The Squared Corner

Explaining the Missing CliffhangerRecorded: January 7, 2025 - Episode 31On the Last Installation of Hot Wheels AcceleRacers' 20th anniversary (now 21) with Andrew Duncan, we go full deep dive into the production of AcceleRacers: Breaking Point & The Ultimate Race. You don't wanna miss the ultimate bombshell, the what would've been! AcceleRacers 5: Drive to Survive. Andrew Duncan is the voice actor of Monkey from AcceleRacers... OH and the Director of some of World Race Highway 35... OH and the series director of AcceleRacers... OH and the MOCAP Of Shirako, Monkey, and Nolo... OH and he is the guest on today's PART 1 podcast, super excited to have him on and share a little about his time working on Hot Wheels World Race with William Lau. Please enjoy Episode 29 of the Squared Corner Podcast!Find Andrew Duncan here:https://www.andrewmonkeyduncan.comhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm1433999/https://x.com/Monkey_Duncan🚨Thank you LAP24Coffee for sponsoring! Use code "JayCee" at https://www.lap24coffee.com for 10% off and a BONUS JayCee Squared Trading Card* #lap24coffee*while supplies lasts, Offers subject to change-----------------------------------------------------------------TimeStamps:0:00 - Intro and Teaser2:00 - A Labor of Love2:29 - Slugterra3:06 - The Breaking Point4:37 - Challenges of Making the Silencerz6:18 - Real Racing Ideas7:10 - Real Jump Jacks / Jets8:26 - The Dronez in Ruins and Ice explained9:51 - Silencerz Key Easter Egg12:19 - What happened to Vert's Mom13:24 - 1969 Cartoon is Canon to AcceleRacers and Battle Force 5???16:35 - Challenges of Pipeline and Junk Realm19:01 - Favorite Monkey Moments20:19 - Voice Actors VS Ai23:11 - Car Deaths25:26 - The Crew's reaction to Marky getting captured29:04 - Tezla Commentary and Re-Used sets30:35 - Transition of Breaking Point and Ultimate Race33:52 - Lap24Coffee35:36 - Mixed Realms had to get changed to Re-racing the realms38:19 - Ultimate Race Cosmic Challenges40:20 - Die Hard - Vert Wheeler Edition45:37 - The Black Hole46:38 - Our Protagonist Returns, Vert Wheeler49:05 - Any New Realms you would've wanted to make52:07 - The Bonus DVD Content52:59 - Is Kadeem Really gone?55:26 - Who is Karma Eiss? A Drone? GELORUM Prototype?57:44 - What was the Circle Ring that the Acceleron gives Vert1:00:07 - AcceleRacers Movie 51:01:34 - THE PAST would've been revealed1:03:28 - Mattel should release the 5th script1:04:26 - Hot Wheels Inspired Artists1:07:26 - How Vert Ended up in the Silencerz1:09:18 - THE CLIFFHANGER and Cancelation1:12:37 - What Andrew Wishes1:13:44 - Whole Season, not just a 5th movie! 5,6,7,81:14:20 - Documentation1:15:46 - Battle Force 5 Cameos1:18:19 - Any re-write BF5 stuff1:19:34 - Favorite Team & Charactert in AcceleRacers1:21:08 - Favorite Hot Wheels1:23:50 - Any Bloopers1:25:56 - Favorite Movie from AcceleRacers1:27:16 - The Card Game DVD Xtra1:28:25 - Favorite Realm1:28:58 - Music is Bumping1:30:57 - Can there be a Comeback?1:35:22 - Where you can find Us1:37:09 - Fireworks - Monkey Speaks again!

Recorded: January 7, 2025 - Episode 30On the Third Installation of Hot Wheels AcceleRacers' 20th anniversary (now 21) with Andrew Duncan, we go full deep dive into the production of AcceleRacers: The Speed of Silence. My personal favorite! Get ready to race!Andrew Duncan is the voice actor of Monkey from AcceleRacers... OH and the Director of some of World Race Highway 35... OH and the series director of AcceleRacers... OH and the MOCAP Of Shirako, Monkey, and Nolo... OH and he is the guest on today's PART 1 podcast, super excited to have him on and share a little about his time working on Hot Wheels World Race with William Lau. Please enjoy Episode 29 of the Squared Corner Podcast!Find Andrew Duncan here:https://www.andrewmonkeyduncan.comhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm1433999/https://x.com/Monkey_Duncan🚨Thank you LAP24Coffee for sponsoring! Use code "JayCee" at https://www.lap24coffee.com for 10% off and a BONUS JayCee Squared Trading Card* #lap24coffee*while supplies lasts, Offers subject to change-----------------------------------------------------------------TimeStamps:0:00 - Intro and Teaser1:58 - The Music of Speed of Silence4:10 - Water is a Lot Harder to Animate6:16 - Music of Brian Carson7:28 - The Animators go Racing!8:24 - Proper Racing Techs in AcceleRacers9:20 - Changing the Water Realm13:08 - The Taro Water Scene was Made on the Spot by Andrew18:30 - Shirako Camera Scene19:29 - How were the Hyperpods Integrated (why the show got made)21:21 - BMW 200222:05 - Fixing the Lore of Portals23:00 - Lap2424:28 - Making of City Realm 28:26 - Hiding the imperfections30:13 - Micro Realms Making Of plus Casey Kwan33:48 - AcceleCharger Animations35:54 - The Unused Cars38:58 - Easter Eggs and More41:25 - What was Cut 43:16 - Bloopers?44:27 - The team started clicking!47:06 - Credits---How do you fix the lore of a show with one major event. Well, in my podcast with Andrew Duncan, we discover how change can be a good thing. Especially so, when trying to keep the continuity of events and how that can EVOLVE your characters even better than the initial script.

Recorded: January 6, 2025 - Episode 29We GO FULL INDEPTH ON the Movie In depth Acceleracers: IGNITION, WATCH to have your mind blown!!Andrew Duncan is the voice actor of Monkey from AcceleRacers... OH and the Director of some of World Race Highway 35... OH and the series director of AcceleRacers... OH and the MOCAP Of Shirako, Monkey, and Nolo... OH and he is the guest on today's PART 1 podcast, super excited to have him on and share a little about his time working on Hot Wheels World Race with William Lau. Please enjoy Episode 29 of the Squared Corner Podcast!Find Andrew Duncan here:https://www.andrewmonkeyduncan.comhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm1433999/https://x.com/Monkey_Duncan🚨Thank you LAP24Coffee for sponsoring! Use code "JayCee" at https://www.lap24coffee.com for 10% off and a BONUS JayCee Squared Trading Card* #lap24coffee*while supplies lasts, Offers subject to change-----------------------------------------------------------------TimeStamps:0:00 - Intro and Teaser1:16 - Kadeem and Banjee were coming back for a REDEMPTION?3:44 - The New Darker Tone and Risk9:04 - The Intros were an Homage to World Race10:56 - The Curious Case of the Redesigned Characters17:07 - Vert's Arc was Planned19:16 - The change to Gelorum and CLYP22:43 - The Battle for Hot Wheels City24:52 - Jeff Gomez Connection26:32 - I Would Pick Up AcceleRacers Tomorrow27:26 - Storage issues in 200430:55 - How long did it take to Animate33:39 - Ian Richter makes Andrew Series Director36:03 - The Best Action came from William Lau37:16 - AcceleRacers still looks good!38:52 - ORANGE Track STAYS41:37 - Car Redesigns like DEORA II44:08 - How does Kadeem Survive the Storm Realm?46:14 - How does Banjee escape? + Silencerz Lore50:13 - Gig! The Lore and Mocap52:03 - Being the Mocap Director56:02 - HE INVENTED THE SHIRAKO DANCE57:29 - Performative Capture1:00:37 - Becoming MONKEY1:07:14 - Balancing Monkey's Comedic Side and his lore1:09:40 - Ignition 1:11:03 - Helmets and Broadcast Standards1:14:48 - What happened between World Race and AcceleRacers1:19:08 - Designing the Acceledrome1:22:03 - Its too Canadian1:24:46 - Make it Make sense1:26:13 - How they shot AcceleRacers differently1:28:09 - How Realms would look in 3D1:32:15 - Making the Big Pay Off Moments1:35:09 - The Last Shot in Ignition1:36:33 - Andrew created Sparky1:37:43 - Was Anything Cut from Ignition1:39:42 - Where to Find Andrew and JayCee + Credits

Recorded: January 6, 2025 - Episode 28Andrew Duncan is the voice actor of Monkey from AcceleRacers... OH and the Director of some of World Race Highway 35... OH and the series director of AcceleRacers... OH and the MOCAP Of Shirako, Monkey, and Nolo... OH and he is the guest on today's PART 1 podcast, super excited to have him on and share a little about his time working on Hot Wheels World Race with William Lau. We also go into how he started working at Mainframe including projects like Reboot, Transformers Beast Wars, BATTLE FORCE 5 and many many more! Please enjoy Episode 28 of the Squared Corner Podcast!Find Andrew Duncan here:https://www.andrewmonkeyduncan.comhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm1433999/🚨Thank you LAP24Coffee for sponsoring! Use code "JayCee" at https://www.lap24coffee.com for 10% off and a BONUS JayCee Squared Trading Card* #lap24coffee*while supplies lasts, Offers subject to change-----------------------------------------------------------------BE HERE BE SQUARED FOR MORE HOT WHEELS CULTURE CONTENT!Subscribe, Click the Bell, and JOIN the channel!-----------------------------------------------------------------Acceleracers Merch:Merch ►https://rdbl.co/2wZ2fORFollow Me:AllInOne Link ►https://linktr.ee/JayCeeSquaredDiscord ► https://discord.gg/JesshM8WuS-----------------------------------------------------------------TimeStamps:0:00 - Intro and Teaser1:26 - Celebrating 20 years of AcceleRacers5:34 - How Andrew Worked at Mainframe8:12 - Transformers x Hot Wheels Worlds Collide8:59 - Directing World Race with William Lau10:17 - The complex editing process of World Race13:43 - Dialogue Editing Problems and Solutions15:17 - The Voice Actors were all IN STUDIO17:27 - Using Real Track Sets in the Movie20:35 - The hardest technical challenge22:56 - Andrew goes to MATTEL23:49 - The importance of the Orange Track25:43 - Keeping the Childlike Wonder of the Series28:10 - Andrew's TREX track story31:06 - Don't Say NO; instead say this32:06 - Dynamic Shooting in digital 3d37:22 - Difference between AcceleRacers and World Race38:43 - Animation gafs and goofs40:38 - What format was the movie exported42:27 - Hope for a REMASTER?44:54 - Work on Battle Force 548:39 - NO MORE CLIFF HANGERS50:48 - Wheelies were MANDATED BY MATTEL53:33 - They had Fan Arguments to make sure technology worked in universe!54:58 - Andrew's favorite moment in World Race55:34 - Production Timelines57:54 - Any Scenes Cut?59:09 - Did Mattel see World Race as a success1:00:44 - Does Andrew own any Diecasts?1:03:37 - Did Mainframe ever see the Jeff Gomez original sequels1:05:25 - Andrew's fatal mistake on AcceleRacers1:08:05 - Where to find Andrew and JayCee Teaser for Episode 2#acceleracers #jcsquared #hotwheelsLessons from the Director of Hot Wheels World Race

Thank you LAP24Coffee for sponsoring! Use code "JayCee" at https://www.lap24coffee.com for 10% off and a BONUS JayCee Squared Trading Card* #lap24coffee*while supplies lasts, Offers subject to changePORK CHOP aka David Kaye Ep 26 Recorded: April 1, 2024David Kaye, your favorite Truck Driving Metal Maniac Pork Chop, join me on the Squared Corner Podcast. We reminisce about Hot Wheels Acceleracers 19th anniversary as well as who the character of Pork Chop is. How was he created? What voice was mimicked? What was the nuances in his character from his fears to his strengths? All this and more in this episode of The Squared Corner Podcast.Subscribe, Click the Bell, and JOIN the channel!Support me by buying Acceleracers merch!Merch ►https://rdbl.co/2wZ2fORPodcast AllInOne Link ►https://linktr.ee/JayCeeSquared#acceleracers #jcsquared #hotwheels Time Stamps0:00 - Teaser0:38 - Who is David Kaye5:00 - Pork Chop's Hot Wheels6:24 - Researching Roles7:49 - Creating the Character of Pork Chop9:03 - Meeting Hot Wheels Employees and Seeing the Animation11:27 - Recording with Andrew Duncan (Monkey) and more!16:21 - Adlibbing and Adding Nuance to the Character18:26 - Porkchop's Fear of Water (The Human Side of the Character)21:00 - Unseen sides of Pork Chop22:25 - Bringing the Series Back 23:51 - Working with Mattel (Childlike Wonder of the Entertainment Industry)25:28 - Self Criticism in Voice Acting26:34 - Clank Impression Reaction27:41 - Fav Hot Wheels Car28:23 - Memorable Pork Chop Line29:08 - Driving a Semi Truck31:21 - Upcoming Conventions34:22 - Pork Chop says "Subscribe to JayCee Squared"35:07 - Where to find David?36:00 - Where to find JayCee?

The largest Hot Wheels TikTok Creator Drifter D, Episode 25 -Recorded: March 8, 2024Drifter D just hit his 100,000 Subscriber milestone on YouTube, but has been far more famous on other platforms like TikTok boasting a whopping 454,000 Followers! When it comes to Diecast Video shoots and a general sense of the collecting world, Drifter is the man to watch. So please welcome onto the show, one of Singapore's very best, Drifter D! Side Note: He loves Deora 2 and Acceleracers just like us! Follow Me:AllInOne Link ►https://linktr.ee/JayCeeSquaredInstagram ► https://www.instagram.com/jc.squared/Twitter ► https://twitter.com/JayCee_SquaredReddit ► https://www.reddit.com/user/JCC-2224Discord ► https://discord.gg/JesshM8WuSFB Page ► https://bit.ly/3fyokUFTikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@jayceesquared#acceleracers #jcsquared #hotwheels Time Stamps0:00 - Teaser0:40 - Introductions3:42 - Start on Hot Wheels and Acceleracers9:15 - Why Deora 2? 11:33 - Hot Wheels games13:10 - Content Making Tips20:34 - Drifter's Logo & name25:42 - Opening Hot Wheels to 100K on Youtube30:14 - Infinite NFT Teku Deora 2 Glitch38:12 - Custom Drifter D Mustang with CrowCustoms41:15 - Sponsorships/Diecast Shops/Countries48:33 - Critiques of the Diecasts57:46 - Deora 2 Variants1:01:48 - Hot Wheels Conventions1:08:12 - Traveling the world1:10:27 - Japan's relation to Hot Wheels1:13:07 - Will Drifter see Real Deora 2?1:19:11 - Rapid Fire1:27:07 - GRiDlock Diecast Show1:28:37 - Engineering and Computer Science1:32:12 - Where to Follow Drifter D and me1:34:14 - Last Words

Thank you LAP24Coffee for sponsoring! Use code "JayCee" at https://www.lap24coffee.com for 10% off and a BONUS JayCee Squared Trading Card* #lap24coffee*while supplies lasts, Offers subject to changeEp 24. Carson Lev tells the story of how he built the irl Deora 2 and Twin Mill Building the Real Life Deora 2 and Twin Mill ft. Carson LevCarson Lev Podcast Episodehttps://redphin.comSubscribe, Click the Bell, and JOIN the channel!Support me by buying Acceleracers merch!Merch ►https://rdbl.co/2wZ2fOREver wanted to know who was behind the famous slogan in the early 2000's "The World's Coolest Car Company", Well look no further. Carson Lev back in the day worked at Hot Wheels and not only coined that term, but understood the importance of it and acted upon it. His first big claim to flame would be finishing up the life size Twin Mill build in 2001 and then creating the Deora 2 build in 2003. Carson is one of the most influential minds when you talk about car culture and Hot Wheels and was a key part in it's success back in the late 90s and early 2000s. Don't miss this amazing podcast interview where I, JayCee Squared, sit one on one with a true Hot Wheels Legend for the longest episode on the podcast at 2 and half hours. "If I Drive a car fast enough, I don't need a rear-view mirror, it's only where I'm going that matters" - Carson Lev"Transfomation is how you will grow a brand, Transaction is buying a bagel at the bagel store."Recorded June 13th, 2023Current MembersCitrus 3Ratchet rpg01AccelereeceAlSegslingshotkurt847Podcast Links:https://open.spotify.com/show/573bElU...https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Follow Me:AllInOne Link ►https://linktr.ee/JayCeeSquaredInstagram ►   / jc.squared  Twitter ►   / jaycee_squared  Reddit ►   / jcc-2224  Discord ►   / discord  FB Page ► https://bit.ly/3fyokUFTikTok ►   / jayceesquared  #acceleracers #jcsquared #hotwheelsTimeStamps0:00 - Teaser1:14 - Who is Carson Lev?4:54 - How Carson got into Hot Wheels7:57 - Building Twin Mill Beginnings12:38 - $0 to Build Twin Mill17:10 - How long did it take18:01 - SEMA here we come! World's Coolest Car Company, We Define Car Culture25:02 - 2001 Super Street Civic SI28:49 - Hot Wheels Ford Focus30:55 - Favorite Twin Mill Moments at SEMA and more37:01 - Twin Mill Livery38:34 - Transfomation vs Transactional42:03 - World Race 20th Anniversary46:20 - Evolution of Deora 2 & ProtoTypes 49:10 - Building of Deora 2 54:03 - Hall of Fame at Peterson57:03 - SEMA 2003 Deora 2 Debut w/ West Coast Customs58:50 - Chip Foose Mother's Wax Prototype1:05:06 - Deora 2 IRL is genre based1:11:25 - Who did the graphics of Deora 2?1:15:37 - Wheels on Deora 2 and Twin Mill1:18:31 - Legends Tour Controversy1:21:29 - 0 to 60 times1:22:54 - Twin Mill Large Scale Diecasts1:26:35 - Nathan Proch stories & Red Lines vs Red Dot1:33:30 - Smash Mouth Hot Wheels Fender 35th Anniversary Guitar1:38:53 - Video Games1:40:10 - What is it like to drive Hot Wheels Cars1:48:28 - Forza Horizon Twin Mill and Deora 21:50:54 - 100% Hot Wheels & Ed Roth1:53:40 - Elliot Handler1:57:13 - More Nathan Proch1:59:28 - Gas Station in HW Design Studio2:05:30 - RedPhin 59 Bel Air2:09:10 - Pixar's Cars Land2:13:20 - Lessons from his Mom2:15:17 - Snake And Mongoose And Movie2:25:47 - Speed Round

Thank you LAP24Coffee for sponsoring!🚨 Use code "JayCee" at https://www.lap24coffee.com for 10% off and a BONUS JayCee Squared Trading Card* #lap24coffee*while supplies lasts, Offers subject to changeRecorded May 24th at 4pm in Room 330 at Comicpalooza LIVEI want to thank Comicpalooza again for letting us host The Squared Corner live in front of an amazing audience of fans and family. This was a really neat experience and oppurtunity as this is a historic moment in Acceleracers history being the first ever fan panel to be held at a con. Thank you again to Max as well for helping record the video, and Shane for bringing the equipment neccessary for this episode to be filmed. We all had a blast and huge shoutout to Sa_350Z and Carmic.Con for even getting a booth we could sign posters and trading cards at. Incredible experience and hope to be back again another time!Thank you again to Krazy 8 Customs and Lap24 Coffee for joining me on the podcastEp ComicPalooza0:00 - Behind the Scenes0:43 - Intro2:53 - What is Acceleracers / When were you introduced5:57 - Krazy 8 Customs & Lap 24 Coffee7:30 - The Comeback Teku Deora II14:13 - The NFT vs Mainline17:00 - Is Acceleracers making a comeback?18:46 - Fans are doing amazing20:43 - Rapid Fire Questions22:13 - Where to find us

Releases March 29th!A new Acceleracers Action Comic based on the Members that were left behind in Acceleracers: Ignition. Here I am joined by both writer and artist from the new series. TPM-VA and Al Seg.Recorded February 2024Their Links - https://tpmvoice.wixsite.com/projectterritoryhttps://twitter.com/AlSeg_https://www.reddit.com/user/JustASonicFan/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPI5FVadz3yqJM-UXPSsNKQhttps://twitter.com/TPM_VAhttps://www.instagram.com/tom_myszka/https://www.reddit.com/user/Apprehensive-Peace58/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Subscribe, Click the Bell, and JOIN the channel!Support me by buying Acceleracers merch!Merch ►https://rdbl.co/2wZ2fORFollow Me:AllInOne Link ►https://linktr.ee/JayCeeSquaredInstagram ► https://www.instagram.com/jc.squared/Twitter ► https://twitter.com/JayCee_SquaredReddit ► https://www.reddit.com/user/JCC-2224Discord ► https://discord.gg/JesshM8WuSFB Page ► https://bit.ly/3fyokUFTikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@jayceesquared#acceleracers #jcsquared #hotwheels TimeStamps0:00 - Introductions2:33 - Beginnings into Acceleracers8:04 - Entering the Community11:24 - AlSeg's popularity14:43 - Inspiration for the Comic19:10 - How did it Start Production22:47 - Manga vs Color Style26:00 - Handling Popularity31:00 - The Goal33:02 - Meet the Characters46:00 - What about the CARS56:47 - Release Date March 2958:36 - Where can you find the project

Neal Smith is a Senior Hot Wheels Designer who has worked on a variety of different projects including Hot Wheels Skate, Hot Wheels Monster Trucks, Hot Wheels Track Sets, and Hot Wheels Diecasts. Hope you enjoy this episode! Because yes, we do talk about Acceleracers!Recorded April 2023Links:https://www.instagram.com/neeelco/https://www.youtube.com/@tuxedokman https://www.neeel.com https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Neal_Smith Dream Mobile: https://youtu.be/fjDcpyOh8ZQ Crushing It: https://youtu.be/s8b3oJx_h-A RaceGrooves video on Minecraft track set:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWOvD344EW8Subscribe, Click the Bell, and JOIN the channel!Support me by buying Acceleracers merch!Merch ►https://rdbl.co/2wZ2fORPodcast Links:https://open.spotify.com/show/573bElUZuEK3d1UDWztZx8https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-squared-corner/id1612122785Follow Me:AllInOne Link ►https://linktr.ee/JayCeeSquaredInstagram ► https://www.instagram.com/jc.squared/Twitter ► https://twitter.com/JayCee_SquaredReddit ► https://www.reddit.com/user/JCC-2224Discord ► https://discord.gg/JesshM8WuSFB Page ► https://bit.ly/3fyokUFTikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@jayceesquared#acceleracers #jcsquared #hotwheels Dr Neel Timestamps0:00 - Introductions2:40 - The Beginning5:58 - Start at Hot Wheels8:31 - Minecraft13:09 - Monster Truck Sets and Creature design16:00 - Acceleracers Sets Talk23:09 - Diecasts he designed30:08 - Doing YouTube34:29 - Skate for Hot Wheels40:58 - Commercial Maker43:11 - Street Fighter Arcade Machine44:30 - Design Length for Hot Wheels Skate47:31 - Designs on SkateBoards56:00 - Working at Hot Wheels1:00:00 - Speed Round1:02:50 - Where to find us