Happy anniversary to the Transformers Sunbow series! For many, it was their first view of Cybertronians, and it changed our lives. Thanks to all who brought us these stories that we still love and share! Relive the excitement and fun by watching the pilot episode below!
James Eatock (a.k.a. CerealGeek) and Grim2 have uncovered the previously lost version of The Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 with Ted Schwartz as the voice of Rodimus Prime! Ted Schwartz was the original actor cast as Rodimus for the TV series, and was replaced by Dick Gautier. Gautier’s lines were dubbed over Schwartz’s, except […]
On Monday, September 17th, 1984 a new cartoon hit the airwaves. It was the pilot episode advertising for a new toy line of imported robots who shapeshifted into vehicles and common household objects, like cameras and German pistols used by super-spies: The Transformers. It was a collaboration between Hasbro, Griffin-Bacal Advertising’s Sunbow Animation, Marvel Entertainment […]
In the newest installment of the “More Than Meets These Guys” podcast Ed and Evan dive into the Transformers G1 Season 2 episode, “City of Steel”. We get to see Ed’s first encounter with AKOM animation. Will he survive? What are the guys’ musical guilty pleasures? Is Optimus Prime’s greatest weakness revealed? View it below […]
Ed and Evan are back to review the G1 Transformers Season 2 episode, Day of the Machines.Is it an early warning about artificial intelligence? Do we need a G1 Megatron violin-shaped carrying case?Why were hydrofoils so popular in the 1980s? All this and an after-credits surprise are in this week’s installment. Listen to it by […]