Zobovor spotted listings for Generations Arcee, Warpath and a new Starscream in Walmart’s computers. On this January 12, 2011 Radio Free Cybertron, Brian Kilby, JD, Rob Springer, John DeLuna, Aimee, Weevum and Exvee note the death of Arne Kincaid, the voice of Sky Lynx. They also cover Transformers 3 heading to IMAX and an alleged call sheet that names Ultra Magnus. Then the crew looks ahead at what 2011 holds, from Toy Fair and BotCon to Dark of the Moon.
News
Walmart Lists Generations Arcee, Warpath and Starscream
Zobovor, who works at Walmart, found listings for Arcee, Warpath, Optimus Prime and Starscream in the store’s computers. One host expects the Starscream to be War for Cybertron or Transformers Prime, not another Classics mold. Another notes that Warpath appears with an original design in the comic packed with the Battle in Space set. The crew expects answers at Toy Fair next month. [Source: not found]
Arne Kincaid, Voice of Sky Lynx, Dies
Arne Kincaid, who voiced Sky Lynx and Killer Croc in Batman: The Animated Series, passed away this weekend. One host calls Sky Lynx one of his favorite G1 characters. [Source: not found]
Transformers 3 Coming to IMAX
Transformers 3 will be remastered for IMAX, though nothing was shot in the format. The crew isn’t sure how the conversion will work with 3D. [Source: not found]
Tom Kenny Joins Transformers 3
Tom Kenny is voicing a character in Transformers 3. The crew wishes the movies would hire more established voice actors, like David Kaye. [Source: not found]
Stolen Prototypes and Dark of the Moon Toy Listing Rumor
More stolen prototypes, including a Dale Jr.-style car, turned up online. The crew looks at the pictures but won’t share them, and the site has since been taken down. A rumored Dark of the Moon toy listing mentions Leader Class Sentinel Prime, Barricade and Roadbuster. The crew stresses it is still a rumor. [Source: not found]
Simon Furman Scripts a Translated Japanese Story
An English translation is available for a Japanese story scripted by Simon Furman. One host says it’s a fun Transformers adventure so far, two issues in. [Source: not found]
War for Cybertron Downloadable Content Half Off
War for Cybertron character and map packs are half off on Xbox Live. [Source: not found]
Comics This Week
The Drift trade paperback is out, and Aimee notes the recolored Wing head that makes him easier to tell apart from Drift. Foundation is due next month. The Transformers Prime comics about Arcee and Cliffjumper, first released as digests, are coming out as full issues. Aimee recommends them for fans of the first five Transformers Prime episodes.
Generations Perceptor Bio Surfaces
The live chat points the crew to the Generations Perceptor bio. They mock the writing and the T.W.O. typo, then learn it has been online since mid-December.
Ultra Magnus Named in an Alleged Transformers 3 Call Sheet
A user on Michael Bay’s forums posted what he calls a call sheet from an insider friend, with only Ultra Magnus left unredacted. The crew calls it too obvious to take seriously, saying it looks easy to fake. [Source: not found]
This Day in Transformers History
JD notes that the Robots in Disguise episode Attack from Outer Space premiered in Canada on January 12, 2002. It never aired in the U.S., which the crew ties to 9/11.
TF Wiki Spotlight: Transformers Comic-Magazin
Chris McFeely highlights two dozen new articles from Blue Shift on Transformers Comic-Magazin, a German comic that ran 24 issues. It mostly reprinted Marvel stories but added original text stories. Chris calls its covers hilariously inept, and says the comic even created new characters by accident.
A Look at 2011
The crew debates whether 2011, another movie year, can top 2010. TFormers’ Jack will have someone at Toy Fair in February, and RFC plans an all-day report. The crew expects new Generations, the first Transformers Prime toys and a look at Dark of the Moon characters. They expect the movie line to take over shelves in late May. They also expect comics like Foundation and Rising Storm. Nobody expects a War for Cybertron sequel this year, though a Dark of the Moon game has been announced. One host calls movie years good years because of the sheer amount of product, and others agree.
RFC Twitter Theater
Rob’s clip comes from a Victory episode, where R2-D2 and C-3PO roll right past the camera at an Autobot base. The chat loved it.
Radio Free Cybertron is the world's first and oldest toy and action figure podcast — broadcasting from the heart of the Transformers fan community since October 1999. What started as a scrappy fan show has grown into an institution, with nearly 1,000 episodes and over 25 years of coverage. Every week, host Brian Kilby and the RFC crew dig into the latest Transformers news, toy reveals, collecting, and everything hitting shelves from Hasbro, Takara, and beyond. No fluff, no hype — just informed, passionate collectors who have been doing this longer than anyone else on the planet. The original. The longest running. Till all are one.
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