Hasbro lays off about 170 employees, and the crew asks what it means for Transformers. Hasbro finally comments on the Fun Publications credit card breach. The Bot Shots online game launches, and Nicole Hale tours the Last Stand of the Wreckers hardcover.
RFC Saturday post-show live from Botcon!
Hasbro’s BotCon 2010 design panel was G1-a-palooza: Legends Gun Megatron, a treaded Generations Perceptor, Jazz with door speakers and Megatronus of the Thirteen. Headmaster Don finally gets his Arcee, and Stan Bush leads a Hasbro karaoke night.
Radio Free Cybertron – 06/25/10
Transformers Generations Wave 1 hits Toys R Us, and Takara rolls out event-only repaints like G2 Dreadwing and Smokescreen. Ender says War for Cybertron is pure Sunbow and blasts the Exodus novel’s silent Bumblebee. The crew predicts Hasbro’s BotCon reveals.