2027 Studio Series listings have dropped, and there’s a lot to unpack — IDW Nautica, IDW Fortress Maximus, Dreamwave Optimus Prime, Marvel Soundwave, and what looks like a full Nexus Prime combiner wave. Plus: Commander Armada Jetfire has arrived, a TakaraTomy web manga finally explains the G2 Stunticons’ colors, and Don pays $42 for Sideways and lives to regret it.
Radio Free Cybertron 982 – Same Transformation, Five Times the Price
Liege Maximo has hit US retail — and Big Convoy is coming with him whether you like it or not. The crew also digs into the Takara Tomy MPG-20 Hot Rod (same transformation, five times the price), and new comparison shots of the G2 Stunticons confirm the Takara set is the one to have — though JT Prime says the Hasbro versions are closer than you think. In What We Got: Diecast adds FansToys Long Haul to push his Devastator build to four of six, and Brian lands the big one — a boxed, complete G1 Grand Maximus, the piece he never expected to find. RFC 982.
Radio Free Cybertron 981 – “Twelve Steps (For the Arms)”
The crew digs into a packed news week — Beast Wars 30th Anniversary Predacon Multipack, G2 Stunticons in glorious UV-painted detail, a Vector Prime that turns into a DeLorean, and Blokees Defenders going deep into Beast Wars Neo territory. Plus: John DeLuna’s mother-in-law accidentally scored a $1 1984 Ravage and Rumble that John turned into AFA-graded gold, Don cannot transform Breakaway (12 steps just for the arms), and Brian makes a pilgrimage to a Greensboro, NC toy store and comes home with sealed G2 goods.
Radio Free Cybertron 978 – One Hundred and Thirty-Three Thousand Dollars
Episode 978 of Radio Free Cybertron is here — Brian, Matt, Don, Rob, and Diecast dig into the vintage auction result that broke the internet (and maybe someone’s bank accounts), then pivot to TakaraTomy’s pricey Overgear Ironhide and Blackout, the Transformers x U.S. Soccer crossover figure nobody asked for, but some of us are buying anyway. Plus: Burger King is doing Transformers kids meal toys, and Brian — owner of a complete 1985 McDonald’s Happy Meal set AND a Checker’s Rhinox— is not playing around about it.
Radio Free Cybertron 914 – “Man, I really hate Hot Wheels”
This week: We hope you like non-transforming Transformers because we’re getting a ton of them.
Radio Free Cybertron 910 – Woo Woo Woo
This week: A Voyager ain’t what it used to be, we have a first look at Age of the Primes Red Alert. Also, Transformers One is on Paramount+! Go! Watch!
Radio Free Cybertron 906 – I Paid Fifty Dollars for Disappointment
This week: Action, equal and opposite ReAction, and G1 Universe Optimus Prime.
Radio Free Cybertron 904 – The Crimes of the Transformation Engineering
This week: A Naruto Transformers Collaboration for the fellow kids out there. Also: More Transformers One Talk.
Radio Free Cybertron 901: Nine-Hundred and Transformers: One
This week: Brian shares some quick non-spoiler thoughts on Transformers One. Oh, and the greatest news item in our 25 years hit, and hit Don HARD.
Radio Free Cybertron 899 – Nondescript Tank Cosplay
This week: Don dies a little bit because of MPG Godbomber.