The Shizuoka Hobby Show brought a flood of reveals — Gigastorm, Beast Wars II Galvatron, Missing Link Ratchet and Ironhide, and more — but the real bombshell was Stern Pinball announcing a G1 Transformers machine with a transforming Optimus Prime on the limited edition. Also, Don’s Metal Cardbot haul might be the most enthusiastic What We Got in recent memory. Episode 987 has a lot going on.
Radio Free Cybertron 982 – Same Transformation, Five Times the Price
Liege Maximo has hit US retail — and Big Convoy is coming with him whether you like it or not. The crew also digs into the Takara Tomy MPG-20 Hot Rod (same transformation, five times the price), and new comparison shots of the G2 Stunticons confirm the Takara set is the one to have — though JT Prime says the Hasbro versions are closer than you think. In What We Got: Diecast adds FansToys Long Haul to push his Devastator build to four of six, and Brian lands the big one — a boxed, complete G1 Grand Maximus, the piece he never expected to find. RFC 982.
Radio Free Cybertron 981 – “Twelve Steps (For the Arms)”
The crew digs into a packed news week — Beast Wars 30th Anniversary Predacon Multipack, G2 Stunticons in glorious UV-painted detail, a Vector Prime that turns into a DeLorean, and Blokees Defenders going deep into Beast Wars Neo territory. Plus: John DeLuna’s mother-in-law accidentally scored a $1 1984 Ravage and Rumble that John turned into AFA-graded gold, Don cannot transform Breakaway (12 steps just for the arms), and Brian makes a pilgrimage to a Greensboro, NC toy store and comes home with sealed G2 goods.
Radio Free Cybertron 826 – Radio Free G1 Season 5
This week: All the G1 Season 5 news you could ever want. Is this 1996?!
Radio Free Cybertron 818 – Or, it could be Rock Lords
This week: More inventory listings, more money. Also, because you didn’t ask for it, more RED figures.
Radio Free Cybertron 797 – Free-floating Flaps
This week: 2023 Product Listings data-mined. We all love Earthspark Arcee, and we all love Ben Yee, and Brian likes calendars.
TakaraTomy Reveals Next Studio Series Deluxe Assortment
…I’m sorry, Arcee is *what*?
Radio Free Cybertron 773 – Is Arcee without a backpack even an Arcee?
This week: More from Robosen, but how much will it cost? Also, Don’s disappointment, Cheetor Concept, and Fan First Tuesday.
Radio Free Cybertron 765 – Toy Fair Noise
This week: The Fan First Friday had toys! Sure, we saw most of them before, but we would’ve seen them at Toy Fair. And, hey, a VR game.
RFC News Desk 153 – Pulsecon 2021 Recap
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