Big Bad Toy Store shows a G2-themed Transformers Ultimate Gift Set with Motormaster and Thundercracker redecos. eHobby and the Collectors’ Club team up on a Shattered Glass Soundwave vs. Blaster set with Slugfest. Plus Year of the Dragon Optimus Prime, Rescue Bots and a Triple Takeover rewind.
Radio Free Cybertron – 05/31/2012
A Masterpiece Thundercracker turns up on a Toys R Us planogram, and a possible G2-style Bruticus surfaces in Asia. The BotCon 2012 Invasion box set sells out in Japan in 30 minutes. Plus a third-party roundup, Robots in Disguise #5 and Rescue Bots’ The Return of Dinobot.
Radio Free Cybertron – 04/19/2012
Fall of Cybertron gameplay video shows Grimlock in action, and Takara’s Prime lineup includes a Unicron. The crew previews BotCon 2012 and its third-party ban. Aimee rates More Than Meets the Eye #4 five stars, and Rob wonders what a G2 cartoon would have looked like.
Radio Free Cybertron – June 2nd 2010
BotCon 2010’s Rapido gets a brand-new head, and the crew calls it pure love. New Seacons surface and Takara’s 2010 Unicron goes full Transformers: The Movie. The crew shares a BotCon survival guide, from budgets to deodorant.
Radio Free Cybertron – 03/24/10
BotCon 2010 goes Generation 2, and the crew thinks it’s the perfect convention theme. New Power Core Combiners photos win over the skeptics, and Last Stand of the Wreckers #3 gets raves. Chris McFeely, Hey Mickey and TFG1Mike join a deep dive on the G2 comic, toys and cartoon.
Radio Free Cybertron – 8/06/01
The first Transformers: Robots in Disguise promo has aired on Fox Kids ahead of the September 8 premiere. Brian Kilby plays the audio and offers a short show. Then it’s Turin’s Greatest Hits: two Cartoon Viewing Club reviews, a canon editorial and an awesome rating for G2 Inferno.
Radio Free Cybertron – 11/04/00
John DeLuna returns to the ATT Buzz with eToys sending Skydive instead of Beast Machines Noble. He dives into Generation 2 collecting, calls Magmatron a useless brick, and doubts BotCon can grow past 1,500 fans.
Radio Free Cybertron – 07/08/00
BotCon is less than a month out, and confirmation mail is on its way. Goldimus Prime reviews a stack of G2 toys in five minutes, then gives Beast Wars Transmetals for PlayStation an 8. John DeLuna roasts G1’s worst robots in disguise.
Radio Free Cybertron – 06/16/00
Ain’t It Cool News claims a new Beast Machines-era series is coming, and Benchpress Comics folds. John DeLuna weighs Car Robots against Beast Machines, Turin calls G2 Inferno awesome, and the Computer Saga finally ends.