RFC 658Jan 23, 2020
Earthrisen
Earthrise reaches US shelves as Micromasters land at Target. New package art shows the Ark, a Quintesson and a Cliffjumper-based Bumblebee, and X-Transbots teases Dr. Egg. Plus Toyworld’s cel-shaded Constructor.
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Micromasters
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RFC 657Jan 16, 2020What’s a GI Joe?
HasLab Unicron’s first production update reveals its tooling layout. Takara makes half of Earthrise’s first wave web-exclusive in Japan, and Target’s holiday toy slump rattles Hasbro. Plus Earthrise Starscream and…
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RFC 645Oct 23, 2019Pre-Convention Jitters
A Transformers 35th anniversary endcap hits Walmart, and Takara Tomy lists Studio Series through May 2020. The crew sizes up the TFcon exclusives, led by Ocular Max’s G2 Mirage, and…
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RFC 634Aug 8, 2019A Turtler Painted as Unicron
The first Generations Selects Seacons go up for preorder with color photos at last. HasLab Unicron crawls to 2,289 backers, so Brian and Diecast make a bet. MP-48 Lio Convoy…
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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 612Mar 7, 2019Brian Free Cybertron
Siege Deluxe Barricade debuts at Australia Toy Fair, a Smokescreen redeco drawn from Guido Guidi’s fan art. Siege Wave 2 hits stores, and Exvee reviews Soundwave and Starscream with Brian…
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RFC 608Feb 8, 2019Free Toys Is A Nice
Siege Omega Supreme leads Hasbro’s Toy Fair 2019 previews, with Mirage, Impactor and an $80 Commander Class Jetfire that is really Skyfire. Plus the MP-45 Bumblebee rumor, MP-18+ Bluestreak and…
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RFC 605Jan 17, 2019Annual Prediction Show
It’s the 2019 prediction show: Brian calls Hound the last new Masterpiece, and Matt bets on Titan Class Scorponok. Don and Diecast eye a Transformers HasLab. Plus color-change BotBots and…
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RFC 597Nov 21, 2018Challenge of the BOTBOTS!
The BotBots Challenge box arrives, all 13 pounds of it. Siege reaches the crew, with Blowpipe and Sideswipe in hand. Plus early Bumblebee screenings, a PG-13 rating and a cheaper…
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RFC 581Jul 26, 2018We just need capes
Tom Scioli will write and draw an IDW Go-Bots comic. San Diego Comic-Con 2018 brings the first Siege toys, from Cog and Ultra Magnus to a Chromia that no longer…