Peter Cullen’s passing anchors this week’s show, alongside a Fall of Cybertron Studio Series leak, the Megatron Rising subline, and a What We Got segment led by Diecast’s Bruticus-bound Swindle. Don also loses a 45-minute battle with the Age of Extinction Bumblebee.
Radio Free Cybertron 1002 – Target’s $35 Big-Figs Optimus Prime Is 30 Inches of “How Are They Making Money On This”
Target’s giant $35 Optimus Prime has the crew stumped on the math, Upper Deck is entering the trading card business, and a record-grade case of sealed G1 Soundwaves has everyone debating what they’d even do with it. Plus: Matt’s double Target find, and a Unicron Soldier retool that does not go over well.
Radio Free Cybertron 1001 – Transformers Hits Minecraft, Plus a Mystery Godzilla Collab
Hasbro addresses the fallout from the canceled Target Studio Series MTMTE exclusives this week, while TakaraTomy steps in with a TS-37 Starscream worth getting your pre-order in on. The crew also covers Transformers landing in Minecraft, official photos of Blokees Galaxy Version 11 “The Lost Light,” a possible mystery Godzilla collab, Energon Optimus Prime hitting retail, and in-hand shots of the new Studio Series Blitzwing. In What We Got This Week, Don brings home Herald of Unicron, Megazarak, a boxed Titanium Rodimus Prime, and a combined Bruticus Swindle, while Diecast finally lands the Fans Toys Rambo alongside an SDCC cereal-box Optimus Prime and Jazz.
Radio Free Cybertron 1000 – Forty Years of the Touch, a Thousand Episodes of Us
Episode 1,000 — or 1,001, we lost count on air. Transformers: The Movie turns 40 with theater tickets on sale, Hasbro’s Apology Tour box gets opened, and a Machine Wars Megatron listing surfaces. Plus Studio Series Swindle reviewed, a $1,500 pinball topper betrayal, and a salute to 27 years of contributors.
Radio Free Cybertron 999 – Missing Link Soundwave Doubles Up While Target Cancels Everything
Two Missing Link Soundwaves land this week, Target cancels a wave of MTMTE preorders, and a Predaking repaint gets dubbed “police predicting.” Plus New Legends EarthSpark, a Dark Design Rhinox, and Battersea’s exclusive Powerplex kit. Don’s What We Got haul goes five-deep on Tobot.
Radio Free Cybertron 998 – Four Decades Later, Hasbro Says Sorry With a CG Short
SDCC 2026 gave collectors Alpha Bravo, G2 Wild Rider, Titan Class Dinobot Scorn, IDW Nautica, and a Beast Wars Maximal Collection multipack. It also gave The Transformers: The Movie a brand new post-credits scene forty years late — and the panel is not optimistic. Plus Studio Series 86 Cyclonus in hand, a seven-dollar soccer ball nobody should buy, and Missing Link Ultra Magnus.
Radio Free Cybertron 997 – Hasbro’s Strong Q2, a Stuck Starscream, and a Pinball Machine Brian Can’t Stop Talking About
Hasbro’s Q2 numbers are up, but Transformers didn’t make the highlight reel — and Starscream can’t catch a break at Target. Plus: a Decepticon Monster Jam truck, a Grimlock none of us can afford, and Brian’s new pinball machine obsession.
Radio Free Cybertron 995 – Chris Returns to Fact-Check 30 Years of Botcon History
Chris returns from his hiatus just in time to dissect the new Studio Series Seeker Storm Pack, deliver a masterclass on Sunstorm’s tortured toy history, and immediately fact-check Don’s BotCon ’96 memories. Plus: the crew reacts to the new Beast Wars II Galvatron, a Scooby-Doo crossover that misses the mark, and a Golden Lagoon Optimus Prime none of us will ever own.
Radio Free Cybertron 994 – Here’s Your Gun Megatron
Tonka x Transformers gets its first look, and the Surprise Countdown Calendar hides a gun-mode Megatron. Yolopark’s movie Ironhide shows its colors, Scooby-Doo rumors swirl around leaked Collaborative listings, and Brian buys a pirate ship. Radio Free Cybertron episode 994.
There Goes My Money – Late June 2026
It’s a thin Father’s Day crew, but Brian, Diecast, and our very first patron Kevin Dorsey still dig into a stack of Age of the Primes pre-orders. The Vector Prime Voyager turns up in its Galaxy Force deco, the Megatronus-based Herald of Unicron tempts the leader-class crowd, and the Megazarak repaint of Armada Megatron wins…