Transformers 4 gets its title, Age of Extinction, and a June 27, 2014 release on Radio Free Cybertron 327. BotCon 2014 is headed back to California for its 20th anniversary, and JD pitches the most trollish exclusive imaginable. KFC’s not-Perceptor disappoints, while Fans Project’s not-Weirdwolf and three not-Brainstorms win interest. Aimee brings comic news and the November solicits for Dark Cybertron.
News
Transformers 4 Titled Age of Extinction
The fourth movie is Age of Extinction, opening June 27, 2014, with a teaser poster out now. The crew notes Dinobots are confirmed, or at least something called Dinobots. [Source: not found]
BotCon 2014 Returns to California
Word got out that BotCon 2014 will be in California, with a hotel block from June 17 to 24. The crew hopes it lines up with a movie preview, as BotCon did in 2007. Don points out it is BotCon’s 20th anniversary, so it may be special. He hopes for the unused OTFCC Defensor, though others doubt it fits the convention’s box-set format. JD pitches the ultimate exclusive: the Masterpiece Seeker mold in Action Master Thundercracker colors, limited to 50. [Source: not found]
Collectors Club Ships Circuit and Teases a Subscription Scout
TFSS Circuit has shipped by priority mail, though one host has not received his. The club will reveal a scout mold for Subscription Service 2.0. The crew expects the Reveal the Shield Rumble mold as Rewind, the figure not readily available to US collectors. [Source: not found]
Predacons Rising Will Air on The Hub
Predacons Rising debuts on The Hub on October 4 as a full movie ahead of its home video release. One host notes all of Transformers Prime is now on Netflix. [Source: not found]
KFC’s Mugenscope Not-Perceptor
Photos of KFC’s not-Perceptor in Perceptor colors leave the crew cold. They think it looks better in solid black and hate the microscope mode. One host says it should have been an upgrade kit, and a chat member notes it costs five times the official Perceptor. [Source: not found]
Fans Project’s Not-Weirdwolf Nears Release and Not-Brainstorms Multiply
Fans Project’s not-Weirdwolf is due this month for about $70, and one host has had his on preorder since February. Three not-Brainstorms are coming: Fans Project’s Smart Robin, one from Mastermind Creations and one from Toy World. The crew loves the name Smart Robin and likes that the Fans Project figures fit Classics. [Source: not found]
Unknown Factory Originals Shows a Mech Tech Armory Trailer
Unknown Factory Originals shows samples of an Optimus Prime trailer that becomes the Mech Tech armory from Dark of the Moon. One host likes recreating a scene the toys never captured. Another host would rather have had the Jetfire upgrade return in the movie. [Source: TFormers]
Rumored Generations Deluxe Listings
A rumor lists four new Generations deluxes in a retailer’s system: Tankor, Nightbeat, Rattrap and Crosscut. Don could not confirm it. [Source: not found]
Q&A with Rob Springer
Brad Mull asks whether Rob would buy the reissued Fortress Maximus or Planet X Genesis for the same price. Rob picks Fortress Maximus, since he would rather spend $400 on something official. He prefers third-party toys that fill gaps, like Brainstorm or Box Bomber, over new takes on available characters.
Comic News with Aimee
Nick Roche and Andrew Griffith will share a table at New York Comic Con in October. Roll Out Roll Call announced its guest lineup for Southampton, UK, on October 12 and 13. Aimee demos Madefire’s motion comic of Autocracy, which costs $1.99 on the iPad, with new issues weekly. The November solicits begin Dark Cybertron, with chapters in More Than Meets the Eye #23 and Robots in Disguise #23. She also covers Beast Hunters #7, the next ReGeneration One issue and new collected editions, and plugs her Etsy shop, Wrecked Apparel.
Fans Project Headmasters and Sandstorm
Diecast found a color photo of Smart Robin. The crew thinks it looks like Brainstorm apart from a missing mouthplate. Don likes that the cheaper Fans Project Headmasters make repaints affordable. The crew also discusses Generations Sandstorm, which Rob says fixes everything that frustrated him about Springer. One host notes that Nick Roche drew Sandstorm concept art that appears to be the basis for the mold.
What We Got This Week
Rob got Generations Sandstorm and likes it far more than Springer, though its missile only fires about a foot.
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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