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 958 – Robot Gore-Sense
Hasbro and Skybound are shopping an adult Energon Universe animated series, and the crew wonders if that means robot gore. Don needs the TFCon-exclusive Ocular Max Megalith, and Hasbro Asia’s Devastator gift set comes with a suitcase. Plus Missing Link Delta Magnus and Brian’s favorite toy of the year.
Radio Free Cybertron 957 – Our 26th Anniversary Episode OR “But, he has a Megatron arm.”
Radio Free Cybertron turns 26 with a fight over the $90 Energon Universe Optimus Prime and its one Megatron arm. NYCC brings feudal Japan Timelines, HasLab Liokaiser in plastic and a Studio Series 86 Thundercracker that won’t blend with Earthrise. Plus Missing Link Arcee love all around.
Radio Free Cybertron 956 – Strategic Omega Prime Reserve
Studio Series 86 Thundercracker shows up in color at the NYCC booth setup, and the crew weighs one more $43 seeker. HasLab Omega Prime replacements arrive with no tooling changes, so Don starts a strategic Omega Prime reserve. Plus Retro Wheelie, Outback and Takara’s Quickstrike.
Radio Free Cybertron 955 – Two flavors of Grimlock
Takara Tomy reveals MPG Soundwave and teases Blaster and Twincast. Auldey shows two flavors of Action Elite Grimlock, while Missing Link Arcee and MPG-15 Rattrap turn up in hand. Plus Seaspray, Venom and the Target four-pack in What We Got This Week.
Radio Free Cybertron 925 – That’s a fumble for Bumble
Toy Fair 2025 brings the first look at Transformers Cyberworld, Hot Wheels crossovers and an all-new Walmart Cybertron Sideways. Missing Link G1 Arcee opens for preorder in two colorways. Hasbro’s CEO warns tariffs will push toy prices higher.
Radio Free Cybertron 919 – 2025 Annual Prediction Show
This week on Radio Free Cybertron, the full crew runs through their 2025 annual predictions — from Masterpiece Jazz (again) to a Studio Series 86 Titan to an A-Team van, with John outsourcing his entirely to ChatGPT. News covers the full Masterpiece Rattrap reveal completing the core Beast Wars Masterpiece five, first looks at Swapitcons, TakaraTomy’s T-Spark Zone Event haul including Nucleon Quest Super Convoy and the AMT-02 Predaking combiner, early Transformers Cyberworld designs, Studio Series 86 Scrapper in hand, and Star Convoy’s surprisingly compelling Micromaster Hot Rod chest rider.
Radio Free Cybertron 918 – 2024 Year in Review
Radio Free Cybertron recaps 2024 in Transformers, from HasLab Omega Prime’s 28,000 backers to Transformers One. Brian wins the predictions scorecard. The RFC Awards crown Studio Series 86 Optimus Prime, Gears, Party Wallop and Missing Link Convoy.
Radio Free Cybertron 901: Nine-Hundred and Transformers: One
Takara Tomy is building Missing Link G1 Arcee and Sunstreaker, and Don has waited decades for this. PulseCon serves up Legacy United redecos, and Walmart’s Transformers Day stream crashes. Brian calls Transformers One the best Transformers movie ever.