Podcasts by Open Your Toys Cast

Open Your Toys Cast - 000 from 2022-02-21T18:47:22.263993

It's our first episode. A pilot if you would. We test out our format, realize we have a lot of work to do, and have some fun. Enjoy...Slick

Open Your Toys Cast - 002 from 2022-02-21T18:47:22.261509

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 a...

Open Your Toys Cast - 005 from 2022-02-21T18:47:22.257178

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

Open Your Toys Cast - 012 from 2022-02-21T18:47:22.242207

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 ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 015 from 2022-02-21T18:47:22.189719

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 mand...

Open Your Toys Cast - 017 from 2022-02-21T18:47:22.187510

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 ge...

Open Your Toys Cast - 020 from 2022-02-21T18:47:22.183753

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, ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 022 Part 2 from 2022-02-21T18:47:22.179828

We put a fork in SDCC 2009 as we finish part two of our wrap up with all of the segments you have come to love: Store Report, Online, What We Got, Listener Feedback and Grab Bag. There has been a l...

Open Your Toys Cast - 024 from 2022-02-21T18:47:22.175914

Join us for all the Q and A goodness with Hasbro and Mattel. There’s interesting tidbits (yeah I said tidbits, big whoop, wanna fight about it) for every franchise. Unfortunately Masters of the Uni...

Open Your Toys Cast - 025 Part 2 from 2022-02-21T18:47:22.172057

That’s right, the much anticipated, by me at least, conclusion to our one year anniversary show is now officially part of Internet history. We have a ridiculously long What We Got. This is followed...

Open Your Toys Cast - Intro/Outro 1 from 2022-02-21T18:47:22.170915

Title: Open Your Toys Cast - Intro/Outro 1. Artist: Aero. Web Site: www.ThirdLightProductions.com.

Open Your Toys Cast - Intro/Outro 2 from 2022-02-21T18:47:22.169733

Title: Open Your Toys Cast - Intro/Outro 2. Artist: Aero. Web Site: www.ThirdLightProductions.com.

Open Your Toys Cast - Intro/Outro 3 from 2022-02-21T18:47:22.162755

Title: Open Your Toys Cast - Intro/Outro 3. Artist: Aero. Web Site: www.ThirdLightProductions.com.

Open Your Toys Cast - 028 Part 2 from 2022-02-21T18:47:22.152783

In part 2 we get to talking about what we saw in stores over the holiday shopping season. Can you say Transformers Mighty Muggs Wave 3 and Empire Strikes Back wave of Star Wars Legacy? Plus a we ta...

Open Your Toys Cast - 036 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.991861

Botcon 2010, enough said.

Open Your Toys Cast - 041 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.973092

This time around the collectors clubs hit us over the head with their propaganda. We get tons of information about Masters of the Universe Classics both through a Q and A and boards. Quite a bit ne...

Open Your Toys Cast - 042 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.972278

What keeps bringing you guys back? Is it habit or love? Whatever it is, here we are and there’s tons to talk about. We finally get a look at TVC wave 5 and yawn. MOTUC’s Panthor looks great. Mattel...

Open Your Toys Cast - 045 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.968783

I know everything gets better with time, but damn we collectors (especially us 30 somethings) are getting amazing nods to our childhood. The Vintage Collection is putting out some amazing new figur...

Open Your Toys Cast - 049 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.963822

This week we got some great news via that new fangled InterWeb. Have you seen the group shot of the Botcon set? If that doesn’t excite you, you better check your pulse kids. Dark of the Moon toy ne...

Open Your Toys Cast - 052 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.960277

We're back with this year's Joecon coverage and it's Hasbro Archives panel which was nothing less than spectacular. Also this week, the Transformers Collectors Club drops some tidbits on Kre-O. Won...

Open Your Toys Cast - 053 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.959494

WE’RE BACK BITCHES! Now that feels good. Con season is officially in full effect. Botcon is less than a month away and we get Mattel’s huge SDCC exclusives reveal. Dark of the Moon toys are less th...

Open Your Toys Cast - 054 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.958352

Well, it's another big fat long show for ya. I think we're getting all chatty in our old age. Cons, cons and more cons. However, Power-Con is definitely showing some promise. Val and his gang are d...

Open Your Toys Cast - 059 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.944396

How can you not get excited about the new Clone Wars and Vintage Collection Figures? While pricey, what kid of the 80's wouldn't have killed for a 2 foot Voltron figure? Speaking of the 80's, what ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 060 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.943594

Since what is becoming our standard post-SDCC absence, there hasn't been too much toys news. The G.I. Joe Collectors' Club has announced more details about their sub, including the first two figure...

Open Your Toys Cast - 070 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.888083

As usual we talk a bunch of toys, but instead of highlighting a few of them with this post, I really wanted to focus on what has me most excited right now, Attack on Cobra Island. What's Attack on ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 072 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.885741

Five years in a row. Just thinking about it makes my wallet want to cry and my heart soar. Although I always exercise amazing restraint in the dealer room, I always buy all the exclusives. That rig...

Open Your Toys Cast - 074 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.883551

Did you know we're finally getting Mekaneck? Oh and what a neck it is. Speaking of Meka's, we're also getting a mechanized Darth Maul in a Battle Pack with one of the hardest to find Clone Wars fig...

Open Your Toys Cast - 079 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.876801

You will hear about the amazing reveal at the MOTUC panel at Power-Con. Did you know there was a missing Star Wars figure? Me neither. G.I. Joe was abysmal this week (as usual). No wonder they pree...

Open Your Toys Cast - 085 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.860254

This is one my favorite shows of the year. As usual we had some amazing announcements this year. Mattel blew their load involuntarily and in those leaks was one of my favorite things from show. It ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 086 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.859449

Hey, hey, hey, it's con season and we got some reporting to do, and we are going to talk about a panel or two. You'll have some fun now with me and the Mrs. here. Learning about StarFest while we d...

Open Your Toys Cast - 090 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.855950

Mrs. McFavorite wanted to bring the cast back and I thought there would be no better time than one of the two largest yearly milestones for news in our community. That's right, they're doing that a...

Open Your Toys Cast - 092 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.853496

We're light on news this time around, but still manage to tangent this thing out to an hour and a half. We got to some a very disappointing size comparison for Masterpiece Bumblebee. We review one ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 093 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.852733

We try to make up for lost time with our longest episode ever. And I do mean EVER. Can you say 3 and a half hours? That’s right kids. I have finally started to let go of my obsessive need to try to...

Open Your Toys Cast - 094 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.851926

Back in 1999 I never I thought I would be talking about a sequel to my favorite film franchise of all time. I knew I would have an opportunity to see a prequel, which everyone at that point was ext...

Open Your Toys Cast - 097 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.840029

Sometimes you gotta love some cheese. Like that Force Awakens pig thing. I love that they made that. But, I really love that they made a MP Menasor. It will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine. Virtru...

Open Your Toys Cast - 099 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.837376

We wrap up Toy Fair with probably the most exciting news of the show coming from Matty and Pixel-Dan. Unfortunately with another relatively lackluster Toy Fair in the bag, that’s not saying much. W...

Open Your Toys Cast - 101 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.804025

StarFest has an incredibly rich history, a true family feel and it doesn’t hurt that it’s the first show of con season. This year was no different. The one thing that was different was the location...

Open Your Toys Cast - 102 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.803280

Being possibly our longest show ever, we definitely talks some toys. We go in depth on what was confirmed to be the last Botcon, including FunPub’s shut down of TFSource. Could we have gotten one m...

Open Your Toys Cast - 103 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.802301

With that said, we still have all the amazing news you have come to expect. Could we have seen almost every new official Hasbro Transformers toy for the next year in one week? Yup, probably so. Wil...

Open Your Toys Cast - 112 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.782264

Thanks for listening to us talk about a lot of stuff that doesn’t really matter, but at least is fun. We probably spend way too much time talking about this Asian exclusive mace for MP32 Optimus Pr...

Open Your Toys Cast - 119 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.765007

Perhaps one of the best examples of circumstance has been Super7 taking the helm of Masters Classics. While the first effort was ideal, pre-orders of only what you want, even the “savior” of the li...

Open Your Toys Cast - 121 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.762485

Here we go, hurry up, hurry up, let’s go, let’s go. It’s summer time and it’s time to hurry. There is lotsa stuff going on so not a lot of time to muse. Something you needed to move fast on was Has...

Open Your Toys Cast - 123 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.759965

Feel like joining me in throwing away hundreds of dollars? Check out the "Super Fan" experiences for Hascon coming up in less than a month. Other things that would have cost you hundreds of dollars...

Open Your Toys Cast - 125 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.757714

What do we do when we have possibly the shortest show ever? We talk, and talk, and talk and still go two and half-hours. What can I say, when talking toys the time flies. We gab about the Galaxy Me...

Open Your Toys Cast - 127 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.755236

Hascon is definitely cultivating a new community. It will be interesting to see how they follow up what could be considered a very successful first run at the con biz. The Star Wars community has s...

Open Your Toys Cast - 136 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.694049

The G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club has had an international platform for 25 years. Not that they’re using it to end hunger or anything, but I for one will miss them. They released their last JoeCon broc...

Open Your Toys Cast - 143 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.669676

So many things to ensure that you’re not oblivious to. First, The Toys That Made Us is killing it. Their TF episode wasn’t perfect, but it was great. Something that has never been perfect, but I ha...

Open Your Toys Cast - 145 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.667692

Convention exclusives used to motivate me, however this year the closest it gets is Laughing Adam from Super7. As amazing as it is, that’s a little sad. Masterpiece figures used to motivate me. Unf...

Open Your Toys Cast - 148 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.663721

Something that was mildly divisive in the group, but I personally still love was the Cocks of the Universe. These customs/blind bags were shown/available at Power-Con and are definitely not for eve...

Open Your Toys Cast - 149 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.652140

The amazing next wave of Super7 Classics is almost here. I’m am super ( pun intended :) ) excited for these, more so than the Filmation wave. Something that was imminent when I did the show notes a...

Open Your Toys Cast - 152 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.648121

Instead of cleverly trying to incorporate my favorite things from the show into some sort of defeated pun or wordplay (see the blog post), I’m just going talk about them. While I thought DOTM Devas...

Open Your Toys Cast - 154 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.645802

I just can't, not today.

Open Your Toys Cast - 156 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.643814

Do you have any new collecting resolutions? How about the wait until Ross / Ollies / clearance mentality? I know I’m taking that outlook on Predaking. Wish I would have taken it on the Black Series...

Open Your Toys Cast - 159 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.640114

I’m not going to write about my top news from each brand like I usually do. If you haven’t ever noticed, as Lil Ms. McFavorite likes to say, it’s a pattern. I’d rather end this with a plea. Quit be...

Open Your Toys Cast - 161 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.636586

Did you miss out on the Barge? It’s okay, so did I. Mine was literally by a timezone issue, but do you know what? It doesn’t matter. It will be available again, somehow, someway. Do you miss Action...

Open Your Toys Cast - 165 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.557827

Okay, I sat down ready to do a full post, but nope. Nothing is wrong, in fact, things are great. I just don’t want to spend a bunch time writing one right now. Had a weekend of 14 hours driving, no...

Open Your Toys Cast - 166 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.557040

Something that’s got a lot of people being negative is Mattel’s SDCC exclusives. Announced at the last minute, presale in the middle of the night, then a misleading new process. It’s Mattel, what d...

Open Your Toys Cast - 171 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.547194

Well, I didn’t expect for another show without me to be so forthcoming, but here we are. I’m personally excited. I get to listen to two Open Your Toys Casts in one month. With the holiday weekend f...

Open Your Toys Cast - 177 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.538758

Not often a statue makes into this part of the post, but if you feel like indulging, the new Rancor statue from Sideshow is a good start. Something you still have a chance to splurge on is Super7’s...

Open Your Toys Cast - 180 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.496016

Is there anything today you see as being truly nostalgic for kids 20-30 years from now? We are getting figures exactly as we remember them with the new Empire Strikes Back Retro Collection. They’re...

Open Your Toys Cast - 188 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.480649

The Transformers live-action movies seem to be getting a lot of new attention. Even Newage is getting into the game with an MP Soundwave with a couple of minions. Since the Origins line doesn’t see...

Open Your Toys Cast - 192 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.473762

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Open Your Toys Cast - 193 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.473040

Open Your Toys Cast - 196 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.469480

I think a lot of people had some good feels over all of the announcements over the last week. Hasbro is giving us a Black Series for Transformers. Star Wars 3.75 collectors are getting another play...

Open Your Toys Cast - 197 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.468616

The future holds a Back to the Future Transformers crossover. About two thousand of us got our first shot at it, but the rest of us will have to until October for Gigawatt. It’s also been confirmed...

Open Your Toys Cast - 200 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.463948

It was 12 years and one day ago that Mrs. McFavorite and I announced we would start a podcast. 2 months later Open Your Toys Cast was born. I meant to have this out yesterday so I could say “12 yea...

Open Your Toys Cast - 201 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.462381

How bad do you want a Quintesson? $180 bad? That’s what the new MP-scale X-Transbot Dr. Egg will set you back. The new Hasbro Pulse Livestreams have not been a friend of people’s wallets either. Us...

Open Your Toys Cast - 203 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.458415

My hoarding isn’t more evident than in my defense of the Studio Series Devastator Boxset. Something that is also a little ridiculous is the price of this 3rd party Bantha. As cool as it is, I don’t...

Open Your Toys Cast - 205 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.446657

Hasbro had no problem selling their latest round of Joe Classified exclusives. Once again, it was us that had a hard time buying them. Something we all would love to buy, but won’t be sold here is ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 207 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.441770

The votes are in and TFCon’s 3rd party panels are officially boring. I think the most riveting discussion was about HasLab’s Razor Crest’s newest stretch goals. Are you going to vote with your doll...

Open Your Toys Cast - 215 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.386363

With the stimulus coming, let’s talk about higher-end stuff. For Joe, the announcement of a Mezco 1:12th Destro was huge, with an appropriate price to surely follow. Next up, you can buy essentiall...

Open Your Toys Cast - 217 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.384078

Winner for brevity... this guy!

Open Your Toys Cast - 219 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.378337

It was really nice taking a break off from these the last couple of shows. I’m still not quite back in my flow, but I’m glad I got a chance to get some thoughts down. I’m gonna skip my favorite ite...

Open Your Toys Cast - 224 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.368912

I haven’t been too busy to catch up on the big 4’s media. We had a spoiler-filled discussion about Bad Batch, Kingdom, Revelation, and Snake Eyes. I think I said Spoiler like 37 times. It’s a good ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 230 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.360373

I think it’s time to be thankful for 3rd Parties (i.e. non-big 4 companies) as we continue to get amazing stuff from these smaller guys. Especially the Marauder complimented Roboskull Kickstarter. ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 232 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.357746

Some of us spent a lot of money on HasLab projects, but not as much as we could have. So the most I’ve ever spent on a toy was Unicron. And while it brings me tremendous joy I am literally afraid t...

Open Your Toys Cast - 234 from 2022-02-21T18:47:21.355330

After our shortest show in years follows one of the longest. For good reason. We cover the new 1099 rule that has gone into effect starting at the beginning of this year. Any Goods and Services tra...

Open Your Toys Cast - 236 from 2022-02-13T23:59:59

As it should be, the Fan First days continue to be the highlight of toy reveals nowadays. These replacements for Toy Fair and SDCC continue to produce at least one or two gems each time. For Transf...

Open Your Toys Cast - 235 from 2022-01-30T23:59:59

The Joe Fan First thing was pretty great. Lotsa repacks, but hey at least they’re “vintage packaging” ? Since there is hardly any MOTU news nowadays, let’s go with these amazing Thundercat villain ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 233 from 2021-12-26T23:59:59

What’s really insane is the deep cuts we’re getting. I love this stuff and I think that’s what really gets me in trouble. The Super7 ReAction radiated Snake Eyes from the M.A.S.S. Device mini-serie...

Open Your Toys Cast - 231 from 2021-11-21T23:59:59

While it was amazing to talk to my guys, it wasn’t without its controversies. I personally loved the adidas Transformers crossovers, but nobody else did. No MOTU news, but about as close as it gets...

Open Your Toys Cast - 229 from 2021-10-24T23:59:59

How about the Pulse Con, huh? Crazy good stuff from my POV. Love the Kickback, Justified in Boba armor, and especially Croc Master. In addition to that rush, MOTU finally had something that makes m...

Open Your Toys Cast - 228 from 2021-10-10T23:59:59

There were some things I loved this time around that are not based on much logic. Super7 keeps sucking me in with their ReAction deep cuts. It doesn’t take much to get me excited about a TF Joe cro...

Open Your Toys Cast - 227 from 2021-09-26T23:59:59

I liked the TVC Droids Figures, OG Scorponok, this MOTU board game, and possibly getting a good Joe game.

Open Your Toys Cast - 226 from 2021-09-12T23:59:59

What toys do you think kids will find visceral 20 years from now? Any? That’s right, toys are not for kids anymore. The Rancor is something I remember clearly. I used to feed it my Luke until he go...

Open Your Toys Cast - 225 from 2021-08-22T23:59:59

This week we had some controversy, maybe, so I’m going to focus on some of our more controversial news stories. First and foremost is the renaming of Slave 1 to The Firespray. Where do you stand on...

Open Your Toys Cast - 223 from 2021-07-25T23:59:59

Well, there was still no Comic-Con this year, but man there were some amazing things announced that I can’t wait for. Hopefully you were able to score some Mattel exclusives, I know a lot of people...

Open Your Toys Cast - 222 from 2021-07-11T23:59:59

Target has had their fair share of bumpy rides when it comes to their exclusives, but they’re trying to do right by collectors with their Geek Out event. One of the things a lot of people can’t jus...

Open Your Toys Cast - 221 from 2021-06-27T23:59:59

I love me some B.A.T.s and while we assumed they were coming to Classified eventually, seeing them this early makes me happy. The first 5-10 minutes of the Transformers series is some of my favorit...

Open Your Toys Cast Discussion - State of Collecting 2021 from 2021-06-13T23:59:59

Again, nothing fancy this time, just a good long discussion about collecting.

Open Your Toys Cast - 220 from 2021-05-30T23:59:59

This show’s favorite things are super-easy, but unfortunately, I may never own some of them. First up was the 86 Studio Series reveals. Luckily these are all mass releases and easy to secure. Not a...

Open Your Toys Cast - 218 from 2021-04-18T23:59:59

Open Your Toys Cast - 216 from 2021-03-21T23:59:59

One of the main differences I’ve noticed with the pandemic entering its second year is my tolerance for small talk has just about been exhausted. And not the small talk with a rep on the phone or a...

Open Your Toys Cast - 214 from 2021-02-21T23:59:59

We talked about a lot of toys that are not in the “big 4” this time around. Instead of my favorite item from each of the “big 4”, I thought I’d highlight some items that kind of correlate to our fa...

Open Your Toys Cast - 213 from 2021-01-24T23:59:59

I've been cutting corners, literally, as I'm on a model kit tear lately. I’m really interested in the new Flame Toys Furai Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow. I never really liked unarmored humanoids, but...

Open Your Toys Cast - 212 from 2021-01-10T23:59:59

As we’ve been seeing for a few years now, what was old is new again. This time around is no different. MOTU’s throwback Origins line just released to all stores and announced a ridiculous amount of...

Open Your Toys Cast - 211 from 2020-12-27T23:59:59

What a year it has been for toys. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much product in my life. Maybe it’s because the whole pre-order revolution really caught on this year. Maybe it’s because the toy c...

Open Your Toys Cast - 210 from 2020-12-13T23:59:59

What was some of your favorite news from this show? For Star Wars, the possibility of getting Luke and Leia from her training scene in Episode 9 is exciting. Not necessarily because of what they wo...

Open Your Toys Cast - 209 from 2020-11-29T23:59:59

No corny segue this time around, just my favorite stuff. For Star Wars, Regal Robot’s vintage carry case inspired wood plaques look amazing. Little pricey as expected, but still dope. Didn’t rememb...

Open Your Toys Cast - 208 from 2020-11-15T23:59:59

Hasbro is just killing it with their HasLab projects. The Razor Crest becomes their most successful one yet. Joe product is slowly being revealed, but the 3rd parties are stepping up to fill the vo...

Open Your Toys Cast - 206 from 2020-10-18T23:59:59

On this episode, we learned a lot. Sometimes in real-time. Like we’ll be getting an entire wave of Mandalorian Retro Collection figures. Mattel is doing some pretty cool things at Mattel Creations,...

Open Your Toys Cast Discussion - Selling from 2020-10-11T23:59:59

Nothing fancy this time, just a good long discussion about selling.

Open Your Toys Cast - 204 from 2020-09-20T23:59:59

This time around I’m going to address what we talked about in comparison to actual reveals via Pulsecon instead of my favorites. First up, is the complete absence of ’86 Studio Series. With multipl...

Open Your Toys Cast - 202 from 2020-08-23T23:59:59

If you were born in the late ’80s, maybe Beast Wars is your thing. If so, WFC Kingdom looks to have you covered. For a kid born in ’75 like me, Return of the Jedi was probably your sweet spot for S...

Open Your Toys Cast - 199 from 2020-07-19T23:59:59

I can’t believe we’re almost to 200. Can you? See you at the bicentennial.

Open Your Toys Cast - 198 from 2020-07-13T23:59:59

Well, it’s as close to con season as we’re going to get this year. Hasbro has bet on Walmart. We spend a good amount of time decrying this decision, but we’ll find out in two short days how it goes...

Open Your Toys Cast - 195 from 2020-06-21T23:59:59

This is super late and I still have a lot to do. So I’ll just leave this here.

Open Your Toys Cast - 194 from 2020-06-15T23:59:59

If a 3rd party MP-scaled Astrotrain can be $80, I definitely think there’s something to this whole price control rumors that have been circulating for years. I love that the people at Star Wars loo...

Open Your Toys Cast - 191 from 2020-05-24T23:59:59

We cover a lot of rumors this time around, but none more interesting than a bunch of new Mandos. They have a bunch of names I can’t remember. More rumors with even more interesting names are what c...

Open Your Toys Cast - 190 from 2020-05-18T23:59:59

As mentioned on the show, the man himself, Captain Rex, is pure joy in doll form. We get a really depressing God Neptune. Joe is once again a no-show, so the best thing we can do is talk about a Jo...

Open Your Toys Cast - 189 from 2020-05-14T23:59:59

If there are two words Mrs. McFavorite hates to hear it's I'm sick. It basically means I'm going to be a whiney bitch for 3-5 days. Since this is like 5 days late, no introspective prose, no favori...

Open Your Toys Cast - 187 from 2020-04-26T23:59:59

Will 6 inch Joes kill the 1/18th scale? Probably not, but I’m warming up to them. Original designs are almost dead in Transformers 3rd Party, but the Magnus redeco of Generation Toys Optimus Primal...

Open Your Toys Cast - 186 from 2020-04-20T23:59:59

I’m pretty excited for the Magic Square Soundwave, even more so the tapes. Even smaller, but just as anticipated is The Child, TBS-style. Masters gets the smallest of updates in Pixel-Dan’s intervi...

Open Your Toys Cast - 185 from 2020-04-13T23:59:59

And just like that, we are now officially a live streaming video podcast. Still extremely rough as I learn how to run the show while doing the show. However, not too shabby if I say so myself. Than...

Open Your Toys Cast - 184 from 2020-03-26T23:59:59

Unfortunately, the would-be TFCon 3rd Party slides were in very precedented territory. With nothing really standing out, even a Unicron couldn’t save it. Something that seems par for the course, bu...

Open Your Toys Cast - 183 from 2020-03-15T23:59:59

Without a bunch of activities to go to I have had a ton of time to open and sell toys. I’ve been enjoying my toys more than ever. Especially since the last Toy Fair, while not too much originality,...

Open Your Toys Cast - 182 from 2020-02-24T23:59:59

I have to say that it was a pretty good Toy Fair. Nothing jaw-dropping amazing, but consistent. As usual, most things were spoiled in some form or fashion ahead of time. However, some things caught...

Open Your Toys Cast - 181 from 2020-02-16T23:59:59

The big new in Transformers this time around is MP 50 and 51, e.g. Tigatron and Arcee. Here’s hoping the Arcee is mistransformed. Also big, for 3.75? Star Wars collectors at least, the “Duck Boat” ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 179 from 2020-01-13T23:59:59

Especially in this day and age with companies finally acknowledging that action figures are becoming an adult-driven industry, there is just too much. It’s not as bad if you focus on one franchise....

Open Your Toys Cast - 178 from 2019-12-29T23:59:59

Right before 2020, the biggest news for Transformers Masterpiece is going to be a throw-back to mostly old school trains. Probably the most popular thing to come out of our community in 2019 is The...

Open Your Toys Cast - 176 from 2019-11-24T23:59:59

Let’s see how quickly we can do this. Eighteen bucks is too much for a 5 PoA figure, even a Transformer, just saying. The Super7 Snake Mountain is too big, just saying. The Mandalorian is as amazin...

Open Your Toys Cast - 175 from 2019-11-10T23:59:59

The “big” news this time around was the TFCon 3rd Party panel. However, I think Matthew “Deluxe” Baldwin sums it up well with his latest t-shirt offering. Hasbro shows off its latest level of packa...

Open Your Toys Cast - 174 from 2019-10-27T23:59:59

All right, enough bitching about my life lets bitch about toys. The only thing to bitch about in regard to Ed’s Galaxy Edge toy run, is the sheer amount of stuff. I can’t wait until our visit next ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 173 from 2019-10-15T23:59:59

The big news, well outside of Unicron being funded. Oh and yeah, I spent $600 on a toy a week before getting laid off that I won’t see for over year. Let that sink in :). Hasbro announced War for C...

Open Your Toys Cast - 172 from 2019-09-23T23:59:59

Something I don’t think we’ll soon forget is the new Masters Origin line. I think they’ll be milking this for all it’s worth. Unfortunately, the UCS Star Destroyer is pretty forgettable. Not too di...

Open Your Toys Cast - 170 from 2019-08-26T23:59:59

Super7 is really balancing listening to their fans and doing their thing. Just like MOTUC, Pixel-Dan and Stina did an amazing job covering them at Power-Con. The biggest news in Transformers for a ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 169 from 2019-08-11T23:59:59

I never thought this day would happen. Of all the hosts we have had over the last 11 years. There have been many occasions where I was not able to record. I have always offered co-hosts the opportu...

Open Your Toys Cast - 168 from 2019-07-28T23:59:59

One change I have dug is Hasbro’s approach to SDCC when it comes to the product pre-orders. Being able to order most of what they reveal the day of is nice. I’m sure they’re excited too as it prays...

Open Your Toys Cast - 167 from 2019-07-17T23:59:59

A lot of people think Newage is doing it right. While I love my Cosmos, the price is still killing me on these things. As an example of hard work, the finalists of the Lego Star Wars Greatest Battl...

Open Your Toys Cast - 164 from 2019-05-27T23:59:59

To take the easy way out this time around, I am going to highlight some great sales at my favorite online store. Big Bad Toy Store has some amazing prices on Star Wars, Masters of the Universe, and...

Open Your Toys Cast - 163 from 2019-05-12T23:59:59

I think Hasbro found a good balance with their SDCC MP-10 Ghostbusters crossover. Previously thought to be a waste of resources, the full reveal killed it. Super7 almost gave some useful informatio...

Open Your Toys Cast - 162 from 2019-04-29T23:59:59

I’m going to break from the norm yet again because while I wanted to get the above out, I also did want to shout our special co-hosts for this show. We had the one-and-only Engineernerd back on. Jo...

Open Your Toys Cast - 160 from 2019-03-25T23:59:59

Wanna see the good and not so good of 2018, check out Michael Crawford’s Poppies. It features Michael’s choices, but even better, a curated list voted on by industry standouts, and even a community...

Open Your Toys Cast - 158 from 2019-02-23T23:59:59

Being so close to Toy Fair, Wonderfest stole a little bit of thunder from the first major reveals. One being MP Bumblebee version 2.0. Oh, those feet (in Bobbie Skullface voice). Super7 is so close...

Open Your Toys Cast - 157 from 2019-01-26T23:59:59

The most powerful con in the universe is getting another installment this year. Along with the announcement, Val and the gang over at He-Man.org have released almost every panel from last year. Whi...

Open Your Toys Cast - 155 from 2018-12-17T23:59:59

I am positive TFCon LA, TFCon USA 2019, whatever you want to call it, is going to be a show for the ages. If you’re an animation and/or a voice actor fan you owe it to yourself to be there. I am po...

Open Your Toys Cast - 153 from 2018-11-17T23:59:59

On a brighter note, there’s TOYS! Well except for, G.I. Joe. Yet again the only update is about the new Snake Eyes movie and even it’s pretty unsubstantial. However, we will finally have some toy n...

Open Your Toys Cast - 151 from 2018-10-22T23:59:59

Can you believe it? No, really, can you believe it? I can’t. Mrs. McFavorite and I started this after being married just under two years. We have since celebrated our 10th anniversary, had a beauti...

Open Your Toys Cast - 150 from 2018-09-28T23:59:59

To their credit Super7 is definitely living in the now. There’s not months and months of teases and in turn, complaining. We got Wave 2 and I’m loving them so far. Something that is a throwback, bu...

Open Your Toys Cast - 147 from 2018-08-20T23:59:59

When it comes to my most favorite things at SDCC this year, Joe is easy considering there were only really three things. The 1/4 scale Pop Culture Shock Storm Shadow is what a statue should be. Sta...

Open Your Toys Cast - 146 from 2018-07-22T23:59:59

I think a lot of people have misconceptions about how great a toy G1 Transformers were. With Walmarts reissues coming, I think they’ll be getting a wake-up call about how amazing modern Transformer...

Open Your Toys Cast - 144 from 2018-06-26T23:59:59

Companies are finally learning from their experience. Hasbro Toy Shop has finally listed their SDCC exclusives months in advance of the on-sale date that they also specified. Only took them 15 year...

Open Your Toys Cast - 142 from 2018-05-25T23:59:59

Something I have never stopped looking for is the perfect version of Leia as Boushh. Is it weird I thought she was sexier as a bad-ass bounty rather than a submissive swimsuit model? This Legends-s...

Open Your Toys Cast - 141 from 2018-04-22T23:59:59

Something I didn’t waste any time or money on was the Solo toy drop that happened with barely a whisper from the community. If you’re hunting, Yakface.com did waste some time making a checklist jus...

Open Your Toys Cast - 140 from 2018-03-31T23:59:59

I guess there is always another day, unless your Toys”R”Us. Their last day is coming. We talk about what that means and what the first day of the liquidation looked like. IDW’s Transformers run is ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 139 from 2018-03-14T23:59:59

I actually appreciate obsession. I feel it can be healthy if taken with a grain of salt. Kind of like this Hasbro Abominus. It looks amazing, but that’s probably not the truth. It’s most likely goi...

Open Your Toys Cast - 138 from 2018-02-25T23:59:59

Negativity really seems to rear its ugly head when there are new reveals. Our community seems to thrive on love and hate. Either loving to love or loving to hate. Something I really love is the new...

Open Your Toys Cast - 137 from 2018-02-18T23:59:59

Are we talking about Toy Fair this show? No, not yet, we’re still a couple weeks behind, but that’s okay. However, we still have some amazing news this time around. I’m absolutely loving this year’...

Open Your Toys Cast - 135 from 2018-01-25T23:59:59

What’s next for you? If you’re a Joe fan, the Nok Stinger from the club will be the first official vehicle hitting since last year’s Joecon and it a beaut. The next TRU Masterpiece figure is in the...

Open Your Toys Cast - 134 from 2018-01-12T23:59:59

I do know I love little guys, I know I love Duocons. So these little guys are a no-brainer. Seems like most people know Hasbro is really killing it with their Legends line. From some of the cheapes...

Open Your Toys Cast - 133 from 2017-12-25T23:59:59

You know what I love? That we are getting more Mega Construx Masters guys. I really enjoyed the He-Man and Skeletor courtesy of AliasAngelAlias and Lil’ Miss McFavorite. I also dig the Megatron Rul...

Open Your Toys Cast - 132 from 2017-12-14T23:59:59

It’s time we get some MOTU movie news. We possibly have a director and I’m personally excited. I’m also excited that the AT-ACT has hit a reasonable price. It’s about time. Who would have ever thou...

Open Your Toys Cast - 131 from 2017-11-26T23:59:59

Something that is evident is that we’ll never get this under two hours. Especially when we have very divisive things to talk about like the Make America Great Again Jazz. Something that has been le...

Open Your Toys Cast - 130 from 2017-11-12T23:59:59

How good is the new Solo movie? The reality, at least Lucasfilm’s, is 20%. Can Ron Howard “save” the other 80%? The G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club FSS 7.0 is real and it’s spectacular. Something less sp...

Open Your Toys Cast - 129 from 2017-10-30T23:59:59

For this year's Halloween decorations, I think this “life-size” Skeletor is possibly my favorite yet, with that ridiculous 9 foot T-Rex skeleton a close second. Something I do have a little history...

Open Your Toys Cast - 128 from 2017-10-19T11:59:59

While there were not many new reveals, seeing the most 3rd party stuff I’d ever seen in one place, really got my juices going. Vern’s too, but that’s something for the next episode. Here are some t...

Open Your Toys Cast - 126 from 2017-09-19T00:00:01

We talk about some things I would have definitely done differently. Take the Takara Tomy 10th Anniversary Movie line, please? Really, only a couple of hard to find figures? What about all those oth...

Open Your Toys Cast - 124 from 2017-08-22T23:59:59

As it turns out, we spent about 5 hours to get there and about 8 hours to get back from our total eclipse experience. Spending about $200 total. Beyond worth it in my opinion. On this show we have ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 122 from 2017-07-11T23:59:59

You know what is really crazy? This Shiva Force Box Set from Skybound. Is it infringement? Is it an homage? Either way, it will be mine even in my current state of employment. Another couple of exc...

Open Your Toys Cast - 120 from 2017-05-29T23:59:59

After having to edit this beast, I am truly thankful for all the work Vern does. Our apologies for taking almost two months to release it, but hopefully you’ll find the wait worthwhile. We have a v...

Open Your Toys Cast - 118 from 2017-02-22T23:59:59

The Four Horsemen, sculptors of MOTUC, are absolutely killing it with their Mythic Legions 2.0 Kickstarter. In the most amazing thing that no one in their right mind or at least no one with a budge...

Open Your Toys Cast - 117 from 2017-02-15T23:59:59

Sometimes it’s pretty easy to get an action figure you want. Take the timely second run of Kultur/Tarn. Sometimes there are ones that are going to be impossible to get. Take the wave 11 single-pack...

Open Your Toys Cast - 116 from 2017-01-22T23:59:59

As toy collectors, it seems we always want more, but again it is relative. Depending on your point of view this show may have the least amount of news ever or the most amount of hosting ever. We mu...

Open Your Toys Cast - 115 from 2016-12-31T23:59:59

Something we have a lot of hope for in the new year is Super7 and Masters of the Universe. We’ll soon see what they’re going to bring to the table. Unfortunately, something we don’t have a lot of h...

Open Your Toys Cast - 114 from 2016-12-11T23:59:59

It doesn’t get much more hellish than the Transformers 5 trailer. Can we please end Bay’s run, please? At least Matty’s run is ending, but man they too are going out with a bang, in a bad way. Star...

Open Your Toys Cast - 113 from 2016-11-24T23:59:59

Listen while we discuss the heart wrenching, soul crushing price of Masterpiece Megatron. Listen while I try to reference the case assortment for the next wave of Black Series that wasn’t posted un...

Open Your Toys Cast - 111 from 2016-10-26T23:59:59

TFCon has really carved a niche in the Transformers world by catering to 3rd Party with a dedicated panel, and we talk about most of it. At the other end of spectrum, the new kid on the block just ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 110 from 2016-10-16T23:59:59

This show is the shit. We had a great time and I needed it. All of us are here talking NYCC, including the Super7 MOTUC reveals. While NYCC had some official reveals, a con none of us know the name...

Open Your Toys Cast - 109 from 2016-09-25T23:59:59

As you can tell by now, we got another long one for you mofos. As Vern can attest to there’s not a lotta Masters and even less Joe news. What we do have is Transformers and of course, with Force Fr...

Open Your Toys Cast - 108 from 2016-09-14T23:59:59

On a brighter note, TOYS! That's right, toys, bringing kids and grown men joy for decades. This time around Rogue One stuff goes off. Speaking of going off that is what you literally need to do to ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 107 from 2016-08-29T23:59:59

What’s worse than a bad recording? It happening on a great show or at least one we had a blast recording. Roger is back and so is Masterpiece Soundwave. Also back is the Lego Death Star, bigger and...

Open Your Toys Cast - 106 from 2016-08-14T23:59:59

This show is dominated by SDCC. We know that was almost a month ago, but hey, when have we ever been timely. For Transformers, the little Gnaw was the belle of the ball. For Masters the big news is...

Open Your Toys Cast - 105 from 2016-07-19T23:59:59

We managed to shave some time off this show. While it’s still 2 and a half hours, that’s primarily because we just had an onslaught of SDCC news. The show was actually recorded in two parts due to ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 104 from 2016-06-30T23:59:59

In this marathon we talk about some amazing toy stuff, we get a little offensive, but most importantly we have lotsa fun. I cover my experiences attending Power-Con and Joecon. Spoiler, they were u...

Open Your Toys Cast - 100 from 2016-04-18T23:59:59

As usual here are four things we covered that I find interesting. Did you see those G1 Transformers cartoon auctions? I wanted the 1986 story boards so bad, like second mortgage bad, but couldn’t p...

Open Your Toys Cast - 098 from 2016-02-18T23:59:59

In the “who didn’t see this coming, but glad they’re finally here” category, Funko finally showed off their full color ReAction MOTU line. In the “surprise, but don’t we have most of this stuff” ca...

Open Your Toys Cast - 096 from 2016-01-28T23:59:59

I’m excited for the new uncharismatic bore, but still have some trepidation. It’s the same feeling we have about the supposed combined shipping from Matty that no one knows about including them. Ha...

Open Your Toys Cast - 095 from 2016-01-13T23:59:59

We're back to our familiar format after having an absolute blast yapping about The Force Awakens. We address the latest and possibly the greatest FunPub hubbub ever. Again, timely as usual, but at ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 091 from 2014-03-19T23:59:59

This time around we discuss the first true 3rd party Gobots homage. We get the very reasonable pricing on the G.I. Joe 50th Anniversary TRU exclusives. Leland Chee posts what I'm considering the be...

Open Your Toys Cast - 088 from 2013-07-15T23:59:59

In the same fashion as two years ago. It's 4 am, we leave for our flight in 12 hours. I still have to pack, send out BMF's first birthday invitations, put together our swag, clean out our back room...

Open Your Toys Cast - 087 from 2013-06-25T23:59:59

Wow, just WOW! That was our initial reaction as we approached the Denver Convention Center on Friday for our first taste of the 2nd annual Denver Comic Con. As we neared the entrance I overheard a ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 084 from 2013-02-18T23:59:59

So what got us excited before what was one of the best Toy Fairs to date? The biggest news in years was the announcement of the Gentle Giant sculpted Star Wars Black Series 6 inch line. This has go...

Open Your Toys Cast - 083 from 2013-01-18T23:59:59

Project Genesis continues to amaze us. Now we just need some alt mode pics. On the opposite end of the size spectrum are these new Lego Star Wars polybags. I'm loving the Umbarran MHC, both scales....

Open Your Toys Cast - 082 from 2012-11-22T23:59:59

Here's our fifth annual Black Friday cast. As you're gorging on turkey and/or deals, remember as collectors we have hundreds, sometimes thousands of things to be thankful for. But, please do not fo...

Open Your Toys Cast - 081 from 2012-11-21T23:59:59

If you saw my last post, you know I'm not really feeling these as of late. So I'm taking a break. We're not taking a break, just me in regard to writing posts to accompany the shows. I just need to...

Open Your Toys Cast - 080 from 2012-10-28T23:59:59

Perhaps the biggest news, literally, is the MOTUC Castle Grayskull. The thing is massive and we're creeping up towards the minimum. If you haven't pre-ordered yet, do so NOW. G.I. Joe actually had ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 078 from 2012-09-13T23:59:59

With that out of the way, now on to the happy. Here are my favorite things from the show. First up, Celebration VI gave us our first in hand look at the Vintage Collection Royal Guard. I bought an ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 077 from 2012-07-25T23:59:59

SDCC 2012... If you can't think of at least a half of a dozen things you're excited about you need to find a new hobby. I don't think I said this on the show, but here are my favorite announcements...

Open Your Toys Cast - 076 from 2012-07-13T23:59:59

This week is mostly catch up with all the craziness leading up to SDCC. Not a lot news, but ridiculous amounts of sightings and new pre-orders which is about par for the course. With Joecon came Th...

Open Your Toys Cast - 075 from 2012-06-21T23:59:59

As usual, we get plenty of toy talk in during the show which was recorded in its entirety at Denver Comic Con 2012. In Masters news, we're getting a great quarterly variant in one of my favorite vi...

Open Your Toys Cast - 073 from 2012-05-26T23:59:59

The reason why we normally don't do interviews or have guests on is we love the dynamic of just "kicking it". From the get go Gary "Commander and Chief" and Mike "Beach Head" Irizarry of What's on ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 071 from 2012-04-22T23:59:59

With over three and a quarter hours of toy talk, you could easily spread this cast out over a week. Let us see, Monday would be con news, a smattering of great toy news and some Matty/MOTUC Q and A...

Open Your Toys Cast - 069 from 2012-03-13T23:59:59

It seems like the whole community is bitching. I just wish everyone could remember this is supposed to be fun. Speaking of fun, what's more fun than new Disney Star Wars figures? How about a Transf...

Open Your Toys Cast - 068 from 2012-02-20T23:59:59

It's that time of year again. We kick it Toy Fair style. It's the Super Bowl of action figure events. Where plastic addicts from all around the world rejoice and/or bitch about all the new toys we'...

Open Your Toys Cast - 067 from 2012-02-10T23:59:59

While this is the Super Bowl weekend of toy news, we recap everything leading up to this weekend of weekends. We kick around the leaks from UK Toy Fair, Transformers Prime releases and G.I. Joe Ret...

Open Your Toys Cast - 066 from 2012-01-24T23:59:59

One thing still makes everything right in the world, talking toys. Even though I can’t buy any right now, I still love following all the updates. While we haven’t actually talked news in over 2 mon...

Open Your Toys Cast - 065 from 2012-01-14T23:59:59

The toys of the 80's were literally a perfect storm of relaxing federal regulations, the proliferation of cable TV and syndication and media tie-ins. Gone were the previous generation’s large 12" a...

Open Your Toys Cast - 064 from 2011-11-24T23:59:59

Well both of us just woke up from a tryptophan coma. Now we need to get ready for the Black Friday madness. We have one of your favorites back on the show. Hope you enjoy this year's cast.

Open Your Toys Cast - 063 from 2011-11-10T23:59:59

We got some great toy news for you this time around. The G.I. Joe Collector Club has revealed a ton of their new Figure Subscription Service (FSS) figures. If you want to decide not only the next F...

Open Your Toys Cast - 062 from 2011-10-17T23:59:59

Power-Con showed some new, new, new shit. First one of my favorite Masters figs is coming and I didn't know I even wanted a Griffin, but now I can't live without out it. Another one of my favorite ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 061 from 2011-09-22T23:59:59

And now, TOYS. With exclusives Runamuck, Runabout, Footloose and the upcoming Joe sub it's a great time to be a member of the Collector Clubs. Is Amazon really opening a toy only site? HELL to the ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 058 from 2011-07-19T23:59:59

We're in San Diego. It's 30 minutes until we hit the con. No time for musing. Congratulations to Cliff for winning the SDCC Personal Shopper Contest. Here's the new podcast.

Open Your Toys Cast - 057 from 2011-07-12T23:59:59

I just want to give a big shout out to the sites that make this possible. First off, to everyone that actually participates in the Q and As. Without you we wouldn't get all the juicy details we do ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 056 from 2011-06-30T23:59:59

This week we rap about the black repaint of MP Rodimus Prime, Megator's secret accessory, dinosaur and combiner cassette knock-offs and new Disney Star Wars toys. Also of great importance are the r...

Open Your Toys Cast - 055 from 2011-06-14T23:59:59

Oh Botcon 2011, I had such a blast. I can't ever help but have fun at a con. I got to meet a few listeners, kick it with some good friends and enjoy a healthy amount of single serving friends. As a...

Open Your Toys Cast - 051 from 2011-03-29T23:59:59

Speaking of participating, we picked a winner in our Toy Fair voicemail contest. However, first we both get all excited about me being registered for Botcon (which is now sold out). Kre-O and Cyber...

Open Your Toys Cast - 050 from 2011-03-16T23:59:59

Have you ever looked into someone’s window and thought about what their life might be like? Well for this episode we let you peer into our window. In other words we indulge our egos and talk about ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 048 from 2011-02-18T23:59:59

How excited are you after Toy Fair? I guarantee you’re not more excited than me. WOW there are some great toys coming out in the foreseeable future. Perhaps my favorites are coming to San Diego Com...

Open Your Toys Cast - 047 from 2011-02-10T23:59:59

If you’ve seen the length of the show, you can probably tell we’re drinking again. But wow, almost three hours! So, yeah we go off. I suggest breaking it up into a couple or five sittings. First up...

Open Your Toys Cast - 046 from 2011-01-24T23:59:59

We’ve got a few lists this time around. First we get what seems to be a pretty complete one of the first wave of Dark of the Moon figures. Then I compare my top 5 2010 MOTUC figures to the peeps ov...

Open Your Toys Cast - 044 from 2010-11-24T23:59:59

Black Friday 2010

Open Your Toys Cast - 043 from 2010-11-17T23:59:59

While we seem to have less news, we spend just as much time talking about it. There is a lot of Transformers news especially from Japan. Unfortunately the Transformers Q and A doesn’t produce much ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 040 from 2010-09-28T23:59:59

Rumors and confirmations are running rampant. We got mad Q and A's with Star Wars, Transformers and MOTU representing this week. We talk about some possibly very cool new stands. We rock out with o...

Open Your Toys Cast - 039 from 2010-09-13T23:59:59

This week we get back to business. That’s right, TOYS! And unless you’ve been sequestered involuntarily, you know they’re hitting fast and furious. New waves from the big four (well three at least)...

Open Your Toys Cast - 038 from 2010-08-24T23:59:59

Celebration V was AMAZING. It was kind of like Comic-Con with multiple tracks of programming and tons of “celebrities”, but the difference was I wanted to see and do it ALL. My biggest disappointme...

Open Your Toys Cast - 037 Part 2 from 2010-08-19T23:59:59

Par for the course it’s about a month after San Diego Comic-Con. We’ve have finally posted photos, videos of the booths and my favorite part, videos of the panels. While I’m sure if you wanted to s...

Open Your Toys Cast - 037 Part 1 from 2010-08-19T23:58:59

Par for the course it’s about a month after San Diego Comic-Con. We’ve have finally posted photos, videos of the booths and my favorite part, videos of the panels. While I’m sure if you wanted to s...

Open Your Toys Cast - 035 from 2010-06-13T23:59:59

So Botcon, I mean BOTCON! Of course, Botcon is definitely not the only thing going on. Even in these driest of dry times we've still gotta lot to yap about. Of course there's C5 news. We get looks ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 034 from 2010-05-25T23:59:59

I registered for Botcon. Did you? What number were you? I didn’t even get close to the first 100, but if feels good to have that done. I’m getting really excited. We talk about all the new guests f...

Open Your Toys Cast - 033 from 2010-05-10T23:59:59

We’ve got a long one to make up for the time we’ve been gone. In con news we talk about Orko and his “accessory”, Prince Adam. We also recap all the new information from Joecon 2010. Are we getting...

Open Your Toys Cast - 032 from 2010-04-10T23:59:59

Have you seen all the new Star Wars Comic Packs? I haven't. Have you seen the latest wave of Clone Wars figures? I haven't. Have you seen...well you get the point. I didn't miss the new Transformer...

Open Your Toys Cast - 031 from 2010-03-24T23:59:59

This time around we discuss all the latest con announcements and chime in on the latest Matty Collector debacle. Do you realize we have used that word to describe Matty almost every single month? T...

Open Your Toys Cast - 030 from 2010-02-23T23:59:59

Toy Fair 2010 has come and gone. We recap the show and talk about some of the stand outs: Transformers' Drift and SDCC Blaster re-issue, G.I. Joe's SDCC Sgt. Slaughter done 25th style, MOTUCs 12" T...

Open Your Toys Cast - 029 Part 3 from 2010-02-15T23:59:59

So what exactly do we cover in almost 4 hours of yapping? Well it is beginning to look a lot like Con’ Season everywhere you go. We get a better look at Transformer Collector Club exclusives. Then ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 029 Part 2 from 2010-02-15T23:58:59

So what exactly do we cover in almost 4 hours of yapping? Well it is beginning to look a lot like Con’ Season everywhere you go. We get a better look at Transformer Collector Club exclusives. Then ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 029 Part 1 from 2010-02-15T23:57:59

So what exactly do we cover in almost 4 hours of yapping? Well it is beginning to look a lot like Con’ Season everywhere you go. We get a better look at Transformer Collector Club exclusives. Then ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 028 Part 3 from 2010-01-20T23:59:59

Wrapping up our first (mega) cast of the new year, we finally get to the new voicemails and hear from some friends not so geographically near, but just as close in our hearts. (Psst, that was the i...

Open Your Toys Cast - 028 Part 1 from 2009-12-31T23:59:59

In the immortal words of Clark W. Griswald, "Hallelujah...Holy shit...Where's the Tylenol?". We got dates for 4 conventions, C5, Botcon '10, DairyCon and Fan Days. You may have noticed that one of ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 027 from 2009-11-26T23:59:59

In the spirit of Thanksgiving we not only have guests on the show, but we have family. Mrs. McFavorite's parents join us for our discussion of the "big deals" happening during Black Friday 2009. Ev...

Open Your Toys Cast - 026 Part 2 from 2009-11-26T23:58:59

No creativity whatsoever. That's right, it's Thanksgiving and this shit just needs to get done. TOYS! What what!

Open Your Toys Cast - 026 Part 1 from 2009-11-17T23:59:59

This is one of my favorite times of the year. Yeah I like the cold, I love the snow and I am admittedly a holiday music junkie. But, as you’ve hopefully guessed by now, the best thing is the toys. ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 025 from 2009-10-27T23:59:59

It's our one year anniversary and yeah, we're real proud. No, not of us, but of you, our listeners. Thank you for an amazing year. We are finally back to our normal format, bringing you the toy new...

Open Your Toys Cast - 024 Part 2 from 2009-10-13T23:59:59

We're back with part 2 and our regular segments. Find out what we are seeing in stores and online, what we're buying and Sideshow is doing Transformers? Really? Also we get to hear from you, our fa...

Open Your Toys Cast - 023 Part 2 from 2009-09-24T23:59:59

At long last, part 2 of our Joecon wrap up is here. This time it’s all about the toys. What’s hittin’ stores and online and of course, what we got. We also get to hear from two of our favorite list...

Open Your Toys Cast - 023 from 2009-09-15T23:59:59

Tangents, tangents and more tangents, oh and Joecon. We recap all the haps at our most laid back convention this year. Tons of new toys were shown and we tell you which ones were our favorites or a...

Open Your Toys Cast - 022 from 2009-08-26T23:59:59

That's right, San Diego Comic-Con! It might be a month later, but a motto I live my life by is better late than never. We talk about the panels we went to, the lines we stood in and the booze we co...

Open Your Toys Cast - 021 from 2009-08-18T23:59:59

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 ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 019 from 2009-06-24T23:59:59

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 on...

Open Your Toys Cast - 018 from 2009-06-11T23:59:59

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. Wou...

Open Your Toys Cast - 016 from 2009-05-13T23:59:59

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 ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 014 from 2009-04-27T23:59:59

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 ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 013 from 2009-04-14T23:59:59

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 pr...

Open Your Toys Cast - 011 from 2009-03-24T23:59:59

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 cou...

Open Your Toys Cast - 010 from 2009-03-10T23:59:59

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...

Open Your Toys Cast - 009 from 2009-02-27T07:59:59

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 actu...

Open Your Toys Cast - 008 from 2009-02-19T23:59:59

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:...

Open Your Toys Cast - 007 from 2009-01-24T23:59:59

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 ...

Open Your Toys Cast - 006 from 2009-01-12T23:59:59

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.

Open Your Toys Cast - 004 from 2008-11-20T23:59:59

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.

Open Your Toys Cast - 003 from 2008-11-13T23:59:59

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 th...

Open Your Toys Cast - 001 from 2008-10-21T11:59:59

Well it only took us two weeks for our second show. Not too bad. We talk about a possible Masterpiece Grimlock, Hasbro Toy Shop great semi-annual sale, and the onslaught of new items and pre-orde...