RFC 993Jun 26, 2026
Five Years of Dinobots
The 2027 Titan is Age of Extinction Scorn — and the Dinobots are coming for the next five years. Flame Toys floods GMHS 2026 with prototypes, Bruticus finally combines in…
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RFC 951Sep 6, 2025He’s the Most Logical Shark Around
Shockwave won the Activate Your Alt Mode fan vote and is headed for the sea, and the crew wants Sharkwave. Tokyo Toy Show 2025 brings Missing Link Ultra Magnus, Nemesis…
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RFC 824Mar 31, 2023Robot Taco
Rise of the Beasts mainline toys hit Target, and Diecast regrets his blind buys. Shattered Glass Grimlock opens for preorder, and VNR Optimus Prime debuts in plain red. Plus Masterpiece…
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RFC 797Sep 24, 2022Free-floating Flaps
2023 datamined listings reveal Studio Series 86 Brawn, Shadow Striker, Strongarm, Detritus, Devcon and a Holiday Optimus Prime. Velocitron Hot Rod shows up in toy colors, and Ben Yee gets…
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RFC 790Aug 7, 2022There Goes My Money
JT Prime digs up Legacy year 2: Bomb-Burst, Nemesis Leo Prime, Ramjet, Bludgeon and more Junkions. Canon unveils an Optimus Prime camera, and Pointblank’s Targetmaster gets a closer look. Plus…
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RFC 773Apr 8, 2022Is Arcee without a backpack even an Arcee?
Robosen teases a second Transformers robot with Dan Gilvezan’s Bumblebee voice. Flame Toys shows a backpack-free Furai Model Arcee, and Don is not happy. Plus a two-headed Legacy Blaster and…
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RFC 668Apr 2, 2020Sadly no Tiger King Content
Former Hasbro executive Aaron Archer talks Transmetal 2 Megatron, Supercross and why G1-style toys kept going. TakaraTomy teases Super Megatron, and Walmart delays the Netflix Siege figures. Plus the crew’s…
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RFC 662Feb 20, 2020Pre-Toy Fair Jitters
Chris gets Generations Selects Seacons Turtler and Gulf early and reviews them. Flame Toys’ licensed Windblade kit stirs controversy, and Hasbro revives a Tiger-style G2 handheld. Plus the Toy Fair…
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RFC 631Jul 19, 2019Unicron, and all the SDCC News After
HasLab Unicron rules SDCC 2019 with a $575 goal of 8,000 backers. Hasbro reveals Siege Rung, Apeface, Astrotrain and a Refraktor camera set, then opens preorders at showtime. Runamuck wins…
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RFC 623May 23, 2019Pistachio’d Don in a Speedo
Blaster wins Hasbro’s Walmart reissue poll over Skywarp. Brian unboxes Hasbro’s 35th anniversary promo box, and the giveaways begin. Plus Siege Greenlight preorders, Firecons in the trading card game and…
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RFC 621May 8, 2019Along came a spider, which probably cost $250
Masterpiece Blackarachnia shows up in color at the Shizuoka Hobby Show, and Brian now needs a Masterpiece Silverbolt. Plus Generations Selects Redwing, Iron Factory’s Tyrant’s Wings and the Cybertronic Spree…
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RFC 615Mar 28, 2019BotBots Challenge Part Two
Brian opens BotBots Series 2 blind packs from Hasbro live from a hotel room. Hasbro confirms Siege Omega Supreme towers over Devastator, and new product codes reveal Siege Ratchet and…