Radio Free Cybertron: The Transformers Podcast

On this RFC Extra, the guys discuss all of the Transformers War For Cybertron Kingdom information discovered on Friday! Join our Patreon and let's make awesome stuff happen! Please support RFC by using our Amazon referral link. Canadian fans: please use this Amazon.ca referral link. UK fans: Please use this Amazon.co.uk referral link

This week on Radio Free Cybertron: Generations Selects Megatron. And did we mention Generations Selects Megatron? Oh, and how about that Generations Selects Megatron? Mentioned on the show The News RFC News Desk 114 – Generations Selects G2 Megatron Accidentally Leaked Generations Selects Bug Bite Revealed For The Second Transformers Tuesday First Look at Transformers Studio Series SS-69 Devastator Combiner Pack Transformers Battlegrounds Gameplay Previews and Box Art Transformers Earthrise Megatron Sighted at Washington Target - Quintesson Judge too Transformers Cyberverse Skullcruncher Official Images Leaked Transformers Kingdom, Studio Series 1986, Masterpiece, More Possible Listings?

This week on RFC: A new Haslab Unicron Update, Five Weeks of Transformers Tuesdays, starting with Selects Hot House, Earthrise Bluestreak, Transformers RED Collection preorders pushed back, an egg that's a doctor, and much more!   Mentioned on the Show Haslab Unicron Third Update Willed Into Existence by John Deluna RFC News Desk 112 – Five Weeks of Transformers Tuesdays Generations Selects Hot House Is The First Transformers Tuesday Reveal RFC News Desk 113 – First Looks At Earthrise Bluestreak Transformers RED Collection preorders pushed back to September 10th) Dr. Egg Preorders go up for $175.99

This week: new photos of Earthrise Dirge, Ramjet, Prowl, and Ironhide! A new look at the retail version of Gigawatt. All that and more on RFC 686! Mentioned on the Show: The News Hey, Rob, did you know that TFCon is going to be in Baltimore? Takara Earthrise Dirge, Ramjet, Prowl, Ironhide Official In-Hand Images Megatron Day at GameStop - All The Rulers of Deals! Back To Future x Transformers Gigawatt Mass Market Release in October Transformers War For Cybertron Earthrise Autobot and Decepticon Art Prints Transformers Join the Battle in World of Warships Game Announced Join our Patreon and let's make awesome stuff happen! Please support RFC by using our Amazon referral link. Canadian fans: please use this Amazon.ca referral link. UK fans: Please use this Amazon.co.uk referral link

This week on Radio Free Cybertron: counterfeit toys, disappointing quarterly results, an over-engineered new Masterpiece toy, Funk Pops, and Netflix Siege debuts! Mass hysteria! Mentioned on the Show: The News * Transformers Chapter One: Siege debuts on Netflix Police Nab Transformers Counterfeiters Hasbro’s Q2 Results are not strong Design Art For The New Masterpiece Starscream From Figure King Hasbro Fan Expo Exhibit Video G1 Funko Pops Are On The Way Netflix WFC Bumblebee And Elita-1 Production Samples Seen in New Stock Photos Takara Transformers Siege SG-EX Ratchet Images and Details Takara Transformers Earthrise ER EX-16 Skywarp & Thundercracker Flame Toys Windblade Furai Model Returns with a New Design Join our Patreon and let's make awesome stuff happen! Please support RFC by using our Amazon referral link. Canadian fans: please use this Amazon.ca referral link. UK fans: Please use this Amazon.co.uk referral link

This podcast is a review of TRANSFORMERS CHAPTER ONE: SIEGE (episodes 1-6), which launches on Netflix on July 30, 2020. Review Summary The series is a substantial improvement over the Machinima Transformers series that preceded it, in virtually every respect. The voice direction, animation, and story are all greatly improved. Siege does an excellent job of working within the constraints of 3D animation and creates creative reuses of character models. Where the series falls short is a problem endemic to Transformers fiction as a whole. Hasbro no longer has a consistent vision of who Optimus Prime is. Optimus Prime is best when utilized as a fatherly force of nature, there to break you out of a jam with a laugh and a bit of wisdom. In Siege, Optimus is an impotent leader unsure of himself. Prime is a fundamentally uninteresting character, making him weak does him no service. Another challenge is that this period in Cybertronian history is inherently dull. The Generation One cartoon did it best by giving you hints of what happened in the past, without laying it all out. Siege is another retelling of a period in the Transformers' history, a time that does not require much elaboration. The creative team did an admirable job with the series, but ultimately we wonder who Siege is for and what the ultimate point of the series is. As entertainment, with its pacing, it falls a bit short. As marketing, it's more than a year out of date. Siege could be served better as a 90-minute supercut leading into Earthrise, similar to Scramble City, which bridged the gap between Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers and Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010. If you're new to Transformers, this might be a fair starting point, but if you're a veteran fan, it just doesn't feel essential. Things we liked * Voice direction * Animation * Starscream, Megatron, and Soundblaster Things we didn't like * Optimus Prime * Pacing Thanks to Netflix for providing us early access to review the series.   Join our Patreon, and let's make awesome stuff happen! Please support RFC by using our Amazon referral link. Canadian fans: please use this Amazon.ca referral link. UK fans: Please use this Amazon.co.uk referral link

This week: All the news happened again. TCG comes to an end, as does John Warden's time on Transformers. New Earthrise, Studio Series AND Cyberverse exclusives are the on way. All that plus we break down this whole e-commerce bot fiasco. Mentioned on the Show: The News John Warden moves from Transformers to Power Rangers The Transformers TCG Comes To An End Exclusive Quintesson Pit of Judgement Box Set Revealed RFC News Desk 111 – The Second Fan First Friday Recap Earthrise Autobot Alliance Ironhide and Prowl revealed Earthrise Seeker Elite Ramjet and Dirge revealed Netflix War For Cybertron Wave 2 Second Leader Unboxing pack (ugh) Voyagers Optimus Prime and Soundwave Deluxes Impactor, Red Alert, Wheeljack, Elita-1, and Bumblebee Photo of production sample batch on Twitter Official reveals of Selects Hubcap, Exhaust, Greasepit Rotorstorm’s head was fixed. High res picture here Studio Series Leadfoot Coming Exclusively To Target Earthrise Runabout Listing Found In Target’s System – Rumored To be Another Exclusive More Cyberverse Boxsets Heading To Target Three More Transformers RED Collection Figures Discovered Join our Patreon and let's make awesome stuff happen! Please support RFC by using our Amazon referral link. Canadian fans: please use this Amazon.ca referral link. UK fans: Please use this Amazon.co.uk referral link

This week we take a long look at Top Gun X Transformers Maverick, the new G1 characters likely to appear in Studio Series, new Cyberverse toys, and much more! Mentioned on the Show: The News RFC News Desk 110 – Top Gun x Transformers Maverick Officially Revealed Fan First Friday again RFC News Desk 108 – Transformers Reveals To Take Place At Walmart Collector Con RFC News Desk 109 – Studio Series 86 Leader Class Slag And More From Walmart More Studio Series 86 Listings Found in Walmart Datamining Join our Patreon and let's make awesome stuff happen! Please support RFC by using our Amazon referral link. Canadian fans: please use this Amazon.ca referral link. UK fans: Please use this Amazon.co.uk referral link

This week: The Gigawatt debacle. We also discuss new photos of Earthrise Runamuck, Sunstreaker, and Trailbreaker, as well as Movie Masterpiece Ratchet. Mentioned on the Show: Mentioned on the show: * Earthrise Runamuck New TakaraTomy Stock Photos * MPM-11 Movie Masterpiece Ratchet New TakaraTomy Stock Photos * New Stock Photos of Earthrise Sunstreaker and Trailbreaker * RFC News Desk 107 – TakaraTomy Teaser Featuring New Masterpiece Starscream * Transformers x Back To The Future Collaboration Official Info * Studio Series Leadfoot Coming in October? * PCS Collectibles Optimus Prime, Megatron, Soundwave 9-Inch Statues * Doubledealer on Amazon Join our Patreon and let's make awesome stuff happen! Please support RFC by using our Amazon referral link. Canadian fans: please use this Amazon.ca referral link. UK fans: Please use this Amazon.co.uk referral link

This week: Exvee has Earthrise Scorponok. Diecast has the new NOT Unicron. All the news happened. It's a packed show. Mentioned on the Show: The News * Earthrise Dirge Revealed With Leaked Sample * Generations Centurion Drone Weaponizer Pack Stock Photos * Transformers RED Collection Optimus, Megatron, And Soundwave Stock Photos * Generations Selects Tigertrack And Rotorstorm Stock Photos * Earthrise Alternate Universe Optimus Prime Official Stock Photos * RFC News Desk 105 – Fan First Friday Recap * Transformers Toys Vintage G1 Autobot Blaster Collectible Action Figure Join our Patreon and let's make awesome stuff happen! Please support RFC by using our Amazon referral link. Canadian fans: please use this Amazon.ca referral link. UK fans: Please use this Amazon.co.uk referral link

All the news happened this week! Transformers RED, Back to the Future Crossover, and more! Fan First Friday must be upon us. Mentioned on the Show: The News Studio Series 65 Blitzwing Netflix WFC Siege starts July 30th Transformers Red toyline revealed  Back to the Future crossover 35th anniversary Generations Selects IDW Centurion Transformers x Quiccs Machine Eagle Test Shot Join our Patreon and let's make awesome stuff happen! Please support RFC by using our Amazon referral link. Canadian fans: please use this Amazon.ca referral link. UK fans: Please use this Amazon.co.uk referral link

This week: Transformers return to home videogame consoles after five years. Also, Optimus Prime dies, again, but in an alternate universe this time. All that and more! Mentioned on the Show: The News RFC News Desk 103 – Transformers Battlegrounds Announced For Current Gen Consoles Alternate Universe Sleep Mode Optimus Prime in Package Join our Patreon and let's make awesome stuff happen! Please support RFC by using our Amazon referral link. Canadian fans: please use this Amazon.ca referral link. UK fans: Please use this Amazon.co.uk referral link

This week: A Studio Series shakeup? Also, some surprise new toys got leaked to the internet. All that and more on RFC 678! Mentioned on the Show: The News RFC News Desk 101 – Studio Series Goes To 1986 With Grimlock And Gnaw RFC News Desk 102 – Leaked Transformers x Top Gun, Earthrise Thrust, Soundwave, Cyclonus, and Hubcap Earthrise Snapdragon, Megatron, Quintesson Judge Official Box Images Join our Patreon and let's make awesome stuff happen! Please support RFC by using our Amazon referral link. Canadian fans: please use this Amazon.ca referral link. UK fans: Please use this Amazon.co.uk referral link

This week: MPM Ratchet, Earthrise Bluestreak, lots of expensive NOT Junkions that even Diecast doesn't want, and way more! Mentioned on the Show: The News RFC News Desk 100 – Movie Masterpiece Ratchet Officially Revealed RFC News Desk 099 – Earthrise Bluestreak Listing Toy Detective Special KFC EAVI METAL Phase Six Unofficial Junkion Series Images Join our Patreon and let's make awesome stuff happen! Please support RFC by using our Amazon referral link. Canadian fans: please use this Amazon.ca referral link. UK fans: Please use this Amazon.co.uk referral link

In this episode: Ultimetal Megatron resurfaces, so does Beast Wars as an IDW comic, new photos of Unicron are out there, and Don rolls a nat 20! Mentioned on the Show: The News IDW 2020 The Future of Comics Today! Panel - New Beast Wars Series Coming! Action Toys Ultimetal Megatron Transformers 17" Figure Images Photos from Unicron.com's post Join our Patreon and let's make awesome stuff happen! Please support RFC by using our Amazon referral link. Canadian fans: please use this Amazon.ca referral link. UK fans: Please use this Amazon.co.uk referral link