HasLab Unicron jumps past 5,200 backers once Hasbro adds international partners. A late goatee chin and tiny Galvatron reveal leave the crew wishing for more. Siege Omega Supreme shows up in hand, and Studio Series Shockwave brings Wheelie.
Radio Free Cybertron – 490: 17th Anniversary Show!
Radio Free Cybertron turns 17. Hasbro shows a giant Trypticon leg, MP-32 Optimus Primal gets gorgeous new photos, and Legends Leo Prime brings back Lio Convoy. Iron Factory’s Lord Scorpion gets new photos too.
The RFC Mini-cast – 053: Titans Returned
Matt has nearly all of Titans Return waves 1 and 2. Fortress Maximus beats Metroplex, Rewind wins the Legends and Stripes loses. Galvatron’s cannon mode is nailed, and the Titan Masters are more fun than expected.
Radio Free Cybertron – 477
Hasbro’s Generations Liokaiser set gets its best look yet, and a surprise Toys R Us Robots in Disguise wave brings a new Starscream. John Barber steps down as IDW editor. Plus Titans Return Legends: Wheelie shines, Stripes does not.
Radio Free Cybertron – 470
Masterpiece MP-25L Loudpedal turns a Finland-only black Diaclone Trax into a Tokyo Toy Show exclusive. Combiner Wars Groove sells out in hours, and Comixology Unlimited adds a pile of IDW Transformers comics. Plus Toy World’s unofficial Springer.
Radio Free Cybertron – 455
The crew recaps Toy Fair 2016, from Titans Return Fortress Maximus and Mindwipe to Legends Wheelie and a block-model Trypticon. Masterpiece Optimus Primal gets alternate faces, and Bloomberg confirms a Transformers movie every year through 2019.
Radio Free Cybertron – 453
A BotCon 2016 promo teases a Beast Wars Megatron that may use the old Gigatron mold. Masterpiece Optimus Primal shows swappable faces, MP-28 Hot Rod disappoints, and Nuremberg reveals Legends Wheelie and Apeface. Matt is surprised to like MP Ironhide.
Radio Free Cybertron – 434
BotCon 2016 heads to Louisville, Kentucky, in April. Hasbro’s NYCC panel will preview the Combiner Wars animated series. A Year of the Monkey Optimus Primal is hideous and wanted, and Masterpiece Tracks and Road Rage slip two months.
Radio Free Cybertron – 325
The Charticon 2013 panel asks how fans reshaped Transformers, from Transmasters to third-party Predakings. Why do fans build toys but not cartoons? Plus a live prize drawing.
Radio Free Cybertron – 11/07/2012
What if Disney bought Hasbro? The crew debates the rumor after the Lucasfilm deal. Plus the new Masterpiece Optimus Prime, Takara’s Reflector and Hardhead retools, Toy World’s Throttlebot combiner and Regeneration One #85.