RFC 950Aug 30, 2025
Sharkwave
Sea wins the Activate Your Alt Mode round, and the crew is calling it for Sharkwave. PulseCon 2025 is reportedly off, and global postal suspensions strand Japanese imports. Plus Takara…
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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 949Aug 23, 2025Just Four Guys
Shockwave wins the Activate Your Alt Mode character vote, and sea leads the alt mode round. Blokees Galaxy Wave 8 brings a Unicron head, and Devastator combiner parts finally reach…
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RFC 948Aug 15, 2025Beware the Tabs of Megatron
Most of the crew got Studio Series 86 Megatron, and everyone has thoughts, including a warning about cracked chest tabs. We remember Larry Gillstrom of Spectre General, and Grimlock beats…
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RFC 947Aug 9, 2025“A Vast Predatory Horse.”
Hasbro’s Activate Your Alt Mode fan vote lets fans give Grimlock, Mirage, Starscream or Shockwave a new alt mode. Adamas Machina Predaking hits roughly $405, and Missing Link Nemesis Prime…
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RFC 946Aug 3, 2025“It’ll work for a few minutes.”
The new Studio Series 86 seeker mold gets a step-by-step look, and Target’s anniversary exclusives include Voyager Starscream and a Deluxe Insecticons three-pack. Armada Jetfire is next year’s Commander Class…
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RFC 945Jul 26, 2025“I don’t know anything about it; I’m gonna buy it!”
Hasbro’s SDCC 2025 panel brings Leader Big Convoy, Deluxe Quickstrike, Sureshot and a brand-new seeker mold. Amalgamous Prime teases five more alt modes, and Titan Grimlock starts a run of…
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RFC 944Jul 18, 2025“The Spectrum of Sensibility”
LEGO fully reveals Icons G1 Soundwave with a talking sound brick, Ravage and a $189.99 price. The Studio Series 86 roleplay item is confirmed as a Matrix of Leadership, and…
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RFC 943Jul 11, 2025“Everything is Bigger in Vortexas”
LEGO Icons Soundwave gets its first official look at $179.99, with Ravage and Laserbeak in the box. Hasbro confirms replacement Optimus Primes for HasLab Omega Prime backers this fall. Plus,…
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RFC 942Jul 5, 2025It’s not even our first jet with a trailer this year
The crew remembers Jim Shooter, who wrote the original Transformers treatment. Synergex Basara Prime stock images leave everyone asking why it isn’t Rodimus. Plus Lost Light Rodimus, a Dramatic Capture…
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RFC 941Jun 27, 2025Six Pounds of Superion
Transformers Tuesday brings the first look at Studio Series Transformers One Airachnid and Alpha Trion. A leaked PulseCon listing points to Armada Nemesis Prime with a new Dark Saber. Plus…
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RFC 940Jun 20, 2025Extreme Battles of RFC
Hasbro cuts about 150 more jobs, and the crew debates what an IP-focused Hasbro means for Transformers. Transformers lands in PUBG Mobile, and the Infantry watch Kickstarter blows past its…
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RFC 939Jun 14, 2025Something Basically Perfect Here
Micronus Prime steals the June Hasbro Pulse stream, ahead of a new-mold Alpha Trion, Onyx Prime and Selects G2 Snarl and Slag. Target’s Age of the Primes four-pack wins over…