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 816 – Transformers Tuesday Toy Fair Trade-in (Updated Audio)
Hasbro cuts about 1,000 jobs as it refocuses on core brands. Transformers Tuesday brings Legacy Metalhawk, Twincast and Skyquake, and the Rise of the Beasts toy line gets revealed. Plus Masterpiece Skyfire in hand.
Radio Free Cybertron 814 – They should rename Walmart Ollie’s and just cut out the middle man
A rumored G.I. Joe crossover pairs Sgt. Slaughter with his Triple T, and the crew wants the Warthog. Hasbro Asia’s limited Legacy Menasor five-pack gets its own box. Plus Legacy Evolution Voyagers at retail.
Radio Free Cybertron 805 – Spoiler-free Earthspark Talk
Don and Brian call Transformers: EarthSpark one of the best-made Transformers shows in years. HasLab Deathsaurus nears 9,000 backers as HeroScape fails to fund. Plus a leaked Transformers Rise MMO and a $4,000 Megatron Segway.
Radio Free Cybertron 801 – Anonymous Diecast
Hasbro’s earnings drop its stock to about $65 a share. Forged to Fight shuts down, Hound and Hatchet go Buzzworthy, and Scraphook impresses in hand. Don comes back from his honeymoon with Titan Metroplex, LEGO Optimus Prime and a Minerva wedding gift.
Radio Free Cybertron 799 – Medium Convoy
Galaxy Shuttle leaks as the second Legacy Velocitron leader. PulseCon 2022 brings Core Class Dinobots, Scraphook, Needlenose, Lio Convoy and Tarn. Transformers invade Magic: The Gathering, and Hasbro keeps the movies at Paramount.
Radio Free Cybertron 626 – No One Expects Tokyo Toy Show!
Takara Tomy reveals Generations Selects King Poseidon, a full Seacons combiner, live during the show. MP-47 Hound’s official images show a canvas-roof shield. Plus SDCC speculation, BombusBee’s movie Devastator and Diecast’s Refraktor camera.