WTF @ TFW Podcast Episode 194 Now Online

oh i am so happy that it is out. i can now get on with my essay =)

Woot... download time. I'm an MP3 heathen so I can download it at work.

Wait, why does it say the 5th when today is the 11th? I'm so confused!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's the date it was recorded.

And I too, am an mp3 heathen.

they should have a Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad banner sticker next after the VR troopers one

I iknow. I was being a smart ass.

It's actually the 12th

I can't wait to hear what that second to last segment is about.

Damn you're right! I spent all morning thinking it was Wednesday. I just gained a day!

The funny part is because my post is so close to the top people will be correcting me for the entire life of this thread (even though I've acknowledged my mistake).

Doh! Stupid internet and it's lack of intonation.

Message boards need a sarcasm tag! [sarcasm] [/sarcasm]!

Lemme just say that between this episode and the latest Primetime I'm fully behind Vangelus using the word "spooky" in more conversations in the future.

I'm going prep work for finals all afternnon - glad to have something to listen to!

It's interesting to know that finals are almost as stressful to make up as they are to take!

I saw the logo on the front page for the thread and I knew this was all my fault.........

mp3 download is go

That "Whee"jack isn't in Ratchet colors.
He's in fragging MARLBORO colors. From one of the Diaclone releases of the mold.
Who would expect them to homage something like that?

What a day for The 12th Prime. Maybe if Vangelus and the team record tonight they'll have a question from The 12th Prime on The 12th of April, if only my birthday wasn't 3 days from now so I could truly live up to my screen name here but my question being on the next podcast would be a great birthday gift.

I can't wait to uncover the "mystery" behind a certain Canadian's purchase.

MAKE IT RAIN.

I like Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad as one of the Robots looks rather like Optimus Prime. I still need to get that Dinosaur sometime though

I like that line as they had the typical Sentai Look but were Engineered more like a Brave toy.

came in here to say this

This was much discussed on Twitter and in the thread when it was new-news so I would have thought it was common knowledge by now that Hasbro explicitly condones smoking to small Children.

I also think Hasbro need to seriously design some more Cyberverse Legion Weapons. Some sort of wrist weapon would have done quite nicely for both Wheeljack and Cliffjumper. I don't think they all need to have Bumblebee's guns or at least if they do use them they should pair them - I don't want my Cyberverse Legion Black coloured bee having odd coloured guns if the idea is you lend them to him from somewhere else.

I can't imagine why Wheeljack (or indeed Knockout) can't just have their own weapons when sold on the single card.

Presidential Mosnters hmm...
I'm not sure how I feel about including people that were not actually president. A few of the more popular vice-presidents might be ok, but I think even that is cutting it close.


Also, I've been tempted by Bakugan many times, but have never given in.
They're tiny transforming things, and that appeals to me.

I'm surprised you guys didn't mention Device Label Blaster or the recent SDCC reissue being good choices for Buster Jones to sign.

That talk about leveling a soldier to level 20 and promoting them in the intro automatically made me think about Fire Emblem.

Pssh, Krogan Soldiers have nothing on Krogan Sentinels anyway!

Also, it makes me glad to hear that I am not the only person who was unreasonably excited about foam Runamuck.

We are, we are........... VR.

What have I done.......... WHAT HAVE I DONE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9FVQ...ilepage#t=969s

If you are looking for stuff for PRID Wheeljack, this stuff is cool:
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/radico...-blasters.html

Wow!

I actually kinda want that Bakugan combiner thing... WAY too pricy though...

The Bakugan stuff at the end had me almost crying. So damn funny.

According to the Bakugan FAQ, the pieces to the combiner guy can be used as normal in the game, but the combined mode can't and is just there for coolness. As for the locking issue, a lot of Bakugan have parts that can be moved past where they stop from the spring action and into a locked position.

Ok, since I'm probably the only one on these boards who has any sort of Bakugan knowlege, the bakugan you got was Helios Maximos, at least I think that was his name, I might be misremembering it, anyway I prefer Dragonoid Colossus, anyway don't watch the anime Vangelus, it's very "to sell toys" on the anime, they started off using the actual game rules, then around season 3, the writers I guess just said "eh forget it" I don't own any of the combiners, but I do own 4 bakugans, and yeah, it does get annoying having to figure out how to transform them back into balls, if my phone weren't about to die I could tell you about the fiction behind that combiner ...wow I feel so ashamed now...

Haha well, joke all you want, but pretty much every time I'm in Toys R Us expecting the cards to change as I look at the same ones multiple times over, there's a frantic mother with like 3 kids, where at least 1 of em is freaking the fuck out over Bakugon, and some of that stuff looks pretty cool. Like, I still don't think it rivals Transformers or Yugioh (my current crack addictions), but even though I still cant make sense of the show, I can understand where the fandom's coming from.

Speaking of Yugioh, probably the best fiction to ever come outa that is called the "Yugioh Abridged", and it's basically a running parody of the tv show.

You misspelled Yugioh 5D's buddy.

Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged is awesome. Trust us on this one. Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged actually made me dig up all of my Yu-Gi-Oh cards, and now when my friend discusses Yu-Gi-Oh I actually give an eff. XD

actually vangelus, you can be a positive connotation of ass if you're a girl, i.e. "ooh check her her, that's a nice piece of ass"

also, imsurprisedyadintmention the new stealth prid bumblebee

Stealth Prid BB's pic didn't show up until after we'd recorded.

Not like there's much to talk about.

Ah, whoops and thats very true seekerblackout.

that said, i will NOT be surprised if you dont mention it because its just another bb repaint and therefore not worthy of its own news story, only being lumped in with others

TJ, that Vader lightsaber you bought comes packaged in demo mode, which is why you keep getting the same sound sequence all the time. Look between the black ridges near the butt end of the hilt for the one silver rectangular piece that can be shifted up or down, that's your mode select switch, which has On, Off, and Demo positions.

How would you be expected to know this? Apparently, Hasbro thought it'd be fun to sandwich the instruction sheet between the outer box and the tightly-wedged inner cardboard, where you'd never see it unless you decided to rip your box apart. Neat!

Hope this helps, so you can get the full intended enjoyment from whacking it on your bed

Nope. It's the On position, it's not the Demo sequence I was referring to. I know what I'm doing when I wha... know what, no, not finishing that line.

Secretcode linked me to this

WTF @ TFW - Lightgutter - YouTube

Well, not specifically YOU, but sure. And technically I got it from Omegus' reply to Malunis on Twitter, who sent it to Omegus via Twitter over a video Malunis put up on YouTube over a conversation that Omegus had on the podcast that exists in this very thread.

i have not laughed as much as i have for any other pod cast these guys have done. bakugan my god

Haha yes.

Plus, it's also the closest us duelists have to a legitimate "3rd party" product, so...

Vangelus hemorrhaging over bakugans gave me empathy brain damage. I salute you for the pain you endure to entertain us, intrepid journalist.

Also, fellow Fem-shep paragon, here. I've never even played default shep.

Another Femshep Paragon player here. Never played as Maleshep and never done a total Renegade play-through, and probably never will.

You sent the link through the Skype group, therefore linking me to it, but whatever.

I managed to get a fair few bakugans for pennies at Carboot sales they are often only 5p or 20p each. a good way to buy them i'd not want to pay retail for them as I just look on them as a bit of fun - they remind me a bit of Unicron's Anti-bodies.

Webdiver is a funline I was fortunate enough to get a Wyverian but I've yet to be able to get Diterion (the Airship). The Drag-On (or if you prefer Dragron) ones are 2 of the best the Train transporter one and the Pirateship/Dragon Garion.

Check him out here : http://www.collectiondx.com/toy_revi..._dx_web_knight

Unfortunately I had precious little luck with Diganders as few places bothered to stock that and my usual stockist (Trypitaka toys) went belly up about the time it came out.

But I like Webdiver it's a fun line with some overtones of Brave and Beast Machines to it.

To go with the question from Malunis...I agree with Optimus being taken out..but instead of dying, or something tragic happening, it would be cool if he just up and abandoned the team he'd presently be with to go onto another. Like if Megatron left earth in prime, and he just up and left the group on Earth to go join another group battling Megs... and see how the remaining team deals with that...and then you could possibly bring in a new member, who may or may not have leadership credentials..say bring in Magnus..who's more of a hardass than prime, but has to convince the group that he should be the leader when the group itself, reeling from abandonment by Prime is probably thinking otherwise..


just puttin it out there..