Welcome to Australian Transformers Weekly, your last best hope for Transformers news in Australia.  This is episode 148, we are recording live on April 6th, 2018  In this episode we’ll be talking aboutMore Optimus Prime figures than you can shake a Matrix atInhand images of Power of the Primes Predacons,The end of the IDW comics universeAnd we’ll run a betting pool for how long we’ll have to wait for all the figures Fans Toys just revealedAn much much more coming up after this...  Cut to Intro: Opening credits (8bit Transformers Theme) What have you been up to this week?Jason: Barcelona! Paris! https://tccaus.wordpress.com/competitions/bot-shots-weekly-is-now-live/?frame-nonce=34a4a2583cThe newest weekly competition in the TCCA Facebook group. Bot Shots Weekly is the successor to put Your Bot to work and follows the same idea. But now we have weekly winners that go into a monthly draw for a prize. Those monthly winners go into a hat for a yearly prize. Full T’s n C’s are on the web site at the link provided.This weeks winner is: Allen ChangLast weeks winner was Alan Jones. And the monthly winner for march is…..Alan Jones. NEWShttps://www.facebook.com/groups/transformerscca/permalink/909212112572726/https://www.facebook.com/groups/transformerscca/permalink/911951218965482/Prime:https://www.facebook.com/groups/transformerscca/permalink/910057979154806/ http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/04/02/power-primes-nemesis-prime-revealed-361742?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebookRevealed by TF Russia  http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/03/24/power-primes-predacons-hand-images-361293?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebookExpected SeptemberAlso in the same reveal - octopunch, battletrap  TFW2005’s Power of the Primes Alpha Trion with Landmine Galleryhttp://news.tfw2005.com/2018/04/01/tfw2005s-power-primes-alpha-trion-landmine-gallery-361473?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/03/25/idw-end-transformers-comics-universe-transformers-unicron-summer-wondercon-2018/Culmination to 10 years of comicsCan be hard to bring on new readers 10 years into a franchiseDon’t let the things you love go on into oblivion; end them on a highWhats next? Not sure.  “TRANSFORMERS: UNICRON is a grand finale to the past 12 years of TRANSFORMERS comics at IDW and to really celebrate that and to celebrate the people who have made it such an amazing ride, we’re getting some amazing, beloved artists to contribute to what I’m sure will be our biggest—literally—TRANSFORMERS story ever,” said David Mariotte, Associate Editor. “This is an event years in the making and one that only works because of the years fans and creators have invested in the comic.”The action kicks off on Free Comic Book Day, May 5th, with the #0 issue,Other newshttp://news.tfw2005.com/2018/04/04/x2-toys-giga-raiden-prototype-images-g1-optimus-prime-361856?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/03/29/dx9-dutch-legends-scaled-g1-optimus-prime-color-prototype-gallery-361529?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/03/29/dx9-x34b-plissken-legends-scaled-nemesis-prime-black-convoy-361544?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/04/03/tfc-toys-s-t-commander-rolling-thunder-optimus-361812?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook Here come the fans toys headmasters! http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/04/02/fans-toys-dracula-color-images-361745?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/04/02/fans-toys-ft-26-chomp-mp-skullcruncher-prototype-images-361765?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/03/26/fans-toys-ft-28-hydra-masterpiece-scaled-sixshot-test-shot-361376?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook Brad: dx9 war in pocket snarl and slagJason: a whole load of stuffJohn: rodimus and friend Members giveaway time! 094QLD Daniel Worsley 082WA Shannon O’BrianMonday the April Donation Drive goes live. Stay tuned for more info.  Thank you for listening! And if you’re watching along with the live record, thanks for checking us out.  To find out more about these stories, you’ll find the links to them all and more in the show notes Posted to the Transformers Weekly Facebook page and the Podbean site.  Want to get in touch with us? Please do we love listener feedback.Our official site is on Podbean: transformersweekly.podbean.comFacebook page is called Australian Transformers Weekly; andWe’re all in the Transformers Collectors Club Australia group on Facebook.  If you’re not already subscribed, you can find the podcast on iTunes, Pocket Casts, YouTube and other podcatchers of choice and distinction. The RSS feed link is on the website and in the show notes - https://transformersweekly.podbean.com/feed  Our new companion podcast and YouTube show Transformers Legends can be found at tflpod.podbean.com and the Tcca YouTube channel.  Australian Transformers Weekly is a production of Transformers Collectors Club Australia. The club is registered and incorporated in Victoria. TCCA is run by volunteers who donate their time and money to make the club better for everyone. Our goal is to connect Transformers fans around the country and we do it by engaging the collecting community.  You can find more information at www.transformerscca.com  Thank you for listening, we’ll be back with more Transformers news next week.  End Credits (added in post)