The Shizuoka Hobby Show brought a flood of reveals — Gigastorm, Beast Wars II Galvatron, Missing Link Ratchet and Ironhide, and more — but the real bombshell was Stern Pinball announcing a G1 Transformers machine with a transforming Optimus Prime on the limited edition. Also, Don’s Metal Cardbot haul might be the most enthusiastic What We Got in recent memory. Episode 987 has a lot going on.
Radio Free Cybertron 981 – “Twelve Steps (For the Arms)”
The crew digs into a packed news week — Beast Wars 30th Anniversary Predacon Multipack, G2 Stunticons in glorious UV-painted detail, a Vector Prime that turns into a DeLorean, and Blokees Defenders going deep into Beast Wars Neo territory. Plus: John DeLuna’s mother-in-law accidentally scored a $1 1984 Ravage and Rumble that John turned into AFA-graded gold, Don cannot transform Breakaway (12 steps just for the arms), and Brian makes a pilgrimage to a Greensboro, NC toy store and comes home with sealed G2 goods.
Radio Free Cybertron 923 – Twas the Slump Before Toy Fair
This week: Funded.
Radio Free Cybertron 895 – Put the backpack in the trailer
This week: Hasbro details its cost-cutting plan, the new Studio Series 86 Optimus Prime trailer looks great, and a cheap Matrix of leadership you can annoy your friends with.
Radio Free Cybertron 894 – Meat and Cheese Transformers
This week: Oscar Mayer Lunchables are to Transformers, what Armour Star LunchMates are to Gobots. No wonder Don loves the LunchMates.
Radio Free Cybertron 786 – That looks like an electric cat
This week: Legacy Beast Wars Inferno, Legacy Armada Starscream and, uh, more Legacy.