ElevenLabs is licensing Hasbro’s Transformers characters for commercial AI voice use — and the RFC crew is not entirely sold on it. Also this week: Siege Greenlight is back and up for pre-order, Missing Link Ratchet pre-orders open Friday, and Matt finally has his Haslab Liokaiser. Episode 990 is a full one.
Radio Free Cybertron 969 – 2025 Year in Review
The crew looks back at 2025 in Transformers, from HasLab Liokaiser’s 23,553 backers to HasLab Omega Prime’s breakage woes and big tariff-driven price increases. Matt wins the 2025 predictions scorecard. Then the 2025 RFC Awards crown Prototype Colors Missing Link Arcee as best toy of the year.
Radio Free Cybertron 953 – Transformers Day 2025
Hasbro’s 2026 price increases push Voyager class to $42.99, and the crew asks fans to vote with their wallets, respectfully. Shockwave’s fan-voted sea creature mode is a whale, and Studio Series 86 Soundwave sells out on preorder. Plus a Battersea Titan mascot and an official Transformers Popsicle.
Radio Free Cybertron 930 – Welcome to G1
MPG-17 Optimus Prime pre-orders are live, and only Diecast took the plunge. Tariffs cloud pre-orders and HasLabs, and Skybound’s Transformers Compendium Kickstarter funds in two minutes. Plus a $3,500 Unicron statue, Earthspark Soundwave and a divisive Studio Series Bonecrusher.
Radio Free Cybertron 916 – Battle Embankment
Studio Series 86 Galvatron is hitting U.S. Targets, and the Age of the Primes Trypticon redeco is going to hurt. Exvee hosts as the crew sizes up MP-60 Ginrai and a four-foot W-Resources Metroplex.
Radio Free Cybertron 911 – A Toy of a Trivia Question
Hasbro will no longer finance movies based on its brands and is shifting its focus to gaming. Megatronus the Fallen wins the crew over, Prima becomes a toy of a trivia question, and Cybertron Con exclusives start piling up.
Radio Free Cybertron 907 – Studio Series 86 Devastator
Hasbro’s 10/27 stream gives us our first look at Studio Series 86 Devastator, plus Age of the Primes Megatronus the Fallen. Transformers is a growth brand in Hasbro’s Q3 report, and Takara Tomy unveils Wild King.