Hasbro’s Activate Your Alt Mode fan vote lets fans give Grimlock, Mirage, Starscream or Shockwave a new alt mode. Adamas Machina Predaking hits roughly $405, and Missing Link Nemesis Prime goes up for preorder. Plus Dr. Wu cassettes, Rathalos Prime and Studio Series 86 Megatron in hand.
Archives for 2025
Radio Free Cybertron 946 – “It’ll work for a few minutes.”
The new Studio Series 86 seeker mold gets a step-by-step look, and Target’s anniversary exclusives include Voyager Starscream and a Deluxe Insecticons three-pack. Armada Jetfire is next year’s Commander Class figure. Plus Studio Series 86 Scavenger, Micronus Prime and the end of de minimis.
Radio Free Cybertron 945 – “I don’t know anything about it; I’m gonna buy it!”
Hasbro’s SDCC 2025 panel brings Leader Big Convoy, Deluxe Quickstrike, Sureshot and a brand-new seeker mold. Amalgamous Prime teases five more alt modes, and Titan Grimlock starts a run of Titan Dinobots. Plus Retro Seaspray, Hot Wheels Bone Shaker and a sealed Fire Guts.
Radio Free Cybertron 944 – “The Spectrum of Sensibility”
LEGO fully reveals Icons G1 Soundwave with a talking sound brick, Ravage and a $189.99 price. The Studio Series 86 roleplay item is confirmed as a Matrix of Leadership, and Blokees is building a Unicron head. Plus DNA Design’s $65 Godzilla Megatron fix and Missing Link Sunstreaker in hand.
Radio Free Cybertron 943 – “Everything is Bigger in Vortexas”
LEGO Icons Soundwave gets its first official look at $179.99, with Ravage and Laserbeak in the box. Hasbro confirms replacement Optimus Primes for HasLab Omega Prime backers this fall. Plus, a Studio Series 86 Blaster reissue, Synergex Basara Prime and rumors of Missing Link Nemesis Prime.
Radio Free Cybertron 942 – It’s not even our first jet with a trailer this year
The crew remembers Jim Shooter, who wrote the original Transformers treatment. Synergex Basara Prime stock images leave everyone asking why it isn’t Rodimus. Plus Lost Light Rodimus, a Dramatic Capture Thundercracker deco fix and a Devastation Sideswipe with Red Alert’s head.
There Goes My Money – Early June 2025 “The One Without Shawn”
This week: ExVee is wrong about Studio Series 86 Megatron. Apparently. Featuring Touched-Tier Patrons Joey Russell, Spider-Bob, and David Molluskoenig.
Radio Free Cybertron 941 – Six Pounds of Superion
Transformers Tuesday brings the first look at Studio Series Transformers One Airachnid and Alpha Trion. A leaked PulseCon listing points to Armada Nemesis Prime with a new Dark Saber. Plus a rumored Skybound cartoon, MPG-17 Style Gen Optimus Prime and in-hand Silverbolt and Star Convoy.
Radio Free Cybertron 940 – Extreme Battles of RFC
Hasbro cuts about 150 more jobs, and the crew debates what an IP-focused Hasbro means for Transformers. Transformers lands in PUBG Mobile, and the Infantry watch Kickstarter blows past its goal. Plus Micronus Prime, Venin and a heavily retooled Studio Series Perceptor.
Radio Free Cybertron 939 – Something Basically Perfect Here
Micronus Prime steals the June Hasbro Pulse stream, ahead of a new-mold Alpha Trion, Onyx Prime and Selects G2 Snarl and Slag. Target’s Age of the Primes four-pack wins over most of the crew. Chris calls the new Sky-Byte basically perfect.