The crew of History on the Fives works through five weeks of Transformers history spanning January 1st through February 7th, covering anniversaries from 1923 all the way to 2023. Along the way: the death of G1 composer Ichiro Mizuki, and the passing of voice actor Milt Jamin. The panel digs into the G2 Dreadwing and Smokejumper Japan exclusive, the UK Marvel Legacy of Unicron storyline, the Headmasters finale two-parter and the consultant who killed Ultra Magnus, and the first recorded fandom use of the term “G1.” On the comics side, the IDW license expiration gets its first airing and the Target: 2006 trade paperback sparks a discussion of how the UK Marvel comic kept the story moving between US issues. Toy releases covered include the Downtown comedy duo Cerebros set, the Encore Devastator anime color version, and a full slate of Takara Tomy January 2013 releases. The episode closes on Beast Wars and the February Headmasters entries.
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.
Radio Free Cybertron – 07/21/00
BotCon 2000 is a week away, and the Transformers: The Movie screening has been cut to one showing. John DeLuna’s ATT Buzz sizes up Car Robots Black Convoy and Baldigus, plus the latest Rebirth flame war. Turin and Rattrap007 take opposite sides on GoBots, and Daniel Sauvé of rec.toys.transformers.moderated joins Brian Kilby.