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Radio Free Cybertron 934 – Carscream is an easy pass

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HasLab Omega Prime is finally in hand, and Diecast has the fix for that fragile chest. Hasbro price increases hit after May 8, and Skybound’s Transformers Kickstarter sets an all-time comics record. Plus Age of the Primes Sky-Byte, Heatwave and an easy pass on Carscream.

Radio Free Cybertron 933 – Half the price and all plastic

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HasLab Omega Prime arrives with breakage and yellowing reports, and Hasbro already has a replacement process. Age of the Primes Sideways turns out shockingly big, and Yolopark’s AMK Series goes all plastic at half the price. Plus Wild King Energy Beasts wave 2 and Dr. Wu’s best-ever Broadside.

Radio Free Cybertron 932 – Low Effort Popples

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The crew remembers G1 box artist David Schleinkofer. HasLab Omega Prime is shipping, and Diecast might get his before Don. Plus Transformers x NFL wave 1, a two-minute Supreme Optimus Prime sellout and low-effort Popples from TeeTurtle.

Radio Free Cybertron 931 – It’s probably Sunbow’s fault

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Missing Link Grimlock and Ultra Magnus are rumored, and the crew wonders how Takara will articulate them. Studio Series Devastator nears completion, odd leg and all, which is probably Sunbow’s fault. Plus Age of the Primes Vortex in Canada and a Supreme Optimus Prime promo.

Radio Free Cybertron 930 – Welcome to G1

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MPG-17 Optimus Prime pre-orders are live, and only Diecast took the plunge. Tariffs cloud pre-orders and HasLabs, and Skybound’s Transformers Compendium Kickstarter funds in two minutes. Plus a $3,500 Unicron statue, Earthspark Soundwave and a divisive Studio Series Bonecrusher.

Radio Free Cybertron 929 – I desperately want green Swoop

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Leaked 2026 listings tease Leader Big Convoy, G2 Swoop and Sludge, and an 86 Kranix. New tariffs on Vietnam have Brian bracing for Transformers prices up near 50 percent. MPG-17 Optimus Prime Style Gen and the Robosen Flagship Bumblebee get picked apart.

Radio Free Cybertron 928 – Chris Would Know

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HasLab Liokaiser funds, but its backer count drops by more than 10,000 overnight. TakaraTomy teases Masterpiece MPG Optimus Prime 4.0 as an MP-10 homage. Blokees reveals Action Edition Soundwave, and Don calls Solus Prime one of his worst Transformers ever.

Radio Free Cybertron 927 – At OnlyDons.com

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TakaraTomy reveals Transformers Wild King, a combining animal-robot line the crew calls a successor to Power Core Combiners. HasLab Liokaiser unlocks every tier, and Robosen sketches out a fully robotic Devastator. Age of the Primes wave one finally hits shelves.

Radio Free Cybertron 926 – We couldn’t come up with a better title than “Gao Gai Gardner”

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HasLab Omega Prime reaches New Zealand backers, and the photos leave some of the crew happy they skipped it. HasLab Liokaiser passes 16,000, and Triple Takeover in-hand photos reignite the Siege detail debate. Hasbro reissues Nova Prime and Nacelle.

Radio Free Cybertron 925 – That’s a fumble for Bumble

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Toy Fair 2025 brings the first look at Transformers Cyberworld, Hot Wheels crossovers and an all-new Walmart Cybertron Sideways. Missing Link G1 Arcee opens for preorder in two colorways. Hasbro’s CEO warns tariffs will push toy prices higher.

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