A San Diego Comic-Con video teases Unicron for Transformers Prime, and IDW announces Transformers 81, another continuation of the Marvel G1 comic. This July 27, 2011 Radio Free Cybertron also covers Dark of the Moon nearing $900 million worldwide and the Beast Wars complete series heading to retail. Brian Kilby, Exvee, Weebo, John DeLuna and JD Church review the Transformers Prime episode Partners. The crew then picks through the Comic-Con toy reveals.
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Beast Wars Complete Series Heads to Retail
Shout! Factory’s Beast Wars complete series box set, formerly exclusive to its online store, reaches regular retail November 1 for $55. One host who paid for the old Rhino season sets feels a little violated. The crew debates whether season three is worth owning, and one host calls Optimal Optimus a gimmick. [Source: not found]
Dark of the Moon Nears $900 Million Worldwide
Dark of the Moon has grossed almost $900 million worldwide. It also had the biggest opening ever for an American film in China this past weekend. [Source: not found]
Toys R Us Sells Masterpiece Rodimus Above MSRP
Toys R Us put the Hasbro Masterpiece Rodimus on sale at $60, above the $50 MSRP, and it sold out. One host has broken his Takara version twice and hears Hasbro’s is sturdier. [Source: not found]
San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Show Up Online
One host snagged the G.I. Joe Sky Striker in Starscream colors, mostly for the FHE-style box. The Matrix-packaged Optimus Prime didn’t sell out at the show. One host says it uses an old Classics battle-set mold and isn’t worth much. [Source: not found]
Third-Party Devastator Projects
Pictures of the third-party Hercules not-Devastator are out, with the first piece at about $80 before shipping. One host thinks one third party’s not-Constructicons nail a modern take on the G1 toys. He likes that Hercules integrates the combiner parts, but its first robot mode looks rough. He’d rather see a third-party Piranacon. [Source: TFormers.com]
TFormers.com’s Comic-Con Coverage
Weebo points listeners to TFormers.com’s Comic-Con galleries and its roundtables with the Transformers Prime crew. Those included Jeff Kline, Mike Vogel, Duane Capizzi and character designer Jose Lopez.
Transformers Prime: Partners
Starscream offers to join the Autobots and admits he killed Cliffjumper, which he keeps from Arcee. One host jokes that Arcee keeps getting her partners killed. The crew is surprised she hands Starscream the key to his restraints before fighting him. Bumblebee playing dead after Airachnid’s immobilizer is a highlight. The crew calls Prime hit or miss, with stakes that haven’t grown and a gadget of the week. One host blames the CG budget for the limited new characters.
RFC Twitter Theater: Bike!
In a recorded segment, Rob picks the G1 clip where Sparkplug kicks Rumble off and leaps into the water yelling “Bike!” for Spike. He credits it to Fight or Flee, since nobody remembers what happened in that episode.
From the Chat
John reports the chat wants the Hercules Devastator but can’t afford it, and the crew asks why third parties keep returning to Devastator. One host calls him G1’s crappiest combiner, famous mainly for the movie. The chat also lists Prime’s loose threads, including zombie Skyquake, Wheeljack and Makeshift. The crew also names underused combiners, including Defensor and Abominus.
Comic-Con Recap
A Comic-Con video teases Unicron for Transformers Prime. The crew expects all of season two to build to him. IDW also announced Transformers 81, picking up the Marvel G1 comic after a time jump. One host doubts it reaches 12 of its planned 20 issues, and wishes for a story right after G2 #12 instead. Another will start buying the two new ongoings, More Than Meets the Eye and Robots in Disguise. The crew proposes an online campaign for an Animated comic. The crew likes the Prime toy reveals, and one host singles out Bulkhead and a boxy zombie Cliffjumper. Generations returns with Sky Shadow, the renamed Black Shadow, and Junk Heap, the third head made with Wreck-Gar’s mold. Human Alliance Soundwave comes with Patrick Dempsey’s character.
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