Transformers Collectors Club memberships will end with 2016, and Fun Publications may be losing the license. Takara Tomy’s Masterpiece Optimus Primal design model fuels a wish list. James Roberts and More Than Meets the Eye win Comics Alliance Awards.
The RFC Mini-cast – 017: What’s so great about Masterpiece?
John doesn’t get Masterpiece Transformers, so Diecast and Headmaster Don make the case. They revisit the first ten releases, defend MP-05 Megatron and name Masterpiece Grimlock a near-definitive figure. Then each picks the best first Masterpiece for a newcomer.
Radio Free Cybertron – 419
BotCon 2015 pre-registration opens three weeks out and keeps crashing. A poster reveals the SDCC Combiner Wars Devastator, black Combiner Hunters Arcee samples surface, and Platinum Edition Trypticon appears in box. Plus Hot Spot in hand.
Radio Free Cybertron – 417
TFSource repaints its MP-23 Exhaust stock for US sale without warning buyers. MP-26 Road Rage shows off her red deco, Leader Starscream gets a crown, and Takara’s Ultra Magnus comes with Alpha Trion.
Radio Free Cybertron – 414
MP-26 Road Rage surfaces in Figure King with a new head and slimmer parts. BotCon 2015 reveals Shattered Glass Stepper and a Breakdown-mold Megatron, and Hasbro sets Transformers 5 for 2017. Plus Brian’s free Masterpiece Exhaust.