ATW Ep 228, 26th Feb 2021
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Welcome to Australian Transformers Weekly, bringing you transformers news from around the world.   This is episode 228,  we are recording live on Friday February 26th, 2021 In this episode we’ll be talking about Hasbros Investor day has revealed a few interesting news stories New Masterpiece figure news And one of us has touched Unicron All that and more coming up on this week’s episode of Australian Transformers Weekly!   Cut to Intro:  Opening credits (8bit Transformers Theme)     What have you been up to this week? Playing with Unicron NEWS 00:09:06 Generations Selects Transmutate announced, set for August release https://hasbropulse.com/products/transformers-generations-selects-deluxe-wfc-gs25-transmutate Australian pre-orders at EB Games $40   00:17:20 Transformers Masterpiece Movie MPM-12 Bumblebee Movie Optimus Prime Revealed https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/02/25/transformers-masterpiece-movie-mpm-12-bumblebee-movie-optimus-prime-revealed-429233   00:29:51 Transformers Masterpiece Skids Gray Prototype Images https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/02/25/transformers-masterpiece-skids-gray-prototype-images-429223   00:35:13 Vintage Beast Wars reissues appear to be coming … at least to Walmart http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/vintage-beast-wars-transformers-figures-listed-on-walmart/45705/  (We have been getting some of these reissues here finally, it will be interesting to see if Beast Wars figures make a return to store shelves. It'll be weird to follow up the modern remake of a figure with the original, though.)   00:38:19 Kingdom given July release on Netflix https://www.allspark.com/2021/02/netflix-war-for-cybertron-trilogy-kingdom-release-date-confirmed-for-july-2021/ (So much for May)   00:39:36 Will the real Transformers movie rumour please stand up?   First up, there's this news that came out today from Hasbro's investor call:   Two Transformers films in development, one animated  https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/lorenzo-di-bonaventura-returns-for-the-next-transformers-live-action-film-releasing-summer-2022/45708/    And this one was from last week talking about Caple Jr's film:   Rumor: Possible Working Title For Transformers Beast Wars Movie & Details https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/02/05/rumor-possible-working-title-for-transformers-beast-wars-movie-details-428463    “Transformers: Beast Alliance takes place in the Bumblebee timeline and will be set in the 1990’s. The film will have the flavor of a heist film that will span from Brooklyn to South America”.   (Maybe it's all true)   Animated Series   What would you like to see from a tf series? We are about to get two new ones.    Netflix To Air Transformers: BotBots Animated Series https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/02/25/netflix-to-air-transformers-botbots-animated-series-429292   Some stills of the BotBots series here: https://tformers.com/40504    Nickelodeon Orders ‘Transformers’ Animated Comedy Series Based On Hasbro Franchise https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/02/25/nickelodeon-orders-transformers-animated-comedy-series-based-on-hasbro-franchise-429282   (It's interesting that this seems to have been construed by some as a Transformers Animated (with a Capital A) series)   NEW ACQUISITIONS   Tony: SS86 Hot Rod (again!) Max: ThreeZero Deluxe Soundwave and Ravage.    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 o
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