RFC · Aired May 25, 2017
520: Bumbleblast!
HasCon 2017 tickets are on sale, and the RFC crew has questions. Adult VIP packages cost $600, dealer booths start at $1,000, and autographs are limited to event merchandise. Plus,…
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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 May 18, 2017519: Seaspray, and weird new Trademarks
Chris finds a hidden “Sea Change” Easter egg on Titans Return Legends Seaspray. The final Subscription Service shipment reveals a Shattered Glass Starscream, and new Hasbro trademarks Cybertronics and Bee…
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RFC 518May 12, 2017Is it another Kronos?
Titans Return Octone and Blitzwing are already at California Targets, and The Last Knight moves up to June 21. Takara opens new Legends preorders, and Don scores both Subscription Service…
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RFC 517May 4, 2017New toys? There Goes Our Money.
A long-range forecast for The Last Knight has the crew placing bets on its box office. MPM-4 Movie Masterpiece Optimus Prime is revealed, Toys R Us unveils Mission to Cybertron…
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RFC 516Apr 27, 2017New toys? Um, let me ask my manager. She said check back Friday.
Hasbro’s Reveal the Shield launch for The Last Knight fizzles at retail, and the crew digs into why. Soldier Story teases a planet-mode Unicron lamp, and Hot Rod’s second alt…
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RFC 515Apr 21, 2017The Last Cruise and why do you still collect?
This week on Radio Free Cybertron: Takara provides new photos of Kup with corrected hue. Does this change anyone’s opinion on this toy? (Hint: Yes.) Also on the show we…
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RFC 514Apr 13, 2017Chaos on the Last Knight Trailer
Takara’s Legends Targetmaster Hot Rod gets a stained-glass chest, and Valvoline’s Valvotron giveaway steals the show. HasCon shares its first details, a new Last Knight trailer drops, and Titans Return…
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RFC 513Apr 6, 2017Bursting at the Seams with Awesome Toys and Sushi
Unite Warriors Baldigus and MP-36 Masterpiece Megatron arrive, and Chaos on Velocitron finally reaches most of the crew. Diecast reports from the Last Knight IMAX preview, and Takara announces Targetmaster…
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RFC 512Mar 31, 2017100% April Fool’s Free This Year. Seriously.
Matt hosts with guest Eric Crownover while Brian and Chris are away. Chaos on Velocitron proves scarce, Soldier Story’s $800 Unicron lamp tempts Don, and Michael Bay builds a Stonehenge…
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RFC 511Mar 23, 2017Skullitron, Velocitron, and no Don
Chaos on Velocitron turns up at a Pennsylvania Toys R Us for $100. Leaked Last Knight Deluxes reveal Skullitron and Decepticon Nitro, Legends Trypticon gets new scans, and Brian’s FansToys…
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RFC 510Mar 17, 2017Chaos on Velocitron but Dononomics at Toylanta
Back from Toylanta, the crew recaps Don’s Donanomics panel and Diecast’s lost shoe. Chaos on Velocitron box art arrives, The Last Knight’s Infernocons combiner leaks, and FansToys Phoenix towers over…
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RFC 509Mar 9, 2017New Titans Return Toys and Toylanta
Toy Fair Australia reveals Titans Return Misfire and Slugslinger, and the Chromedome head swap is confirmed as a factory error. Unite Warriors Baldigus shows production samples, and OcularMax crowdfunds its…