RFC 1006 digs into the $4.15 million 40th anniversary run of The Transformers: The Movie. The panel also tries to make sense of the Optimus Prime: Awakening short. Plus the $29.99 Awakening Bumblebee, a Toys “R” Us comeback, and a second HasLab Liokaiser.
Radio Free Cybertron 996 – Matrix Measuring Contest
Studio Series is going full sandbox, G1 cartoon Coneheads are (eventually) coming, and a made-to-order Seeker set has the crew cautiously optimistic. Plus: 20 years of Classics, 25 years of BotCon memories, and a Metal Cardbot habit that’s officially out of control.
Radio Free Cybertron 983 – 2027 Listings Drop and Don Pays $42 for Sideways, no matter what he says
The 2027 Studio Series listings bring IDW Nautica and IDW Fortress Maximus. Nexus Prime’s limbs may need two Commander frames. Don swears Sideways cost him $17.50, and Brian reminds him it was $42.
Radio Free Cybertron 970 – Our 2026 Prediction Show
Missing Link Grimlock lands at about $120, and MPG-20 Style Gen Hot Rod looks a lot like Studio Series 86 Hot Rod. Target’s Hound and Hot Rod sell out in minutes. Then the crew makes its 2026 predictions, from a Missing Link Rodimus Prime to a Hasbro and Mattel merger.
Radio Free Cybertron 964 – This Voyager should have been an email.
Age of the Primes Commander Onslaught and the full Bruticus debut, and the crew loves the look but not the roughly $240 total. Armada Sideways’ first look lands badly: a small deluxe sold as a $43 Voyager. Plus, Walmart Energon listings, Hot Wheels wave two and Missing Link Delta Magnus.
Radio Free Cybertron 963 – Talk about Random Stuff, and Transformers
Two lost Dreamwave Transformers Energon comics, issues 31 and 32, are finally finished and free to read. The Battersea Power Station Transformers Store turns one with voice actors and a Blokees swap. Plus Auldey’s gorgeous Alpha Action Elite Galvatron and a DHL tariff fee warning.