Canada and Mexico had a number of interesting and weird variant toys in 1985. From odd colored Minibots to Slag’s face to lead paint scares, there’s a lot of unwrap with Hasbro’s neighbors to the north and south. We’ll break it all down on this episode of Transformers University!

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Season 2 of the G1 cartoon continues! We get a Cyberton history lesson with, “Desertion of the Dinobots,” parts 1 & 2, meet Omega Supreme in “Blaster Blues,” head back in time for “A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur’s Court,” and we take a dip in “The Golden Lagoon.”

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Gabriel Owens, The Salty Seaman – http://www.youtube.com/Recharge138
Robo Rob Springer of the podcast “Being Awesome with Rob Springer,” and http://www.ZoneBase.org.

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We head back to Japan to delve into the origins of G1 Manga from TV Magazine and Comic Bom-Bom while looking at the highly detailed art of Studio Ox. Afterwards, we dig into the many different Transformers Opening and Closing theme songs from around the world.

Links referenced in this episode:

TV Magazine Manga Prologue: http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/gallery.php?g2_itemId=15098
TV Magazine Story Pages: http://tfarchive.com/comics/gallery.php?g2_itemId=14547

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In this episode, we take a look at 5 more episodes of G1 Season 2:

– The Master Builders
– Auto Berserk
– Microbots
– Megatron’s Master Plan part 1
– Megatron’s Master Plan part 2

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Darryl the Cybertronian Beast of Transmissions Podcast – https://www.transmissionspodcast.com/
David Schulz, Gamer Going Grey – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxJDBhfc1ZQu21H2u_2iD7g

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In the wake of a ton of news from San Diego Comic-Con (or is it Comicon?) Ant gives his thoughts and reactions to it all. From Generations War for Cybertron: Siege to IDW’s incredible news to the Bumblebee movie, we’ll talk about it all.

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Transformers became a worldwide phenomenon in 1985. We look back on how the toy lines spread to Europe and Japan; and go over what figures and toys certain regions did and didn’t get.

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An episode not to be missed! This episode we’ll delve into some of the most bizarre pieces of fiction in Transformers history. From the Marvel produced Big Looker and Hardcover series to the read-along audio books of Kids Stuff, you’ll want to hear it all. Find out why Soundwave’s tech spec quote is an actual quote! Or which historical leaders Optimus Prime name checks. Or the importance of OUR MISSILES!

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We continue our look at Marvel’s G1 comic book run as we meet Circuit Breaker, get introduced to Devastator and Jetfire, and see if Optimus Prime will lose his head.

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