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And now fellow Autobots, and especially Optimus Prime, it gives me great pleasure to present… the gallery for MP-20+ Wheeljack!  This is another of Takara-Tomy’s cartoon inspired repaints of previous Masterpiece releases.  Wheeljack gets a sleek new deco to match his anime look, which is less busy than the Lancia racing style the toy was inspired by.  The colors are bright, the windows’ blue pops.  Structurally he is the same as his predecessor, but does come with an extra Immobilizer accessory to match the episode from G1.  Bottom line, these anime repaints are to the collector’s taste.  I personally dig them, and in this case prefer the 20+ robot mode and 20 vehicle mode.  Both give off great throw back feels for the character.

We’ve run him through a session, hit the link below to check out over 40 HD images after the break courtesy of TFSource!  You can also check a select few shots after the break.

He’s in stock and shipping now!

Masterpiece Releases: MP-20+ Wheeljack, MP-36+ Megatron, MP-29+ Shockwave, MP-17+ Prowl, Megatron, MP-44 Optimus Prime v3, Masterpiece Pre-Orders.

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Literally right before early morning travel preparations while wrapped in the throes of tiredness, Vangelus and Aaron still decided to record a podcast shortly ahead of their TFcon LA adventure.

– Opening
– Intro
– Listener Question from Kamen Ranger Bat
– MPM Stop-Motion and In-hand Reports

– Listener Question from Destron Supreme
– Listener Question from OptimusPhillip
– Listener Question from Arufonsa
– What We Got This Week
– Ending and Outro

You can download and comment on it here: WTF@TFW – Episode 554

If you use iTunes and regularly subscribe to podcasts, you can add us to your player and have the software download each episode automatically each time we update. To do that, and give us a reviews on iTunes, click here: Transformers Podcast on iTunes. We’re now also offering ways to subscribe by Android, Email, and RSS!

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Instead of getting ready to travel, Vangelus and Seth are jamming down one more podcast beforehand, hitting big Spreem Australian news and reshuffling the very nature of WTF@TFW as we…know it.

– Opening
– Intro
– Listener Question from ezim93
– Bumblebee Movie Continues Delivering The Freshness of Positive Press
– Omega Spreem Graces Toy Fair Australia With An Appearance
– Listener Question from theestampede
– What We Got This Week
– Jack-in-the-Box Taco Briefing and Planning Session
– Ending and Outro.

You can download and comment on it here: WTF@TFW – Episode 553

If you use iTunes and regularly subscribe to podcasts, you can add us to your player and have the software download each episode automatically each time we update. To do that, and give us a reviews on iTunes, click here: Transformers Podcast on iTunes. We’re now also offering ways to subscribe by Android, Email, and RSS!

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Next up in our Siege galleries is Ultra Magnus‘ wave mate – Shockwave!  Shockwave is leader class like Magnus, and features the armor based up-sizing of a core voyager figure as well.  In combined mode, Shockwave features a ton of armor that beefs him up, giving him multiple extra Shockarms a backpack and some boots.  Where he really shines though is in his stripped down mode.  Here, he’s roughly Voyager Class size and looks/feels very G1 Shockwave-y, space gun style. I got interested due to Magnus and got Shockwave on a whim since it was in the same case, but Shockwave was way more fun once in hand.  I am not a fan of the default beefy Shock with all the armor, but I do dig his hovercraft mode, I can totally see him floating around on Cybertron barking orders with that thing.

We’ve run him through a session, hit the link below to check out over 60 HD images after the break courtesy of TFSource!  You can also check a select few shots after the break.

He’s in stock and shipping now!

WFC Siege Releases:Ultra Magnus, Shockwave, Deluxe Wave 1 Set of 4, Soudwave and Starscream, Deluxe Wave 2 Set of 4, Jetfire, Omega Supreme

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Vangelus opens another jar of listener questions to soak Aaron and TJ in merch ideas, life changes, toy handling, purchase after denial, enjoying the unloved, and adaptation.

You can download and comment on it here: WTF@TFW – Episode 552

Check out the WTF@TFW blog here.

If you use iTunes and regularly subscribe to podcasts, you can add us to your player and have the software download each episode automatically each time we update. To do that, and give us a reviews on iTunes, click here: Transformers Podcast on iTunes. We’re now also offering ways to subscribe by Android, Email, and RSS!

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I can’t deal with that now – Siege Ultra Magnus just showed up! … is what I told everyone when this beauty arrived.  First off, yes, I am shooting a non Masterpiece figure.  War for Cybertron Siege caught my eye when we got first looks at SDCC 2018.  Specifically, Ultra Magnus, because of his homage to RID 2001 Ultra Magnus (RIDFOREVER!).  Some how they got the vehicle mode to rep RID Magnus and the robot mode to rep G1 Magnus, with an inner white cab-bot.  Pure magic.  From there, I figured why not, Shockwave looks cool and I grabbed the case.  Then I saw Prime and Megatron in person at a big box store, so why not again.  But wait, Starscream and Soundwave look on point, ok order them too.  Oh and the tapes, need those for Soundwave, ordered.  Reflector Refraktor, camera-bot with a tripod, I’m in.  Then Omega and Jetfire get shown, what the heck is going on, I’m collecting Generations / main line figures for the first time in over a decade!

Bottom line, Siege looks great in person, feels good in hand, and has a ton of updated retro feels.  A little smaller than I would prefer in every size class, but once you get past that they are solid.  No hollow bots, great sculpts.  Homage colors, stance and likenesses are there for those that need them without being a slave to the source material.   The weathering is not as good as the hand painted samples, but it’s grown on me and I’m fine with it at this point.  It’s been the most fun I’ve had with retail toys in a long while.  If you haven’t, pick up one of the Voyagers+ and give it a whirl, worth it.

So today I’m sharing out my run of Leader Class Ultra Magnus.  Shockwave and more will be coming soon. Check out the full gallery of 70+ below!

He’s in stock now and shipping from TFSource!

WFC Siege Releases:Ultra Magnus, Shockwave, Deluxe Wave 1 Set of 4, Soudwave and Starscream, Deluxe Wave 2 Set of 4, Jetfire, Omega Supreme

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We reveal something upcoming! And then tease…something more imminently upcoming! And finish with our first impressions of Wave 2, post-release (in most territories).

You can download and comment on it here: WTF@TCG – Windblade Weveal and Operation Combination – March 1 2019

Check out the WTF@TFW blog here.

If you use iTunes and regularly subscribe to podcasts, you can add us to your player and have the software download each episode automatically each time we update. To do that, and give us a reviews on iTunes, click here: Transformers Podcast on iTunes. We’re now also offering ways to subscribe by Android, Email, and RSS!

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On Oscars night, the gala event was reported on live by Vangelus and Seth! Which is to say, this episode is bookending the Toy Fair 2019 talk with a wider net of assorted topics, answering questions about collector life changes, and opening up the legality of eating roadkill.

You can download and comment on it here: WTF@TFW – Episode 551

Check out the WTF@TFW blog here.

If you use iTunes and regularly subscribe to podcasts, you can add us to your player and have the software download each episode automatically each time we update. To do that, and give us a reviews on iTunes, click here: Transformers Podcast on iTunes. We’re now also offering ways to subscribe by Android, Email, and RSS!

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A full-fledged Toy Fair extravaganza with TJ, Aaron, Vangelus, an intermission, and a special check-in at the end with some folks you may have heard of called “The Power Rangers”. Also, a helicopter incident occurs.

You can download and comment on it here: WTF@TFW – Episode 550

Check out the WTF@TFW blog here.

If you use iTunes and regularly subscribe to podcasts, you can add us to your player and have the software download each episode automatically each time we update. To do that, and give us a reviews on iTunes, click here: Transformers Podcast on iTunes. We’re now also offering ways to subscribe by Android, Email, and RSS!

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Seth and Vangelus get splashed with the pre-Toy Fair pre-hype pre-previews! NOTE: This is not a podcast about fast food, destruction of property, or Evangelion. Those are all in the opening preamble, that’s all!

You can download and comment on it here: WTF@TFW – Episode 549

Check out the WTF@TFW blog here.

If you use iTunes and regularly subscribe to podcasts, you can add us to your player and have the software download each episode automatically each time we update. To do that, and give us a reviews on iTunes, click here: Transformers Podcast on iTunes. We’re now also offering ways to subscribe by Android, Email, and RSS!