First in-package images of Transformers Prime Beast Hunters leave JD Church cold, with spiky retools of last year’s molds. The club teases a movie-themed BotCon 2013, and Kre-O Micro-Changers are coming. The crew rewinds to Headmasters’ Life Can Be Sacrificed for Peace on Earth.
Radio Free Cybertron – 11/24/2012
RFC’s Thanksgiving show digs into the vault. Garry Chalk talks Optimus Primal, dubbing the Unicron Trilogy and “Transformers: it’s better than crack.” Marty Isenberg recalls Beast Machines, Transformers Animated and the season four he still wants to write. Plus Hoist Goes Hollywood and Rob’s take on Beast Hunters.
Radio Free Cybertron – 11/14/2012
The Black Friday ads have almost no Transformers deals, and the crew reads that as a bad sign for the brand. Big Bad Toy Store opens individual pre-orders for the Dark Energon exclusives, and Weaponizer Ultra Magnus is solicited. Plus Operation Beehive and a Rewind of The Core.
Radio Free Cybertron – 10/18/2012
Radio Free Cybertron turns 13. Hasbro reveals Transformers Prime Beast Hunters for 2013, and Takara revives Alternity. Transformers 4 casts new leads, and the crew launches Operation Beehive.
Radio Free Cybertron – 10/11/2012
Beast Hunters is Transformers Prime’s season 3, and Bulkhead gets a Viking helmet. Encore Fortress Maximus and Masterpiece cassette packs are on the way. Aimee gives the Robots in Disguise Annual five stars, and Rewind revisits “Attack from Outer Space.”
Radio Free Cybertron – 09/20/2012
Beast Hunters is revealed as the line refresh for Transformers Prime season three, which may run only 16 episodes. e-Hobby’s Shattered Glass set is completed with Solar Bot, and Prime Voyagers Ultra Magnus and Thundertron hit Hong Kong. The crew rewinds to Beast Wars’ Dark Designs and asks what Transformers 4 means for the brand.
Radio Free Cybertron – 09/13/2012
A leaked South American brand document shows Transformers Beast Hunters is Prime season three, and Generations runs through the 30th anniversary in 2014. Takara plans a yellow Encore Devastator, and Charticon is coming to Charlotte. Plus Carnage in C-Minor, Regeneration One #83 and the Rescue Bots finale.