This week on Radio Free Cybertron, it's a huge show! We talk about all of the upcoming SDCC exclusives, plus a new milestone has been crossed! Masterpiece Beast Wars Megatron is 35,000 yen, which breaks down to over $300 US Dollars. Are you buying it? We weigh in! Also on the show, news on Cyberverse, third-party upgrade kits, and more!

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This Week in History

2005 — The Cybertron cartoon premieres on American television with its third episode, "Hidden", in an astonishingly fumbled series launch.

* 2007 — The Transformers live-action movie hits US theaters, setting records for biggest Tuesday release gross ($27.4 million).

SDCC News

SDCC 2018 - First Transformers Exclusive Revealed: It's A Bumblebee

Power of The Primes Throne Of The Primes - Second SDCC Exclusive Leaked?

SDCC 2018 - Throne of the Primes Exclusive Official Photos Of Optimal Optimus Set

SDCC 2018 - New Image Of Comic-Con Exclusive Super 7 X-Ray Optimus Prime Figure

SDCC 2018 - Bumblebee Cast to Appear: Travis Knight, Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena

The News

TakaraTomy Transformers Products Coming Decmber 2018 And Early 2019 - MP Megatron, Unicron, More!

Combiner Wars Special Edition Blast Off Side By Side Photos Compare With Unite Warriors

Generations Special Edition Repugnus First Visual - Confirmation of Mold Use?

CYBERVERSE HITS AUSTRALIA - First Toys From New Transformers Series Sighted In Toyworld In Victoria

Transformers Cyberverse Official Site Launches With Lots of Character Art

IMAGES: Nemesis Prime Power of the Primes Transformers Out of Box

Second Pressing of Music from The Transformers to Feature New Colors and Covers

Flame Toys Tarn - Test Shot Images Of Upcoming Licensed Non-Transforming Figure

Toys R Us Transformers Adventure Geoffrey Prime Returns!

This week Brian is out so Chris is in the captain's chair and we start by paying tribute to our late friend J.D. Church, who could easily be the reason Radio Free Cybertron came back and has been going strong for 9 years. There isn't a ton of news, but we still give our thoughts on the final days of Toys R Us, the upcoming MP Beast Wars Megatron and Optimus Prime 3.0, and just who makes the best-looking legends class Red Alert. We also talk about the one thing that isn't controversial about Star Wars, which would be just how cool that Takara Powered by Transformers Millennium Falcon looks. And we get a comprehensive JoeCon report that isn't really all that comprehensive. All that and more on this episode of RFC!

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This Week in History

* June 26 2009 - Radio Free Cybertron returns to a regular schedule after more than a half-decade of regular updates. Just in time to review Revenge of the Fallen.

The Big Item

The final shutdown of US Toys R Us stores happens this week.

Party City Looking To Fill Toys R' Us Void With New Toy Stores

The News

Power of The Primes Deluxe Wave 3 Hitting US Walmarts Now!

Blast-Off and Megatronus In-Box Images of Power of the Primes Transformers Figures

MP-43 Beast Wars Masterpiece Megatron In Figure King Magazine- Accessories Revealed!

Figure King Magazine June 2018 High Res Scans - New MP Convoy, Beast Wars Megatron, Golden Lagoon, And More!

Masterpiece Optimus Prime / Convoy Version 3 Clearer Looks At Prototype

Magic Square Unofficial Legends Scale Sideswipe And Red Alert Shown With New Color Photos

Iron Factory Racing Bros Annihilator Unofficial Legends Red Alert Revealed In New Photoshoot

Millennium Falcon Out of Box Images - Star Wars Powered By Transformers

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What's on TFormers this week?

The Toys That Made Us - Details On Transformers Episode, Season 3 Subject Reveal Date

3H BotCon Panel at Pete's Robot Convention 2018

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Headmaster Don joins Jason and Diecast to talk about some of the more recent pre-orders since our last episode. This includes Titan Class Predaking, the redeco of Masterpiece Megatron, and a re-release of a fantastic third-party Jazz figure. Also, wave 2 of Power of The Primes might be MIA, but you can pre-order wave 3 to give you that perfect one armed Abominus. Oh, and Jason offers to shill for a third party company. All and that more on this episode of There Goes My Money!

This Week’s Preorders

Transformers Power of the Primes Predaking

TRANSFORMERS MASTERPIECE MP-36+ MEGATRON - G1 TOY VERSION

Transformers Classic Scale Optimus Prime Statue

MAKE TOYS - MRTM-09 - DOWNBEAT

Power of the Primes Wave 3

FANS HOBBY - MASTER BUILDER - MB-06A BLACK POWER BASER

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This week on Radio Free Cybertron: The coolest Transformers news item ever dropped this week, is life all downhill from here? Find out! We celebrate Don's birthday this week without him being on the show. Brian describes the memento he picked up during his last Toys R Us visit EVER! Speaking of, Toys R Us Australia is joining its US counterpart. The Botcon trademark is renewed, while the news doesn't change anything, it does stir a lively conversation about the status of Transformers fan conventions. All that and more on this week's Radio Free Cybertron!

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This Week in History

* 2008 — Preorders close for Henkei! Henkei! Skywarp and Thundercracker.

The Big Item

* IDW's Star Trek vs Transformers: Boldy Going Where No Cybertronian Has Gone Before This September

The News

ToysRUs Australia To Close All Stores

Walgreens Power Of The Primes Wreck-Gar Shipping Date Leaked

New Details On Power Of The Primes Counterpunch - Make That PUNCH-Counterpunch!

Fun Publications Renews BotCon Trademark

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What's on TFormers this week?

* BumbleBEE: "Gave us the Opportunity to Gen 1" - Di Bonaventura Interview

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This week we are coming off of Tokyo Toy Show and we have some interesting items uncovered including a new more animation-accurate Masterpiece Optimus Prime, and a Golden Lagoon-inspired sub-line. Odd, but reasonably priced, and very intriguing. Also on the show, we have more statue chat, including a Starscream statue being sold by BBTS, and a four feet tall TLK Optimus Prime. Wave 3 Power of the Primes figures are up for preorder, are you too late? (Probably.) All that and more on this week's episode of Radio Free Cybertron!

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This Week in History

* 2003 — Hasbro announces plans for a full-length, live-action movie based on Transformers.

The Big Item

* Tokyo Toy Show 2018 - Better Photo Of Masterpiece Optimus Prime Version 3

The News

Tokyo Toy Show 2018 - MP-43 Beast Wars Masterpiece Megatron Additional Detailed Photos

Transformers 35th Anniversary Golden Lagoon Toys From TakaraTomy

Studio Series Ironhide Released in Singapore With No Warning

Power of The Primes Wave Two Will Be Back To Transform Your Day Into An Adventure?

Optimus Prime #20 Retailer Incentive Comic Book Cover

Wave 3 Power of the Primes Pre-Orders - Inferno, Optimus Primal, More

M3 Studio The Last Knight Optimus Prime Statue Is Tall, Limited, Expensive

LE 150 G1 Starscream BBTS Exclusive Transformers Statue From Imaginarium Art

Rioter Galcatron - Maketoys Cross Dimension Unofficial Galvatron Prototype Revealed

What's on TFormers this week?

Leaked From Cybertron! Hasbro Shows Off Unused Headsculpt For Studio Series Voyager Class Brawl

Transformers Hall of Fame 2018 - Nominate Your Favorites!

Transformers: Unicron #1 - Stadium Comics Reveals Exclusive Alex Milne Cover

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On this episode of It's a Don Deal, Don answers a listener question about Pretender shells, a Kre-O video game, the Bumblebee movie, and more!

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This week on Radio Free Cybertron, we discuss the Bumblebee trailer! Who loved it, who liked it, and what did Melllvarr have to say? Also on the show, we talk about some interesting items from the last week including Toys R Us Australia's cancellation of Shadow Panther, and their inability to offer refunds. What?! Speaking of things that make you ask "What!?" how about those Amazon listings. Techie Team? Toilet Troop? What kind of Transformers could those be? All that and more on this week's episode of Radio Free Cybertron!!

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This Week in History

* 2011 — First day of BotCon 2011 in Pasadena, California.

The Big Item

* Transformers Bumblebee The Movie Teaser Trailer, Poster, And Screenshot Gallery

The News

Australian Release of Masterpiece Shadow Panther Canceled

TakaraTomy November Releases Official Images - Encore Air Attack Optimus Primal, PotP Cindersaur, Outback, More!

DEAL: 20% OFF New Transformers on Hasbro Toy Shop

G1 Hot Rod Walmart Reissue On The Way To Retail Locations

Transformers Generations Special Edition Repugnus New Details Revealed - First Special Editions Coming Soon?

Toilet Troop? Techie Team? New Codenamed Transformers Listings Hit Amazon

Barricade in Bumblebee The Movie - Quick Comment From Voice Actor Jess Harnell

New Optimus Prime Classic Scale G1 Statue from PCS Collectibles

Ocular Max Hellion - Masterpiece-Style Unofficial Cliffjumper From MMC

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Blast From The Past: Beast Machines Megatron's Unused Prototype Head Sculpt

Color Photos of TFC Toys STC-01 Unofficial Rolling Thunder Style Optimus Prime

Preview: Unicron End of Transformers - John Barber Talks About Last Story

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On this episode of It's a Don Deal, Don answers a listener question about the evolution of mecha and why it hasn't borrowed more from Transformers, the possibility of a Titan Class Unicron, his Buy or Sell on Transformers Authentics, and why Takara Tomy is leaving money on the table...

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This week on Radio Free Cybertron: Brian is off this week, so of course, everyone has to show off the non-Transformers stuff they got because, well, it's really hard to buy Transformers right now. Speaking of which, our conversation last week about distribution spawned a lot of great interaction and pictures of bare store shelves. But wait, are those wave 3 voyagers starting to show up before wave 2 even hits the stores? We also discuss The Transformers episode of The Toys That Made Us and the involvement of friend of the show Ant from TFU.info! There's also plenty of toy discussion and we get very confused about which Bayverse Wrecker is which. And we talk about a new Bumblebee because there always a new Bumblebee coming out. It's almost as certain as death and taxes.

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This Week in History

* 2010 — Alternity Starscream and Skywarp, and Device Label Cheetus are released in Japan.

The News

TFU.INFO's Anthony Brucale Reveals Work On The Toys That Made Us!

Machinima Power Of The Primes Episode 5 - 'Athenaeum Sanctorum'

CONFIRMED: Official Takara Studio Series Images: Jazz, Lockdown, Megatron, Brawl

Imaginarium Art G1 Ratchet Statue Image

TF Dream Factory Unofficial Movie Roadbuster New Prototype Shown

Listings For Possible Upcoming Studio Series Toys?

NewAge Toys Tiny Unofficial Bumblebee Is Back With Color Photos - And He Brought Friends!

Fans Hobby Power Baser Black - New Teaser Photo of Unofficial Powermaster Optimus Redeco

Street Fighter II X Transformers Two Packs In Hand Photos

PopCultureShock G1 Optimus Prime Cel Shaded Statue First Full View In Color

What's on TFormers this week?

EDITORIAL: Five Reasons I Quit Collecting Transformers Seriously

Transformers Annual 2018: Requiem Of The Wreckers - IDW Comics Review

Transforming Fashion - Hasbro Join Forces with United Colors of Benetton

On the second episode of It's a Don Deal we're talking about the future of action figures, Thundercats Roar, new Action Masters, new Pretenders, and much more! Plus we have 'Buy or Sell', Don's Leaving Money on the Table, and more!

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