A new Ultimate Transformers gift set brings Combat Hero Optimus Prime, based on an unreleased toy. Fall of Cybertron shows off Metroplex at E3, and Takara’s MP-12 Sideswipe is officially licensed by Lamborghini. Plus the debut of Transformers Rewind with Beast Wars’ Bad Spark.
Archives for 2012
Radio Free Cybertron – 05/31/2012
A Masterpiece Thundercracker turns up on a Toys R Us planogram, and a possible G2-style Bruticus surfaces in Asia. The BotCon 2012 Invasion box set sells out in Japan in 30 minutes. Plus a third-party roundup, Robots in Disguise #5 and Rescue Bots’ The Return of Dinobot.
Radio Free Cybertron – 05/24/2012
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.
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.
Fanboy Versus Drinking Game
Fanboy Versus Drinking GameThx to @JetFire2009 from whom these rules were adapted. Must be of legal drinking age to play! We assume no responcibility for possible loss of liver or life due to playing of this game. Please drink responcibly. Before the start of the show, select a comic book character. Any time a book…
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.
Transformers Legacy Interview with Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster
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.
Radio Free Cybertron Botcon Show Day 1 (Sorta)
Radio Free Cybertron checks in from BotCon 2012 after day one in Dallas. Shattered Glass Junkions in Insecticon colors lead the attendee extras, and Spinister is a must-have. Exvee hits his first BotCon, and JD his first since 2001.