RFC 608Feb 8, 2019
Free Toys Is A Nice
Siege Omega Supreme leads Hasbro’s Toy Fair 2019 previews, with Mirage, Impactor and an $80 Commander Class Jetfire that is really Skyfire. Plus the MP-45 Bumblebee rumor, MP-18+ Bluestreak and…
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Radio Free Cybertron
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, with a crew of longtime fans who’ve been in the hobby for decades.
Each episode digs into the latest Transformers toy reveals, pre-orders, in-hand reviews, and releases — from Hasbro’s Studio Series and Age of the Primes to TakaraTomy’s Masterpiece and Missing Link lines, third-party figures, and vintage collecting. We track the toy industry, follow the deals, debate the prices, and share what we’re actually buying. If it transforms, we’re talking about it.
Hosted by Brian Kilby. New episodes every week at tfradio.net.
Over 25 years. Nearly 1,000 episodes. Still rolling out.
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RFC · Aired Feb 1, 2019Audio onlyRFC Daily Update 057 – You’ve Golden Lagooned My Soundwave
On today’s RFC Daily update we have news of an upcoming Golden Lagoon edition of Soundwave, as well as two new reissue cassette sets!
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RFC 607Jan 31, 2019Toy Fair Prediction With a Side of Botbots
Movie Masterpiece Jazz and Megatron are revealed, and Bumblebee earns an extension in China. Encore Big Convoy shines, and Siege Galaxy Convoy’s truck mode leaks. Plus the crew’s Toy Fair…
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RFC 606Jan 24, 2019Smarty-pants Space Chicken
Siege’s wave 2 Leader is a Galaxy Convoy homage, and Shockwave ships again. Siege Ironhide towers over the Deluxes, and Toyworld unveils a Legends-scale Transmetal Megatron. Plus, when did Transformers…
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RFC 605Jan 17, 2019Annual Prediction Show
It’s the 2019 prediction show: Brian calls Hound the last new Masterpiece, and Matt bets on Titan Class Scorponok. Don and Diecast eye a Transformers HasLab. Plus color-change BotBots and…
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RFC 604Jan 10, 2019Red Swoop is Red
G1 is back: reissue Soundwave and Buzzsaw are revealed, and Warpath and Gears join Walmart’s lineup. Bumblebee nears $300 million worldwide, and Hasbro Toy Shop is closing. Plus in-hand Siege…
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RFC 603Jan 2, 2019
2018 Transformers Year in Review
It’s our 2018 Transformers Year in Review! From the closing of Toys R Us, the ending of Power of the Primes, the beginnings of the War for Cybertron, Botbots, Bumblebee,…
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RFC 602Dec 27, 2018HasCons, Counterfeits, and Bumblebee Spoilers
HasCon 2019 is postponed until further notice, and Bumblebee opens third at the box office. A Chinese court sides with Hasbro on counterfeits, and MP-36+ Megatron’s toy deco splits the…
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RFC 601Dec 21, 2018Execution by Submarine
Siege Greenlight and Dazlestrike are revealed, and IDW’s new comic heads back before the war. Studio Series reveals Cybertron-mode Optimus Prime, and Walmart’s G1 Optimus Prime reissue costs $49.97. Plus…
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RFC 600Dec 13, 2018Some Milestone Episode
RFC hits episode 600, and Diecast gives his spoiler-free take on Bumblebee from an early screening. Lorenzo di Bonaventura dodges the reboot question, and Selects Ricochet and Red Swoop hit…
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RFC 599Dec 6, 2018The 599th Episode Spectacular!
MP-09 Rodimus Prime gets a January reissue, and the crew relives its quality woes. Siege hits shelves, Flywheels wins Brian over and MP-44 appears in color. Plus Dark of the…
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RFC 598Nov 29, 2018Can I drive up there and kiss it?
MP-44 Optimus Prime 3.0 comes in at about $450, and the crew argues over whether Masterpiece is pricing itself out. Plus a pension-fund lawsuit against Hasbro, Flame Toys’ Star Saber…