Both fresh from seeing The Force Awakens, Vangelus and Seth get together to talk about Transformers, not Star Wars, because this is a Transformers podcast and not a Star Wars podcast.
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Seth Buzzard
Vangelus mispronounces so many words on purpose I just assume he's always doing it for effect.
Vangelus
I spend a majority of my time on facebook on the Vangelus Central page, my personal profile has years of friend request backlog that I usually procrastinate from dealing with haha
Szyxis
Haha! That's funny that she hears it too. Maybe it's all that time you've been in eastern Canada, it does kind of sound like an "aboot"-ism. Also it's good that you have a sense of humour about odd pronunciations and sorry I had to point that out but it was driving me nuts!
PS I sent you a friend request on Facebook like a year ago….whaddaya too good for us podcast listener types??
Vangelus
My girlfriend brings up the Silverbolt thing all the time and I literally can't hear the difference between how I say it and how she says it
Szyxis
Don't usually post, but this is bugging me. I know I'm being a pain in the ass, but I just have to say:
Vangelus has referenced the Greek mythical hellhound CERBERUS a few times over the years, and always says CEREBUS. It makes me die inside.
CER-BER-US.
…while I'm on that subject, ZEMBLANCE is not a word, but SEMBLANCE is. Also, even as a fellow Canadian I don't understand the weird pronunciation of SILVERBAULT. Every time ol' SB comes up. BAULT.
…PHEW. Apologies Vangelus, just had to get that off my chest.
That Guy
A modern Rail Racer would be cool, especially to get the set available to younger/newer fans. But I wonder if it would be better served to do a reissue if possible? It is more of a niche character, and the toys are in a weird price point area that I think a box set would be nice.
I kind of would worry about the stability of a Rail Racer that was attempted with today's budget limitations. And I have the original JRX, that baby still holds up so good today, still a favorite combiner.
If they did something to acknowledge RID, like maybe a few RID toys in the generations line… I would absolutely love it if we got SkidZ and Tow-Line. Those are two wonderful decos and characters, and SkidZ would be a great update as a deluxe toy, Tow-Line would make me super happy if he got a voyager toy.
Ryc03
A bit late to this one. But looking back at the original toy, I can imagine a 3rd party rendition of RID Ultra Magnus that part-form and combine with a red repaint Combiner Wars Hot Spot.
gawddammit
Ah bummer. That sounded interesting. Thanks for getting back to me, at any rate.
soybean56
While I agree R.i.D. isn't obscure, I don't think it gets enough respect. For my money, the autobots are some of the best Transformer toys we've ever gotten. I really enjoy the unique transformations and asymmetry of many of the designs, but I can understand how those two aspects can be off-putting.
I highly doubt we'll see anything for the 15th anniversary–as Seth mentioned, 15 years isn't worth anything–but I'd LOVE to see a modern take on the JRX train team.
Seth Buzzard
Sadly no, your asking got me hunting again and I can't find it.
gawddammit
Did you ever find that episode of the Ebert review on the YouTubez?
MrByatis
I've seen a few digibashes for a Car Robots/RID themed Combiner Wars set, Optimus from Hot Spot, X-Brawn from Offroad/First Aid, Sideburn from Breakdown, Prowl from Streetwise, and Skid-Z from Dragstrip. Having Skid-Z in there doesn't sit right with me though , he was in like three episodes and only spoke in one, nowhere near important enough. I say take either Dragstrip, or an Aerialbot, and turn it into T-AI, then take Groove and turn him into Koji, or something.
Seth Buzzard
Oh yeah, I feel bad for letting Rail Racer slip my mind, I love Rail Racer.
GizmoTron
I doubt they'll do anything special for RID next year, but if Hasbro does anything, it will probably be the simple repaint of a Bruticus set in one of Ruination's colors.
Opticron Primal
If Hasbro were to actually give us something to commemorate RiD 2000's anniversary then I.
Want.
A new.
Rail Racer set.
Maverick Hunter Christian
This is a Transformers podcast?
I'm done.
guard convoy
can't wait to listen!
Vangelus
WTF @ TFW – 387 – December 20 2015
Both fresh from seeing The Force Awakens, Vangelus and Seth get together to talk about Transformers, not Star Wars, because this is a Transformers podcast and not a Star Wars podcast.
– Opening
– Intro
– ThreeA to go GenOne
– New Pic Picks
– Listener Question from Switchblade
– What We Got This Week
– Ending and Outro
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