Brian Kilby calls Transformers: The Movie a stinker, but “our stinker.” Rhino’s DVD gets a look, Matrix Prime reviews reissue Hot Rod and G1 Soundwave, and Bad Poets Corner takes on Transformers #75.
Radio Free Cybertron – 05/08/00
Beast Machines wraps its TV run, and Brian’s Computer gives the Endgame finale a 4 out of 10. Goldimus Prime reviews Beast Wars Transmetal Optimal Optimus. John DeLuna’s ATT Buzz finds the newsgroup reviewing everything from the Aerialbots to Blackarachnia.
Radio Free Cybertron – 04/14/00
RFC is moving to tfradio.com. Beast Machines Thrust and Blackarachnia turn up at Kmart, and Goldimus Prime gives Striker a 7. Brian rants about the state of alt.toys.transformers and gives Spark of Darkness a 6.
Radio Free Cybertron – 03/25/00
Car Robots reach US import stores days after launching in Japan, and John DeLuna defends Hasbro. Goldimus Prime calls Beast Machines Obsidian a must-have, and Spark War Part 1 debuts Obsidian and Strika. Plus Turin answers TransTalk, and Brian Kilby rants about fans ripping off others’ work.
Radio Free Cybertron – 03/10/00
Beast Machines Thrust, Blackarachnia, Longhorn and Obsidian finally reach Walmart. A third season of Beast Machines is debunked, and Hasbro weighs a new Transformers movie without Bob Skir. Brian Kilby reviews A Wolf in the Fold.
Radio Free Cybertron – 12/17/99
Beast Machines Cheetor, Blackarachnia and Thrust toy pictures surface on ATT, along with spoiler-posting trolls. Turin fills in for Brian, reviews Nightglider and the UK Claw Jaw and Spittor repaints, and settles the Enter the Nightbird debate.
Radio Free Cybertron – 11/19/99
Early Beast Machines toys Mirage, Buzzsaw and Scavenger sold on eBay for $283 combined. BotCon 2000 heads to Fort Wayne, Indiana. Brian reviews the Japanese Beast Wars Metals Ravage, and John DeLuna debuts the ATT Buzz.