MPG-17 Optimus Prime pre-orders are live, and only Diecast took the plunge. Tariffs cloud pre-orders and HasLabs, and Skybound’s Transformers Compendium Kickstarter funds in two minutes. Plus a $3,500 Unicron statue, Earthspark Soundwave and a divisive Studio Series Bonecrusher.
Radio Free Cybertron 929 – I desperately want green Swoop
Leaked 2026 listings tease Leader Big Convoy, G2 Swoop and Sludge, and an 86 Kranix. New tariffs on Vietnam have Brian bracing for Transformers prices up near 50 percent. MPG-17 Optimus Prime Style Gen and the Robosen Flagship Bumblebee get picked apart.
Radio Free Cybertron 928 – Chris Would Know
HasLab Liokaiser funds, but its backer count drops by more than 10,000 overnight. TakaraTomy teases Masterpiece MPG Optimus Prime 4.0 as an MP-10 homage. Blokees reveals Action Edition Soundwave, and Don calls Solus Prime one of his worst Transformers ever.