Masterpiece Soundwave’s first silhouette and a wave of Asia-exclusive Generations repaints lead the week. Plus More Than Meets the Eye #5, Prime’s Ratchet and Wheeljack episode, and why Transformers fans have it good next to G.I. Joe.
Archives for May 2012
Radio Free Cybertron – 05/17/2012
Vintage G1 prices have crashed while new short-packs soar, and the crew breaks down the secondary market. Brian talks with David about the fan documentary Transform Me, and Steve Blum’s Starscream steals Transformers Prime’s “Triangulation.”
Radio Free Cybertron – 05/10/2012
Hasbro turns the BotCon 2005 in-joke Flame War into a retail figure. Aimee reviews IDW’s free Regeneration One 80.5 and Autocracy 9. John Barber previews IDW’s Decepticon and Dinobot months, and the crew asks whether Regeneration One can last.
Radio Free Cybertron – 05/03/2012
BotCon 2012 was one of the best-run shows in years, and the Collectors’ Club stole the spotlight from Hasbro. The US Masterpiece Optimus Prime beats Takara’s on price. Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster preview a G1 box art book.
Radio Free Cybertron – 04/28/2012
Live from BotCon 2012: the Transformers Club launches a subscription service led by Ultra Mammoth. Hasbro shows Voyager Soundwave with auto-transforming cassettes, MP-10 Convoy goes to Toys R Us, and Shockwave is coming to Transformers Prime.