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This week: MP-39+ Spinout looks AMAZING, interesting information coming out of the Earth Mode two-pack from Earthrise, and we are supposedly getting a new live-action movie in June 2022. Okay.

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The News

MP-39+ Spinout is Diaclone Sunstreaker

Earthmode Two Pack Contents Revealed

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Amazon France has posted new product info for the mysterious Earthmode Two Pack.

Prowl and Bluestreak became popular guesses for this two pack, but that's ended up being only half right. As if meant to confound me specifically, it turns out this is a two pack of Prowl and Ironhide!

Prowl's obvious enough, as a retool of Smokescreen who we saw back at Toy Fair. But what the heck is the deal with Ironhide? Nothing we have in Earthrise is a clear starting point for an Earthly Ironhide, and it's definitely not the usual order of things for a new mold to debut in a probably-exclusive multi-pack format like this. It's so confusing!

Hopefully pictures will follow soon, but for now I've done an automated translation of the French product descriptions which gave us all the new info.

* EARTHRISE: The siege is over, but the war for Cybertron is just beginning. Although Autobots and Decepticons have left Cybertron, their battle continues in space as they search for the Allspark

* ENLARGE THE BATTLEFIELD: Great space battles can be created with Earthrise figures that convert to modular battle stations. Includes: Deluxe class Ironhide and Prowl figures from Transformers Generations War for Cybertron: Earthrise, 2 accessories and instructions in French.

* AUTOBOT ALLIANCE: This toy contains the Ironhide and Prowl figurines in terrestrial mode. Fans of the cartoon will imagine the Ark's crash landing on Earth and the continuation of the brutal war against the Decepticons.

* AUTOBOT ALLIANCE AGAINST ELITE HUNTERS: Images on Autobot Alliance packs and elite fighters show both sides of the fight. By combining the two, the battle scene is completed.

* G1 TERRESTRIAL AND WEAPON MODES: The Ironhide and Prowl figures convert to truck and police car mode in 22 steps and 15 steps, and are sold with 2 weapons. Transformers, to start imagining, inventing and transforming reality. Transformers, stronger than appearances.

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On this episode of It's a Don Deal, the man himself discusses his Crystal God Fire Convoy set, he responds to your list of Most Disappointing Toys, and he tells you how Takara is leaving money on the table!

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This month Rob talks about various Star Wars things before marveling at the amount of Transformers he wants to buy. Podcasts are exciting things, huh?

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This week on Radio Free Cybertron: A new Transformers animated movie is on the way, but maybe not what you want. Also on the show, how Covid19 is impacting upcoming conventions and everyday life.

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The News

Breaking: Animated ‘Transformers’ Prequel Activated; ‘Toy Story 4’s Josh Cooley To Direct For Hasbro/eOne & Paramount

RFC News Desk 093 – TFCon Toronto And More Now Affected By Coronavirus Pandemic

Hasbro Q1 Earnings Call - No Movies Till 2022, No News on Netflix Transformers

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TakaraTomy Mall exclusive MP-39+ Spinout is coming later this year.

Right after RFC this week - because it's always right after RFC - TakaraTomy Mall announced the newest Masterpiece redeco coming out later this year.

MP-39+ Spinout is based on the original red Diaclone Lamborghini Countach Super Tuning that was the very first Diaclone Car Robot, which would go on to be colored yellow and sold as Sunstreaker.

Spin-Out was a preproduction name for Sunstreaker, and the Collector's Club featured a character named Spin-Out based on the idea of red Sunstreaker in one of their text stories.

Masterpiece Spinout is listed at ¥13,200, and will be up for preorder until June 17th, with delivery expected in late November.

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Three more summer events have been cancelled or rescheduled this past weekend.

As a result of precautions around the COVID-19 pandemic, Tokyo Toy Show which was originally planned to run June 11-14 has been called off with no new schedule or other plans yet announced, leading to the belief the show has been fully cancelled for this year.

At about the same time, Wonderfest cancelled the planned Summer event, scheduled for July 25th. It's been replaced by the brand new Autumn Wonderfest, which is planned be held on November 1st.

Finally, TFCon Toronto has been pushed back from its original July dates, and is now planned to happen starting on September 4th to try to provide for a safer environment for their attendees. You can read their full announcement about the change here.

We can't say the change of plans for the Japanese hobby shows won't have any impact, the landscape of the hobby culture in Japan is a little different to that of the US for instance, where their hobby magazines would have already been part of the plan to share new reveals for the major companies with or without the shows to debut things first. This is more likely to hurt smaller groups that don't necessarily have the reach or finances to be able to secure page space like that to get eyes on their products.

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In this second episode of RFC Throwback, Diecast shares his thoughts on the Netflix War for Cybertron deluxe toys. Also on the show, we present our viewing party of Life Can Be Sacrificed for Pace on Earth from way back at TFCon USA 2017!

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On the show this week possible upcoming Selects figures, SDCC is canceled, thoughts on the Netflix WFC voyager and leader class figures, Play-doh, and Hasbro sent us some Botbots!

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The News

RFC News Desk 091 – Rumored Hasbro Generations Selects For Late Summer

RFC News Desk 092 – San Diego Comic-Con Has Been Cancelled

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Comic-Con International released a statement today with sad, but not unexpected news.

Despite initial optimism that the situation with COVID-19 would have been improved by this summer, Comic-Con International, the organizers of San Diego Comic Con and other events, announced today that SDCC 2020 was officially cancelled. SDCC is now scheduled to return on July 22nd, 2021.

Although the specific formats will absolutely be different, this will probably change little about the product reveals we'll receive this summer, with Hasbro being likely to adapt their planned product debuts to alternate channels. SDCC exclusives even still have a good chance of happening, though of course only as online exclusives on Hasbro Pulse. The direct impact to the Transformers community may be relatively small as a result of this, but it will undoubtedly have a greater effect in other areas. As of now, we can only hope that it will be safe for New York Comic Con to proceed as planned.

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