The SDCC 2015 Combiner Wars Devastator skips G2 for premium G1 colors and purple chrome. Takara builds an all-new deluxe Groove for Unite Warriors Defensor. Exvee calls Hot Spot one of the finest Transformers toys ever, and Platinum Edition Trypticon arrives.
The RFC Mini-cast – 011: How to properly display your toys
Longtime collector Alan joins John to talk Transformers display, from Walmart plastic shelves to custom glass-door bookcases. Tips on fluorescent lighting, makeup-brush dusting, risers and window tinting follow. Plus a sun-faded Alternators Meister and early Combiner Wars praise.
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MakeToys reveals Dystopia, a Metrotitan recolor of Utopia, and the crew taunts Brian mercilessly. The crew remembers Leonard Nimoy, and Australia’s Toy Fair points to Platinum Dinobots and more Masterpiece cars.
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Warbotron’s huge not-Computron and a $400 not-Metroplex push third-party prices higher. Leaked BotCon 2014 souvenirs, two Protectobot box sets and Takara’s new Legends line round out the news. Plus Rob Springer on the Convoy pen and a Robots in Disguise No. 30 review.
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Transformers turns 30 as Marvel’s Transformers #1 marks its anniversary. Age of Extinction toys show up early, and Walmart exclusives revive Beast Wars Terrorsaur. Plus why Jetfire can’t be called Skyfire.
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Radio Free Cybertron reviews Regeneration One #100, the end of the Marvel continuation. The first details land on a new animated series with Bumblebee in charge. Plus Masterpiece Ratbat, a possible Masterpiece Cliffjumper and Ultimetal Megatron.
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Diecast brings back the full Hasbro Toy Fair 2014 presentation: 73 fan-focused Generations items, Leader Jetfire and Sky-Byte. Plus interviews with Hasbro’s Mark Weber and Activision on Rise of the Dark Spark, and Brian remembers JD Church.
Radio Free Cybertron – 344: 2013 Transformers Year in Review
Radio Free Cybertron looks back at a huge 2013, from Metroplex and the Fortress Maximus reissue to a record Masterpiece year and a third-party combiner glut. Plus TFCon Chicago and Masterpiece Wheeljack’s silhouette.
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Masterpiece Ultra Magnus brings trailer armor to MP-10 and preorders open. Kabaya builds Overlord, Costco sells Metroplex for $80, and Brian bets Diecast it never comes to the US.
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Masterpiece G2 Sideswipe gets a Yaniger-inspired face and Brian is smitten. Masterpiece Soundblaster brings Ratbat, and Subscription Service 2.0 reveals Rewind. Plus the Prime Retro Review returns.