RFC 969Jan 9, 2026
2025 Year in Review
The crew looks back at 2025 in Transformers, from HasLab Liokaiser’s 23,553 backers to HasLab Omega Prime’s breakage woes and big tariff-driven price increases. Matt wins the 2025 predictions scorecard.…
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RFC 968Jan 2, 2026“Save me, Dr. Wu, you’re our only hope.”
Hasbro China’s Studio Series Devastator gift set comes with a wearable box, and fans recover lost scenes from Cosmic Rust. Blokees Galaxy Wave 9 brings Unicron and Trypticon. Plus Matt’s…
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RFC 967Dec 25, 2025I would prefer that Swerve look like Swerve and not… Swerve
Working D1 master tapes for Beast Wars and Beast Machines have turned up, and some Beast Machines masters are widescreen. Age of the Primes first looks bring Powerglide, Swerve, Animated…
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RFC 966Dec 20, 2025Ravage Curse, Undefeated
Age of the Primes Leader Big Convoy and Razorclaw are out at US retail, and Studio Series 86 Soundwave is turning up too. DNA Design reveals upgrade kits for Studio…
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RFC 965Dec 13, 2025I will not pay $43 for it… until I do
Age of the Primes Swindle looks like a deluxe sold at a $43 Voyager price, and the crew is not happy about it. Robosen’s Flagship Soundwave lands at $1,399, and…
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RFC 964Dec 7, 2025This Voyager should have been an email.
Age of the Primes Commander Onslaught and the full Bruticus debut, and the crew loves the look but not the roughly $240 total. Armada Sideways’ first look lands badly: a…
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RFC 963Nov 28, 2025Talk about Random Stuff, and Transformers
Two lost Dreamwave Transformers Energon comics, issues 31 and 32, are finally finished and free to read. The Battersea Power Station Transformers Store turns one with voice actors and a…
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RFC 962Nov 22, 2025Using Toys Against Cats
Age of the Primes G2 Swoop and Sludge complete the G2 Dinobots at last. Robosen will reveal its Flagship Soundwave on December 4, and Blokees Wheels Wave 1 shows up…
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RFC 961Nov 15, 2025Literally Two Bumblebees
Walmart’s Black Friday two-packs are back, and one is literally two Bumblebees. Hasbro reissues Legacy Breakdown, Titan Nemesis and Titan Predaking. Plus a 200-piece Hasbro Asia Superion gift set and…
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RFC 960Nov 8, 2025I’d buy that for a dollar
A Transformers x Stranger Things Freakwency leaks with an 8-track bird and a rubber chicken gun. Hasbro’s Spotlight Optimus Prime three-pack splits the crew. Plus John scores a sealed G1…
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RFC 959Nov 1, 2025Curse you, Brian Kilby
Mbilia Studios wants $4,000 apiece for its licensed Transformers comic book statues, and the crew isn’t buying. Blokees Wheels, a smaller-than-hoped Big Convoy and Commander Onslaught’s MCM London prototype round…
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RFC 958Oct 25, 2025Robot Gore-Sense
Hasbro and Skybound are shopping an adult Energon Universe animated series, and the crew wonders if that means robot gore. Don needs the TFCon-exclusive Ocular Max Megalith, and Hasbro Asia’s…