We’ll explore the Scramble City, Transformers: 2010, Transform Jr., Kabaya and much more as we take a look at the multitude of toys released in Japan in 1986. We’ll also break down the slight differences in the third season of the original cartoon.

After Five Face of Darkness, season 3 of the Transformers cartoon took a harder science fiction tone. In these 5 episodes, we’ll watch as some new lore is established and some old friends make their way back into the fold.

Skids, Aerialbots, Stunticons, Coneheads, & Battlechargers all arrive on Earth as war between Autobot and Decepticons rages on. With special guests Jon & Maggie from Married with Comics and The Rod Pod podcasts and Gabriel Owens, the Salty Seaman!

In this episode we take a look at the 2 video games released for 1986: “Mystery of Convoy,” for the Famicom and, “The Battle to Save the Earth,” for Commodore 64. Please like and subscribe wherever you listen to this show. Please subscribe to TFU.

We head back to Japan to see the manga published by Comic Bom Bom magazine in 1986. We’ll get a Scramble City tale in, “Full Throttle Scramble Power,” and we’ll tie-in to the Famicom game with the “Mystery of Convoy,” comic.

Kicking off Season 3 of the original cartoon, the only 5-part story in the series: Five Faces of Darkness. Learn the origins of the Transformers as we begin new tales in the far off future of 2005! With special guest Gabriel Owens,

It’s time to Meet the Cast once more as we head into Season 3 of the original Transformers cartoon. This time around we’ll meet some voice acting legends in the earliest days of their careers as well as some seasoned Hollywood actors creating a new rea...

We return to the Marvel US continuity in 1986 as we explore issues 16-19. We’ll see a number of future comics greats fill in for a Bumblebee-focused adventure. We’ll head back to Cybertron for a classic 2-parter and we’ll see Omega Supreme unleashed on...

Decided to unleash two episodes this week for my Patrons! Enjoy! ——————– We head back to Europe to learn more about the UK exclusives tales weaved by Simon Furman in 1986. We’ll watch Buster Witwicky don a mech suit in, “Robot Buster,

Keeping up with getting episodes to my Patreon students ahead of the rest of the world, here is episode 55, 2 weeks early! Enjoy! As always, love hearing your feedback, so please feel free to comment. –Ant ——————– The effects of Transformers: the Movie...