Takara Tomy will release a premium G1 Sixshot reissue in August as an Asia-market exclusive, rumored to include leather and chrome. This July 5, 2012 Radio Free Cybertron is a pre-recorded show, with Brian Kilby and JD Church filling in on the TFormers.com News Desk. Transformers Rewind looks at the Beast Wars episode Transmutate. A Fanboy Versus segment raves about More Than Meets the Eye #6.
TFormers.com News Desk
Prime Arms Micron Combiner Gallery
A gallery on the Metari blog shows the Transformers Prime Arms Micron figures in detail, including their combined sword mode. Brian and JD like the build-it-yourself sprues and joke that the alligator turns into a meat cleaver. [Source: Metari blog]
Crossovergen ATF-01 Revealed
Crossovergen showed a full look at its Anime Trailer Force ATF-01, which adds a fire truck trailer to Transformers Animated Optimus Prime. The crew jokes about the ATF name. It’s still a prototype with no release date. [Source: not found]
Fall of Cybertron Soundwave Screenshot
A new in-game screenshot shows Fall of Cybertron Soundwave, loyal to Megatron and distrusted by other Decepticons. The game looks great, but one host wants the toy more. [Source: not found]
Toyworld TW-H01 Hardhead
Fresh off Hegemon, Toyworld revealed TW-H01, its take on the Headmaster Hardhead. The render suggests the head will transform. One host says it doesn’t look like a big improvement over the G1 toy and will pass. [Source: not found]
iGear Not Ratchet and Not Ironhide
iGear’s PP05 medical specialist and its Ironhide homage are due this month for about $100. One host thinks they look better than the Classics Ironhide and Ratchet and may buy them on clearance. [Source: not found]
X-Transbots Powermaster Optimus Homage Sketch
X-Transbots showed a sketch of its own Powermaster Optimus Prime homage. The hosts want to see a figure before they judge. [Source: not found]
Takara Tomy G1 Sixshot Reissue
Takara Tomy will release G1 Sixshot in August, Capow Toys confirmed. It will be an Asia-market exclusive, not part of Encore, with premium packaging rumored to include leather and chrome. Capow says it will be expensive. [Source: Capow Toys]
Fans Project Warbot Assaulter
Fans Project revealed Assaulter, the third Warbot figure and a big jet. One host sees a mix of Valkyrie, Machine Wars and Beast Wars II design, and notes this is the kind of original toy third parties may turn to. [Source: not found]
Transformers Rewind: Transmutate
Rob, Exvee, JD and Aimee discuss the Beast Wars episode Transmutate, where Rampage and Silverbolt compete to befriend a deformed robot from a stasis pod. They call it one of a run of dark episodes after Bad Spark and Code of Hero, made possible by first-run syndication. They praise how complex Rampage is. Silverbolt’s naive belief that anyone can be redeemed comes back in Beast Machines.
The crew finds the episode sad because both sides treat Transmutate as an object instead of a person, and even Rampage sees her as a weapon to control. They note Susan Blu, the show’s voice director, voiced Transmutate.
More Than Meets the Eye #6 on Fanboy Versus
From Fanboy Versus, JD Church, Chris McFeely and Chris Triplett rave about More Than Meets the Eye #6. Rung tries to psychoanalyze Fortress Maximus, who shoots several Autobots in Swerve’s bar and takes Rung and Whirl hostage. Ratchet realizes all the victims are Overlord’s shade of blue.
They love the bar scenes, Trailbreaker’s resentment over his force field and Whirl’s dark backstory. The last-page twist under the ship’s floor gets them excited. Chris McFeely says the book keeps making him like characters he never cared about, and JD calls it a good place for new readers to start.
San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives
Brian reminds listeners that San Diego Comic-Con starts July 14, with exclusives including a Cliffjumper and Terrorcon set on the Prime First Edition mold. One host has preordered the $100 Bruticus set in G2-style colors.
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