Open Your Toys Cast - 058
We're in San Diego. It's 30 minutes until we hit the con. No time for musing. Congratulations to Cliff for winning the SDCC Personal Shopper Contest. Here's the new podcast.
Jul 20, 2011•2 hr 47 min
Open Your Toys Cast
Dedicated to the four greatest action figure franchises of the 80's and all time: Star Wars, Transformers, G.I. Joe, and Masters of the Universe.
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Open Your Toys Cast - 057
I just want to give a big shout out to the sites that make this possible. First off, to everyone that actually participates in the Q and As. Without you we wouldn't get all the juicy details we do get. But, more importantly He-Man.org, GeneralsJoes.com and Rebelscum.com. These sites take on the daunting task of compiling a round up of all the Q and As across the Web for their respective lines. Please visit them often, click on their advertisers and if possible donate to them. Finally a big thank...
Jul 13, 2011•42 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 056
This week we rap about the black repaint of MP Rodimus Prime, Megator's secret accessory, Dinosaur and combiner cassette knock-offs and new Disney Star Wars toys. Also of great importance are the reissue Devastator gift set, Fansproject Insecticons and the Star Wars Lego Super Star Destroyer. That and much, much more toy goodness.
Jul 01, 2011•2 hr 32 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 055
Oh Botcon 2011, I had such a blast. I can't ever help but have fun at a con. I got to meet a few listeners, kick it with some good friends and enjoy a healthy amount of single serving friends. As always the Hasbro panel is the pinnacle. 25th Anniversary Transformers: The Movie Unicron, Prime Cliffjumper and Zombie Cliffjumper? While not a huge Bayformer fan, G1 Deco Ironhide, more Wreckers and Cyberverse Shockwave? What? Don't even get me started on Transformers: Prime SDCC Matrix Prime, Wheelja...
Jun 15, 2011•1 hr 37 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 054
Well, it's another big fat long show for ya. I think we're getting all chatty in our old age. Cons, cons and more cons. However, Power-Con is definitely showing some promise. Val and his gang are definitely doing it up. Love that DOTM toys are finally out so people are getting all the pent up expectations out. I've got a couple myself and like them quite a bit. New Star Wars reveals are plentiful. We're getting quite a few new toys for what is normally a very dry period for toys. Well at least o...
Jun 02, 2011•2 hr 51 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 053
WE’RE BACK BITCHES! Now that feels good. Con season is officially in full effect. Botcon is less than a month away and we get Mattel’s huge SDCC exclusives reveal. Dark of the Moon toys are less than a week away, but of course they are already popping up all over the place. Items thought to never see mass release are showing up on pegs. Finally, May the fourth be with you? It’s with us.
May 09, 2011•2 hr 41 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 052
We're back with this year's Joecon coverage and it's Hasbro Archives panel which was nothing less than spectacular. Also this week, the Transformers Collectors Club drops some tidbits on Kre-O. WonderCon brings us some new MOTUC figures. Our featured custom is actually an entire line of B.A.T.ized vehicles. We take a look at the G1 Rodimus Prime "action figure". Finally, you guys ROCK! We get a ton of participation.
Apr 08, 2011•1 hr 55 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 051
Speaking of participating, we picked a winner in our Toy Fair voicemail contest. However, first we both get all excited about me being registered for Botcon (which is now sold out). Kre-O and Cyberverse continue to peak my interest. Matty continues to disappoint fans. We got a metric crap ton of new toys including Fansproject Protector and start our Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime retrospective. Do you know what the greatest part of the show is? We got two first-time callers and a first-time question aske...
Mar 30, 2011•1 hr 44 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 050
Have you ever looked into someone’s window and thought about what their life might be like? Well for this episode we let you peer into our window. In other words we indulge our egos and talk about ourselves the entire time. Have you ever wondered how Mrs. McFavorite and I got into collecting? Or maybe how we even met? If not, then go ahead and tune in next week when we’ll return with all the latest and greatest toy news. However, this episode will serve as a primer for any new listeners and hope...
Mar 17, 2011•2 hr 4 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 049
This week we got some great news via that new fangled InterWeb. Have you seen the group shot of the Botcon set? If that doesn’t excite you, you better check your pulse kids. Dark of the Moon toy news has slowed down a little since Toy Fair, but the first figure has popped up at retail. We talk about the new Star Wars packaging and fawn over some amazing new West Wars figures by the one and only Sillof. Oh, oh and can you say Headmasters? That’s right, the Japanese-only continuation to original T...
Mar 09, 2011•1 hr 24 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 048
How excited are you after Toy Fair? I guarantee you’re not more excited than me. WOW there are some great toys coming out in the foreseeable future. Perhaps my favorites are coming to San Diego Comic-Con. There’s the gigantic Death Star 14-pack of Star Wars Vintage Revenge of the Jedi carded figures. Coming a close second is the first ever official G.I. Joe Transformers cross-over Starscream Sky Striker WITH Pilot Cobra Commander and 3.75″ scaled Megatron Walther P38. In addition to “Starscream”...
Feb 19, 2011•2 hr 14 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 047
If you’ve seen the length of the show, you can probably tell we’re drinking again. But wow, almost three hours! So, yeah we go off. I suggest breaking it up into a couple or five sittings. First up, Transformers: ANIMATED STUNTICONS! We just got Drag Strip today. She’s real and she’s spectacular. SDCC passes sell out in one day. Transformers: Prime toys are so good they make me want to like the show. We take a look at possibly the coolest Snake Eyes figure ever. Tons of new waves are hitting and...
Feb 11, 2011•2 hr 52 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 046
We’ve got a few lists this time around. First we get what seems to be a pretty complete one of the first wave of Dark of the Moon figures. Then I compare my top 5 2010 MOTUC figures to the peeps over at He-Man.org. A Walmart list reveals Generations Arcee and WARPATH! Don’t forget my list of toys for sale. Lotsa Star Wars toys are being leaked. Remember all those cool PoC vehicles we saw at SDCC and Joecon? Well they’re showing up and the best ones aren’t at Ross this time. We continue our G1 Ul...
Jan 25, 2011•1 hr 48 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 045
I know everything gets better with time, but damn we collectors (especially us 30 somethings) are getting amazing nods to our childhood. The Vintage Collection is putting out some amazing new figures. We are seeing Transformers I thought I would never see. To top it all off there is going to be a set of Joes I always wanted and one of my most favorite Christmas gifts ever. What can I say, life is good right now. Hope it is for you too.
Jan 07, 2011•2 hr 36 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 044
Black Friday 2010
Nov 25, 2010•38 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 043
While we seem to have less news, we spend just as much time talking about it. There is a lot of Transformers news especially from Japan. Unfortunately the Transformers Q and A doesn’t produce much (as usual). However the bi-weekly Matty Q and A kind of does. Can you say Castle Grayskull? No, it’s not a confirmation, but you better start saving your pennies. Do you need anything Hasbro? The best sale in a very long time is happening right now. What are you waiting for go buy yourself a Christmas ...
Nov 18, 2010•2 hr 10 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 042
What keeps bringing you guys back? Is it habit or love? Whatever it is, here we are and there’s tons to talk about. We finally get a look at TVC wave 5 and yawn. MOTUC’s Panthor looks great. Mattel and the Four Horsemen sure know how to rock those bucks. Unfortunately even the fan projects are getting to be pretty meh. What is exciting me is next year’s Transformers line-up. Can’t wait for new versions of old school favorites like Wheeljack, Wreck-Gar, Scourge and KUP! Speaking of new version of...
Nov 06, 2010•2 hr 7 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 041
This time around the collectors clubs hit us over the head with their propaganda. We get tons of information about Masters of the Universe Classics both through a Q and A and boards. Quite a bit new product is starting to hit as well as some great pre-orders. We take a look at FrenzyRumble’s custom Warpath and review WST Ultra Magnus. STAR. WARS. In. The. 3D! Lastly, congratulations to Steve, our winner of the 2nd Annual Swag Away.
Oct 10, 2010•2 hr 1 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 040
Rumors and confirmations are running rampant. We got mad Q and A's with Star Wars, Transformers and MOTU representing this week. We talk about some possibly very cool new stands. We rock out with our Millennium Falcons out. Gygor is our review of the week. Famed Star Wars author doing The Transformers Vault? The Horsemen show us perhaps one of the coolest figures ever. Lastly, don't forget to enter the 2nd Annual Swag Away. Entries are due by October 6th. Don't miss out on all the cool free shit...
Sep 29, 2010•2 hr 5 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 039
This week we get back to business. That’s right, TOYS! And unless you’ve been sequestered involuntarily, you know they’re hitting fast and furious. New waves from the big four (well three at least) have been hitting almost every week since SDCC. Believe it or not, we have con news already. KOs and fan made Transformers stuff still dominate the news. We talk about the last couple Matty MOTUC Q and A’s and look closer at what was revealed to Dan Curto of Rebelscum by Darryl Depriest of Hasbro. The...
Sep 14, 2010•1 hr 38 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 038
Celebration V was AMAZING. It was kind of like Comic-Con with multiple tracks of programming and tons of “celebrities”, but the difference was I wanted to see and do it ALL. My biggest disappointment was that I couldn’t. However, I did do most of the things that were tops on my list. Got to see Mark Hamill and even better, the creator, the big GL . Of course we hit the Hasbro panel with its smattering of new info/confirmations. The Clone Wars panels were great. Dave Filoni really knows how to wa...
Aug 25, 2010•2 hr 18 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 037 Part 2
Par for the course it’s about a month after San Diego Comic-Con. We’ve have finally posted photos, videos of the booths and my favorite part, videos of the panels. While I’m sure if you wanted to see them by now you have, but you have you heard them with my drunken “Yeah”s and ”Alright”s? The wrap ups, that’s right wrap ups, 2 of them (there was supposed to be a third, but we have been way too damn busy) are co-hosted by our homies from the big SD. One is a long time attendee. One tried to come ...
Aug 20, 2010•1 hr 54 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 037 Part 1
Par for the course it’s about a month after San Diego Comic-Con. We’ve have finally posted photos, videos of the booths and my favorite part, videos of the panels. While I’m sure if you wanted to see them by now you have, but you have you heard them with my drunken “Yeah”s and ”Alright”s? The wrap ups, that’s right wrap ups, 2 of them (there was supposed to be a third, but we have been way too damn busy) are co-hosted by our homies from the big SD. One is a long time attendee. One tried to come ...
Aug 20, 2010•1 hr 5 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 036
Botcon 2010, enough said.
Jul 08, 2010•56 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 035
So Botcon, I mean BOTCON! Of course, Botcon is definitely not the only thing going on. Even in these driest of dry times we've still gotta lot to yap about. Of course there's C5 news. We get looks at the newest MOTUC figures. There's lotsa of shady stuff going on, including Toy Fair Lego McQuarrie Boba Fett, Qui-Gon/Eopie mail-away, and fake AFAs? We've even got a G.I. Joe and Matty Q and A to boot. Not a lot going on in stores, at least here in the US, but online is still popping off with new p...
Jun 14, 2010•2 hr 38 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 034
I registered for Botcon. Did you? What number were you? I didn’t even get close to the first 100, but if feels good to have that done. I’m getting really excited. We talk about all the new guests for C5 and guess how I’ll be spending an extra $60 at SDCC. We highlight the best news from the latest Star Wars and Matty Collector Q and A’s. Not much out there, but we still manage to get a ton o’stuff. We review one of the most articulated 3.75” figure ever. Finally, tons of Grab Bag for ya.
May 26, 2010•2 hr 17 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 033
We’ve got a long one to make up for the time we’ve been gone. In con news we talk about Orko and his “accessory”, Prince Adam. We also recap all the new information from Joecon 2010. Are we getting a Rodimus Masterpiece? What about all those Botcon leaks? While new stuff isn’t hitting shelves or pegs, the webs are on fire with pre-orders. Did I mention we actually have a review this week? Too bad it’s of a doll and not an action figure. Lastly, we’ve got a ton of new voicemails. So buckle up, st...
May 11, 2010•2 hr 24 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 032
Have you seen all the new Star Wars Comic Packs? I haven't. Have you seen the latest wave of Clone Wars figures? I haven't. Have you seen...well you get the point. I didn't miss the new Transformers Collector Club exclusives, did you? Fan projects are still dominating transformers. Three words, ANTIQUE FORCE DETAIL! Where's all the Joe and Masters news? Lastly, we're getting an Ikea! WE'RE GETTING AN IKEA!! YAY!!! Don’t forget to call in to 720.235.TOYS (8697) with your favorite thing from Toy F...
Apr 11, 2010•1 hr 37 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 031
This time around we discuss all the latest con announcements and chime in on the latest Matty Collector debacle. Do you realize we have used that word to describe Matty almost every single month? There have been tons of new sightings since Toy Fair. Some great new pre-orders have hit including the G.I. Joe Collectors Club’s 3.75 Adventure Team, FansProject’s Warbot Defender (Springer) and the newest and last wave of Star Wars Comic Packs. We also flesh out our new Toy Fair/SDCC contest a little ...
Mar 25, 2010•1 hr 56 min
Open Your Toys Cast - 030
Toy Fair 2010 has come and gone. We recap the show and talk about some of the stand outs: Transformers' Drift and SDCC Blaster re-issue, G.I. Joe's SDCC Sgt. Slaughter done 25th style, MOTUCs 12" Tytus and SDCC Mo-Larr/Skeletor (sans impacted wisdom tooth) 2-pack, and last but certainly not least Star Wars' Vintage and SDCC Maul Visionaries comic pack complete with mech legs. We also berate some of the more mehs: Transformers' Power Core Combiners, G.I. Joe's Cobra Commander becoming a chase fig...
Feb 24, 2010•1 hr 43 min
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