RFC 965Dec 13, 2025
I 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 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…
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RFC 957Oct 18, 2025Our 26th Anniversary Episode OR “But, he has a Megatron arm.”
Radio Free Cybertron turns 26 with a fight over the $90 Energon Universe Optimus Prime and its one Megatron arm. NYCC brings feudal Japan Timelines, HasLab Liokaiser in plastic and…
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RFC 956Oct 11, 2025Strategic Omega Prime Reserve
Studio Series 86 Thundercracker shows up in color at the NYCC booth setup, and the crew weighs one more $43 seeker. HasLab Omega Prime replacements arrive with no tooling changes,…
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RFC 954Sep 27, 2025Business Casual Mystery of Convoy
G1 Transformers writer Ron Friedman passes away at 93, and the crew remembers his legendary panels. Mystery of Convoy gets an apparel line, and Dr. Wu sketches a micromaster-scale G2…
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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 950Aug 30, 2025Sharkwave
Sea wins the Activate Your Alt Mode round, and the crew is calling it for Sharkwave. PulseCon 2025 is reportedly off, and global postal suspensions strand Japanese imports. Plus Takara…