimus Prime and Bumblebee And here are the leaked in-hand photos of Bumblebee posted a few hours before the official exclusive reveal (Oniconvoy on TFW) PulseCon to lead with Transformers panel from 11:15am to noon Eastern Time  Meanwhile at NYCC, the only Transformers related event is a Skybound comics panel on Saturday 10/14 Transformers Trunk-or-Treat kit to help lure children to your car with candy (Target)

This week: Titans Return Fortress Maximus is being reissued, but I think we all want Brave Max instead. News Titans Return Fortress Maximus is being reissued $199.99 vs original price of $149.99 Pulsecon 2023 to feature Transformers panel revealing Legacy part 3, plus the launch of Powerlinx Hot Shot exclusive September 22nd Studio Series Noah Diaz in hand photos (mirrored on TFW) More pictures of Commander Class Ultra Magnus (TFW) Fun.com offers new Transformers apparel items On the complete other end of the spectrum, a Bobby Abley Transformers apparel range (TFW)

This week: We collect toys. News Transformers x Universal Frankentron revealed (TFW) TakaraTomy preorders went up. Mostly notable for new, better looks at Commander Ultra Magnus and leader Optimus Primal (TFW) But one-upping that, actual in-hand photos of Ultra Magnus from Ronerus on reddit. TFW post about it has a few size comparisons from later replies MPM 11D Dark of The Moon Ratchet BWVS-07 Airazor vs Inferno Japan is getting Earthspark, and is making better deco versions of all the toys (Autobase Aichi) ReAction Burning Optimus Primal, discovered by GameFreak 66 on reddit Transformers x Seiko watch collab (twitter) About $400 (59,000 yen) on official site New Dollar Tree evergreen style Transformers masks (tformers)

This week: Diecast shares his experiences at Botcon 2023! Also: Spoon. And Missing Link Convoy, but mostly Spoon. News Missing Link Convoy (twitter links): Packaging versions Styrofoam insert Diecast metal parts License Plate (or yellow rectangle) labels Tech spec decoder Rifle versions Energon Axes Some extra (generally unnamed) 2024 product listings from JTPrime Roundup of BWVS01 Megatron and Optimus Primal photos Sonic getting Earthspark merchandise for their kids meals Game controllers with little toys inside them coming, including (not-pictured) Transformers (VGC) Generations Selects Antagony BTS (instagram) Early in hand photos of BWVS Scorponok In Hand Studio Series 86 Frenzy (Red) China gets Transformers stage show

This week: Finding out that next year's Walmart Capsule is not G2, that was brutal. News Transformers Legacy (plus Walmart capsule line) and Studio Series 2024 product listings Projected wave breakdowns: Legacy Studio Series New listings for Earthspark Deluxes: Jawbreaker, Thrash, Aftermath (may be a codename) and Prowl (good chances this is a Cyberverse mold repack) Skybound Transformers comic preview; first look at interior art In hand photos of Studio Series Mirage Selects Antagony Photo Roundup Hero Icons adds more Transformers merchandise, including mousepads with Combiner Wars and Titans Return boxart Reproduction Transformers The Movie posters (go on sale tomorrow!) Robosen wants to keep soaking you over that Optimus Prime robot you already paid a fortune for with a display base! (TFormers article with a copied video and very rough auto translation) It seems to offer charging, it has RGB, and may have integrations to act as a home assistant device, but it’s not super clear based on the machine translation currently available. Also not listed is a price, which will probably be rather high, all things considered. New adult size Halloween costumes coming soon: Megatron, and Starscream. Optimus, Bumblebee, and Arcee costumes already available

It's the beginning of the Halloween season and Rob talks Toxitron Collection and Monster Cereals while loving neon and the epic dance scene from Once Bitten.

This week: Hasbro launches a new Entertainment subsidiary. That was quick. News Hasbro launches Hasbro Entertainment after selling eOne (variety) Missing Link updates: Removable Matrix Chamber; sticker sheets (twitter) In Hand Photos of Super7 Transformers Ultimates Wave 2 (TFW) Jesse Wittenrich explains abandoned early Combiner Wars Computron plans (twitter) Pulse Exclusive Core Class Set photos (Optimus with Trailer, Bumper-Bumblebee) (mirrored on Autobase Aichi) MPM-14 Bonecrusher In Hand Photos (TFW) Killerbody Movie Optimus Helmet update (video showing the mask retracts within the helmet) (TFW)

This week: That Missing Link Convoy is sure something. Also, Renegade Games Studios is giving us Transformers Robo-Rally, when we really just want The Great Car Rally. News Missing Link Convoy: C-01 (toy accurate) and C-02 (cartoon colors) TakaraTomy Product Pages  A few new pictures of Studio Series Ultra Magnus from Evan Brooks (Instagram) In Hand Super7 Ultimates Bludgeon (TFW) Studio Series Optimus Primal in hand images (on TFW; there’s a ton of them) TakaraTomy stock photos of upcoming toys (Amazon Japan): JAXA Optimus Prime, BWVS-06 Dinobot vs Tarantulas; Studio Series Core class Noah, Frenzy (Red), Voyager Ratchet Renegade Games making new Transformers and GI Joe games: Transformers Robo-Rally, and GI Joe: Battle For the Arctic Circle (based on Axis & Allies)  

This week: We talk about that G1-inspired Optimus Prime. Plus we talk a lot about G2. News One last item from Comic Con:  * During one on one Q&A sessions at SDCC, the topic of War For Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron came up, and how those games could use a rerelease with the new Gamer Edition figures in Studio Series. Evan Brooks reportedly said that Activision had lost the hard drives with those games, and Hasbro people had to actually rip 3D models off a retail copy of one of the games when working on the new toys. Some gaming/tech websites picked up on this and ran stories based on it, and the claim of Activision losing hard drives with game source code got an unexpected amount of attention. Someone from Activision tweeted subsequently that the assertion they lost anything was false and they know where everything is (honest!), and that was followed shortly by Hasbro sending out a quick statement saying that it was a mistake to say Activision lost hard drives, and apologizing for the incident. No one seems very convinced that Activision actually has or knows where the data in question is though. The ultimate expression of G1 With Knees: A new retailer solicitation leak shows a poseable G1 toy-accurate Optimus Prime from TakaraTomy Comes in two versions: The genuinely toy-based, with trailer and all accessories, and a cartoon-restyled one with a different head, Matrix, and energon axe A similar Megatron image also turned up, but that’s already been quickly debunked as false. I only add it here to get its fakeness on the record. Optimus seems legit though. Preproduction G1 Trypticon photo from original packaging (Facebook) Features hand-made stickers and not-quite correct plastic colors From ACG in Hong Kong, Flame Toys reveals Kuro Kara Kuri figure of Starscream, and Furai Models of Bludgeon and Beast Wars Megatron (twitter) New stock photos of Haslab Deathsaurus, also showing the packaging (facebook) Retailer website shows stock photos for Earthspark Deluxe Starscream; it’s just another Cyberverse rerun like Shockwave (Steve Blum deserves better) Jurassic Park Collab Dilophocon in hand images from ebay seller (TFW) Size comparison photos of Gamer Edition Megatron are… sobering (facebook) (yes, that’s the 2010 Deluxe on the left) Trashmaster is out at Hong Kong retail; (all links to Facebook)  you can make a solid looking trash monster with just it, and one each Scraphook and Crashbar If you want to get more ambitious, you can do this Legacy Dreadwing also out (TFW) Pulse UK is fulfilling more Amazon capsule toys,...

This week: We talk about toys. A lot of toys. Why are there so many toys? News SDCC Last Call Stock photos collections: Legacy reveals | Studio Series reveals (Autobase Aichi) Pulsecon 2023 announced for September 22nd TF x Stranger Things Collab: Code Red Volkswagen Type 2 Pizza Van (Autobase Aichi) And then pictures of a bunch of early samples In Hand Legacy Mini-Con Jolt: With Legacy Hot Shot (Sonic Bomber Core Facebook) | Size comparisons (Jazz of Stannis on TFW) Jurassic Park Collab JP12 Dennis Nedry robot (TFW) Legacy Strongarm (screenshots on Autobase Aichi) Legacy Detritus (screenshots on Autobase Aichi) And then something received legitimately: In Hand look at Troop Builder 4 pack (screenshots via Autobase Aichi) Side by side of Earthrise Thundercracker and 4 Pack Seeker (@EdPirrie on Twitter) Rise of The Beasts is available to stream now with a Paramount+ subscription

This month: Rob talks Code Orange, Telecoma Senshi, and various Tectors while not realizing his beard is rubbing against the microphone.

This week: We marvel at this week's SDCC Transformers news, especially Commander Class Ultra Magnus, plus we gush and groan over the new Robosen Grimlock. News SDCC Preview Night Generations display featuring Deathsaurus (THANKS, BEN) Just prior to SDCC, Robosen reveals Grimlock (hey look it’s Ben again) Hasbro breakfast with Robosen Grimlock, Powerlinx Hot Shot with Jolt (Also thanks to Ben) Generations Reveal Panel: (TFW)  Commander Ultra Magnus, SS86 Ratchet, Frenzy  Amazon capsule Nova Prime, Tetra Jet Nacelle, and Javelin/Kaskade 2 pack  Studio Series ROTB Nightbird, Core Class Exo-Suit Noah Diaz, Novakane  Legacy Menasor boxset  SG two-pack Rodimus and Sideswipe with Whisper And a bunch of things we’ve already seen and/or own Close-up look at Ultra Magnus (TFW) Not SDCC The surprise reveal from Target: MPM Bonecrusher with caught-on-fire effect parts The whole Toxitron collection started showing up at stores, which also gave us proof and our first looks at Concept Deco Grimlock (mirrored on Autobase Aichi) In hand look at retro reissue Kickback (screencaps on Autobase Aichi) Transformers video for JAXA Moon Rover Optimus Prime (Twitter) Weaponizer ROTB Arcee in hand photos (Instagram) Killerbody To Produce ROTB Mirage and Optimus Primal masks (TFW boards)

This week: New photos of MP-44S and MP-56+ shift some opinions, but Legacy Bludgeon photos really don't. Also, we speculate about next week's SDCC reveals. News Spencer Wyld in our discord got what might be the first replacement batch Victory Saber. It came with a broken or missing antenna. Reportedly good otherwise. Transformers toy reveal panel at SDCC next week Retro Reissue Skywarp and Shrapnel Stock Photos; Shrapnel is $29.97 versus the previously standard $34.97 MP-44S Optimus Prime and MP-56+ Rigorous official stock photos; 30,000 and 22,000 yen respectively Thunder Machine Soundwave notes from Ben MacCrae Legacy Bludgeon behind the scenes from Mark Maher Super7 SDCC Exclusive Super Cyborg “Goodbye Megatron” (there’s also a shirt inspired by Goodbye Megatron boxart, picture on TFW)

This week: John DeLuna returns for an episode while Brian is out and unavailable to buy the Super Shogun Megatron during the recording session, which makes Exvee sad. News New stock photos of BWVS-05 Rattrap vs Terrorsaur (TFW) Possible Yellow Trailbreaker and toy colors MP44 coming? (TFW) Earthspark show bible part of major Paramount document leak (TFW boards) Not much in the way of new info, but interesting concept art and early ideas about the development of the show Loungefly and Funko SDCC exclusives (gamespot.com) In hand images of Buzzworthy Shuttle Massacre Set (screenshots on TFW) First look at Retro Reissue Kickback box Don will have to buy this statue (numskull.com) Brian has to buy this Super Shogun Megatron