The RFC Mini-cast

When should you import Transformers direct from Japan? John, Brian, Exvee, Diecast and Don weigh the yen, shipping, customs, cancellation policies and speed, from HobbyLink Japan and Amazon Japan to Taobao.

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Masterpiece Optimus Primal is the first Beast Wars Masterpiece, and the crew calls it a hit. John, Brian, Diecast and Don review the gorilla mode, faces, price and transformation, then pick Takara's next Beast Wars targets.

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Part 2 of the TFCon Chicago 2016 third-party panel. Make Toys' Downbeat is the Jazz to get, TFC teases a Road Caesar and Gangs of Devil builds a Beast Wars Neo Unicron. John, Brian, Don and Diecast react.

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Part 1 of the TFCon Chicago 2016 third-party panel: Fans Toys' two-foot Terminus Giganticus and Fans Hobby's Monsterbots. John, Don, Diecast and Brian also sort through upgrade kits, Gigapower Dinobots and Legends-scale toys.

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Unite Warriors or Combiner Wars Computron? John, Exvee, Matt and Don compare Takara's remolded Lightspeed, Nosecone and Strafe with Hasbro's set. They also cover combiner fatigue and a long combiner wishlist.

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Space Ape Games' Kiran Ramdhawa tells John and Diecast why Transformers: Earth Wars went G1-inspired. He explains how new bots are picked and timed with Hasbro, and what fans said at TFNation.

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An off-topic Mini-cast: John, Matt, Diecast and Brian review Suicide Squad. John frames it against the Bay Transformers sequels as fellow examples of rough adaptations.

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Matt has nearly all of Titans Return waves 1 and 2. Fortress Maximus beats Metroplex, Rewind wins the Legends and Stripes loses. Galvatron's cannon mode is nailed, and the Titan Masters are more fun than expected.

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Is third party free to be creative? John, Brian and Diecast debate Make Toys Pandinus, price, transformation engineering and a decade of G1 remakes, then size up the state of third-party Masterpiece.

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Tokyo Toy Show 2016 brings Masterpiece Inferno in full red and Masterpiece Thrust at 14,800 yen. Unite Warriors Lynxmaster trades Smokescreen for Ratchet. John, Don and Exvee break it all down.

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