RFC 876Mar 29, 2024
Cartoon-ey Hoist Legs
John DeLuna returns with a blunt verdict on Masterpiece Raiden. Target’s Legacy United four-pack leaks with Squeezeplay and an orange Tarantulas. Plus MP-56+ Riggorus, the Nemesis Bridge set, a $500…
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RFC 819Feb 26, 2023Going crazy talking about robots
Leaked Commander Armada Optimus Prime looks great, and Studio Series gets a Commander mold too. Comicbook.com reveals Scarr, Swoop and Shattered Glass Grimlock. Plus Mystery Machine Tow-Line, and Brian gets…
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RFC 808Dec 8, 2022Project Bear
Studio Series 100 is another Bumblebee, revealed alongside Studio Series 99 Battletrap. A mystery collaborative called Project Bear has the crew guessing. Plus leaked 2024 Legacy listings and the first…
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RFC 799Oct 6, 2022Medium Convoy
Galaxy Shuttle leaks as the second Legacy Velocitron leader. PulseCon 2022 brings Core Class Dinobots, Scraphook, Needlenose, Lio Convoy and Tarn. Transformers invade Magic: The Gathering, and Hasbro keeps the…
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RFC 755Dec 3, 2021So you’re saying Alligaticon is a $55 footlong?
Super7’s Transformers Ultimates wave 3 brings an official 11-inch Alligaticon, a do-everything G2 Megatron and a Sunbow-style Tarn. Hasbro patents a packaging lock, and Masterpiece Skids and Reboost arrive.
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RFC · Aired Dec 1, 2021Audio onlyTransformers Ultimates Wave 3: The Best Thing Ever?
Oh no, they’ve come for me personally now.
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RFC 625Jun 6, 2019Seventy dollars for seven cents of plastic
MP-47 Masterpiece Hound’s rumored price is 18,000 yen, twice what the original Autobot cars cost. Takara Tomy reissues MP-13 Soundwave, and Brian orders one on the spot. Plus Siege Jetfire…
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RFC · Aired Oct 15, 2018Audio onlyThe RFC Mini-cast 070 – Listener Questions on 3P and Intellectual Property!
Bill Ray and John DeLuna answer listener questions on Transformers IP. Can third-party Tarns wear a Decepticon face? How do ToyHax repro labels get away with Autobot symbols? And how…
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RFC 563Mar 22, 2018We’re going to save the toy industry, maybe
Toys R Us starts liquidating, and a company plans to bring back KB Toys. Don, a former KB employee, weighs in. Flame Toys’ licensed Tarn and the Encore God Fire…
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RFC 549Dec 13, 2017You can’t see John Cena’s Holo-Avatar
Transformers: The Last Knight tops Rolling Stone’s worst movies of 2017. TakaraTomy’s Power of the Primes looks identical to Hasbro’s, and Titans Return Arcee hits Toys R Us. Plus Flame…
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RFC 539Oct 4, 2017TFcon USA 2017 in the rearview
TFCon USA 2017 was nearly perfect, except for a third-party panel that ended in boos. Is unlicensed third party in a death spiral? Plus a 30,000 yen Encore God Fire…
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RFC · Aired Jul 6, 2017Audio only526: Maybe it’s not just The Last Knight in decline?
HasCon’s thin Transformers schedule leaves the RFC crew cold, and The Last Knight drops 78% in China. Hasbro licenses an official Tarn, Overlord holds two Titan Masters, and Cloudraker and…