Welcome to a very special CROSSOVER episode of AARGH! MY OPTICS! Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia are joined by Galactosh and Sleeves (also know as Orion Ghia, I know its confusing but deal with it!) from comics podcast We're Got Back Issues, plus s

EP.33 - Transformers Robots in Disguise

Mar 11th, 2024 2h 23m

[DISCUSSION] WE'RE BACK! After eleven months off and some deliberation over a topic Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia return to the podwaves to discuss a firm favourite of theirs.. Transformers Robots in Disguise! No not that one! Or that one! No the

EP.32 - Top Of The Bots 2023!

Dec 25th, 2023 2h 14m

[TOTB/DISCUSSION] Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! What's this in the toe of you Christmas stocking? Why it's the third annual AARGH! MY OPTICS! Top Of The Bots Podcast! As is customary this time of year Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia get tog

EP.31 - Starcom

Nov 7th, 2023 1h 40m

[DISCUSSION] ...And now for something completely different! Having grown a little tired of talking about a massively popular and long running toy line and media franchise, Orion Ghia retreats to a much less well remembered and far shorter lived

EP.30 - TFNation 2023

Aug 21st, 2023 1h 20m

[DISCUSSION] It's TFNation time again! This time Virtual Dave and Virtual Amy go (so Orion Ghia doesn't have too) and report back on their experience on UKs biggest and BEST Transformers convention! Hear 'live' updates from the con, custom made

EP.29 Spider-Verse (Part 2)

Aug 10th, 2023 1h 10m

[DISCUSSION/REVIEW] Couldn't quite fit this all into one show, so here is part 2 of our deep dive into the Spider-verse movies. In this part Orion, Dave and special guest host Galactosh tell you what they really thought of Spider-man: Across th

EP.29 Spider-Verse (Part 1)

Aug 6th, 2023 1h 44m

[DISCUSSION/REVIEW] So Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse FINALLY came out. So we thought it was about time we FINNALLY get around to talking about Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse and it's sequel, cos we just haven't got the time to wait for

EP.28 - Transformers Energon

Jun 19th, 2023 2h 3m

[DISCUSSION] Way back in episode 16 we made a rod for our back by talking about Transformers Armada, the first in a trio of Transformers franchises that would become known as the Unicron Trilogy. Thus dooming ourselves to talk about the subsequ

EP.27 - G.I. Joe The Movie

Apr 16th, 2023 1h 58m

[DISCUSSION] YO JOE! In this episode Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia get together with guest host and friend of the podcast James “Soap Star” Donovan to talk G.I JOE! More specifically G.I. Joe the movie. Expect insane battle cries, itty bitty ditt

EP.26 - A Conversation with David Wallace from TFNation

Mar 6th, 2023 1h 54m

[DISCUSSION/INTERVIEW] Hot on the heels of Simon Furman we have yet another 'Conversation with...' podcasts, this time in the guise of TFNation Event Planner and MC David Wallace! Having worked the UK's premier on Transformers convention TFNati

EP.25 - A Conversation with Simon Furman

Jan 30th, 2023 1h 36m

[DISCUSSION/INTERVIEW] Continuing our new series of 'Conversations with...' podcasts, Orion Ghia sits down with the daddy of Death's Head, the genesis of Jhiaxus, the progenitor of Primus, the mastermind of Marvel UK… the one and only Simon Fur

EP.24 - Top Of The Bots 2022!

Jan 3rd, 2023 2h 43m

[TOTB/DISCUSSION] Happy New Year! In this very special festive episode of AARGH! MY OPTICS! Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia get together IN REAL LIFE and discuss 2022. As part of their second annual Top of the Bots, Dave and Orion run down their fa

EP.23 - XMAS PARTY! Arrival From Cybertron

Dec 20th, 2022 2h 27m

[DISCUSSION/REVIEW] Ho Ho Ho! And welcome to the AARGH! MY OPTICS! Christmas Party! Join Virtual Dave, Orion Ghia and a full complement of guest hosts as they get a bit merry and discuss Transformers Arrival From Cybertron! AKA the cartoon mini

EP.22 - Batman Mask of the Phantasm

Nov 22nd, 2022 1h 54m

[DISCUSSION/REVIEW] The topic of episode 22 of AARGH! MY OPTICS! was penciled in for the longest time and was recorded weeks before the tragic passing of Kevin Conroy. Now it serves as our tribute to the definitive on screen Batman. Featuring r

EP.21 - Transformers Animated (part 2)

Nov 8th, 2022 53m 3s

[DISCUSSION] In Episode 21 Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia discuss 2007's Transformers Animated! the often overlooked and underrated Transformers series and toyline that, for those in the know, is now a firm fan favourite. In part two of this bumpe

EP.21 - Transformers Animated (part 1)

Oct 24th, 2022 1h 59m

Bonus

BONUS: Top Of The Bots! Transformers Themes and Intros

Oct 10th, 2022 22m 26s

Due to a number of factors Dave and Orion were not able to provide a new episode for September, so while we get Episode 21 ready for you guys here... have a freebie! This mini episode was recorded a while back as a short YouTube friendly Top Of

EP.20 - TFNation 2022

Aug 22nd, 2022 1h 46m

[DISCUSSION] Virtual Dave, Orion Ghia and special guest host Virtual Amy all went to TFNation 2022 and they can't wait to tell you all about it in excruciating detail! TFNation is the UK's premier Transformers convention and it's been way for 2

EP.19 - A Conversation with James Roberts

Jul 17th, 2022 2h

[DISCUSSION/INTERVIEW] Due to some rather unbelievable friend of a friend nonsense, Superstar Transformers writer James Roberts takes 90 minutes or so to chat with Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia about his work on IDW Publishing's Transformers titl

EP.18 - Top Of The Bots! Transformers Leaders

Jun 26th, 2022 1h 46m

[TOP OF THE BOTS] In this episode Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia take a break from the 'heavy' researching that goes into AARGH! MY OPTICS! and simply wang on about our vacuous opinions on Transformers leaders by arbitrarily organising into a spur

EP.17 - Marvel UK: Transformers 'City of Fear!'

May 26th, 2022 1h 42m

[DISCUSSION] Do you like horror stories? The sort with zombies? Mad Scientists? Giant subterranean nuclear fission reactors? Spacefaring metal planets? If the answer is yes you should probably read issues 164 through 169 of the Marvel UK run of

EP.16 - Transformers Armada

Apr 18th, 2022 2h 6m

[DISCUSSION] In Episode 16 of AARGH! MY OPTICS! We travel way back 20 year to the ancient times of 2002 as Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia revisit Transformers Armada! The line that heralded the true return to vehicle modes, Autobots, Deceptions, k

EP.15 - Toy Collecting pt. 4: Goals and Finish Lines

Mar 21st, 2022 1h 23m

[DISCUSSION] Part 4!? But wait, I though we'd finished talking about Toy Collecting? Nope! NEVER! In this episode Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia continue our series of episodes on Toy Collecting by delving deeper into discussing collecting goals,

EP.14 - Spider-Man at the Movies

Feb 21st, 2022 2h 31m

[DISCUSSION] You like Spider-man right? Of course you do! And I bet you have enjoyed at least on Spider-man movie right? Of course you have! So why not join Virtual Dave, Orion Ghia and special guest host Galac-tosh as we discuss the Spider-man

EP.13 - Top Of The Bots 2021!

Jan 4th, 2022 2h 27m

[TOTB/DISCUSSION] Happy New Year! In this very special festive episode of AARGH! MY OPTICS! Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia get together IN REAL LIFE and discuss 2021. Kicking off with the first annual Top of the Bots year in review, the lads run d