Masterpiece Ultra Magnus with his trailer armor goes up for preorder on Radio Free Cybertron 331. The Superhero Time crew hosts while Brian recovers. Kabaya announces Overlord and Brainmaster model kits, and Costco sells Generations Metroplex for $80. Mastermind Creations teases its not-Overlord Carnifex, and Unique Toys shows its not-Galvatron from behind. Brian and Diecast make a bet on a US release of Masterpiece Ultra Magnus, and the crew rewinds the G1 episode Changing Gears.
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Masterpiece Ultra Magnus with Trailer Announced
Big Bad Toy Store opens preorders for MP-22 Masterpiece Ultra Magnus, built around the MP-10 Optimus Prime mold with trailer armor. The crew’s reaction is a unanimous meh. One host sees Takara chasing third-party popularity, while another thinks Takara wants a high-end line like Hot Toys. A 2011 hand-built prototype by Takara designer Shogo Hasui suggests how it might work. [Source: not found]
Kabaya Overlord and Brainmaster Kits Coming in December
Kabaya’s next candy-toy model kit series builds Overlord and the Brainmasters, about six kits in all. One host notes they are cheap impulse items sold next to the register in Japan. JD wants a set and needs a friend who can paint. [Source: not found]
Costco Sells Generations Metroplex for $80
Costco stores have Metroplex for $80, with sightings in Arizona and elsewhere. The crew calls it the best deal until the figure hits Ross. [Source: not found]
Mastermind Creations Carnifex Concept Art
A Mastermind Creations designer posts CG concept art for Carnifex, an IDW-based not-Overlord. One host would pick it over the giant Nova Lord, given the company’s strong reviews. [Source: not found]
Unique Toys Teases Dark Lord Messiah
Unique Toys teases its not-Galvatron, Dark Lord Messiah, with a rear view. The crew thinks it already looks better than the Classics Galvatron and wonders why no third party has made one before. [Source: not found]
Predacons Rising Airs on The Hub
Predacons Rising airs on The Hub this Friday, followed by the Blu-ray and DVD on October 8. RFC recorded a commentary track that it will post Tuesday night.
Subscription Service Billing Starts Unannounced
The third billing for the first Subscription Service started with no notice, and Brian’s prepaid card was declined. The crew calls this unconfirmed beyond Brian and wonders whether he will lose Ultra Mammoth.
Comic Release Dates Slip a Week
Robots in Disguise #21 moves to October 9 and More Than Meets the Eye #22 to October 16. Battle Unicorn was also briefly back in stock. [Source: not found]
Q&A with Rob Springer
A listener asks what the next Transformers show will be and whether more Cybertron games are coming. Rob expects the next series to start with a special, as Animated and Prime did, within the Aligned setting. He thinks another Cybertron game is likely, possibly set off Cybertron or on Earth.
The Masterpiece Ultra Magnus Bet
Brian bets that Masterpiece Ultra Magnus will be too big and costly for a US release. Diecast and most of the crew disagree. If no US release is announced by Charticon 2015, Brian wins. The loser must wear a shirt at Charticon saying he lost the bet. One host suspects Big Bad Toy Store’s announcement is testing the waters.
Transformers Rewind: Changing Gears
Brian, Diecast, Don and Matt rewind the G1 episode Changing Gears. Brian loves it because Gears is such a cantankerous character and the plot is so unabashedly silly. Don dislikes it, calling the solar needle science absurd even for G1. Diecast, watching for the first time, says Gears had more personality than any G1 character he has seen. Another host praises season 2’s focus episodes for character development.
Radio Free Cybertron is the world's first and oldest toy and action figure podcast — broadcasting from the heart of the Transformers fan community since October 1999. What started as a scrappy fan show has grown into an institution, with nearly 1,000 episodes and over 25 years of coverage. Every week, host Brian Kilby and the RFC crew dig into the latest Transformers news, toy reveals, collecting, and everything hitting shelves from Hasbro, Takara, and beyond. No fluff, no hype — just informed, passionate collectors who have been doing this longer than anyone else on the planet. The original. The longest running. Till all are one.