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 832 – We talk about pictures of toys in boxes
Rise of the Beasts brings an animatronic Optimus Primal and auto-transforming RC figures. The G2 Toxitron Collection opens with Mirage, and Hasbro says Transformers is up 9%. Plus Legacy Armada Megatron and Brian’s orange G2 Devastator.
Radio Free Cybertron – June 15th 2011
BotCon calls out Transformers knockoffs, and the crew asks what third-party toys mean for the hobby. The Hub’s ratings disappoint, some Leader Ironhide heads are glued in place, and Shia LaBeouf is done. JD hosts, iGear’s Impactor wins the crew over, and RFC names its BotCon contest winner.