Age of Evolution replaces Age of the Primes with Animated Lugnut, Energon Scorponok and G2 Megatron. Flame Toys’ Cyclonus meets a third-party IDW Ultra Magnus. Don falls for an ox-and-cart Optimus Prime.
Radio Free Cybertron 883 – Funko Pop’d Out
Brian and Diecast review the 40th anniversary theater event, where a re-recorded More than Meets the Eye felt like a BotCon script reading. Plus remembering Don Perlin, Comic Edition Straxus, Studio Series 86 Springer and Mattel’s $80 Hot Wheels Optimus Prime.
Radio Free Cybertron 858 – How do we turn this into three dinosaurs?
The crew remembers Peter Spellos, the voice of Sky-Byte. Super7 G2 Megatron’s in-hand photos push most of us away from non-transforming Transformers. Plus the HasLab Deathsaurus unboxing and Magmatron’s Magmasaurus mode.
Radio Free Cybertron 755 – So you’re saying Alligaticon is a $55 footlong?
Super7’s Transformers Ultimates wave 3 brings an official 11-inch Alligaticon, a do-everything G2 Megatron and a Sunbow-style Tarn. Hasbro patents a packaging lock, and Masterpiece Skids and Reboost arrive.
Radio Free Cybertron 708 – 2020 Transformers Year in Review
It’s the 2020 Transformers year in review. The crew hands out the RFC Awards, from Super Megatron’s engineering to Earthrise Arcee’s sad trombone, scores their 2020 predictions and recaps the year month by month.
Radio Free Cybertron 705 – Please state the nature of the podcast emergency
Hasbro reveals RED Bumblebee and Starscream, and Combiner Wars Devastator returns at $150. A Transformers MMO resurfaces with a 2021 date, and Mondo makes a Grimlock tiki mug. Plus Selects G2 Sandstorm and Netflix Soundwave.
Radio Free Cybertron 703 – Help! Send down a lifeline! No, not that one.
Kingdom Wave 2 is fully revealed, from Airazor and Dinobot to Huffer and Inferno, and a leak maps out the rest of the line. Walmart lists RED Megatron and new Netflix Voyagers. Plus the Galactic Odyssey Ratchet and Lifeline set.
Radio Free Cybertron 701 – Don is our Turtle-Fairy
Hasbro surprises with Ultimate X-Spanse, an X-Men Blackbird crossover with a 90s Cyclops robot mode. The Ghostbusters Ectotron returns for Afterlife, Studio Series Dino sells out, and Steven Caple Jr. may direct the next Transformers movie.
Radio Free Cybertron 689 – More Leaks
Transformers Kingdom leaks bring Core Class Rattrap and Deluxe Cheetor and Blackarachnia. Generations Selects G2 Sandstorm and G2 Megatron arrive at midnight, and Black Roritchi glitters in gold. Plus prototype photos of the new Masterpiece Starscream.
Radio Free Cybertron 688 – Don’s Shinies
Generations Selects G2 Megatron leaks early, and the crew calls it just about perfect. Bug Bite is the second Transformers Tuesday reveal, and Studio Series 69 Devastator surfaces. Plus Target listings for Kup and Astrotrain, and Brian’s mint Super Ginrai.