Triple Takeover Toycast

It's a new dawn as January kicks off the 40th anniversary year of Transformers and plenty of promise for exciting toys ahead! For our first episode of 2024, the team take a look at everything on the horizon and what in particular has caught our fancy.If you enjoy our podcast then find more... much more than meets the ear at www.patreon.com/tripletakeoverTONS of weekly exclusive content & perks, including bonus episodes, outtakes, early access and more! Sign up at 'Gold Box Classics' level today to get immediate access to:Over 60 'minisodes' on a wide range of topics (plus commission your own!)Over 30 'miniseries' chapters on ongoing topics, including toys & comicsEarly release of regular episodes - normally a week in advance!Our Patreon Discord server - the place to be!Exclusive merch & a free gift Bonus podcast artwork & more!And a big thank you to all the patrons in our top two tiers, including:NickDanny RobertsAndyPrestonChrisSpider-FatherAdam ShoemakerBad SaturdayJustin MasaruDave DalrympleAbsurdGeokaiserYusiferJohn PearlTroysefAlec MeerCapnRAPhil GRotorstormLazzzerbeakPuma The HunterPeter HammersonShenryChris NorrisJesse MorenoNexisJimoinAaron SvobodaBilligatorAndy GoldColdsquallSimon ElvinJoshlesCracktastic PlasticDanvastatorJeffrey FreegTim BannerjeeBen LewisLucas HenkelMolluskoenigMalcolm HobbsCNCRick56Mythic GearsZach LawsonJason MurrayDavid ShepherdesdeemQuickmixedJosh BellAshpoltzindiosCristian HyattMarc AllieGraeme MoffatConor CBurke PerrottaEric HoytBobby P.Mike LoiaconoNihar BhattChris RodwellSteve RedmanJim KinseyShawnti SeigelJames PascoeGhostPrimeJickelGodert WalterCharlie ShoppellJune MarigoldAlexis TaylorJonathon Falselogic Howardwindows6kJeremy WoodallRossJetfire JamesDog Lunch UKMichael CagleDuggertronsquidcatfishRobert RCalidusUncrasimaticBoreCam LeeMichael BrandtMiguel GonzalezSpider-BobJames HooksBrandon MahaffeyCollecticonChupGoldboltRiley LentzEmperor GalvartronMatthew DeadmenSpencer ButlerAllen JohnsonAnthony BakerAdam BradyJames TurnhamSimonTheTransformerClosetEMH_RichardRobin HuntRhAJetfireprime760James ClarkeFrank ColosimoAtlasDave BeckettJeremy CancekoBen EricksonEvilplopdiseaseKlarque Clint GamingMichael GaxiolaTony HaywardDJ ConvoyPrymus84Private RandomRob FranklinProteinDigbysaurusTony NatoMenastreakerDarj360verseTraffic ConeThePerfectPixlA Saucy FellowAndrew BentleyMarc BairstowobadiahstarbuckSassmaster KeithJon RAnd the Mapes Brothers (who you might recognise)Support the Show.

It's the most wonderful time of the year... which means we get to discuss our favourite toys from 2023! What Transformers products most delighted us, whether they were naughty or nice? The team get settled in for a festive chat on all this and more from the last twelve months.Support the Show.

We're back on the Beasts for our latest episode except this time, we're off to Japan for one of the most colourful bits of late '90s Transformers - it's Beast Wars II! Take a tour on the wild side as Sixo introduces Liam and Jason to the delights of the Takara 1998 Maximal crew, be it lions, bugs or even a giant octopus!NOTE: play along at home using the TFWiki as a guide (or get on our Patreon Discord, where all of the pics & more will be presented for your leisure!): https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_Beast_Wars_(Japanese_toyline)Support the Show.

It's still early days for Skybound's new 'Energon Universe', but there's plenty to talk about already! Kicking off a new miniseries on the comics, today the team examine the first two issues of Daniel Warren Johnson's acclaimed new Transformers series, along with Robert Kirkman's Void Rivals. It begins here... spoilers abound!Support the Show.

Presenting an extra special episode now, as we delve deep into our bulging mailbag to answer questions from our dedicated listeners about Transformers, toy collecting, the podcast and much more than meets the ear. We're joined for this one by friend of the pod and all-round good guy Jason; but considering it's #66, will everyone make it out alive?Support the Show.

After the highs of Binaltech, a new 'real car' robots in disguise line emerged from TakaraTomy in 2009, only this time they were smaller and more stylised - it's Alternity! The team take a look at this repaint-heavy roster of toys and get ready to dish out the Alternity facts.Support the Show.

We're back for a third round of #Transformers 'hidden gems', where each of the team selects two toys from over the years that they feel never got enough love. Or maybe they did?#Transformers #hiddengems #toycollectingSupport the Show.

Now that TFNation 2023 is done, we roped in organisers Dave Mapes (who you might recognise) and Billy Stripes to give an insight into running Europe's largest Transformers convention! Get the skinny on the behind-the-scenes action here.#Transformers #TFNation #toycollectingIf you enjoy our podcast then find more... much more than meets the ear at www.patreon.com/tripletakeoverTONS of exclusive content & perks, including bonus 'minisodes', miniseries around ongoing topics, outtakes, early access and more! Also a big THANK YOU to our wonderful patrons: NickDanny RobertsAndyPrestonChrisSpider-FatherAdam ShoemakerBad SaturdayJustin MasaruDave DalrympleGeokaiserYusiferJohn PearlTroysefAnthony CarsAlec MeerCapnRAPhil GRotorstormLazzzerbeakPuma The HunterVegemite MikePeter HammersonShenryChris NorrisJesse MorenoNexisJimoinAaron SvobodaBilligatorAndy GoldColdsquallSimon ElvinJoshlesCracktastic PlasticDanvastatorJeffrey FreegKyler WilmothTim BannerjeeBen LewisLucas HenkelMolluskoenigMalcolm HobbsCNCRick56Mythic GearsZach LawsonJason MurrayDavid ShepherdesdeemQuickmixedJosh BellAshpoltzindiosCristian HyattMarc AllieGraeme MoffatConor CBurke PerrottaEric HoytBobby P.Mike LoiaconoNihar BhattChris RodwellSteve RedmanJim KinseyShawnti SeigelJames PascoeGhostPrimeJickelGodert WalterCharlie ShoppellJune MarigoldAlexis Taylorwindows6kTyler DickisonJeremy WoodallRossJetfire JamesDog Lunch UKMichael CagleDuggertronsquidcatfishRobert RCalidusUncrasimaticBoreCam LeeMiguel GonzalezSpider-BobJames HooksBrandon MahaffeyCollecticonChupGoldboltRiley LentzEmperor GalvartronMatthew DeadmenSpencer ButlerAllen JohnsonAnthony BakerAdam BradyJames TurnhamSimonTheTransformerClosetEMH_RichardRobin HuntRhALoganJetfireprime760James ClarkeFrank ColosimoAtlasDave BeckettJeremy CancekoBen EricksonEvilplopdiseaseJuan CarpinteroKlarque Clint GamingMichael GaxiolafreedomistherightDJ ConvoyPrymus84StarSaberFan37Private RandomRob FranklinProteinDigbysaurusAnthony FortunatoMenastreakerDarjStevie P360verseTraffic ConeThePerfectPixlA Saucy FellowAndrew BentleyMarc BairstowRaphael RothobadiahstarbuckJon RAnd the Mapes Brothers (who you might recognise!)Support the Show.

TFNation has come and gone again for another year! The cornerstone of the UK's Transformers social calendar is always a fun and exciting time, and the team are here to relive all the highlights from 2023's event... including the toys we met along the way!#Transformers #TFNation #toycollectingSupport the Show.

How do Transformers fans respond to mysterious new toy reveals that are yet to be confirmed? The recent Missing Link Optimus Prime (Convoy) announcement from Takara Tomy could be the most significant collector-aimed TF product in the last two decades, but before it was all official, we had a chat about our reactions to blurry unconfirmed toy reveals!#Transformers #Generation1 #MissingLinkSupport the Show.

We're back for another stop on the tour through each year of the classic Transformers toy line! 1987 was rather appropriately a year of significant change for the robots in disguise, with 'blockier' toys and new gimmicks such as Headmasters and Targetmasters. Some may even say it's one of the best years ever... perhaps even on this podcast!Support the Show.

The robots in disguise are back on the big screen, and there's plenty to say about it all! Prepare for a spoiler-filled deep dive into everything we enjoyed about the latest film and a fair bit of critiquing besides as we get into it with Transformers Rise of the Beasts. Let them come!#Transformers #RiseoftheBeasts #BeastWarsSupport the Show.

In a very special episode, Triple Takeover sits down with Hasbro to talk all things Transformers! We are delighted to welcome Hasbro's Ben "Bmac" MacCrae (Associate Brand Manager of Global Brand Development & Marketing) and Mark Maher (Transformers Generations Lead Product Designer) onto the show for an extensive chat about our favourite brand of transforming robot toys - this is one you won't want to miss!Support the Show.

There are no doubt moments where every toy collector is asked by their friends or family that eternal question: why? Why collect toys to begin with? And why is it Transformers that appeals so much, both now and back when you were little? Today we're getting a bit philosophical and attempting to answer all that and more.Support the Show.

We frequently hear from our listeners how we've 'enabled' them on various toy purchases as a result of what we've discussed on the show. Well, to prove we're no different, the team are looking at some specific examples of self-enablement, all of which are non-Transformers related! We do it to ourselves.Support the Show.

We all love robots in disguise but what about actual robots? Robosen has already made waves with their fully interactive self-transforming Optimus Prime and they have more on the way soon! But where do these sorts of consumer robotics sit in the market and just how appealing are they for more traditional toy collectors? Let's find out.#Transformers #ToyCollecting #TripleTakeover #Robosen #OptimusPrimeSupport the Show.