Age of the Primes Swindle looks like a deluxe sold at a $43 Voyager price, and the crew is not happy about it. Robosen’s Flagship Soundwave lands at $1,399, and Sideways needs partsforming to wear his Mini-Con heads. Plus, Blokees teases a tiny Defender Beast Wars Megatron.
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 688 – Don’s Shinies
Generations Selects G2 Megatron leaks early, and the crew calls it just about perfect. Bug Bite is the second Transformers Tuesday reveal, and Studio Series 69 Devastator surfaces. Plus Target listings for Kup and Astrotrain, and Brian’s mint Super Ginrai.
Radio Free Cybertron 501: Transformers 5, 6 Springers and 7 Years of Paying Off Your Credit Cards
RFC kicks off 2017 with the crew’s predictions, from a Unite Warriors Liokaiser to Titans Return Dinobots. Hasbro reveals Movie Masterpiece Bumblebee and Shadow Spark Optimus Prime, and MP-38 is Optimus Primal again. Plus the sixth unofficial Springer and a two-part Omega Supreme.
Radio Free Cybertron – 499: A Kup of Hope, but only half a Kup of Paint
Ben Yee reviews Titans Return Kup in the final collectors’ club magazine, and it needs paint. Exvee maps out Deluxe wave 4. God Bomber, MP Dirge and a $55 Fortress Maximus at Ross round out the week.
Radio Free Cybertron – 498
Titans Return Sixshot is in hand, and Chris and Diecast weigh its looks against its loose joints. Leader Class Sky Shadow, the Overlord pretool, shows up in hand, and a surprise Topspin box appears. Toy World’s unofficial Masterpiece Arcee gets torn apart.
Radio Free Cybertron – 497: Last Knight Trailer Analysis and Godbomber is Love
The Last Knight trailer drops, and the crew dissects Unicron hints and a purple-eyed Optimus Prime. Takara’s God Bomber steals hearts. MP-37 Artfire, the Power of the Primes vote and e-Hobby Magna Convoy round out the week.
Radio Free Cybertron – 479: Waxing Nostalgic
DX9’s Mightron arrives and the crew asks whether third-party Masterpiece Megatron has peaked. Hasbro trademarks Prime, Wonderfest Summer 2016 shows Masterpiece Cheetor in color, and Brian relives the OTFCC 2003 dance party.
Radio Free Cybertron – 478
Platinum Edition Combiner Wars Liokaiser lands as a $110 Entertainment Earth exclusive at SDCC 2016. Machinima’s Combiner Wars casts Jon Bailey as Optimus Prime, IDW renames its comics, and Diecast calls MakeToys’ Despotron the best third-party figure ever.
Radio Free Cybertron – 476
Titans Return Wave 1 hits stores, and the crew reviews it all, from Crashbash to Blaster and Fortress Maximus. Legends Super Ginrai is set for November, and Unique Toys shows tiny unofficial Headmasters.