Open Your Toys Cast

OMG, an actual episode. It would be an understatement to say it has been awhile. Thanks to a very busy month, this is over a month late. However, we do have a bunch of old news for you, along with our plans for SDCC. So if you're interested, jump in our way back machine and listen to a show that should have been out over a month ago.

That's right, the big two oh and we do it up big. Well kinda. We have an amazing new intro/outro and voicemail number (without extension), 720-235-TOYS (8697). Thanks to our special guest co-host, Whitaker 'McLovin'. In the news, Rise of Cobra has hit with a big fat thud. Not impressed unfortunately. I got a whole Ice Viper, Paris Pursuit Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow. Pretty sad for a launch day. Fortunately everything is just sitting around, so there is no rush. The only things that are remotely difficult to find are the army builders. We get a first good look at Devastator, video style. Finally, Mattel is back with another yet another Q and A.

We have Q and A’s for Star Wars, Transformers and Masters of the Universe Classics. More SDCC exclusives are being added daily. The stores are ripe with ROTF figures. There is a ton of new stuff online and quite a bit of promotions as well. Have I ever said how much I love movie years? Well I do.

BOTCON says it all, literally. This entire episode is dedicated to our trip to Botcon 2009 in Pasadena, California. This was my second year and as you know, Mrs. McFavorite was a Botcon virgin. Would she enjoy herself? Would she wanna hurt herself? Would she wanna hurt me?

Botcon is just around the corner and we are still getting news. Yay! Meet Webstor, new G1 Knock Offs, Donald Duck VW and tons of new pics are hitting the Web, but then again when aren't they. We get a standard onslaught of fan-based projects, Revenge of the Fallen and Rise of Cobra updates. There is also a Joe Q and A this week. Tons of sighting and pre-orders. Our listeners represents. Finally, did I mention we lost Grab Bag this week? You can still see the links at least.

This week we get even more guests for Botcon. Matty Collector finally gets their act together with the subscription service. Well, kinda. The Star Wars Q and A reveals a few interesting tidbits. I think this was the official week of official images. Star Wars, G.I. Joe and Transformers, all get some love. And now, not only have we seen repaints of figures not out yet, we get Chinese knock offs of figures that are not out yet too. It’s a topsy turvy toy world and we’re just livin’ in it. Also, you heard right, Christmas ornaments. Didn’t we just have one of those?

Botcon can’t seem to get here fast enough and Mrs. McFavorite finally has something to really look forward to. Biggest news, ROTF figures are hitting shelves, least surprising, it’s before the mandatory street date. Also, lots of pics of new Star Wars in package. And, are we already seeing repaints of ROC figures that have yet to come out. Thanks to Heath and Sabertron for your continued support. Finally, is Mrs. McFavorite more excited about the Rise of Cobra trailer than me? Really? Really?

Just went to the best Mile High City con, TFCon was also this weekend, next week is Canadian Joe Con, Botcon is less than a month away and we are getting very excited. We are getting peeks at tons of exclusives. Fan-based Transformer projects are picking up speed yet again and a pretty good Star Wars Q and A. There's a couple new things poppin' up on the pegs and shelves and a whole mess of Star Wars pre-orders are up. We stray from the fav four a little and ... oh yeah, G.I. Joe: Resolute was AWESOME!

With Con season approaching, we talk about BotCon, JoeCon (Canada-style), Comic-Con and TFCon. Or, at least some of the toys associated with them anyway. Movie toys are showing up on shelves and probably not the movie you're thinking of. Sunday, Sunday, Sunday...sales, sales, sales. It looks like we will be able to purchase a little portion of our childhood, DVD-style. And, what kid wouldn't want to sleep in there very own simulated dead animal carcass. I know I would.

Meanwhile, back at the Hall of McFavorite, we yap about the last Botcon ThunderClash, SW questions and answers, even more Animated, and is that ROC: Cobra Commander? Really? Really? The Masters of the Universe Classics are flying off the virtual pegs. Lastly I actually physically drool over another man's junk. That's right, I'm comfortable with toyuality.

This week we get down with Mattel's and Hasbro's Q and A's for Masters of the Universe, Stars Wars, G.I. Joe and Tansformers respectively. MP Grimlocks, new Star Wars pics and Joe: ROC news. Of course there is updates on fan-based projects and Transformers: ROF news as well.

We get wind of this year's Disney Star Wars/Star Tours exclusives, more Botcon figures revealed and we are swimming in Transformer fan made upgrade kits. Seeing some great new toys in the stores, a ton of new pre-orders up and we take a look at the Four Horsemen's King Grayskull.

We cover everything action figure related revealed during Toy Fair 2009 for the four franchises. Also Botcon, ROTF, Wedge's X-wing, TF Universe Legends and Voyagers, New Joe multi-packs and we actually have a toy review. Transformers Universe (Leo Prime) VS. Star Wars Crossovers (AT-TE/Captain Rex). Did I mention BMF's for $64.

We talk about the disappointment that is the U.K. Toy Fair, the new Star Wars Q and A, spoil some new G.I. Joe: ROC characters and that’s just our first four news stories. Other highlights include: Fallen toy revealed, stupid price increases, G.I. Joe Hall of Fame figures, a new Jabba, Open Your Toys gets twitterific, oh yeah, rambling, lots and lots of rambling.

Lots of new stuff for the Clone Wars and the Legacy Collection. Another $100 Star Wars vehicle is coming and a $100 Transformer Combiner? The holiday slump is over, pegs are officially stocked and we're buying. Encore 16 and 17...GEEKGASM, enough said.

We talk Botcon, Joecon, Resolute, 2009 Legacy and Clone Wars, Master of the Universe Classics, Revenge of the Fallen and that’s just the news.

We talk about the aftermath of Black Friday, exclusives, and people like us, they really like us!

This week we talk acronyms, SW QA, WTFWTK MOTUC, NRF, AT-TE, ROTF, and TCW. If you have to ask, you’re not cool enough…JK.

This week we talk about MOTU Faker, the original repaint, complain about ROTF Devastator, and in general get drunk. Mrs. McFavorite gets some schooling. Clone Wars, The Motion Picture brings out the sales. Are we really that drunk at the end of cast? Listen for yourself.

This week we talk about the confirmed Masterpiece Grimlock and Disney Crossover Mickey. We take a look at the new 2009 Star Wars Lego Sets. Have you heard about Reprolabels? Well now you have. We also added a “What we got” segment and talk about big heavy balls.