Welcome to Australian Transformers Weekly, bringing you Transformers news from around the world and across Australia.   This is episode 235.  We are recording live on Friday, May 7th, 2021.   In this episode we’ll be talking about Studio series has more bots lined up, And takara have found a way to repaint figures and get you to buy them again! All that and much more coming up…. All this and more is coming up in this week’s episode - after this! WELCOME Notable things that happened this week? NEWS 00:04:25 More pictures of Studio Series 86 Leader Slag https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/05/06/transformers-studio-series-86-leader-class-slag-in-hand-images-432981    00:16:18 Studio Series 86 and Bumblebee Cybertronian figures for 2022 https://tformers.com/41344 More listings for figures from Target and Walmart https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/05/01/new-target-dcpi-numbers-for-upcoming-exclusives-kingdom-road-rage-and-more-432807  (Target exclusives, oh no!) https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/04/30/even-more-transformers-cyberverse-s04-listings-at-walmart-432761 00:27:49 Transformers Kingdom Deluxe Class Scorponok In-Hand Images https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/05/06/transformers-kingdom-deluxe-class-scorponok-in-hand-images-433028 00:31:37 Project Jam https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/04/30/brand-new-hasbro-transformers-initiative-discovered-project-jam-432767 Project Park is also out there!   00:42:37 TakaraTomy announces new line of “Premium Finish” figures https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/05/06/takara-tomy-new-transformers-premium-finish-collection-433017  Looks like it will draw figures from multiple lines Siege Prime and Studio Series Bumblebee are first up What figure would you like to see with a premium finish? Discussion? Repaints!   What are your feelings about repaints? Are you for/against/ambivalent?   Best repaints examples? Worst?   Lets talk about BotCon/TFSS/TFCC repaints too. What makes these desirable? Is it the rarity?   Will you go for Takara’s new “Premium Finish” line?   Takara historically has been known for better paint jobs on their figures, does this mean we can now get in on that action again but we’ll now be paying more for it? 01:09:04 NEW ACQUISITIONS   Jason:  Bradley: Max:   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.   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 on Facebook.   If you’re not already subscribed, you can find the podcast on your podcatcher of choice. The RSS feed link is on the website and in the show notes - https://transformersweekly.podbean.com/feed   This podcast is a production of Transformers Collectors Club Australia. TCCA is a registered club in Victoria, run by volunteers donating their time, effort, energy (and money) to make it better for everyone. Our goal is to connect Transformers fans around the country, and we do it by engaging the collecting community.  You can find more information about the benefits of TCCA membership and how to show your support for what we do at transformerscca.com    OFFWORLD TCCA is Transformers Collectors Club Australia on Facebook and “transformerscca” on Twitter. Jason is on Twitter at-jm-77 Bradley is on Twitch at-groovy-guy-gaming   That’s all from us. We’ll be back with more Transformers news soon.   END CREDITS