Chris makes his return to Radio Free Cybertron just in time to break down the new Studio Series Seeker Storm Pack, tracing Sunstorm’s decades-long deco history back to a 2003 PVC figure while Brian argues the whole set is uniformly boring. Don’s BotCon ’96 History on the Fives story gets fact-checked in real time before the crew moves on to the New Legends NL-05 Beast Wars II Galvatron, which has Brian fully obsessed despite a rough Amazon sellout. A Scooby-Doo crossover lands with a thud, a 40-unit Golden Lagoon Optimus Prime gets written off before anyone owns it, and TFCon Toronto exclusives round out the news. What We Got This Week brings a genuinely positive Studio Series Astrotrain follow-up from Chris, Matt’s new Monstructor combiner, and Brian’s $300 Mandarake Abominus box set score.

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Transformers x Scooby-Doo: Mysterious Prime & Automutt Go Live — The Scooby-Doo collaboration transforms the Mystery Machine into Mysterious Prime and gives Scooby a cassette-bot mode as Automutt. The crew was largely unconvinced: Chris questioned whether the figures actually share engineering with Party Wallop as claimed, and both Chris and Diecast called it a rare crossover miss compared to the well-received Ninja Turtles line.

Studio Series Seeker Storm Pack Brings Sunstorm Back — Newly discovered details on the Rainmakers & Sunstorm four-pack sparked a detailed history lesson from Chris, who traced this deco back to a 2003 Heroes of Cybertron PVC figure rather than any accurate cartoon appearance. Brian found the set uniformly boring despite liking the mold; Diecast is most excited for Acid Storm and Sunstorm.

Takara’s New Legends NL-05 Beast Wars II Galvatron Revealed — Brian’s favorite reveal of the week, with removable Unicron horns and a surprisingly reasonable $120 price point on Pulse. The crew compared its scale to Studio Series Ultra Magnus and discussed how it stacks up against the existing Legends Leo Convoy.

Takara Tomy Shares New Official Images: MPG Ramhorn, Eject, Blaster, Steeljaw, and More — Reactions were mixed on the new Masterpiece-style Blaster, with Diecast and Chris noting Hasbro is years behind their own 2017 Autobot cassette Masterpiece set. Ram Horn and Steeljaw landed well with the group.

Toys”R”Us Hong Kong Reveals Golden Lagoon G1 Optimus Prime — Limited to 40 units worldwide, this Legacy United-mold exclusive drew immediate interest from Matt and Diecast, though Brian resigned himself to never owning one.

TFCon Toronto 2026 Exclusives: Fans-Hobby Megatooth and MB-14C Fireman/Scorch — Fans-Hobby is reissuing their 10th-anniversary Megatooth (originally Repugnance) with a more cartoon-accurate deco at $140, alongside the Scorch/Fireman headmaster exclusive. Don is sitting this one out after completing the Ocular Max Balticus set.

Transformers Pretzel Debuts at Universal Studios Hollywood — A lighter closer to the news block: a $12 novelty pretzel at the Lower Lot food cart got a mixed reception from the crew.

What We Got This Week

Chris picked up Studio Series Astrotrain and came away impressed after spending real time with it — he called it one of the most solid triple-changers since Thrilling 30 Springer, with all three modes landing well despite a mushy transformation feel. He also grabbed an open-box Star Wars Transformers Mandalorian from Walmart for $15 (Don’s 2025 Toy of the Year, with an asterisk), enjoying the figure but noting a Baby Yoda-shaped hole Disney wouldn’t let them fill.

Don had nothing to report on-topic this week.

Matt picked up Monstructor from Age of the Primes and loves the combined mode in particular, especially the IDW-style fanged head — he’s already planning to buy a second.

Diecast spent more time with the Onslaught/Bruticus frame system, appreciating the swappable-leg feature even as it remains their least favorite frame in the line so far.

Rob had nothing on-topic this week.

John had nothing on-topic this week.

Brian grabbed a clearance Star Eagle, opened up a Stranger Things crossover figure he’s very happy with, picked up the CMD-exclusive Target Starscream repaint, and closed out the week with a great Mandarake score: a complete D84 Abominus box set missing only the instructions and catalog.

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