Generations Deluxe Rattrap is revealed on the cover of Transformers Collectors’ Club magazine #54. The crew loves how faithful it is to the Beast Wars original. Real photos of Fans Project’s combined not-Menasor arrive, and Brian still hates it. Sega’s 55-inch Transformers: Human Alliance arcade game gets new images, and the 17-inch Ultimetal Optimus Prime is delayed. The comic review says goodbye to Beast Hunters with its final issue. Transformers Rewind covers Bullet Train to the Rescue from Robots in Disguise.
News
Generations Deluxe Rattrap Revealed on the Cover of TFCC Magazine #54
The Collectors’ Club magazine shows Generations Deluxe Rattrap in robot mode. Brian had assumed it would be Transmetal Rattrap and is thrilled it follows the original toy. At the current Deluxe scale, it should match the size of the 1996 figure. The crew loves the little rat feet and hopes the tail can fold away. They also spot a hinge on his forearm, where the cartoon Rattrap kept his gadgets. [Source: not found]
Generations 2014 Wave 1 Hits Walmart
Goldfire Bumblebee, Waspinator, Skids and Dreadwing are reaching Walmart, and some stores have full endcaps. Don explains that Walmart stores can set up their own endcaps, so not every store will look the same. [Source: not found]
Sega Amusements’ Transformers: Human Alliance Arcade Game
New images show a 55-inch theater cabinet for Sega’s Transformers: Human Alliance shooter. Brian expects it to be fun rather than great, and one host plans to try it at Dave & Buster’s. The crew notes how often Hasbro builds attractions around the Human Alliance idea, from the Universal Studios ride to BotCon displays. [Source: not found]
Action Toys Ultimetal UM-01 Optimus Prime Delayed
The 17-inch, roughly $800 Ultimetal Optimus Prime is delayed. The crew wonders whether too few people put down the non-refundable deposit. One host says his MP-10 is all the Optimus Prime he needs. [Source: not found]
Year of the Horse Optimus Prime Looks Better in New Photos
New photos of the Year of the Horse MP-10 show a deeper red and blue that balance the gold. Brian admits Diecast was right and calls it genuinely striking, at $165 from TFSource with free shipping. [Source: not found]
OmegaCon 2014 Registration Opens
Preregistration is open for OmegaCon on Saturday, August 2, 2014, at the Radisson Northeast Philadelphia. Diecast has already preregistered and says last year was a great time. [Source: not found]
Fans Project Shows Its Combined Not-Menasor
Real photos of Fans Project’s combined not-Menasor are out. Brian has disliked it since the gray prototype and still finds the combined mode does not click, especially the not-Motormaster. Another host calls the Stunticons the team most in need of an update and is glad he picked this over TFC’s Uranos. [Source: not found]
Comic News
Aimee reports that the Monstrosity trade paperback may slip to late December on Amazon. Monstrosity motion comic #4 is out on the Madefire app. The Covenant of Primus is now shipping for $59.99, and Aimee has ordered hers. IDW Limited is running a deal a day, including 40 percent off a red label edition.
Q&A with Rob Springer
Stuart Gregory Metcalf asks whether Rob wants more GoBots homages like Fracture. Rob says yes, and he would welcome homages to Zoids, Starriors and M.A.S.K. too. He would love a Classics Leader-1, Turbo or Puzzler. He also recommends Transmasters, the oldest Transformers fan club still running.
Transformers Rewind: Bullet Train to the Rescue
Brian and Chris McFeely revisit Bullet Train to the Rescue from Robots in Disguise. They laugh that the Autobot Brothers work as commuter trains and treat Optimus Prime’s orders as a chore. Chris notes that the dub cut a Japanese engineer’s shocked reaction. They point to Sky-Byte’s endless search for respect. This was the episode scheduled to air on September 11, 2001, and the crew thinks the schedule changes after that hurt the show.
Comic Review: Beast Hunters #8
The reviewers call the final issue of Beast Hunters okay but an awful place to end. They say it is the point where the book should have started, now that Predacons Rising has cleared the continuity. The art takes fewer shortcuts, but the Arcee and Chromia problem remains and one tribute page feels tacky. They expect a new setting after Age of Extinction and hope the creative team gets more chances.
Christmas Episode
Next week is Radio Free Cybertron’s Christmas special. Brian asks listeners to send old Christmas letters asking for Transformers to contact@tfradio.net.
What We Got This Week
Aimee ordered The Covenant of Primus.
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.