This week on Radio Free Cybertron: Hasbro’s first quarter results aren’t good, how does that impact fans? Studio Series Thundercracker has a stay of liquidator’s execution by showing up at online retailers. Also on the show, we discuss a really cool looking Tetrajet-style figure from MAAS Toys, a delightfully Trademark infringing third party NOT Roadbuster…
Archives for April 2018
There Goes My Money: 039 – That’s Not A Good Business Idea
This week on There Goes My Money: We have our first themed episode! With all the recolors and reissues coming out of third-party, ExVee, Eric, and Jason are here with Diecast to discuss what this all means for third-party in general. Are the companies just trying to build off of previous success, or are they…
Radio Free Cybertron 567 – Don’t know about you but I collect toys
This week on Radio Free Cybertron: We talk about that thirteen dollar Trypticon sighting and what it means, and what it doesn’t. Maketoys unveils two new seekers–is this the next best thing until Takara-Tomy’s eventual redesign? We talk about the Ultra and Ultimate class Cyberverse figures, which sparks a conversation about what it means to…
Radio Free Cybertron 566 – Helex to Pay
This week on Radio Free Cybertron: We learn that there are still people making third-party toys! After a long stretch with little news, we have quite a few toys coming from third-party favorites like MMC and FansToys. Oh, and WeiJiang’s booth at a recent Chinese trade show almost looks like it originated from Rhode Island….
There Goes My Money 038 – I’m Getting It From TaoBao
This week on There Goes My Money: We’re back! Headmaster Don joins Diecast, ExVee, and Jason (who clearly needs a cooler name) to discuss several pre-orders from the last month and a half. Want a highly articulated non-transforming Tarn? We have it. A re-release of a classic third-party Windblade? We have that too. How about…
Radio Free Cybertron 565 – Tell me about Dracula, Diecast
This week on Radio Free Cybertron we observe the 18th anniversary of Car Robots debut by encouraging you to not buy the reissue God Magnus and Super Fire Convoy! We gush over photos of Greatshot and Grand Maximus, have you been billed for your preorder yet? We discuss the likely upcoming POTP Nemesis Prime, plus…