TOYS OF SUMMER: “Giant tape decks, tiny airplanes and whatever that Sharkticon was supposed to be.” (1984): Its the heat of the summer so Tim is heading down to the local beach with a bucket full of his favorite toys. Now that’s a scenario that would never happen but still serves as a segue-way into today’s topic, those Kafka-esque bots and cons from Hasbro, THE TRANSFORMERS. So roll out with Tim and special guest MICHAEL ROOHR as they geek out over names like Hubcap, Gears and Pipes.
00:00:00 - PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - “A toast to Cybertron”
00:00:35 - SHARING THE MIKE - geeking out on G1 Transformers / “main theme from “Challenge Of The GoBots”
00:03:04 - FIRST ENCOUNTERS- Mike meets Megatron and gives Huffer a good home
00:08:10 - COMMERCIAL DRAW - Tim loves ads and packaging
00:16:10 - MAKIN’ TRACKS - trying to talk cars
00:23:08 - TECH SPEC SPECTRUM - least favorite toy / most favorite toy
00:31:32 - ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORMASTER MAINTENANCE - that transforming component
00:36:55 - A BOY AND HIS GNAW - Plastic totems and why these toys matter
00:47:31 - DIE-CAST VALUES - getting choked up over Optimus Prime
00:53:55 - CLOSINGS - Contacts, plugs and no catchphrase / “Dare”
Watch nearly 40 minutes of the sweet sales-scented advertising the convinced 9 year-old you you just HAD to have these particular Transformers HERE.
Hear George Popadopolis shill some some capitalistic phrasing over the likes of Perceptor and Blitzwing HERE.
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MUSIC FEATURED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:
“Love Theme From Challenge Of The Go-Bots”” composed by Hoyt Curtain for the 1984 Hanna-Barbara magnum opus CHALLENGE OF THE GOBOTS.
“Dare” performed by Stan Bush from my 1986 cassette copy of the original motion picture soundtrack to TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE.
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