MP-46 Blackarachnia’s spider mode is out, and it is not great. Toy World reveals TW-F09 Freedom Leader, a Movie Masterpiece-scale Bumblebee movie Optimus Prime. Plus Siege Barricade, Cyberverse Spark Armor and another FansToys Phoenix sellout.
Radio Free Cybertron 617 – More Blot Before Unicron
TakaraTomy reveals Generations Selects Star Convoy and Super Megatron, and a Snaptrap tease puts Seacons before Unicron. MP-44 slips to August, and Big Powered splits the crew.
Radio Free Cybertron 616 – There Went Our Money
MP-43 Beast Wars Megatron lands for four of the crew, and the T. rex mode steals the show. Big Powered photos reveal Dai Atlas’s flat legs, and Banana Force reveals an unofficial Fire Convoy.
Radio Free Cybertron 612 – Brian Free Cybertron
Siege Deluxe Barricade debuts at Australia Toy Fair, a Smokescreen redeco drawn from Guido Guidi’s fan art. Siege Wave 2 hits stores, and Exvee reviews Soundwave and Starscream with Brian out sick.
Radio Free Cybertron 596 – Botbots are our anti-drug
BotBots are here, and Brian is smitten with King Toots, Unicone and the rest. Diecast finally shares his NYCC hands-on with Siege. Plus Go-Bots #1, Star Trek vs. Transformers #2 and a $3.73 Kmart knockoff haul.
Radio Free Cybertron 591 – It’s NYCC And Diecast Did A Good Job
Hasbro’s NYCC 2018 event finally shows off Siege Decepticons, and Diecast saw them in person. Shockwave steals the show, Brunt wins hearts and an Omega Supreme tank teases a 2019 Titan. Plus Legends Big Powered, and Chris hosts.
Radio Free Cybertron 573 – Crack-up Gets You Hooked
TFU.info’s Ant reveals he was a consulting producer on The Toys That Made Us Transformers episode. Takara shows off Studio Series Jazz, Lockdown, Megatron and Brawl. Street Fighter II x Transformers two-packs arrive in hand, and Diecast raves about X-Transbots Crackup.
Radio Free Cybertron 567 – Don’t know about you but I collect toys
A 13-dollar Trypticon sighting at Ollie’s sends fans hunting. Maketoys reveals unofficial Masterpiece Skywarp and Thundercracker, Cyberverse Ultra and Ultimate packaging lands, and TakaraTomy recalls Encore God Fire Convoy.
Radio Free Cybertron 563 – We’re going to save the toy industry, maybe
Toys R Us starts liquidating, and a company plans to bring back KB Toys. Don, a former KB employee, weighs in. Flame Toys’ licensed Tarn and the Encore God Fire Convoy round out the news.
Radio Free Cybertron 560 – 120 Minutes of Awesome in a 69 Minute Podcast
Impactor wins the Generations fan vote, and Hasbro hints War for Cybertron will mine G1 Cybertronian modes. Studio Series Grimlock wins over everyone but Matt, and Toys R Us UK enters administration.