Radio Free Cybertron: The Transformers Podcast

It's a week of big opinions on Episode 980, and the crew has plenty of them. Brian and company dig into a slate of news that runs the full spectrum — from genuinely gorgeous to genuinely baffling — and don't hold back on any of it.

It's a rare thing when a Transformers podcast episode is almost entirely good news — but Episode 979 is exactly that. Join Brian and the RFC crew as they dig into one of the most anticipated HasLab releases in years, and debate how many Ultra Magnuses is too many Ultra Magnuses.

Episode 978 of Radio Free Cybertron is here — Brian, Matt, Don, Rob, and Diecast dig into the vintage auction result that broke the internet (and maybe someone's bank accounts), then pivot to TakaraTomy's pricey Overgear Ironhide and Blackout, the Transformers x U.S. Soccer crossover figure nobody asked for, but some of us are buying anyway. Plus: Burger King is doing Transformers kids meal toys, and Brian — owner of a complete 1985 McDonald's Happy Meal set AND a Checker's Rhinox— is not playing around about it.

Brian, Don, Matt, Rob, and John hold down the fort without Chris for a packed episode covering new in-hand sightings, a wave of masterpiece news, and some genuinely exciting personal pickups.

This week: The crew kicks off with some genuinely great news: Gary Chalk (the voice of Optimus Primal!) has beaten stage four Hodgkin's lymphoma and is in full remission. From there it's all Transformers chaos — the Generation Selects Monstrucker reveal has everyone hyped (Slog's alt mode is literally just a triceratops standing up, and somehow that's perfect), while 2026 product listings bring a BotCon-referencing Megazarak redeco, an Earthrise Autobot 3-pack with finally-opaque Datsun plastics, and a Walmart Energon capsule that the crew suspects will be drowning in clear plastic. In-hand photos of the Stranger Things crossover Frequency impress even the hosts who've never watched the show. All that and more on this week's Radio Free Cybertron!