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 940 – Extreme Battles of RFC
This week: ExVee gets rained on all preshow and fights Diecast for streaming rights. Oh, and Transformers news and stuff. Brian is out, it’s an Exvee episode.
Radio Free Cybertron 934 – Carscream is an easy pass
This week: Finally! In-hand thoughts on Haslab Omega Prime. Also, Don, have you watched Diecast’s video yet?
Radio Free Cybertron 932 – Low Effort Popples
This week: Puny Diecast get Omega Prime before Don?!! Don biggest RiD fan there is!! Don smash!!!
Radio Free Cybertron 919 – 2025 Annual Prediction Show
This week on Radio Free Cybertron, the full crew runs through their 2025 annual predictions — from Masterpiece Jazz (again) to a Studio Series 86 Titan to an A-Team van, with John outsourcing his entirely to ChatGPT. News covers the full Masterpiece Rattrap reveal completing the core Beast Wars Masterpiece five, first looks at Swapitcons, TakaraTomy’s T-Spark Zone Event haul including Nucleon Quest Super Convoy and the AMT-02 Predaking combiner, early Transformers Cyberworld designs, Studio Series 86 Scrapper in hand, and Star Convoy’s surprisingly compelling Micromaster Hot Rod chest rider.
Radio Free Cybertron 911 – A Toy of a Trivia Question
This week: Good luck with the clear convention exclusive Yolopark AMK Pro Optimus Prime, Diecast.
Radio Free Cybertron 723 – You have to buy them in the Classified ads, you see
This week: The pains of retailer exclusives, Diecast’s Unicron update, discussion of our Hasbro Q&A, and more!
RFC Extra 046 – NYCC with Anthony Brucale
We are finally able to get Anthony on to talk about everything Transformers related from NYCC. Ranging from the lack of information on the upcoming Transformers comics, to the time he got to spend seeing the toys in person, Ant gives his impressions on what he saw. We also gauge his anticipation of the upcoming…
RFC Extra 031: Transformers Design Team Q&A from Toy Fair 2017
This week on RFC – Extra: Diecast and Anthony just got back from Toy Fair 2017 and they’ve provided audio from the Hasbro Q&A which occurred after the product presentation Saturday! Questions were fielded by the Transformers design team from various fan sites in attendance.