Radio Free Cybertron: The Transformers Podcast

A rumored Missing Link Megatron might keep his gun, and Hasbro is bringing back Bumblebee Movie Megatron. FansToys’ Masterpiece Computron has Diecast all in. Plus our TFCon Orlando hauls and a farewell to Eric Bauza.

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Dan Gilvezan, the voice of G1 Bumblebee, makes the case for bringing the original G1 voices back, and Hasbro responds. Plus the TFcon Orlando exclusives, Hasbro’s Q3, a sealed Double Punch and the world’s most annoying rims.

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Radio Free Cybertron turns 27 with $29.99 Deluxes. Studio Series 2027 opens for preorder, Diecast reports from Hasbro’s NYCC event, and the panel bets on Metroplex versus Primus for the next HasLab. Plus a Hot Wheels Bumblebee nobody wants.

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Takara Tomy finally shows Missing Link Headmaster Arcee, and Don is buying two. Hasbro’s NYCC 2026 lineup brings back Jazz, Ironhide and Ratchet as Deluxes go to $29.99. Plus Michael Bay talks, a 36-inch Megatron fusion cannon and the kickoff of Elf on a Shelfwarmer.

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Megatron Rising leaks as the 2027 Transformers line, with multiverse Megatrons that combine into one. Takara Tomy drops a huge reveal slate, and three hosts declare Studio Series 86 Cyclonus the definitive G1 Cyclonus.

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RFC 1006 digs into the $4.15 million 40th anniversary run of The Transformers: The Movie. The panel also tries to make sense of the Optimus Prime: Awakening short. Plus the $29.99 Awakening Bumblebee, a Toys "R" Us comeback, and a second HasLab Liokaiser.

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A sealed G1 Megatron just sold for $161,458, Mattel's $65 transforming Hot Wheels Bumblebee gets picked apart panel by panel, and More Than Meets the Eye finally lands at Target. Plus BigFigs Optimus Prime, a reissue Fangry, and the rest of What We Got This Week.

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Evangelion Prime Unit-02 and Delta Magnus have us putting down deposits, while Mini-Cons and Grave Digger test our budgets. Brian opens Transformers cards and falls for Missing Link Grimlock. Diecast finds a new favorite in Mastermind Creations Cronus.

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Peter Cullen's passing anchors this week's show, alongside a Fall of Cybertron Studio Series leak, the Megatron Rising subline, and a What We Got segment led by Diecast's Bruticus-bound Swindle. Don also loses a 45-minute battle with the Age of Extinction Bumblebee.

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Target's giant $35 Optimus Prime has the crew stumped on the math, Upper Deck is entering the trading card business, and a record-grade case of sealed G1 Soundwaves has everyone debating what they'd even do with it. Plus: Matt's double Target find, and a Unicron Soldier retool that does not go over well.

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Hasbro addresses the fallout from the canceled Target Studio Series MTMTE exclusives this week, while TakaraTomy steps in with a TS-37 Starscream worth getting your pre-order in on. The crew also covers Transformers landing in Minecraft, official photos of Blokees Galaxy Version 11 "The Lost Light," a possible mystery Godzilla collab, Energon Optimus Prime hitting retail, and in-hand shots of the new Studio Series Blitzwing. In What We Got This Week, Don brings home Herald of Unicron, Megazarak, a boxed Titanium Rodimus Prime, and a combined Bruticus Swindle, while Diecast finally lands the Fans Toys Rambo alongside an SDCC cereal-box Optimus Prime and Jazz.

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Episode 1,000 — or 1,001, we lost count on air. Transformers: The Movie turns 40 with theater tickets on sale, Hasbro's Apology Tour box gets opened, and a Machine Wars Megatron listing surfaces. Plus Studio Series Swindle reviewed, a $1,500 pinball topper betrayal, and a salute to 27 years of contributors.

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Two Missing Link Soundwaves arrive in toy and anime versions. Target cancels More Than Meets the Eye Starscream and Prowl preorders, and Magna Regulus turns Predaking into a police combiner. Plus Battersea's Yolopark mascot figure.

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SDCC 2026 gave collectors Alpha Bravo, G2 Wild Rider, Titan Class Dinobot Scorn, IDW Nautica, and a Beast Wars Maximal Collection multipack. It also gave The Transformers: The Movie a brand new post-credits scene forty years late — and the panel is not optimistic. Plus Studio Series 86 Cyclonus in hand, a seven-dollar soccer ball nobody should buy, and Missing Link Ultra Magnus.

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Hasbro's Q2 numbers are up, but Transformers didn't make the highlight reel — and Starscream can't catch a break at Target. Plus: a Decepticon Monster Jam truck, a Grimlock none of us can afford, and Brian's new pinball machine obsession.

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Studio Series is going full sandbox, G1 cartoon Coneheads are (eventually) coming, and a made-to-order Seeker set has the crew cautiously optimistic. Plus: 20 years of Classics, 25 years of BotCon memories, and a Metal Cardbot habit that's officially out of control.

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Chris returns to break down the Studio Series Seeker Storm Pack and Sunstorm's tangled deco history, then fact-checks Don's BotCon 1996 memories. New Legends Beast Wars II Galvatron wins Brian over, and a Scooby-Doo crossover misses.

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Tonka x Transformers gets its first look, and the Surprise Countdown Calendar hides a gun-mode Megatron. Yolopark's movie Ironhide shows its colors, Scooby-Doo rumors swirl around leaked Collaborative listings, and Brian buys a pirate ship. Radio Free Cybertron episode 994.

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The 2027 Titan is Age of Extinction Scorn — and the Dinobots are coming for the next five years. Flame Toys floods GMHS 2026 with prototypes, Bruticus finally combines in hand, and Dr Wu teases a Micromaster Sixshot. Plus a lavender Shockwave, a Hot Wheels GT Scorcher, and a boxed G1 Deftwing in What We Got This Week.

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Stern's Transformers pinball is shipping, but Brian's Limited edition skips the $1,500 topper. Overgear Optimus Prime transforms simpler than it looks, and a Blokees Shining wave adds a clear chase Prime. Plus G2 Dinobots and Kranix.

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