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Hosted by @CymruNerdCave and his special guests, this podcast is a trip back in time to the halcyon days of our childhood - the 1980s (and early 1990s)!

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We're continuing Target: 2006, and things are hotting up! Galvatron consolidates his power base, and the Autobots have to employ extreme measures! Also, we get to hear the refrain "Wreck and rule!" for the very first time...

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Episode 498 - Transformers: Marvel UK October 1986! feat. Andy from @SmorgasPod and @CymruNerdCave #Transformers #MarvelUK #Comics #Wreckers #BritPodScene #PodernFamily https://t.co/jM6cQlD57J

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The host nation kits for Mexico '86. Mexico have usually had simple and yet stylish kits, sticking to green for home and white for away - and let's face it, there's just something about those three stripes. #Mexico #WorldCup86 #adidas

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1986 saw the World Cup in Mexico and saw Argentina rise again and win the cup, but only after two goals against England, on glorious, the other dubious. Both scored by a complete and utter genius. #WorldCup86 #Mexico #Maradona

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As Spain were the hosts of the World Cup Finals in 1982, let's take a look at their kit - as is common with most styles they use, the colours pretty much remain the same, making it iconic and simple. #WorldCup82 #Spain #football

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Back in the days when England World Cup songs were a thing, the 1982 squad put out a ditty called This Time (We'll Get it Right).

They were knocked out at the second group stage. #WorldCup82 #football

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Happy Monday, Eighties kids! We're coming perilously close to World Cup 2022, so this week we're looking at football past of the 80s! We're starting tonight with all of the goals from 1982, in Spain! #WorldCup82 #Spain #football

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If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://t.co/08bR7QOg6r

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We're starting one of THE most important stories in all of Transformers fiction, as Target: 2006 starts this episode!

(This episode covers issues #77-#80) #Transformers #MarvelUK #Target2006 #BritPodScene #PodernFamily

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Episode 497 - Transformers: Marvel UK September 1986! feat. Andy from @SmorgasPod and @CymruNerdCave #Transformers #MarvelUK #Target2006 #BritPodScene #PodernFamily https://t.co/CRHl0vGqDb

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When Koopa teams up with the dreaded sky turtle Lakatu, our heroes head for an aerial dogfight in their flying carpet biplane!

The Super Mario Bros Super Show: Gorilla My Dreams/Mario and the Red Baron Koopa - 1989 #Mario #Luigi #Nintendo

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When the evil Koopa Claus (Bah Humkoop!) tries to stop Christmas, the Marios come to Santa's rescue and Toad learns the true spirit of giving.

The Super Mario Bros Super Show: Koopa Klaus - 1989 #Mario #Luigi #MarioBros #Nintendo

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We're back with Mario, and Koopa has grown enormous from eating Super Sushi, and is now smashing up the city, kaiju-style. Can Mario stop him and save the day?

The Super Mario Bros Super Show: Fortune Teller/Mario Meets Koop-zilla - 1989 #Mario #Koopa

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When a Leprechaun our heroes meet in Shamrock Land asks them to help recover his Pot O'Gold Coins stolen by Koopa, the Marios can only say "yes". #Mario #Nintendo

The Super Mario Bros Super Show - Heart Throb/Mighty McMario and the Pot of Gold - 1989

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Our box art hero from 1984 tonight is the Mini-Autobot Huffer - the truck cab that basically wants nothing to do with Earth or anyb of it's inhabitants. Maybe it's the fact that he has clamps for hands that makes him such a grumpy guts. #Transformers #Autobot #Huffer

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The Autobots attempt to trap the Decepticons, but will it work? Or will they have just handed their foes a fatal advantage?

The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Part 3 - 1984 #Transformers #Autobots #Decepticons

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A major player in most of the Transformers original run (and beyond), Jazz was one of the Autobots who liked Earth and didn't mind being marooned here - his spiffy alt-mode helped, and his box art here wasn't shabby either! #Jazz #Transformers

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The Autobots continue to thwart the Decepticons' plundering of Earth's resources, including the Sherman Dam, and the mysterious Ruby Mines of Burma (at time of being animated)!

The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye - Part 2 (1984) #Transformers

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We'll also be looking at some of the classic 1984 toy box art this week - and we start off with one that baffled quite a few of us back in the day that weren't aware of the Transformers Japanese heritage - originally with a windshield for a face, it's Ratchet! #Ratchet

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Laura Branigan - Self Control - 1984 #LauraBranigan #Selfcontrol

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