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Missing Link Nemesis Prime ships, and TakaraTomy splits the MPG cassettes into two sets. Studio Series Titan Grimlock gets a first look, and Liege Maximo wins the crew over. Brian…
Garry Chalk, the voice of Optimus Primal, is cancer free. Generation Selects Monstructor is official and gorgeous, and 2026 listings bring Megazarak and an Earthrise three-pack. Brian lands a vintage…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Brian and Diecast review the 40th anniversary theater event, where a re-recorded More than Meets the Eye felt like a BotCon script reading. Plus remembering Don Perlin, Comic Edition Straxus,…
Missing Link Bumblebee and Cliffjumper look better than ever at about 5,400 yen each. Shizuoka brings a transforming Flame Toys-style Hot Rodimus and a God Ginrai Project tease. Plus lost…
Takara Tomy’s Missing Link Bumblebee and Cliffjumper leak early, and the crew is already pitching repaints. Hasbro’s stream reveals Cybertron Hot Shot, Vector Prime and a Studio Series Leader Springer.…
Legacy United Vector Prime leaks minutes before the show, and Exvee’s Jhiaxus retool call pays off. The Robosen Megatron promo slips out early, and the Transformers One trailer lands from…
A Transformers and G.I. Joe crossover movie is official, with Steven Spielberg executive producing. Don reviews the Transformers night on The Masked Singer, and it did not go well. Plus…
Masterpiece Ginrai is official, and money isn’t real to Diecast, who preordered on the spot. John Warden returns to the Transformers team as Takara Tomy folds Masterpiece into MPG. Plus…