Radio Free Cybertron

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Radio Free Cybertron 940 – Extreme Battles of RFC

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Hasbro cuts about 150 more jobs, and the crew debates what an IP-focused Hasbro means for Transformers. Transformers lands in PUBG Mobile, and the Infantry watch Kickstarter blows past its goal. Plus Micronus Prime, Venin and a heavily retooled Studio Series Perceptor.

Radio Free Cybertron 939 – Something Basically Perfect Here

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Micronus Prime steals the June Hasbro Pulse stream, ahead of a new-mold Alpha Trion, Onyx Prime and Selects G2 Snarl and Slag. Target’s Age of the Primes four-pack wins over most of the crew. Chris calls the new Sky-Byte basically perfect.

Radio Free Cybertron 938 – Extremely Early 1900s Dinosaur Science

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JT Prime drops a mountain of 2026 Transformers listings, from Voyager Swindle to a Studio Series Titan and sleep-mode Optimus Prime. The first Cyberworld trailer lands, and Studio Series 86 Megatron splits the crew. Then nearly everyone opens the Amazon Ironfist vs. Carnivac set.

Radio Free Cybertron 937 – But Now It Glows

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LEGO Soundwave reportedly lands August 1 with 1,502 pieces and a working sound brick. Hot Wheels Color Shifters Tracks and a glow-in-the-dark Cyberglow Megatron tempt the crew. Dr. Wu’s Slugfest and Overkill steal the third-party spotlight.

Radio Free Cybertron 935 – A Robot Underneath a Jet Skin

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Takara Tomy’s Shizuoka Hobby Show 2025 reveals take over, from Shield D Prime to the Macross 7 crossover Basara Prime. The crew sizes up the Adamas Machina Predaking, MPG-18 Hauler and a bigger-than-expected MPG-17 Optimus Prime. Plus Auldey, Blokees and a $60 Perfect Effect score.

Radio Free Cybertron 934 – Carscream is an easy pass

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HasLab Omega Prime is finally in hand, and Diecast has the fix for that fragile chest. Hasbro price increases hit after May 8, and Skybound’s Transformers Kickstarter sets an all-time comics record. Plus Age of the Primes Sky-Byte, Heatwave and an easy pass on Carscream.

Radio Free Cybertron 933 – Half the price and all plastic

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HasLab Omega Prime arrives with breakage and yellowing reports, and Hasbro already has a replacement process. Age of the Primes Sideways turns out shockingly big, and Yolopark’s AMK Series goes all plastic at half the price. Plus Wild King Energy Beasts wave 2 and Dr. Wu’s best-ever Broadside.

Radio Free Cybertron 932 – Low Effort Popples

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The crew remembers G1 box artist David Schleinkofer. HasLab Omega Prime is shipping, and Diecast might get his before Don. Plus Transformers x NFL wave 1, a two-minute Supreme Optimus Prime sellout and low-effort Popples from TeeTurtle.

Radio Free Cybertron 931 – It’s probably Sunbow’s fault

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Missing Link Grimlock and Ultra Magnus are rumored, and the crew wonders how Takara will articulate them. Studio Series Devastator nears completion, odd leg and all, which is probably Sunbow’s fault. Plus Age of the Primes Vortex in Canada and a Supreme Optimus Prime promo.

Radio Free Cybertron 929 – I desperately want green Swoop

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Leaked 2026 listings tease Leader Big Convoy, G2 Swoop and Sludge, and an 86 Kranix. New tariffs on Vietnam have Brian bracing for Transformers prices up near 50 percent. MPG-17 Optimus Prime Style Gen and the Robosen Flagship Bumblebee get picked apart.

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