Dan Gilvezan, the voice of G1 Bumblebee, makes the case for bringing the original G1 voices back, and Hasbro responds. Plus the TFcon Orlando exclusives, Hasbro’s Q3, a sealed Double Punch and the world’s most annoying rims.
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 804 – Deathsaurus Watch Week 2
An accidentally shipped HasLab Victory Saber reveals stickers, paint slop and a damaged leg ratchet. HasLab Deathsaurus passes 6,000 backers as Japanese preorders open. Rise of the Beasts Airazor wins the crew over, and a Stretch Armstrong Bumblebee appears.
Radio Free Cybertron 645 – Pre-Convention Jitters
A Transformers 35th anniversary endcap hits Walmart, and Takara Tomy lists Studio Series through May 2020. The crew sizes up the TFcon exclusives, led by Ocular Max’s G2 Mirage, and Rob returns after surgery.
Radio Free Cybertron 630 – Party like it’s 2003
Autobot Lancer, the last member of her combiner team, surfaces as a Generations Selects figure ahead of SDCC 2019. Hasbro’s Pulse Premium SDCC party sells out in 15 minutes. Viz announces Transformers: The Manga, and Super7 brings a see-through Super Cyborg Megatron.
Radio Free Cybertron – 355
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.
Radio Free Cybertron – 332
Age of Extinction’s first Optimus Prime toy shows up at NYCC, and the crew is not impressed. KFC’s not-Soundwave brings a Ratbat, and the Headmasters dub gets the Rewind treatment.
Radio Free Cybertron – 328
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.
Radio Free Cybertron – August 11th 2009
Brian reviews the SDCC Soundwave with Ratbat but says skip it at the price. Animated Blackout looks beautiful. Brian explains why RFC is the Transformers Internet Radio Show, the hosts confess fandom misconceptions, and Rob Springer reviews a wildly profane fan comic.