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This week on the RFC Mini-cast: While we were covering Toy Fair in the US, in Japan Takara was showing off new toys and teasing Masterpiece Dinobot!
Six third-party Masterpiece Springers are on the way, and John DeLuna wants to know why. Rob Clay, Don and Matt dig into Springer’s comeback, Arcee’s fading mystique, and whether IDW…
When should you import Transformers direct from Japan? John, Brian, Exvee, Diecast and Don weigh the yen, shipping, customs, cancellation policies and speed, from HobbyLink Japan and Amazon Japan to…
Masterpiece Optimus Primal is the first Beast Wars Masterpiece, and the crew calls it a hit. John, Brian, Diecast and Don review the gorilla mode, faces, price and transformation, then…
Part 2 of the TFCon Chicago 2016 third-party panel. Make Toys’ Downbeat is the Jazz to get, TFC teases a Road Caesar and Gangs of Devil builds a Beast Wars…
Part 1 of the TFCon Chicago 2016 third-party panel: Fans Toys’ two-foot Terminus Giganticus and Fans Hobby’s Monsterbots. John, Don, Diecast and Brian also sort through upgrade kits, Gigapower Dinobots…
Masterpiece Grapple arrives as an Inferno retool with Master Builders accessories. Combiner Wars episodes 5 and 6 divide the crew, KFC’s Simba completes a third-party Victory Saber, and Robots in…
Is third party free to be creative? John, Brian and Diecast debate Make Toys Pandinus, price, transformation engineering and a decade of G1 remakes, then size up the state of…
Tokyo Toy Show 2016 brings Masterpiece Inferno in full red and Masterpiece Thrust at 14,800 yen. Unite Warriors Lynxmaster trades Smokescreen for Ratchet. John, Don and Exvee break it all…
Unite Warriors Grand Galvatron is Takara’s strangest, prettiest combiner yet. John, Exvee and Matt review Cyclonus, Ghost Starscream, Armada Thrust, Breakdown and Roller, and react to Masterpiece Inferno and Cheetor.