02The collection

Rescue Bots

RFC · Aired Jan 22, 2015Audio only

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Radio Free Cybertron makes its Toy Fair 2015 predictions, led by Titan Class Devastator. A Hong Kong event points to a Trypticon reissue and Masterpiece Tracks, Defensor joins the Combiner…
RFC · Aired Jan 8, 2015Audio only

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The first Radio Free Cybertron of 2015 crowns Combiner Wars the best news of 2014. The crew picks the year’s best toys, makes predictions for 2015 and reacts to the…
RFC · Aired Jan 25, 2014Audio only

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A New York Times story on simplified transformations sparks fan panic, and the crew says it is overblown. Generations Whirl hits package, the Collectors Club shows Chromedome, and TFC Toys…
RFC · Aired May 27, 2013Audio only

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KFC Toys reveals Ironpaw, a Masterpiece-scale not-Steeljaw, plus an evil version that looks like a Voltron lion. Transformers 4 rumors add Dinobots, Galvatron and Hound, BotCon gets a Rescue Bots…
RFC · Aired Jan 14, 2013Audio only

1/9/2013

Jack Reynor joins Mark Wahlberg in Transformers 4, a new trilogy rather than a reboot. Chris Triplette guests as the crew drools over the Year of the Snake Omega Supreme…
RFC · Aired Jan 6, 2013Audio only

1/2/2013

A Beast Hunters preview brings Predaking through the space bridge, and Takara readies an Asia-exclusive leader Brawl. Headmaster Don Ferguson joins to name G2 Bruticus the best of 2012 and…
RFC · Aired Dec 30, 2012Audio only

12/26/2012

Fans Project’s mystery Toys for Tots figure is the not-Chromedome Function X-1. Rob Clay reviews Fall of Cybertron Soundblaster, and John DeLuna tests the Maiden Japan Junkion kit. Plus a…
RFC · Aired Dec 9, 2012Audio only

12/05/2012

BotCon 2013’s exclusive set theme is Machine Wars, and the crew debates what that could mean. A G1-colored Fall of Cybertron Omega Supreme is coming as a $100 shared exclusive,…
RFC · Aired Dec 3, 2012Audio only

11/28/2012

First in-package images of Transformers Prime Beast Hunters leave JD Church cold, with spiky retools of last year’s molds. The club teases a movie-themed BotCon 2013, and Kre-O Micro-Changers are…
RFC · Aired Nov 17, 2012Audio only

11/14/2012

The Black Friday ads have almost no Transformers deals, and the crew reads that as a bad sign for the brand. Big Bad Toy Store opens individual pre-orders for the…
RFC · Aired Oct 28, 2012Audio only

10/25/2012

A second set of Asia-exclusive Seekers adds Dirge, Thrust and Ramjet, and G2 Bruticus lands at Big Bad Toy Store. Mark Wahlberg is in talks for Transformers 4. Plus Rescue…
RFC · Aired Oct 22, 2012Audio only

10/18/2012

Radio Free Cybertron turns 13. Hasbro reveals Transformers Prime Beast Hunters for 2013, and Takara revives Alternity. Transformers 4 casts new leads, and the crew launches Operation Beehive.