No spotlight this week guys, it's all about the news! Last week NY Toy Fair 2015 happened, and there was a whole TON of news that's come forth, including exciting Transformers developments, interesting TMNT happenings, cool 80's Funko things, and ABSOLUTELY NO GI JOE NEWS WHATSOEVER.

There was hardly even any Star Wars news, but what there was, we'll tell you about, unlike the GI Joe News OF WHICH THERE WAS NONE.

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Ok, I've put this off long enough. It's time to experience part one of the three-part Transformers epic, The Ultimate Doom!

Joining me on this almost Lord of the Rings type journey will be Tony aka SoundwaveSG1, so here we go!

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This week's episode is all about your guilty pleasures from childhood, the shows which you love, but don't always admit to loving. So let Jii, Sam and Glenn take you on a trip down the lesser known memory lane, the one with the path least trodden, as we look at the Jems, the Rainbow Brites and yes, the My Little Ponies!

There's also a whole boatload of Transformers news to be getting on with, and I DO mean a boatload!

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No news this week guys, mainly because Jenny from World of Crap's back, and this time, it's serious. Like, Argos and Index catalogue serious. 

But wait, there's more! Not only do Jenny, Sam and Glenn talk about the catalogues, but also 80's party food, things you'd find in a doctor's waiting room, and the TV Times quiz questions!

They also find time to answer some listener questions as well, you lucky people. Well, I say lucky...

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This week sees the nostalgia TARDIS (with full crew of Glenn, Phil, Sam and Jii) land in the peaceful serenity of the Evergreen Forest. That is, until Bert Raccoon wakes up. The merry hell breaks out. That must mean the this week's spotlight regards the brilliant Canadian 80's cartoon, The Raccoons!

There's also news of a Mattel kind, with new PR management possibly already making it's prescence felt, and new heads for your Skeletor figure, as well as all the Turtles, Thundercats (including some weird ideas for the original series) and Star Wars news!

Oh, and if you ever wondered if there were any series that have let the guys down when they went back to watch them, well, here's the place to be! 

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In this week's readalong adventure, it's up to everyone's favourite soldiers of fortune to clear the name of a young man who has been framed for a crime he didn't commit...so basically, business as usual, really.

Just as an aside, the "Rainbow" calling card at the start of the audio may whisk you back to being 5 years old again in less than a nanosecond. You have been warned.

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This week's episode sees Glenn and Sam looking at YOUR experiences of Masters of the Universe through the ages, from the first toys in 1982, to the Filmation and New Adventures era, and even the 200X series, to today! It's a long and winding road, that may be leading to a new movie? Possibly? We'll have to see.

There's also lots of news of a Transformery nature, as well as an interesting question posed on our brand new forum! Yes folks, we have officially moved premises, and BTTE Towers is no longer located at the Nerdsphere. We'd like to thank the Nerdsphere for being our home for the best part of 5 years, and obviously thank Timey and Grufflock for helping set up our new home, which can be found at backtotheeighties.freeforums.net!

Please do join us there on the forum, and post as many questions and homeworks as you can! It's all very much appreciated.

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After about a year away, it's time to welcome back Cybertrax! Continuing Glenn's quest to do a commentary of every episode of G1 EVAR, ths week he's joined by everyone's favourite paleo, Mikey, (aka GWolfV1) to have a look at the extremely influential episode that is War of the Dinobots!

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This week sees the return of Harriett Greene, aka Mangagirl232 to BTTE Towers, as she joins Glenn, Phil and Jii in sitting down and reminiscing about the wonder and the glory that is Masters of the Universe. So pull up a pew, and join us as we get all misty eyed about He-Man and the gang, and also speculate on the future of one of our favourite franchises.

There's also news! Not much news as it's just after Christmas, and the news hounds all seem to be on a diet. But news, nonetheless, of Masters, Turtles and even a bit of interesting Spider-Man news. Or should I say...Supaidaman news?

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Well, hello 2015! Yes folks, this is the year when Hoverboards and flying cars finally become possible! When Mr Fusion first makes an appearance, and self tying Nikes come about...or maybe not, we'll see. By the end of the year, certainly. We hope.

In the meantime, Phil and Glenn are going to talk about what they got for Christmas, and we're going to read out what you lovely people got as well. As far as we can tell, it's been a bumper year!

There's also an armful of Transformers news, a smidgin of Turtles, a dash of Ghostbusters, and lots of discussion about all manner of things. You know, the usual.

Happy 2015, everyone. It's gonna be a big 'un.

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