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Everything from the Radio Free Cybertron network in one feed — the flagship Radio Free Cybertron, The RFC Mini-cast, Being Awesome with Rob Springer, There Goes My Money, and more.
Radio Free Cybertron is the world’s first Transformers podcast — and the world’s first toy and action figure podcast — launched in October 1999. Now approaching episode 1,000, RFC covers Transformers toy news, reviews, and collector discussion every week. We dig into Studio Series, Age of the Primes, Masterpiece, Missing Link, third-party figures, vintage collecting, and the toy industry at large. If it transforms, we’re talking about it.
Being Awesome with Rob Springer brings a lighter, fanzine-style take on Transformers collecting. There Goes My Money tracks the crew’s purchases week to week. The RFC Mini-cast covers breaking news between episodes.
All shows available at tfradio.net. New content every week.
Over 25 years. Nearly 1,000 episodes. Still rolling out.
Car Robots floods alt.toys.transformers with reviews, and Beast Machines debuts Obsidian and Strika. Turin counts down the worst Transformers April Fools’ jokes, Optimus Prime takes a prank call, and Goldimus…
Car Robots reach US import stores days after launching in Japan, and John DeLuna defends Hasbro. Goldimus Prime calls Beast Machines Obsidian a must-have, and Spark War Part 1 debuts…
Beast Machines Thrust, Blackarachnia, Longhorn and Obsidian finally reach Walmart. A third season of Beast Machines is debunked, and Hasbro weighs a new Transformers movie without Bob Skir. Brian Kilby…
McDonald’s preps Beast Machines Happy Meal toys, and Kid Rhino releases Transformers tape volumes 4 through 6. Brian Kilby reviews In Darkest Night and the return of Silverbolt. Zobovor imagines…
Beast Wars story editor Larry DiTillio talks to Turin for 32 minutes about Hasbro keeping the show on Earth, fighting the Transmetal changeover and why Tarantulas was his favorite. John…
Toy Fair 2000 brings at least 11 Beast Machines repaints, and Optimal Optimus returns as Primal Prime. Turin reviews the Fox Kids Cheetor and Tarantulas, and Goldimus Prime reviews Buzzsaw.…
The Beast Machines Dinobot leader is a repainted Ultra Megatron called T-Wrecks. The robot-less Beast Wars Mutants stir controversy as Toy Fair 2000 opens. Brian Kilby reviews Big Convoy, and…
BotCon 2000’s $70 dinner draws complaints, and Hasbro keeps re-releasing Beast Wars deluxes in Fox Kids colors. John DeLuna says Hasbro now banks on collectors. Goldimus Prime gives Beast Machines…
BotCon 2000 registration opens, and a tech spec photo previews Beast Machines Triceradon alongside a likely Ultra Megatron recolor. Goldimus Prime reviews Beast Machines Mirage. Brian Kilby delivers a State…
Takara’s new 2000 Transformers line is Car Robots, not Transformers 2000. Rhino’s Transformers: The Movie DVD gets a remixed soundtrack, and Transformers beat Star Wars in ToyFare’s Toy Tussle. Spooky…
Takara plans a new Transformers series for 2000, led by a fire truck Convoy. RFC hands out its first Year in Review Awards, and John DeLuna names the worst of…
The audio for this January 7, 2000 Radio Free Cybertron is lost. The original show page survives: an interview with Marvel Prime, Karl Volmer of the Marvel Universe: Transformed fan…