Its that time of the year were the snow is falling and the egg nogs are pouring , yes its Christmas time!!!!!! And on this episode of Cereal Box prize myself  and Aaron take a trip back into time and reminisce about our favorite Christmas  memories as kids.  We talk about all of the amazing Christmas special programming on TV  especially on ABC , Our favorite Christmas movies and Gifts that we got as kids. We count off our top 5 holiday wish list and some of the awesome toys /playsets we would love to get.  We recap the latest episode of The Mandalorian (spoiler alert), we fan out about Star Wars and the awful holiday special, we say goodbye to David Prowse (The Real Darth Vader) , we get into some Toy Talk of course, and more craziness about the state of the PlayStation 5 release.

So grab your favorite warm holiday beverage and snack sit back and relax as we serve you 3 scoops of POP CULTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As we continue our history of the transformers franchise we review the Michael Bay Films. In this episode we talk about the 1st film from 2007 and how the plot was just so mixed up. From the military, to Sam being chased by Decepticons (Shia LeBeouf) and the fact that we don't see the transformers until almost 2 hours into the film. We give our thoughts and opinions on the film ,  and OH BOY WE DO!!!!!!!!.  So if you haven't seen the film (SPOILER ALERT!!!!  we go  full spoilers into the film).

On this episode of cereal box prize we talk  about the Tiny Toon Adventures reboot that's in the works and why the shows writing was so amazing and hilarious. One of the biggest selling video game consoles of all time turns 20 years old  one more year and its able to buy alcohol,  yes were talking about the PlayStation 2 and our memories with that system.  Issue #1 of TMNT last Ronin has been released (SPOILER ALERT …..we talk about issue #1 so if you haven't read it yet just fast forward through this segment)  which leads us into a deep dive of TMNT movie Franchise  Talk . and of course this wouldn't be an episode of cereal box prize if we don't talk about toys and we get into the fact that there's just too many toys to BUY.

So grab your favorite snack and drink as we serve you 3 scoops of pop culture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We continue our transformers history with Ben Meier and we get into  transformers : Armada 2002–2004 and Transformers : Energon 2004–2005.  We talk  about the explosion and success of the mini-cons  and the constant reminder of the show telling us to collect the mini-cons.  which then leads us to Transformers: Energon were we go from collecting min-icons to Energon  which would  combined and  form a distinct weapon for each  transformer in the line.  And we finish of our history of the transformers universe right before those academy award winning Michael Bay Films hit theaters . Stay tune to our next episode as we express our feelings and very, very, very, sad emotions on those films.

Its  that spooky time of the year again ,  Halloween  and on this episode of cereal box prize we take a look back at our child hood memories of Halloween.  We reminisce about our favorite Halloween candy and also not so favorite Halloween candy , our favorite costumes, Halloween television specials and things that scared us as kids.  We name our top 5 horror movies that scared us as kids and had us wet our beds and of course we will be talking toys, as we talk about all the reveals from Hasbro pulse con 2020. So grab your favorite snack and beverage and get ready for another episode of the cereal box prize podcast and “Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid.” - The Fly

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , Star wars , Transformers,  GI Joe ,  Masters Of The universe too many toys to collect.... In this episode of cereal box prize podcast we talk about the state of toy collecting from the stresses of trying to keep up with each toy line release, to Budgeting money, Pre-orders, secondary market prices, to  flea market hunting in the wild and our Holy Grail toys.  And  if collecting toys  wasn't enough we jump into the state of Retro Video Game collecting  from the sky rocketed prices of certain game titles,  completing an entire library for a retro game system, and not all NES games were great games "were looking at you LJN" . And finally we introduce a new segment on the show "TOP 5"  and we kick it off with our  Top 5 Female Cartoon Characters and things get a little spicy lol. 

So grab your favorite snack and drink sit back relax and enjoy another episode of cereal box prize podcast.

There robots? no wait there animals? ......no there robots and animals!!!!!!!!!!!!  In this episode of the Toy Aisle we continue  our series of the history of Transformers with Beast Wars  the animated series that began in 1996 and ended on March 7, 1999.   The series is set in the future of the "original" Transformers franchise, after the events of The Transformers, and features the Maximals and Predacons, descendants of the Autobots and Decepticons respectively.  While engaged in battle, small teams from each faction crash land on an unknown planet, and must find a way to return home while continuing their war.  We had  transformers before  turn into cars, trucks, jets, cassettes  and know we have them turning  into gorillas, cheetahs,  tyrannosaurus Rex and yes even a RAT......... so grab your favorite snack and drink sit back and listen as we dive into all things Beast Wars oh and dont forget "DONT FEED THE ANIMALS". 

In this episode of Cereal Box Prize we go into the stresses of being a toy collector and collecting store exclusive lines from NECA tmnt , Star wars, GI JOE, MOTU, Transformers and having to deal with scalpers, bots,  and Ebay.   We also dive into some 80s and 90s tv shows and movie reboots,  all of these franchises  are geared towards us the adults  that   grew up in the 80s and 90s because EVERYTHING THAT IS OLD IS NEW AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We transform and  Combined in this episode of the toy aisle as we talk about Transformers. Transformers is a massive franchise going strong for over 35 years spanning cartoons, toys and movies.  In part 1 of this episode we talk about the Generation 1 of transformers from 1984 to 1990, from the cartoon series to the Toyline.  So grab your favorite beverage and snack because as Optimus Prime says Autobots "Roll out".

In this episode of the toy aisle we strap on our boots, grab our gear and assemble our team as we talk about GI Joe.  We get into all things Joe from the Crazy plots of the cartoon series  and how it all started , to the awesome action figures, vehicles and playsets that have spanned generations, so grab a drink or your favorite snack because if you didn't know anything about GI Joe " now you know and knowing is half the battle.