Night Force captures G.I. Joe while Zartan schemes to betray them all in our review of Skybound’s G.I. Joe #27. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:34]
  • Episode 170 – The Children Of Forgotten Things is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Comics News [00:02:14]
  • Skybound’s Transformers, Deluxe Edition Book Three Amazon Pre-Order
  • Skybound’s Void Rivals, Deluxe Edition Book Three Amazon Pre-Order
• G.I. Joe #27 Spoiler Comic Review [00:05:57]
• Media News [00:30:23]
  • Transformers Cyberworld Season 2 “Energon Surge” Episode 7 Available Online
  • The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Edition DVD Found At US Retail
  • New Cooperative Transformers Resistance Board Game Coming to Crowdfunding
• Feedback [00:41:40]
• Closing [00:46:57]

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A new third party Sixshot is in the works, DNA Design has… enhancements for the HasLab Breastforce, and we dive into all the reveals from TFcon Orlando’s third party panel. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:40]
  • Episode 170 – The Children Of Forgotten Things is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Quick Hits [00:02:52]
  • DJS-Toys DJS-BS02 Polyhunjar (Sixshot) Gray Prototype
  • Mecha Invasion TE01B Fortress (G1 Brawl) Gray Prototype Images
  • DNA Design DNA Design DK-100A Gear Master Upgrade Kit For Haslab Chest Force
• TFcon Orlando Third Party Panel [00:08:44]
• Trips To The Store [00:42:27]
• Convention News [00:48:52]
  • Next Fall TFcon – Baltimore – October 22-24, 2027
• Closing [00:50:48]

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The crew’s exploration is interrupted by a violent confrontation with the three Burrowmaws that have made the ancient Titan’s remains their home. Once the creatures are defeated, the crew presses deeper into the forgotten corridors, uncovering chambers untouched since before the Harmonium’s oldest histories were written. Then they find something they never expected. A Hot Spot. Thousands upon thousands of unborn Cybertronian sparks drift within a vast chamber, slowly drawing energy from Statera and beginning the impossibly long process of creating new bodies. For the first time, the crew witnesses the ancient process by which Transformers are born, from the living spark of a Titan. Following the ancient systems deeper into Statera, the crew finally reaches the Titan’s Spark Chamber. There, suspended within an enormous lattice of ancient machinery, they find the source of everything they’ve encountered below. Statera’s spark still burns. But barely.

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Show Notes:

• Intro [0:00:00]
• Chapter 1 – Gumshoe The Hero [0:12:57]
• Chapter 2 – Titan Ghost Town [0:22:48]
• Chapter 3 – When A Spark Comes Online There Is Great Joy [0:34:53]
• Closing [0:55:16]

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What is the Empire Of Rust Podcast?

TransMissions Podcast Network presents: the world’s first and only Transformers RPG actual play podcast! Conceived, developed, and run by TransMissions Podcast producer and editor Michael Ordway (@minervion), this podcast combines the tabletop role playing game (RPG) experience (think Dungeons and Dragons) with the setting, universe, and characters of the Transformers into an actual play podcast. Each episode records the gaming sessions as the player characters experience the adventures planned and designed by the game master (GM). The RPG system being used is based on Starfinder, a sci-fi variant of Pathfinder, combined with elements of the Transformers-themed Mechamorphosis d20 system (more info here).

Empire of Rust takes place in the IDW Comics Transformers Universe that ran from 2005 to 2018. It is set at the beginning of the “First Strike” storyline that was published in 2017. But while the starting point is based on the events of the first issue of First Strike – where Earth is being inducted into the Cybertronian Council of Worlds – the story of Empire of Rust will be very different. So if you’ve read the comics, don’t think you know what’s going to happen!

The players have all created original Transformer characters to take part in this adventure, but they’re sure to encounter some familiar faces in their adventures on Cybertron, and beyond.

Cast:

• Game Master, Narrator, & NPCs (Non-Player Characters) – Michael Ordway
• Magnum and Pythagoras – Matthew G
• Spindrift – Mike M
• Carapace – Patrick Finn
• Kevin Carlson – Rough & Tumble
• Additional Voices – Brandon Ouellette

Special Thanks:

• Teletraan 1 Outro – Brandon Ouellette

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In this episode Elita Prime takes the fight to the Decepticons as the fate of Cybertron hangs in the balance in our review of Skybound’s Transformers #37. All this and more, this week on TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Intro
• Thanks Donatreons!
• Empire of Rust Episode 169 – What Our Bodies Leave Behind is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Comics News
  • New Legends NL-08 Galvatron Web Manga Part 1 & 2 English Translation
  • Takara Tomy Transformers New Legends Earthspark Cosmos & Soundwave Web Manga Part 1 & 2 English Translation
  • Takara Tomy Transformers New Legends Black Amber Leo Prime & Bluebolt WebTakara Tomy Transformers New Legends Earthspark Cosmos & Soundwave Web Manga Part 1 & 2 EnTakara Tomy Transformers New Legends Black Amber Leo Prime & Bluebolt Web Manga Part 1glish Translation Manga Part 1
  • Skybound’s Transformers: Bumblebee – Lost Planet #1
  • Skybound’s Transformers, Preview of Issue #38
  • Skybound’s Energon Universe Comics Solicitations: January 2027
  • Skybound’s Energon Universe Comics Solicitations: March 2027
• Review
  • M.A.S.K. #5 Spoiler Comic Review
• Media News
  • Unicron Arrives in Transformers Earth Wars
  • Knights of Unicron “Optimus Prime Forever” New Single
  • Transformers Cyberworld Season 2 “Energon Surge” Episode 5 Available Online
  • Paramount Enlists Steven Spielberg For Next Transformers Movie, Michael Bay In Early Talks To Direct
• Convention News
  • Transformers Movie stunt driver Corey Eubanks to attend TFcon Orlando 2026
  • Transformers voice actor Dick Terhune to attend TFcon Orlando 2026
  • Transformers writer Paul Davids to attend TFcon Orlando 2026
• Feedback

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It’s all about third party licensed non-transforming action figures from Auldey, YoloPark, and Blokees! Plus we check out the exclusive transforming figure reveals for TFcon Orlando. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:34]
  • The bonus uncut version of Episode 170 – The Children Of Forgotten Things is available for Donatreons! The regular version will be up next week, October 26th! Get all of Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Quick Hits [00:02:29]
  • Auldey Transformers Alpha Action Elite (AAE) Wave 5 “Clash Of Masters” Promotional Image
  • Yolopark AMK PRO Dark Of The Moon Sentinel Prime New Promotional Video
  • Yolopark AMK PRO Transformers Rise Of The Beasts Shattered Glass Optimus Prime & AMK PRO Series Bumblebee Movie Optimus Prime Transparent Armor Accessory Pack Limited Stock Available
  • Blokees Transformers Shining Version 06 “The Shattered Crown” Official Images
  • Blokees Transformers Champion Class Energon Universe Optimus Prime Official Images
  • Blokees Transformers Champion Class Energon Universe Starscream Official Images
  • Frontier Workshop FW-01 Orion Praetor (Masterpiece Scaled G1 Optimus Prime) Prototype
• Trips To The Store [00:16:33]
• Convention News [00:25:11]
  • MCM London Comic Con 2026 Hasbro Booth & Cyberworld Panel
  • TFcon Orlando 2026 exclusive Fans-Hobby MB-05A Flypro
  • TFcon Orlando 2026 exclusive Fans-Hobby MB-12C & MB-13C Rainman & Rocketman
• Closing [00:33:18]

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This week on TransMissions Alt Mode we have all the comic news from NYCC and review Skybounds MASK #5. All this and more, this week on TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Intro
• Thanks Donatreons!
• Empire of Rust Episode 169 – What Our Bodies Leave Behind is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Comics News
  • New Legends NL-08 Galvatron Web Manga Part 1 & 2 English Translation
  • Takara Tomy Transformers New Legends Earthspark Cosmos & Soundwave Web Manga Part 1 & 2 English Translation
  • Takara Tomy Transformers New Legends Black Amber Leo Prime & Bluebolt WebTakara Tomy Transformers New Legends Earthspark Cosmos & Soundwave Web Manga Part 1 & 2 EnTakara Tomy Transformers New Legends Black Amber Leo Prime & Bluebolt Web Manga Part 1glish Translation Manga Part 1
  • Skybound’s Transformers: Bumblebee – Lost Planet #1
  • Skybound’s Transformers, Preview of Issue #38
  • Skybound’s Energon Universe Comics Solicitations: January 2027
  • Skybound’s Energon Universe Comics Solicitations: March 2027
• Review
  • M.A.S.K. #5 Spoiler Comic Review
• Media News
  • Unicron Arrives in Transformers Earth Wars
  • Knights of Unicron “Optimus Prime Forever” New Single
  • Transformers Cyberworld Season 2 “Energon Surge” Episode 5 Available Online
  • Paramount Enlists Steven Spielberg For Next Transformers Movie, Michael Bay In Early Talks To Direct
• Convention News
  • Transformers Movie stunt driver Corey Eubanks to attend TFcon Orlando 2026
  • Transformers voice actor Dick Terhune to attend TFcon Orlando 2026
  • Transformers writer Paul Davids to attend TFcon Orlando 2026
• Feedback

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On this episode we’re talkin’ all the reveals from New York Comic Con 2026! All this and more, this week on TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Intro
• Thanks Donatreons!
• Empire of Rust Episode 169 – What Our Bodies Leave Behind is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Toy News
  • Discussion Topic – NYCC 2026
    • NYCC 2026 – Hasbro Event Transformers Images
    • NYCC 2026 – Transformers Hasbro Event Official Pics
    • NYCC 2026 – Transformers Panel Images
    • NYCC 2026 – Transformers Panel Reveals Official Stock Images
• Trips To The Store
• Feedback

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Beyond the ancient lift lies a world forgotten by history. Far beneath the cities, temples, and battlefields of the Harmonium, the crew begins exploring the colossal interior of Statera—an ancient Titan whose body has slumbered beneath the planet for millions of years. Vast halls stretch beyond the reach of their optics, abandoned maintenance chambers remain frozen in time, and impossible machinery stands silent, waiting for commands that will never come. Yet despite the ages, Statera is not entirely lifeless. Something still moves through the forgotten corridors. As the crew ventures deeper into the Titan’s labyrinthine interior, they discover that the ancient depths have become home to creatures perfectly adapted to life beneath the world.

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Show Notes:

• Intro [0:00:00]
• Chapter 1 – The Sleeping Titan [0:19:00]
• Chapter 2 – The Mechaworm Has Turned [0:40:27]
• Chapter 3 – Carapace Brings ‘Em Down [0:56:51]
• Closing [1:02:42]

If you enjoy Empire of Rust, please rate us and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify! These ratings greatly help podcasts become more discoverable to other people using those services and is an easy way to help out our show.

What is the Empire Of Rust Podcast?

TransMissions Podcast Network presents: the world’s first and only Transformers RPG actual play podcast! Conceived, developed, and run by TransMissions Podcast producer and editor Michael Ordway (@minervion), this podcast combines the tabletop role playing game (RPG) experience (think Dungeons and Dragons) with the setting, universe, and characters of the Transformers into an actual play podcast. Each episode records the gaming sessions as the player characters experience the adventures planned and designed by the game master (GM). The RPG system being used is based on Starfinder, a sci-fi variant of Pathfinder, combined with elements of the Transformers-themed Mechamorphosis d20 system (more info here).

Empire of Rust takes place in the IDW Comics Transformers Universe that ran from 2005 to 2018. It is set at the beginning of the “First Strike” storyline that was published in 2017. But while the starting point is based on the events of the first issue of First Strike – where Earth is being inducted into the Cybertronian Council of Worlds – the story of Empire of Rust will be very different. So if you’ve read the comics, don’t think you know what’s going to happen!

The players have all created original Transformer characters to take part in this adventure, but they’re sure to encounter some familiar faces in their adventures on Cybertron, and beyond.

Cast:

• Game Master, Narrator, & NPCs (Non-Player Characters) – Michael Ordway
• Magnum and Pythagoras – Matthew G
• Spindrift – Mike M
• Carapace – Patrick Finn
• Kevin Carlson – Rough & Tumble
• Additional Voices – Brandon Ouellette

Special Thanks:

• Teletraan 1 Outro – Brandon Ouellette

Contact us:

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We are introduced to a new bad guy with a slightly familiar name in our review of Void Rivals #34. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

Order our exclusive Skybound Transformers #1 comic with cover art by E.J. Su!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:39]
  • The bonus uncut version of Episode 169 – What Our Bodies Leave Behind is available for Donatreons! The regular version will be up next week, October 12th! Get all of Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Check out our Transformers The Movie 40th Anniversary Special!
• Comics News [00:02:26]
  • Takara Tomy Transformers New Legends Delta Magnus Web Manga Part 2
  • Skybound’s ROM Special #1, Second Printing
  • James Roberts – MTMTE: The Complete Annotated Scripts
• Void Rivals #34 Spoiler Comic Review [00:13:29]
• Media News [00:28:32]
  • Transformers X GI Joe Crossover Movie Cancelled
  • The Rob Liefeld Show: Skybound’s Daniel Warren Johnson
• Convention News [00:34:42]
  • Transformers The Movie composer Vince Dicola to attend TFcon Orlando 2026
• Feedback [00:36:04]
• Closing [00:38:27]

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On this episode New Age and Dr. Wu reveal more tiny third party figures, Takara Tomy surprises us with a new Missing Link and a new Masterpiece, and we go over a ton of rumors for upcoming 2027 figures. All this and more, this week on TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Intro
• Thanks Donatreons!
• Promos
  • The bonus uncut version of Episode 169 – What Our Bodies Leave Behind is available for Donatreons! The regular version will be up next week, October 12th! Get all of Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Toyhax $10 Gift Code September Drawing
• Toy News
  • Quick Hits
    • Newage H38 Bullitt (Legends Scale Dead End) Color Prototype
    • Dr Wu DW-E84 Midland & DW-E85 Tow Truck (Micromaster Scale Outback & Hoist) Color Renders
    • Dr Wu DW-E780 Bigman & DW-E81M Plumber (Micromaster Scale G1 Brawn & Shattered Glass Pipes) Color Renders
    • DNA Design DK-98 86 Train Upgrade Kit For Studio Series Astrotrain
    • Walmart Exclusive Retro Bugbite Revealed
    • Takara Tomy Transformers Overgear OG-02 EX Grinder First Look
    • Takara Tomy Adamas Machina AMT-03 Star Saber Color Sample
    • Takara Missing Tomy Link C-16 Headmaster Arcee Revealed
    • Takara Tomy MPG-28 Style Gen Megatron Revealed!
    • New 2027 Age Of Evolution Listings Found – Demolisher, Ironhide & More
    • 2027 Transformers Line New Listings, Info & More
    • New 2027 Listings Found – Studio Series, Exclusives & More
• Trips To The Store
• Convention News
  • Wonderfest Shangai 2026 – Auldey Alpha Action Elite (AAE) “The Battle Convoy”, Alpha Action Comics (AAC) And More!
  • Wonderfest Shangai 2026 Blokees Booth Action Edition IDW Megatron, Energon Universe Starscream & Optimus Prime And More!
  • Wonderfest Shangai 2026 – Yolopark New Transformers Model Kits
  • Wonder Festival 2026 Shangai – Flame Toys Kuro Kara Kuri Dai Atlas & More!

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We dodge laser rays and return to the newest corner of the Energon Universe as we review Skybound’s M.A.S.K. #4. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:28]
  • Episode 168 – Foundation’s Road is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Check out our Transformers The Movie 40th Anniversary Special!
  • Check out Dr. Pants on Nerdstrodamus!
• Comics News [00:03:22]
  • Skybound’s Transformers, Issue #1 15th Printing
• M.A.S.K. #4 Spoiler Comic Review [00:09:14]
• Media News [00:24:40]
  • Transformers: Cyberworld Season 2 “Energon Surge” Episode 4 Available Online
  • Voice actor of Bumblebee in Optimus Prime Awakening is… apparently a right wing dudebro?
  • Rumor: Optimus Prime Awakening A Prelude To New Youtube Series?
  • Petition · Hasbro: Use the Original G1 Transformers Voice Actors on All G1 projects – United States · Change.org
• Convention News [00:49:20]
  • Transformers voice actor David Mendenhall to attend TFcon Orlando 2026
  • Transformers voice actor Venus Terzo to attend TFcon Orlando 2026
• Feedback [00:52:52]
• Closing [01:00:48]

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Galaxy Toys gives us a new 3rd party G1 Jazz figure, Takara Tomy teases a ton of new releases for Japan, and Hasbro gives us the evil version of Bumblebee from Optimus Prime: Awakening. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:42]
  • Episode 168 – Foundation’s Road is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Check out our Transformers The Movie 40th Anniversary Special!
  • Check out Dr. Pants on Nerdstrodamus!
• HasBlab [00:05:09]
  • Transformers HasLab Liokaiser Finally Shipping From Hasbro UK
  • Transformers HasLab Liokaiser Shipping Address Confirmation E-Mails Sent By Takara Tomy
  • Takara Tomy Haslab Liokaiser Packaging Sleeve First Look
• Quick Hits [00:08:47]
  • Galaxy Toys Mini-07 (G1 Jazz) Color Prototype
  • DNA Design DK-69B Max Sword Upgrade Kit
  • DNA Design DK-61G Age Of The Primes Voyager Vector Prime Upgrade Kit Update
  • Transformers Battersea Store Exclusive Yolopark AMK Pro Autobot Powerplex Color Prototype
  • Optimus Prime Awakening Bumblebee Official Pics and Details, POs Live
    • Transformers Optimus Prime Awakening Bumblebee First Look
  • Target Pre-Orders for MTMTE Starscream Being Un-Cancelled
  • Blokees Champion Class DX Jetwing Optimus Prime Black Ver. Official Images
  • Takara Tomy Transformers MPG-20 Hot Rod Style Gen. Step-By-Step Transformation Video & In-Hand Images
  • MachineCat-Toys MCT-03 SD G1 Optimus Prime Color Prototype
  • Dr Wu DW-ES10 Artillery & DW-ES11 Airburst (G1 Micromasters Flak & Sunrunner) Color Prototypes & Color Variants
  • Killerbody Movie Rediscovery Project MRP-04 Transformers Revenge Of The Fallen Ravage In-Hand Images
  • Takara Tomy Upcoming Products Color Teasers: New Legends Black Amber Leo Prime & Bluebolts, AOTP Guzzler & Cybershark, Kiss Players, MPG Twincast & Rewind, Dramatic Capture Series Dinobots & More!
• Trips To The Store [00:42:14]
• Closing [00:59:47]

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Charles invites special guests Rod from The Black Guy Who Tips Podcast and Dpalm from the Unanimous Decision Podcast to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original Transformers The Movie that premiered in 1986. We remember our earliest childhood memories with the film and how it introduced a generation of children to existential dread! Despite its cynical goal of selling more toys by killing off the old ones, this movie introduced many of us to the concept of real stakes in storytelling. And we love it! We also take a look at the new short Optimus Prime: Awakening and the final performance of the late, great Peter Cullen.

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Show Notes:

• Rod from The Black Guy Who Tips Podcast
  • YouTube
  • Bluesky
  • Twitter
• Dpalm from the Unanimous Decision Podcast
  • Bluesky
  • Twitter

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With General Libra’s recommendations in hand, the crew departs Arris One aboard one of the Harmonium’s ancient underground monorail lines. Once built to unite the world’s great cities, the tunnels now serve as lifelines beneath a planet at war, carrying the team ever closer to Principle. But Principle is only the beginning. Beneath the bustling heart of the Harmonium lies an older world, sealed away beneath layers of history and forgotten engineering. There, hidden behind colossal vault doors and dormant machinery, the crew discovers an immense transport lift descending far below anything found on modern maps. Their journey is no longer toward another city. It’s toward the foundations of a civilization…

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Show Notes:

• Intro [0:00:00]
• Chapter 1 – Technology Has A Smell [0:07:37]
• Chapter 2 – Have Fun Saving The Planet [0:27:37]
• Chapter 3 – Magnum Gets Shafted [0:47:50]
• Closing [1:00:48]

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What is the Empire Of Rust Podcast?

TransMissions Podcast Network presents: the world’s first and only Transformers RPG actual play podcast! Conceived, developed, and run by TransMissions Podcast producer and editor Michael Ordway (@minervion), this podcast combines the tabletop role playing game (RPG) experience (think Dungeons and Dragons) with the setting, universe, and characters of the Transformers into an actual play podcast. Each episode records the gaming sessions as the player characters experience the adventures planned and designed by the game master (GM). The RPG system being used is based on Starfinder, a sci-fi variant of Pathfinder, combined with elements of the Transformers-themed Mechamorphosis d20 system (more info here).

Empire of Rust takes place in the IDW Comics Transformers Universe that ran from 2005 to 2018. It is set at the beginning of the “First Strike” storyline that was published in 2017. But while the starting point is based on the events of the first issue of First Strike – where Earth is being inducted into the Cybertronian Council of Worlds – the story of Empire of Rust will be very different. So if you’ve read the comics, don’t think you know what’s going to happen!

The players have all created original Transformer characters to take part in this adventure, but they’re sure to encounter some familiar faces in their adventures on Cybertron, and beyond.

Cast:

• Game Master, Narrator, & NPCs (Non-Player Characters) – Michael Ordway
• Magnum and Pythagoras – Matthew G
• Spindrift – Mike M
• Carapace – Patrick Finn
• Kevin Carlson – Rough & Tumble
• Additional Voices – Brandon Ouellette

Special Thanks:

• Teletraan 1 Outro – Brandon Ouellette

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We reflect on Peter Cullen’s final performance in the Optimus Prime: Awakening short and we go back to the Energon Universe with a review of G.I. Joe #26. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:31]
  • The bonus uncut version of Episode 168 – Foundation’s Road is available for Donatreons! The regular version will be up next week, September 28th! Get all of Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Transformers The Movie 40th Anniversary and Optimus Prime: Awakening Spoiler Review [00:02:23]
  • Optimus Prime Awakening Director Explains the New Short Film and Talks Peter Cullen
  • The Transformers: The Movie (1986) – Box Office and Financial Information
• G.I. Joe #26 Spoiler Comic Review [00:33:05]
• Media News [00:47:42]
  • Transformers 2007 Megatron 25 Feet / 7.62 Meters Prop Images
  • The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary – Shaw Theaters X Geek Culture Special Fan Event In Singapore
  • The Transformers: The Movie Official Screening Confirmed In Japan
  • The Journey of Optimus Prime | Transformers: Generation One & The Transformers: The Movie 
  • Transformers The Basics on Peter Cullen
• Convention News [00:53:49]
  • Transformers voice actor Sumalee Montano to attend TFcon Orlando 2026
• Closing [00:54:56]

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On this episode there are a bunch of new Prime flavored Blokees in town, DNA Design has another upgrade kit fit for a Prime, and Dr. Wu shows off a new distinctly un-prime micromaster sized combiner.. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Intro
• Thanks Donatreons!!
• Promos
  • The bonus uncut version of Episode 168 – Foundation’s Road is available for Donatreons! The regular version will be up next week, September 28th! Get all of Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Quick Hits
  • E-Hobby Exclusive Premium Collectible Transformers Cards Wave 2
  • The Noble Collection x Transformers Collaboration Revealed
  • Jada Toys Transformers Metalfigs Wave 2 Official Images
  • Wonderfest Shangai 2026 Exclusive Blokees Nemesis Prime & Blokees Wheels Optimus Prime Pink
  • Blokees Transformers Action Edition Optimus Prime Ver. EVO Official Images
  • DNA Design DK-88 Upgrade Kits For MPG-17 Optimus Prime
  • Hot Wheels x Transformers Color Shifters Bumblebee In-Hand Images
  • Mecha Invasion Giant Legion (G1 Devastator) Black Limited Edition
  • Dr Wu DWHC-01 Wolfman (Micromaster Scale Weidwolf) Color Prototype
  • Dr Wu DW-E63 T-Rex (Micromaster Scale Grimlock & Volcanicus) Color Prototype
• Trips To The Store

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In this episode Thundercracker cements his place on the Aerialbots’ team as we review Skybound’s Transformers #36. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Intro
  • Thanks Donatreons!
  • Episode 167 – The Last Principle Of Hope is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Comics News
  • Takara Tomy Transformers New Legends Delta Magnus Web Manga Part 1
• Review
  • Transformers #36 Spoiler Comic Review
• Media News
  • Frank Welker’s Official Website Has Been Updated With A Tribute To Peter Cullen
  • The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Early World Premiere
  • Transformers Optimus Prime: Awakening Teaser Clip
• Convention News
  • Transformers The Movie musician Stan Bush to attend TFcon Orlando 2026
• Feedback / Questions

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Takara Tomy reveals their newest figures, Machine Cat unveils a super cute third party Waspinator figure, and Mattel and Hasbro work together on a new Hot Wheels transforming Bumblebee. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:34]
  • Episode 167 – The Last Principle Of Hope is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Toyhax $10 Gift Code August 2026 Drawing [00:02:24]
• HasBlab [00:04:56]
  • Transformers HasLab Liokaiser Shipping Address Confirmation E-Mails Sent By Hasbro UK & EU
• Quick Hits [00:06:34]
  • Takara Tomy Synergenex Transformers Evangelion Prime Unit-02 Full Reveal
    • Takara Tomy Synergenex Evangelion x Transformers Evangelion Prime Unit-02 New Official Image
    • TAKARA TOMY T-SPARK Transformers Evangelion Prime Unit-02 Official Promotional Video
  • Takara Tomy New Legends NL-08 Delta Magnus Primal Vanguard Set New Stock Images
    • Takara Tomy New Legends NL-08 Delta Magnus Primal Vanguard Set New Promotional Image
  • Takara Tomy Dramatic Capture Series “Dinobot Island, Part 1” Full Reveal
    • Takara Tomy Dramatic Capture Series “Dinobot Island, Part 1” New Promotional Image
  • DJS Toys Tyrant Dragon (MP Scale Grimlock/Volcanicus) Color Prototype 18
  • Takara Tomy Transformers New Legends NL-02 Menasor G2 Ver. Delayed
  • Monogram Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Bag Clips Images
  • MachineCat-Toys MCT-02 Flight Buzz Voltbee (SD Waspinator) Prototype
  • Mattel Creations Hot Wheels Transformers Bumblebee Official Reveal
    • Mattel Creations Hot Wheels Transformers Bumblebee “Behind The Scenes” Images & Videos
  • Kayou K-Frame Transformers 3D Card Blindbox
  • E-Hobby Exclusive Premium Collectible Transformers Cards
  • Super 7 DX ~Metallic Megatron Official Images
• Trips To The Store [00:37:08]
• Closing [00:42:40]

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The road to Arris One finally comes to an end, but the battle for the Harmonium has only just begun. Within the shielded walls of the military outpost, the crew meets General Libra, one of the few commanders still capable of coordinating the planet’s fractured defenses. The heroes’ destination is Principle, the Harmonium’s ancient center of power, information, and infrastructure. Somewhere beneath its foundations lies a secret buried so deeply that even most of the Harmonium believes it to be little more than a legend. A Titan, known as Statera. As fleets clash across the skies, the crew sets out not for the front lines, but for the quiet place beneath them, where history has been waiting a very long time to be uncovered.

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Show Notes:

• Intro [0:00:00]
• Chapter 1 – Harmonium Homecoming [0:09:12]
• Chapter 2 – Sucker Punch [0:22:31]
• Chapter 3 – Bring Out The Big Guns [0:49:25]
• Closing [1:00:40]

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What is the Empire Of Rust Podcast?

TransMissions Podcast Network presents: the world’s first and only Transformers RPG actual play podcast! Conceived, developed, and run by TransMissions Podcast producer and editor Michael Ordway (@minervion), this podcast combines the tabletop role playing game (RPG) experience (think Dungeons and Dragons) with the setting, universe, and characters of the Transformers into an actual play podcast. Each episode records the gaming sessions as the player characters experience the adventures planned and designed by the game master (GM). The RPG system being used is based on Starfinder, a sci-fi variant of Pathfinder, combined with elements of the Transformers-themed Mechamorphosis d20 system (more info here).

Empire of Rust takes place in the IDW Comics Transformers Universe that ran from 2005 to 2018. It is set at the beginning of the “First Strike” storyline that was published in 2017. But while the starting point is based on the events of the first issue of First Strike – where Earth is being inducted into the Cybertronian Council of Worlds – the story of Empire of Rust will be very different. So if you’ve read the comics, don’t think you know what’s going to happen!

The players have all created original Transformer characters to take part in this adventure, but they’re sure to encounter some familiar faces in their adventures on Cybertron, and beyond.

Cast:

• Game Master, Narrator, & NPCs (Non-Player Characters) – Michael Ordway
• Magnum and Pythagoras – Matthew G
• Spindrift – Mike M
• Carapace – Patrick Finn
• Kevin Carlson – Rough & Tumble
• Additional Voices – Brandon Ouellette

Special Thanks:

• Teletraan 1 Outro – Brandon Ouellette

Contact us:

• Website transmissionspodcast.com
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• Facebook: facebook.com/trnsmissionspodcast
• e-mail (rust@transmissionspodcast.com)

Rom joins the party as we review Skybound’s Void Rivals #33. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:36]
  • The bonus uncut version of Episode 167 – The Last Principle Of Hope is available for Donatreons! The regular version will be up next week, September 14th! Get all of Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Comics News [00:02:15]
  • Skybound’s Energon Universe Comics Solicitations: December 2026
• Void Rivals #33 Spoiler Comic Review [00:04:49]
• Media News [00:20:21]
  • Transformers: Cyberworld Season 2 “Energon Surge” Episodes 1, 2 & 3 Available Online
  • Transformers Devastation & Battlegrounds Added To Xbox Disc To Digital Program
  • The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Edition 4K UHD Steelbook New Images & Details
  • The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary – Shaw Theaters X Geek Culture Special Fan Event In Singapore
  • The Transformers: The Movie: The Ultimate Visual History Publication Delayed from October 27 to November 24, page count increased from 256 to 282
  • Unpublished Interview With Peter Cullen From 2017 Available Online
  • The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Reveals Peter Cullen’s Final Optimus Prime Performance and statement from Frank Welker on Peter’s passing
• Convention News [00:38:28]
  • Transformers voice actor Darius McCrary to attend TFcon Orlando 2026
  • Transformers voice actor Isaac Singleton Jr to attend TFcon Orlando 2026
  • John-Paul Bove Attending TFN: Swindon 2026
  • Stephen Baskerville To Attend TFN: Swindon 2026
  • Jack Ayres, voice of Cyberworld Mirage and Wheeljack, To Attend TFN: Swindon 2026
• Feedback [00:42:58]
• Closing [00:44:18]

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DNA Design has an upgrade kit for Monstructor, NewAge has another tiny combiner to show off, and we discuss some rumors of Hasbro’s 2027 Transformers lines. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start
• Intro
  • Thanks Donatreons!
  • Promos
    • The bonus uncut version of Episode 167 – The Last Principle Of Hope is available for Donatreons! The regular version will be up next week, September 14th! Get all of Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Toy News
  • Quick Hits
    • Newage Legends Scale Menasor – First Look At Combiner Mode
    • Dream Star Toys DST03 Chaos Warrior (Masterpiece Scale Bruticus) First Look
    • DNA Design DK-99 Monster Combine Upgrade Kit For AOTP Monstructor
    • Funko Pop Retro Toys The Transformers: The Movie First Look
    • The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Optimus Prime “Light-Up” Popcorn Bucket And Optimus Prime Plushies Found At Target
    • New Age Of Evolution Megatron Rising Subline Details
    • New 2027 Info Found – FALL OF CYBERTRON, TM1 Megatron, Exclusives & More!
• Trips To The Store
• Feedback / Questions

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The Energon Universe expands as we review Skybound’s Rom one-shot special. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:29]
  • Episode 166 – No Shelter But Forward is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Comics News [00:04:06]
  • Takara Tomy Transformers New Legends Earthspark Cosmos & Soundwave Web Manga Part 2
• Skybound Rom #1 Special Spoiler Comic Review [00:05:53]
• Media News [00:22:05]
  • G1 Transformers Cartoon All 65 scripts For Seasons 1 and 2 Available Online
  • The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Edition 4K UHD Steelbook Revealed
• Convention News [00:24:32]
  • Transformers voice actor Tania Gunadi to attend TFcon Orlando 2026
• Closing [00:25:15]

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Newage and Dr. Wu show off more tiny third party G1 figures, Transformers trading cards are making a comeback, and we bid a fond farewell to the voice of the franchise. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:42]
  • Tim Curry voice of Dr. Morocco in Rescue Bots passes away at 80
  • Peter Cullen passes away at 85
• HasBlab [00:17:53]
  • Transformers Haslab Liokaiser Shipping In New Zealand
• Quick Hits [00:19:37]
  • Newage H36V Hitcher & Color Variants (Legends Scale G1 Breakdown) Color Prototypes
  • Dr Wu DW-E73 Ambulance & DW-E76 Toolbox (Micromaster Scale G1 Ratchet & Gears) Color Renders
  • Dr Wu DW-E77 Flying Legs & DW-E78 Distrace (Micromaster Scale G1 Sunstreaker & Swerve) Color Renders
  • Upper Deck Transformers The Movie 40 Year Anniversary Special Edition Trading Cards Images & Information
  • Dynamite Entertainment Transformers 40th Anniversary Metal Trading Cards
  • Transformers Generations Shattered Glass Starscream Reissue
  • Mecha Invasion Giant Legion (G1 Devastator) Upgrade Kit
  • Funko Pop Transformers G1 Megatron Gold Chrome First Look
  • Takara Tomy Transformers Wild King W Wave 2 WKWM-02 Energy Master Spino Escudo & WKW-EX Undead Dragnus
  • Valentine’s Day 2 Pack Listing Found
• Trips To The Store [00:46:08]
• Convention News [01:00:03]
  • Tokyo Toy Show 2026 Takara Display – Delta Magnus, Dinobot Pack & More!
• Feedback [01:05:10]
• Closing [01:13:48]

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After surviving the destruction of their ship and an impossible journey through the void, the crew finally reaches the surface of the Harmonium. However, their relief is short-lived. The skies above are alive with Black Block Consortium warships, and the planet itself is under relentless orbital bombardment. Across the horizon, ancient cities burn beneath curtains of anti-aircraft fire as defensive batteries struggle to hold the line. Separated from any formal military support, the crew and the Harmonium ambassadors must cross a war-torn landscape toward Arris One—the nearest shielded military outpost and perhaps the only place left capable of coordinating a defense. Every crater tells the story of a battle already lost. Every explosion reminds them they’re running out of time. For the first time since arriving in Harmonium space, the war is no longer something they were traveling toward. They’re standing in the middle of it.

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Show Notes:

• Intro [0:00:00]
• Chapter 1 – Now I’m Free Fallin’ [0:18:06]
• Chapter 2 – Some Permanent Shrinkage [0:32:43]
• Chapter 3 – It’s Burrowin’ Time! [0:45:55]
• Closing [1:02:30]

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What is the Empire Of Rust Podcast?

TransMissions Podcast Network presents: the world’s first and only Transformers RPG actual play podcast! Conceived, developed, and run by TransMissions Podcast producer and editor Michael Ordway (@minervion), this podcast combines the tabletop role playing game (RPG) experience (think Dungeons and Dragons) with the setting, universe, and characters of the Transformers into an actual play podcast. Each episode records the gaming sessions as the player characters experience the adventures planned and designed by the game master (GM). The RPG system being used is based on Starfinder, a sci-fi variant of Pathfinder, combined with elements of the Transformers-themed Mechamorphosis d20 system (more info here).

Empire of Rust takes place in the IDW Comics Transformers Universe that ran from 2005 to 2018. It is set at the beginning of the “First Strike” storyline that was published in 2017. But while the starting point is based on the events of the first issue of First Strike – where Earth is being inducted into the Cybertronian Council of Worlds – the story of Empire of Rust will be very different. So if you’ve read the comics, don’t think you know what’s going to happen!

The players have all created original Transformer characters to take part in this adventure, but they’re sure to encounter some familiar faces in their adventures on Cybertron, and beyond.

Cast:

• Game Master, Narrator, & NPCs (Non-Player Characters) – Michael Ordway
• Magnum and Pythagoras – Matthew G
• Spindrift – Mike M
• Carapace – Patrick Finn
• Kevin Carlson – Rough & Tumble
• Additional Voices – Brandon Ouellette

Special Thanks:

• Teletraan 1 Outro – Brandon Ouellette

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In this episode Zartan instigates a Joe Civil War in the Energon Universe as we review Skybound’s G.I. Joe #25.

Note that Peter Cullen passed away after this episode was recorded. We will be talking about him and what he meant to us next week. Please send us your comments and thoughts at https://transmissionspodcast.com/feedback to have it included in the show.

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Show Notes:

• Peter Cullen – 1941-2026
• Show Start [00:01:24]
• Intro
• Comics News
  • Skybound’s Transformers Issues #1 and #2, Additional Printings
  • Skybound’s Energon Universe Comics Solicitations: November 2026
• Review
• G.I. Joe #25 Spoiler Comic Review
• Media News
  • Transformers: Cyberworld Season 2 “Energon Surge” Premiere Date, Trailer & Images
  • Minecraft Transformers Add-On Revealed
  • The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Celebration Of Life Concert Available Online
  • The Transformers: The Movie Official Special Event Official Twitter/X & Website In Japan
  • The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Concession Collectibles At AMC Theaters
• Convention News
  • Transformers artist Mark Watts to attend TFcon Orlando 2026
  • Jack Lawrence To Attend TFN: Swindon 2026
  • New York Comic Con 2026: Transformers and G.I. Joe, What’s Next for The Energon Universe
• Feedback / Questions

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Third party Newage unveils a unique new Junkion combiner figure, a new version of Ultra Magnus comes to Cyberworld, and Hasbro’s got more crossover collaboration figures in the works. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:36]
  • We’re back! The bonus uncut version of Episode 166 – No Shelter But Forward is available for Donatreons! The regular version will be up next week, August 31st! Get all of Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Quick Hits [00:02:41]
  • Newage H80 Spock (Legends Scale Perceptor) New Color Variants
  • Newage H76 Warriors (Junkion Combiner) Color Prototype
  • Hot Pre-Order: War for Cybertron Earthrise Runabout Reissue
  • Jada Toys Nano Metalfigs Blind Bags
  • Transformers Vaultz Big Heads Blind Boxes Stock Images & Additional Information
  • Yolopark AMK PRO Series Transformers Bumblebee Movie Shockwave Preview Image & Video
  • Blokees Transformers Defender Version 08 Battle Stars First Official Images
  • Godzilla & Secret Collab Listings Found
  • Transformers Cyberworld “Energon Surge” Ultimate Cyber Changers Ultra Magnus Stock Images
• Trips To The Store [00:22:21]
• Convention News [00:31:44]
  • Takara To Attend Tokyo Toy Show 2026 With New T-Spark Products
  • New York Comic Con 2026 Sunday: Hasbro Action Brands Toy Panel
• Feedback [00:32:50]
• Closing [00:45:14]

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It’s Seeker vs Seeker in our review of Skybound’s Transformers #35. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:32]
  • Check out Dr. Pants on Nerdstrodamus!
  • Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Comics News [00:05:15]
  • Takara Tomy New Legends Nemesis Star Convoy Web Manga/Comic English Translation
  • New Legends NL-04 Gigastorm Web Manga Part 1 & 2 English Translation
  • Reminder that the 2nd Printing of ROM #1 comes out this week… as well as Void Rivals #33
• Transformers #35 Spoiler Comic Review [00:06:40]
• Media News [00:23:49]
  • The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary – Optimus Prime Wake at Battersea Event In The UK
• Convention News [00:31:29]
  • Travis Artz to attend TFcon Orlando
• Feedback [00:32:43]
• Closing [00:35:36]

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On this episode Flame Toys has bad news for Beast Wars fans, more IDW-inspired Blokees are on the way, and is Hasbro bringing back Machine Wars? All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Intro
• Thanks Donatreons!
• Promos
  • Empire of Rust returning soon!
• Toy News
  • Quick Hits
  • SDCC 2026 Hasbro Exclusives Live on Hasbro Pulse Today @ 1
    • As of this recording (Aug 16) Jem Blaster is sold out, but Cereal Box Prime is still available
    • Same situation over at EB Games in Canada.
    • Flame Toys Furai Model Big Convoy Cancellation Announcement
  • Transformers Studio Series MTMTE Starscream Stock Issue Being Addressed By Hasbro
  • Transformers Generations Power of the Primes Optimal Optimus Reissue
  • Blokees Transformers Galaxy Version 11 “The Lost Light” Official Images
    • Blokees Transformers Galaxy Version 11 IDW Rodimus & Packaging First Look
    • Blokees Transformers Galaxy Version 11 First In-Hand Images
    • Blokees Transformers Galaxy Version 11 Lost Light Rodimus Possible First Look
  • Dr Wu DW-ES09 V2 Prime Commander (Micromaster Scale G2 Laser Optimus Prime) Color Prototype
    • Dr Wu DW-ES09 V2 Prime Commander (Micromaster Scale G2 Laser Optimus Prime) New Color Variants
  • Speed Racer Collab Listing Found
  • Age Of Evolution Deluxe Machine Wars Megatron Listing Found
• Trips To The Store
• Feedback / Questions

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Can Matt Trakker’s arrival save his M.A.S.K. agents from Miles Mayhem and V.E.N.O.M.? Find out if he’s too late in our review of Skybound’s M.A.S.K. #3. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:32]
  • Celebrating 13 years of the TransMissions Podcast!
  • Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Comics News [00:05:15]
  • Takara Tomy Transformers New Legends Earthspark Cosmos & Soundwave Web Manga
• M.A.S.K. #3 Spoiler Comic Review [00:06:40]
• Media News [00:23:49]
  • Transformers: Eternal War Mobile Game Updates: Pre-Registration, New Chapter, Trailer & Creator Contest
  • The Transformers: The Movie (40th Anniversary Edition) DVD
  • Tickets LIVE – The Transformers: The Movie: The Apology Tour 40th Anniversary Screenings
• Convention News [00:31:29]
  • Transformers creator Bob Budiansky to attend TFcon Orlando 2026
• Feedback [00:32:43]
• Closing [00:35:36]

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A Beast Wars Maximal turns to the dark side, Takara unveils a new Missing Link, and Target apparently hates Starscream, and Transformers collectors. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:38]
  • Celebrating 13 years of the TransMissions Podcast!
  • Check out Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Quick Hits [00:04:13]
  • Takara Tomy Missing Link D-01 Soundwave & D-02 Soundwave Anime Version Full Reveal
    • Takara Tomy Missing Link D-01 Soundwave & D-02 Soundwave Anime Version Promotional Video
    • Takara Tomy Missing Link D-01 Soundwave Color Sample Images
  • Takara Tomy Transformers MPG-26 Decepticon Rhinox Full Reveal
  • Takara Tomy Transformers New Legends Earthspark Cosmos & Soundwave Full Reveal & Pre-Orders
  • Takara Tomy T-Spark Adamas Machina AM-T02EX Magna Regulus Official Reveal
    • Takara Tomy Adamas Machina AM-T02EX Magna Regulus Color Sample Images
  • Target Pre-Orders for MTMTE Starscream, Prowl Being Cancelled
  • DNA Design DK-96 Age Of The Primes Nexus Prime Upgrade Kit
  • Mecha Invasion Titan Empyrean (Bruticus) Swindle & Brawl Prototype Images
  • Dr Wu DW-E74 Wanderer & DW-E75 Pioneer (Micromaster Scale Runamuck & Trailbreaker) Color Renders
  • New Transformers Ben Cooper Costume Kids Figures from NECA
• Trips To The Store [00:37:26]
• Feedback [00:50:31]
• Closing [00:55:26]

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The return of TransMissions Extra!, our podcast about anything that’s not Transformers. In this episode we don’t hold back on the spoilers as we talk all about Spider-Man: Brand New Day!

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In this episode we travel the cosmos and brush up on our Universal Greeting as we review Void Rivals #32. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Intro
• Thanks Donatreons!
• Promos
  • Empire of Rust on hiatus
• Comics News
  • Skybound’s Void Rivals, Volume 6 Trade Paperback Amazon Pre-Order
    • SCOOP: The Micronauts Are Coming to the Energon Universe
• Review
  • Void Rivals #32 Spoiler Comic Review (Charles)
• Media News
  • Transformers Tactical Arena Is Shutting Down
    • Our review of the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0u13ax25zE
• Convention News
  • Transformers voice actor Jason Konopisos to attend TFcon Orlando 2026
• Feedback / Questions

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Takara turns the G1 Predacons into Autobots, third party Dr. Wu has some new micromaster scaled G1 figure redecos, and the UK exclusive Titan Powerplex becomes a real, official toy. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:35]
  • Check out Dr. Pants on Nerdstrodamus!
  • Check out Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Toyhax $10 Gift Code June & July Drawings [00:02:43]
• Quick Hits [00:05:35]
  • Takara Tomy T-Spark Adamas Machina AM-T02EX Magna Regulus Announced
  • Transformers Wild King W Energy Beasts Hydrophant (Lightning ver.) & Gaia Knuckles Revealed
  • Dr Wu DW-E68 Gangsters & DW-E69 Rambo (Micromaster Scale Early Draft Sweep & G2 Sideswipe) Color Prototypes
  • Officially Licensed LDCX Transformers Suction Cup Figures In-Hand Images
  • Machine Cat / TFC SD Rolling Thunder Optimus Prime Prototype
  • Blokees Wheels C04 (Wave 4) First Look & Line Up
  • Blokees Transformers Defender Ver. Wave 8 – Battle Stars First Look
  • Yolopark AMK MINI PRO Series Transformers G1 Dinobots First Look
  • Transformers Battersea UK Launches Exclusive Powerplex Toy and Comic
    • TFNation Powerplex Prototype & More
• Trips To The Store [00:29:48]
• Closing [00:50:45]

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Matt Trakker gets the network online in our review of Skybound’s M.A.S.K. #2. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:40]
  • Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Comics News [00:02:46]
  • Skybound’s ROM Special #1 and M.A.S.K. Origins #1, New Printings
  • Skybound’s Official Trailer: The Next Phase of the Energon Universe Is Here!
• M.A.S.K. #2 Spoiler Comic Review [00:11:26]
• Media News [00:27:19]
  • TFTM Soundtrack Reformatted Edition Brief Review
  • Hasbro Cuts Down Gaming Ambitions After $56 Million Impairment Charge
  • Hasbro And Fathom Entertainment Reveal An All-New Chapter For The Transformers: The Movie
• Convention News [00:36:58]
  • Transformers voice actor Garry Chalk to attend TFcon Orlando 2026
  • Alex Milne to attend TFNation 2026
  • Transformers artist Alex Milne to attend TFcon Orlando 2026
• Closing [00:39:56]

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On this episode we delve into all the Transformers reveals Hasbro showed off at this year’s SDCC. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Intro
  • Check out all of our of Donatreon exclusive bonus shows on our Patreon page!
  • Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Buy our exclusive Skybound Transformers #1 comic with artwork by EJ Su! Order now at https://transmissionspodcast.com/comic
• Toy News
  • Discussion Topics
    • San Diego Comic-Con Reveals
      • San Diego Comic Con 2026 – Theezero Booth
      • San Diego Comic Con 2026 – Blokees Booth
      • Robosen Flagship “Fallen Leader” Optimus Prime Official Reveal & Pre-Orders
      • San Diego Comic Con 2026 – Hasbro Booth Preview Night
      • Transformers Age Of The Primes Energon Optimus Prime, Dark Energon Megatron, Cybertread & Cybertronic Pre-Orders Live
      • San Diego Comic Con 2026 – Hasbro Breakfast: Nexus Prime Limbs, Icons Megatron, Studio Series Evasion Mode Optimus Prime & More!
      • Transformers Age Of The Primes Deluxe Sky Guard and Breakaway And Megatron Icons Official Stock Images
      • San Diego Comic Con 2026 – Hasbro Transformers Panel Coverage: Age Of The Primes & Studio Series Reveals!
      • Hasbro Pulse Video
      • SDCC 2026 – Transformers Panel Reveal Official Pics
      • San Diego Comic Con 2026 – Hasbro Booth Display: Age Of The Primes, Studio Series AOE Titan Scorn, Energon Universe Shredhead, Robosen And More!
• Trips To The Store
• Convention News
  • TFcon Los Angeles 2027 announced: March 12–14
• Feedback

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We see how Energon is everyone’s favorite secret sauce in our review of Skybound’s G.I. Joe #24. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:29]
  • Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• G.I. Joe #24 Spoiler Comic Review [00:02:50]
• Transforming Pop Culture [00:19:03]
  • Transformers Pretzel At Universal Studios Hollywood
  • Toronto Blue Jays “Transformers Day” Announcement
• Convention News [00:24:41]
  • Symbiote Studios: Gregg Berger and Frank Todaro Comic-Con Signing Event
  • Comic-Con Panels
    • Comic-Con 2026 Thursday: Robert Kirkman Live!
    • Skybound’s 2026 Comic-Con International: San Diego Panels
    • Comic-Con 2026 Saturday: The Energon Universe is Unstoppable
  • Chris McFeely To Attend TFNation 2026 and Present The Matrix Test Quiz
  • Artist Chris Carter To Attend TFNation 2026
  • Artist Jason Cardy To Attend TFNation 2026
  • John-Paul Bove To Attend TFNation 2026
  • The Rest Is Giant Robots (Simon Furman & Andrew Wildman Podcast) Live at TFNation 2026
• Feedback [00:34:16]
• Closing [00:39:17]

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Toys ‘R’ Us China celebrates 40 years of Transformers, the Rainmaker Seekers are back, and Hasbro is making sure everyone who wants them can get them, and the Studio Series line is… evolving. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:40]
  • Check out Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Quick Hits [00:02:30]
  • Flame Toys Kuro Kara Kuri Skywarp First Look
  • Toys”R”Us Hong Kong Transformers 40th Anniversary Campaign – Official Goods & More!
  • Transformers x Scooby Doo Mysterious Prime & Automutt Live!
  • Hot Wheels x Transformers Color Shifters G1 Bumblebee First Look
  • Interview With Yukiya Amano Development Manager Of Transformers Overgear
  • Kodansha Fanbook 2026 “Ghost Starscream” Announced
    • Kodansha Fanbook 2026 “Ghost Starscream” Promotional Video
  • ToysRUs China New Exclusive Transformers Bundles: Studio Series 86 Seekers 3-Pack And More!
    • ToysRUs China Exclusive Transformers Studio Series 86 Seekers 3-Pack In Hand Images
  • Transformers Studio Series Generation 1 Seeker Storm Pack MTO Live + Haslab Details + SS84 Confirmed?
• Studio Series Toyline Expanding to All Tranformers Media [00:26:32]
  • Studio Series Line Updates – G1 Cartoon Subline Confirmed, Coneheads Coming & More
    • Nate from Hasbro Instagram Post
  • Hasbro Toyline Updates: Studio Series Evolving To Include All TF Entertainment, Mainline To Be A Sandbox
    • Evan from Hasbro Instagram Post
• Trips To The Store [00:49:35]
• Feedback [01:06:38]
• Closing [01:08:40]

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We witness the long overdue return of a very mad scientist as we review Skybound’s Transformers #34. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

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• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:29]
  • Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Transformers #34 Spoiler Comic Review [00:03:30]
• Media News [00:31:43]
  • Transformers Cyberworld Season Finale now available on YouTube
• Closing [00:35:05]

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We closed out TFcon Toronto 2026 with a podcast crossover! We’re joined by Children of Primus, WTF @ TFW, and The Stasis Pod to recap another awesome Transformers convention. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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• Check out these other awesome podcasts!
  • Children of Primus: https://childrenofprimus.com/
  • WTF @ TFW Podcast: https://wtf.tfw2005.com/
  • Stasis Pod at Iacon Underground Radio: https://www.iaconunderground.net/

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This week on TransMissions we take a look at the 40th anniversary of the Transformers The Movie Marvel Comic adaptation, and we’ve got some more guest announcements as TFcon Toronto is right around the corner! All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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• Intro
• Thanks Donatreons!
• Promos
  • Episode 165 – The World Below Your Feet is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Comics News
  • Skybound’s Void Rivals, Issue #33 ROM Covers Artwork
  • Skybound reprint of Transformers The Movie Marvel Adaptation #2
• Convention News
  • Transformers voice actor Xavier Paul Cadeau to attend TFcon Toronto 2026
  • Transformers writer Marty Isenberg to “attend TFcon Toronto 2026
• Feedback / Questions

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This week we’ve got updates on recent Takara toy reveals from last week, BotBots are making a comeback in surprise calendar form, and rumor has it another dream Transformers crossover is coming true, hopefully it’s not a nightmare! All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Intro
• Thanks Donatreons!
• Promos
• Episode 165 – The World Below Your Feet is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Toy News
• Quick Hits
  • Takara New Legends NL-05 BWII Galvatron Full Reveal!
  • Tonka x Transformers Collaboration First Look
  • Dr Wu Old Iron & Cicada (Micromaster Scale G1 Ironhide & Venom) Color Renders
  • Takara Tomy Transformers MPG-24 Eject & Ramhorn And MPG-25 Broadcast (Blaster) & Steeljaw New Promotional Images
  • Yolopark AMK PRO Transformers 2007 Ironhide New Promotional Videos
  • Threezero Transformers MDLX G2 Heroes Combat Megatron Revealed
  • Transformers Surprise Countdown Calendar
  • Transformers Surprise Countdown Calendar Contents Revealed
  • Studio Series 86 Leader Sludge Reissue Coming
  • Studio Series Seeker Storm Pack Details Discovered – Rainmakers & Sunstorm!
  • TF x Scooby Doo Collab Mysterious Prime & Automutt Description
• Trips To The Store
• Convention News
  • TFcon Toronto 2026 exclusive Fans-Hobby MB-14C Fireman
  • Based on G1 Turbomaster Scorch
• Feedback / Questions

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After being scattered across the void, the crew finally reunites in the wreckage field orbiting Harmonium space. Bruised, battered, and running on dwindling supplies, they pull themselves—and the surviving ambassadors—back from disaster long enough to take stock of the situation. With no ship, limited resources, and no clear way home, the crew is forced to improvise a descent plan while deciding where they stand in a conflict that may reshape the balance of power across Cybertron. For the first time since arriving in Harmonium space, survival is no longer enough. Now they have to choose what comes next.

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Show Notes:

• Intro [0:00:00]
• Chapter 1 – Passive Aggressive Scanning [0:12:24]
• Chapter 2 – Magnum Goes MacGyver [0:35:38]
• Chapter 3 – Death From Above [0:46:45]
• Chapter 4 – Planetfall [1:00:06]
• Closing [1:12:57]

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What is the Empire Of Rust Podcast?

TransMissions Podcast Network presents: the world’s first and only Transformers RPG actual play podcast! Conceived, developed, and run by TransMissions Podcast producer and editor Michael Ordway (@minervion), this podcast combines the tabletop role playing game (RPG) experience (think Dungeons and Dragons) with the setting, universe, and characters of the Transformers into an actual play podcast. Each episode records the gaming sessions as the player characters experience the adventures planned and designed by the game master (GM). The RPG system being used is based on Starfinder, a sci-fi variant of Pathfinder, combined with elements of the Transformers-themed Mechamorphosis d20 system (more info here).

Empire of Rust takes place in the IDW Comics Transformers Universe that ran from 2005 to 2018. It is set at the beginning of the “First Strike” storyline that was published in 2017. But while the starting point is based on the events of the first issue of First Strike – where Earth is being inducted into the Cybertronian Council of Worlds – the story of Empire of Rust will be very different. So if you’ve read the comics, don’t think you know what’s going to happen!

The players have all created original Transformer characters to take part in this adventure, but they’re sure to encounter some familiar faces in their adventures on Cybertron, and beyond.

Cast:

• Game Master, Narrator, & NPCs (Non-Player Characters) – Michael Ordway
• Magnum and Pythagoras – Matthew G
• Spindrift – Mike M
• Carapace – Patrick Finn
• Kevin Carlson – Rough & Tumble
• Additional Voices – Brandon Ouellette

Special Thanks:

• Teletraan 1 Outro – Brandon Ouellette

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It’s all Skuxxoid, all the time as we review Skybound’s Void Rivals #31. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:36]
  • The bonus uncut version of Episode 165 – The World Below Your Feet is available for Donatreons! The regular version will be up next week, July 6th! Get all of Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Void Rivals #31 Spoiler Comic Review [00:03:37]
• Convention News [00:22:21]
  • Transformers artist Andrew Griffith to attend TFcon Toronto 2026
• Feedback [00:24:32]
• Closing [00:29:39]

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Dr. Wu has a super small Sixshot coming soon, TFC toys shows off a transforming cobra rattler from G.I. Joe, and we get early hints of Hasbro’s next Titan figure coming in 2027. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:44]
  • The bonus uncut version of Episode 165 – The World Below Your Feet is available for Donatreons! The regular version will be up next week, July 6th! Get all of Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
• Quick Hits [00:09:48]
  • DR WU DW-E72 Sixfaced Wolf (Micromaster Scale Sixshot) Color Renders
  • Magic Square Toys MS-B63 ENIAC-No.4 (Legends scale Scattershot) Color Prototype
  • TFC Toys x DJS Toys STC-03 Stealthroar (G.I Joe x Transformers Rattler Starscream) Gray Prototype
  • Dream Star Toys DST03-002 Chaotic Warrior – Scammer (MP Scale Swindle) Gray Prototype
  • 2027 Titan Listing Found: Age Of Extinction Scorn!
  • GMHS 2026 Flame Toys: Kuro Kara Kuri Long Arm, SG Ultra Magnus, Dai Atlas, IDW Cyclonus, Furai Model Tarn & More!
  • Takara Tomy New Legends NL-07 Beast Wars II Galvatron Prototype & Scale New Images
  • Takara Tomy Transformers MPG MPG-25 Broadcast (Blaster) Prototype New Images
  • Prime 1 Studio Next Level Showcase XVIII – Revenge Of The Fallen Devastator (With Mudflap & Skids)
  • Tonka x Transformers Collabs Coming
  • New Collab Listings Found – Van & Sport 7
• Trips To The Store [00:48:11]
• Feedback [01:03:59]
• Closing [01:06:39]

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We celebrate our 500th episode of TransMissions Alt Mode… with a review of Skybound’s G.I. Joe #23, featuring absolutely no Transformers! All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:32]
  • Check our Dr. Pants on Nerdstrodamus!
  • Episode 164 – Holding On To Empty Space is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Toyhax 15% off June promo code: DRILLBUSTER
• Comics News [00:04:21]
  • Takara Tomy New Legends Menasor G2 Ver. Web Manga/Comic English Translation
  • Takara Tomy Transformers New Legends NL-04 Gigastorm Web Manga Part 1 & 2
  • Skybound’s Energon Universe Comics Solicitations: September 2026
• G.I. Joe #23 Spoiler Comic Review [00:10:19]
• Media News [00:34:29]
  • Transformers Cyberworld Episode 31 & 32 Available Online
  • Transformers Cyberworld Episode 33 Available Online
  • Transformers: Eternal War Mobile Game Soft Launch For Australia, New Zealand, Singapore & Philippines
• Convention News [00:38:47]
  • Transformers voice actor Dick Terhune to attend TFcon Toronto 2026
  • Ed Pirrie to attend TFNation 2026
  • James Roberts to attend TFNation 2026
  • Geoff Senior to attend TFNation 2026
  • Andrew Wildman to attend TFNation 2026
• Feedback [00:42:00]
• Closing [00:53:51]

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Flame Toys reveals an ultra detailed shattered glass action figure in their Kuro Kara Kuri line, Dr. Wu also has a new shattered glass figure in the works, and DNA Design has a new upgrade kit for a legendary Prime. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:43]
  • Check our Dr. Pants on Nerdstrodamus!
  • Episode 164 – Holding On To Empty Space is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Toyhax 15% off June promo code: DRILLBUSTER
• Quick Hits [00:15:17]
  • Star Toys DST03-001 Chaotic Warrior (MP Scale Brawl) Gray Prototype
  • Flame Toys Kuro Kara Kuri Shattered Glass Ultra Magnus
  • Dr Wu DW-E09M Star Fear (Micromaster Shattered Glass Starscream) Color Prototype
  • DNA Design DK-86 Age Of The Primes Quintus Prime Upgrade Kit
• Trips To The Store [00:24:39]
• Feedback [00:40:04]
• Closing [00:47:12]

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Lost in the freezing void of Harmonium space, the crew fights to survive the aftermath of the catastrophic collision that destroyed their ship. With debris, failing systems, and drifting survivors scattered across the darkness, every second becomes a race against momentum, oxygen, and distance. One by one, the crew manages to regroup, pulling the Harmonium ambassadors and each other back from the edge. For a brief moment, it almost feels like they might actually make it. Then Spindrift shoots a missile. What follows is immediate chaos. The detonation tears through the debris field and sends everyone spiraling away from each other once again—scattered across the void with damaged systems, broken comms, and rapidly shrinking chances of rescue. The cold between stars suddenly feels much larger.

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Show Notes:

• Intro [0:00:00]
• Chapter 1 – Spinning And Drifting Out Of Control [0:10:00]
• Chapter 2 – Threading The Needle [0:24:41]
• Chapter 3 – Hook, Line, And Sinker [0:37:56]
• Closing [0:58:19]

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What is the Empire Of Rust Podcast?

TransMissions Podcast Network presents: the world’s first and only Transformers RPG actual play podcast! Conceived, developed, and run by TransMissions Podcast producer and editor Michael Ordway (@minervion), this podcast combines the tabletop role playing game (RPG) experience (think Dungeons and Dragons) with the setting, universe, and characters of the Transformers into an actual play podcast. Each episode records the gaming sessions as the player characters experience the adventures planned and designed by the game master (GM). The RPG system being used is based on Starfinder, a sci-fi variant of Pathfinder, combined with elements of the Transformers-themed Mechamorphosis d20 system (more info here).

Empire of Rust takes place in the IDW Comics Transformers Universe that ran from 2005 to 2018. It is set at the beginning of the “First Strike” storyline that was published in 2017. But while the starting point is based on the events of the first issue of First Strike – where Earth is being inducted into the Cybertronian Council of Worlds – the story of Empire of Rust will be very different. So if you’ve read the comics, don’t think you know what’s going to happen!

The players have all created original Transformer characters to take part in this adventure, but they’re sure to encounter some familiar faces in their adventures on Cybertron, and beyond.

Cast:

• Game Master, Narrator, & NPCs (Non-Player Characters) – Michael Ordway
• Magnum and Pythagoras – Matthew G
• Spindrift – Mike M
• Carapace – Patrick Finn
• Kevin Carlson – Rough & Tumble
• Additional Voices – Brandon Ouellette

Special Thanks:

• Teletraan 1 Outro – Brandon Ouellette

Contact us:

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In this episode we check in on the Autobots and the “Notobots” as we review Skybound’s Transformers #33. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Intro
• Thanks Donatreons!
• Promos
  • The bonus uncut version of Episode 164 – Holding On To Empty Space is available for Donatreons! The regular version will be up next week, June 22nd! Get all of Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Toyhax June promo code: DRILLBUSTER – last promo code for now!
  • Dashery store on sale through July 22nd! https:///merch.transmissionspodcast.com
• Comics News
  • Skybound Welcomes ROM To The Energon Universe
  • Skybound’s Void Rivals, Issue #25 Additional Printing
• Review
  • Transformers #33 Spoiler Comic Review
• Media News
  • The Transformers Theme Reformatted Edition Music Video
  • Rumor: Jason Fuchs (IT: Welcome to Derry) To Write Script For New Transformers Movie?
• Convention News
  • Jack Lawrence To Attend TFNation 2026
  • Nick Roche To Attend TFNation 2026
• Feedback / Questions

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Third party Newage has some small scale combiner limbs, we’ve got all the info from Hasbro’s Transformers Fanstream, and will another War For Cybertron: Siege figure be returning to shelves soon? All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

Order our exclusive Skybound Transformers #1 comic with cover art by E.J. Su!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:34]
  • The bonus uncut version of Episode 164 – Holding On To Empty Space is available for Donatreons! The regular version will be up next week, June 22nd! Get all of Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Toyhax June 15% off promo code: DRILLBUSTER
• Quick Hits [00:05:12]
  • Newage H37 Wraith & H39 Death Race (Legends Scale Wildrider & Drag Strip) Color Prototypes
  • DNA Design DK-89 Age Of The Primes Armada Sideways Upgrade Kit
  • Yolopark Beast Wars Figures
    • Yolopark AMK Series Beast Wars Megatron Highlight Showcase
    • Yolopark AMK Series Beast Wars Blackarachnia Highlight Showcase
  • E-Hobby Exclusive “Chokonformer” New Characters Announced
  • Blokees Transformers Shining Version 05 “Eternal Rivalry” Official Images
  • New Siege Commander Jetfire Reissue Coming?
• Hasbro Transformers Fanstream Recap [00:17:23]
  • TF Livestream Notes – Armada Cyclonus & Demolishor Confirmed, Unicron Details, Powermasters, More
  • Hasbro And Reigning Phoenix Music Bring The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Concert To Comic-Con
  • SDCC 2026 Exclusive Transformers Optimus Prime & Autobot Jazz Cereal Box Set & Jem And The Holograms Blaster And Cassettes Official Stock Images
  • SDCC Exclusive Cereal Box Autobot Jazz Official In-Hand Images
• Trips To The Store [00:36:07]
• Closing [01:05:19]

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The Energon Universe expands to absorb another 80’s toy franchise as we review Skybound’s M.A.S.K. #1. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:41]
  • Episode 163 – Two Lights In The Sky is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Toyhax June 15% off promo code: DRILLBUSTER
• Comics News [00:02:56]
  • Power Rangers #1 from Boom Studios featuring art by Andrew Griffith available now!
    • Cover B
• M.A.S.K. #1 Spoiler Comic Review [00:05:30]
• Media News [00:27:41]
  • Transformers Cyberworld Episode 30 Available Online
  • Paramount Launches Paramount Games Studio
• Convention News [00:31:11]
  • Transformers artist Livio Ramondelli to attend TFcon Toronto 2026
  • Simon Furman to attend TFNation 2026
• Closing [00:34:27]

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On this episode Hasbro gives a previous fembot reissue the Greenlight, more Studio Series 86 and Age of the Primes figures are revealed, and rumor has it that the Hasbro crossover collaboration mashups will continue… All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Intro
• Thanks Donatreons!
• Promos
  • Episode 163 – Two Lights In The Sky is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Toyhax June promo code: DRILLBUSTER
• Toy News
  • Quick Hits
    • 01-Studio 01S-18 Fortress (Fall Of Cybertron Metroplex) New Images
    • Monster Jam Collabs First Look
    • Good Smile Company The Gattai Collection – Brave Series Red Geist Announced
    • Transformers WFC Siege Greenlight Reissue
    • Pulse Transformers Fanstream Taking Place June 9th
    • Takara Tomy Transformers Missing Link C-15 Ratchet Official Stock Images
    • Takara Missing Link First Decepticon Officially Teased
    • Studio Series MTMTE Collection 86 Starscream, Prowl & Insecticon Pack First Look
    • Age Of The Primes Wave 3 Stock Photos
    • Transformers Age Of The Primes Leader Unicron Soldier Full Look
    • Transformers Age Of The Primes Deluxe Cybertronic and Cybertread First Look!
    • Transformers Age Of The Primes Energon Optimus Prime & Dark Energon Megatron Revealed
    • Mastermind Creations Reformatted-54 Optus Seiko (Apex Armor) New Images
    • Powerlinx Armada Red Alert & Minicons Multipack In The Works?
    • Studio Series Dreamwave Sunstorm, Seeker Multipack, Collaborative Fast & Furious And Mystery Machine In The Works?
• Trips To The Store
• Feedback / Questions

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The jump into Harmonium space should have been the easy part. Instead, it becomes a disaster. As the crew exits the spacebridge, another vessel barrels through the corridor at the worst possible moment. The collision is immediate, violent, and catastrophic—tearing the ship apart before anyone can react. In a heartbeat, the mission changes from escort to survival. Ejected into the cold void with systems failing and debris scattering in every direction, the crew scrambles to stabilize themselves, locate the Harmonium ambassadors, and keep everyone alive long enough to find a way out. No gravity. No safety. No margin for error. Just drifting bodies, dwindling power, and the fragile promise they made to deliver their passengers home. Because out here, even a single mistake doesn’t just end the mission. It ends everything.

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Show Notes:

• Intro [0:00:00]
• Chapter 1 – Free Fallin’ [0:18:29]
• Chapter 2 – Fembots And Ambassadors First [0:28:57]
• Chapter 3 – Magnum’s Magnetic Personality [0:42:46]
• Chapter 4 – Under Pressure In The Vacuum Of Space [0:58:58]
• Closing [1:19:00]

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What is the Empire Of Rust Podcast?

TransMissions Podcast Network presents: the world’s first and only Transformers RPG actual play podcast! Conceived, developed, and run by TransMissions Podcast producer and editor Michael Ordway (@minervion), this podcast combines the tabletop role playing game (RPG) experience (think Dungeons and Dragons) with the setting, universe, and characters of the Transformers into an actual play podcast. Each episode records the gaming sessions as the player characters experience the adventures planned and designed by the game master (GM). The RPG system being used is based on Starfinder, a sci-fi variant of Pathfinder, combined with elements of the Transformers-themed Mechamorphosis d20 system (more info here).

Empire of Rust takes place in the IDW Comics Transformers Universe that ran from 2005 to 2018. It is set at the beginning of the “First Strike” storyline that was published in 2017. But while the starting point is based on the events of the first issue of First Strike – where Earth is being inducted into the Cybertronian Council of Worlds – the story of Empire of Rust will be very different. So if you’ve read the comics, don’t think you know what’s going to happen!

The players have all created original Transformer characters to take part in this adventure, but they’re sure to encounter some familiar faces in their adventures on Cybertron, and beyond.

Cast:

• Game Master, Narrator, & NPCs (Non-Player Characters) – Michael Ordway
• Magnum and Pythagoras – Matthew G
• Spindrift – Mike M
• Carapace – Patrick Finn
• Kevin Carlson – Rough & Tumble
• Additional Voices – Brandon Ouellette

Special Thanks:

• Teletraan 1 Outro – Brandon Ouellette

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TFNation is having a gathering in Scotland, another episode of Cyberworld is on YouTube, and the classic Transformers The Movie is back… in comic form. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:31]
  • Check out Dr. Pants on Nerdstrodamus!
  • The bonus uncut version of Episode 163 – Two Lights In The Sky is available for Donatreons! The regular version will be up next week, June 8th! Get all of Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Toyhax June 15% off promo code: DRILLBUSTER
• Comics News [00:03:17]
  • Transformers: The Movie Marvel Comic Adaptation #1 Skybound reprint available now
• Media News [00:20:23]
  • Transformers Cyberworld Episode 29 Available Online
• Convention News [00:23:46]
  • TFN:The Gathering – Glasgow 2026 – 13 June 2026
• Closing [00:25:50]

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Machine Cat Toys has more super deformed 3rd party figures in the works, Unicron might be getting some new troops to command in the Age of the Primes toyline, and Armada Optimus Prime gets the ultimate upgrade: pants. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:44]
  • Check out Dr. Pants on Nerdstrodamus!
  • The bonus uncut version of Episode 163 – Two Lights In The Sky is available for Donatreons! The regular version will be up next week, June 8th! Get all of Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Toyhax June 15% off promo code: DRILLBUSTER
• Toyhax May $10 Gift Code Drawing [00:04:31]
• Quick Hits [00:09:01]
  • Officially Licensed Transformers Squaroes Deck Boxes
  • Hasbro Files Trademark for New In-House Model Kit Line
  • Blokees Action Edition 06 Transformers Prime Optimus Prime Official Images
  • Blokees Wheels Transformers C03 Wreck & Rule 2 Official Stock Images
    • Blokees Wheels Transformers C03 Wreck & Rule 2 Product Update: Chase Variants
  • Rising Force Fall Of Cybertron Combaticons Swindle And Blast Off Prototypes
  • Killerbody Transformers G1 Matrix Of Leadership
  • Commander Armada Optimus Prime & Jetfire Official Combination Video
    • Generations Commander Armada Prime Reissue
  • Takara Tomy Upcoming Products Color Teasers: New Legends BW II Gigastorm, Missing Link Ratchet, Overgear Optimus Prime, AOTP Monstructor And More!
    • Takara Tomy Transformers Overgear OG-03 Optimus Prime New Promotional Image
    • Takara Tomy Transformers Missing Link C-15 Ratchet New Promotional Image
    • Tomy Transformers New Legends NL-04 Beast Wars II Gigastorm new Promotional image
  • MachineCat-Toys MCT-02 Ferocy B-Robo (SD Abominus) Gray Prototype
  • MachineCat-Toys SD G1 Optimus Prime Gray Prototype Update
  • Transformers MPG-19 Soundwave & Condor (Laserbeak) New In-Hand Images
  • Age Of The Primes Leader Unicron Soldier Teasers
• Chogoking stepping away from doing designs for Mastermind Creation 3rd party toy products [00:41:03]
• Trips To The Store [00:56:57]
• Closing [00:00:00]

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In this episode the Quintessons seem unstoppable as we review Part 6 of the Quintesson War in Skybound’s Void Rivals #30. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Intro
• Thanks Donatreons!
• Promos
  • Episode 162 – The Fiction We Choose To Carry is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Toyhax May promo code: MAGNUSMAY
• Comics News
  • Takara Tomy Transformers New Legends Nemesis Star Convoy Web Manga Part 2
• Review
  • Void Rivals #30 Spoiler Comic Review (Charles)
• Media News
  • Transformers The Apology Tour – The Transformers: The Movie 1986 Back In Theaters
  • The Transformers The Movie The Soundtrack The Reformatted Edition – The Details
  • Las Vegas Licensing Expo – Transformers Inmersive Attraction To Launch In Brazil
  • Officially Licensed Transformers Pinball by Stern – New Trailer & Product Description
  • Convention News
    • Transformers writer Joseph Kuhr to attend TFcon Toronto 2026

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Missing Link Ironhide has a hidden gimmick, Sentinel Prime collects all the Age of the Primes artifacts, and are we finally getting a new Pretender Thunderwing next year? All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:34]
  • Episode 162 – The Fiction We Choose To Carry is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Toyhax 15% off promo code: MAGNUSMAY
• Toyhax April 2026 $10 Gift Code Drawing [00:02:58]
• Quick Hits [00:05:25]
  • Takara Tomy Missing Link C-14 Ironhide Hidden Features
  • Transformers MPG-19 Soundwave & Laserbeak Packaging Images
    • Hasbro Pulse link
  • Age Of The Primes Sentinel Prime Artifact Pack First Look
    • Transformers Age Of The Primes Sentinel Prime Artifact Pack In-Hand Images
  • MachineCat-Toys MCT-01 Flight B-Robot (SD Superion) Color Prototype
  • MachineCat-Toys MCT-02 Flight Buzz Voltbee (SD Waspinator) Prototype
  • Lucky Cat Cyber Goddess Series CG01 -Venus (Arcee) Color Prototype
  • Bingo Toys BT08-02 Newton (Masterpiece Scale Afterburner) Color Prototype
  • Magic Square Toys MS-B63 ENIAC-No.3 (Legends scale Strafe) Color Prototype
  • 2027 Age Of Evolution Commander Listing Found: Thunderwing!
• Trips To The Store [00:27:09]
• Closing [00:35:15]

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With the dust settling in Iacon, the crew receives a visit from an influential ally: Windblade. Carrying both authority and urgency, she brings a new mission—one that requires diplomacy, discretion, and a steady hand. The Harmonium representatives currently under Iacon’s protection must be returned safely to their home territory. Though the organization still stands, the political landscape around it is delicate, and the journey could have consequences far beyond a simple escort mission. Windblade lays out the stakes and the route ahead, turning the crew’s attention from recent battles to the careful work of diplomacy and safe passage. For once, the task is not to infiltrate, sabotage, or fight their way through an enemy stronghold. Instead, they must deliver something far more complicated: people. And on Cybertron, even the act of going home can be dangerous.

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Show Notes:

• Intro [0:00:00]
  
• Chapter 1 – Magnum Is Always Talking Out Of Pythagoras’ Ass [0:17:20]
• Chapter 2 – Can There Be Harmony With The Harmonium? [0:28:41]
• Chapter 3 – Treaties And Tribulations [0:46:00]
• Chapter 4 – A New Mission And A New NPC [0:58:22]
• Chapter 5 – Out Of The Frying Pan [1:09:48]
• Closing [1:19:25]

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What is the Empire Of Rust Podcast?

TransMissions Podcast Network presents: the world’s first and only Transformers RPG actual play podcast! Conceived, developed, and run by TransMissions Podcast producer and editor Michael Ordway (@minervion), this podcast combines the tabletop role playing game (RPG) experience (think Dungeons and Dragons) with the setting, universe, and characters of the Transformers into an actual play podcast. Each episode records the gaming sessions as the player characters experience the adventures planned and designed by the game master (GM). The RPG system being used is based on Starfinder, a sci-fi variant of Pathfinder, combined with elements of the Transformers-themed Mechamorphosis d20 system (more info here).

Empire of Rust takes place in the IDW Comics Transformers Universe that ran from 2005 to 2018. It is set at the beginning of the “First Strike” storyline that was published in 2017. But while the starting point is based on the events of the first issue of First Strike – where Earth is being inducted into the Cybertronian Council of Worlds – the story of Empire of Rust will be very different. So if you’ve read the comics, don’t think you know what’s going to happen!

The players have all created original Transformer characters to take part in this adventure, but they’re sure to encounter some familiar faces in their adventures on Cybertron, and beyond.

Cast:

• Game Master, Narrator, & NPCs (Non-Player Characters) – Michael Ordway
• Magnum and Pythagoras – Matthew G
• Spindrift – Mike M
• Carapace – Patrick Finn
• Kevin Carlson – Rough & Tumble
• Windblade – Charlotte Chapman
• Additional Voices – Brandon Ouellette

Special Thanks:

• Teletraan 1 Outro – Brandon Ouellette

Contact us:

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We review Skybound’s G.I. Joe #22. Cobra and G.I. Joe begin the Energon Hunt, but who or what is hunting them? All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

Order our exclusive Skybound Transformers #1 comic with cover art by E.J. Su!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:42]
  • The bonus uncut version of Episode 162 – The Fiction We Choose To Carry is available for Donatreons! The regular version will be up next week, May 25th! Get all of Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Toyhax May 15% off promo code: MAGNUSMAY
• Comics News [00:05:30]
  • Takara Tomy Transformers New Legends Nemesis Star Convoy Web Manga
• G.I. Joe #22 Spoiler Comic Review [00:07:14]]
• Media News [00:32:43]
  • New Transformers Pinball by Stern
• Feedback [00:36:59]
• Closing [00:49:03]

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There’s a new bot in Iron Factory’s Samurai Series, we talk about Takara’s reveals at the Shizuoka Hobby Show, and HasLab LioKaiser has finally started shipping out to backers everywhere. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:49]
  • The bonus uncut version of Episode 162 – The Fiction We Choose To Carry is available for Donatreons! The regular version will be up next week, May 25th! Get all of Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Toyhax May 15% off promo code: MAGNUSMAY
• HasBlab [00:07:30]
  • Transformers Haslab Liokaiser Has Started Shipping!
  • Haslab Transformers Liokaiser First In-Hand Images
• Quick Hits [00:11:25]
  • Takara Tomy Missing Link C-14 Ironhide Full Reveal & Details
  • Takara Tomy New Legends NL-03 Nemesis Star Convoy Full Reveal & Price
  • Transformers x Hot Wheels – GT Scorcher, El Segundo Coupe, & Twin Mill
  • Takara Overgear Optimus Prime Color Images
    • Transformers Overgear Optimus Prime Sample handling & Introduction Video
  • New Transformers Wild King W Official Stock Images
    • Transformers Wild King Wave W Rexblade & Energy Beasts Official In-Hand Images
  • CultureFly Transformers: The Movie VS. Series Revealed
  • Iron Factory Iron Samurai Series IF EX-80 Bousobancho (Legends Scale Samurai Motormaster) Color Prototype
• Takara Reveals at the Shizuoka Hobby Show [00:29:48]
  • Takara New Legends NL-07 Beast Wars II Galvatron Revealed!
  • Takara Tomy Missing Link C-15 Ratchet Color Prototype First Look
  • Takara Tomy New Legends NL-06 Beast Wars II Gigastorm Additional Images
  • Transformers MPG Beast Wars “Dark Designs” Rhinox First Look
  • Takara Adamas Machina Star Saber Revealed!
  • Takara Tomy Transformers MPG-24 Ramhorn & Eject Prototypes
• Trips To The Store [00:41:16]
• Closing [01:04:24]

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Elita Prime returns to Cybertron as we review Skybound’s Transformers #32. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:30]
  • Episode 161 – The Gravity Of Echoes is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Toyhax May 15% off promo code: MAGNUSMAY
• Comics News [00:03:59]
  • Takara Tomy New Legends Lio Convoy Legendary Green Ver. Web Manga/Comic English Translation
• Transformers #32 Spoiler Comic Review [00:05:52]
• Media News [00:24:14]
  • Transformers Cyberworld Episode 28 Available Online
• Convention News [00:25:15]
  • Transformers voice actor James Horan to attend TFcon Toronto 2026
• Feedback [00:28:57]
• Closing [00:36:17]

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On this episode Takara has fully revealed their latest missing link figure, there’s a couple new Hot Wheels molds, and Dr Wu has some new War Within inspired figures coming out. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

Order our exclusive Skybound Transformers #1 comic with cover art by E.J. Su!

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Show Notes:

• Intro
• Thanks Donatreons!
• Promos
  • Episode 161 – The Gravity Of Echoesis now available for everyone athttp://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • ToyhaxMay promo code: MAGNUSMAY
• Toy News
  • Takara Overgear Optimus Prime Grey Prototype Image
  • Dr Wu DW ES03 Cyber Mixer Truck & DW ES06 Cyber Excavator (War Within Mixmaster & Scavenger) And Cyber Hercules (War Within Devastator) Color Prototypes
  • Dr Wu DW ES05 Cyber Crane & DW ES06 Cyber Dump Truck (War Within Hook & Long Haul) Color Prototypes
  • Dr Wu DW ES07 Cyber Shovel Loader & DW ES08 Cyber Bulldozer (War Within Scrapper & Bonecrusher) Color Prototypes
  • Hot Wheels x Transformers Twin Mill (Red) Stock Images
  • Hot Wheels Collab El Segundo Coupe & GT-Scorcher First Look
  • Takara Tomy New Legends NL-03 Nemesis Star Convoy New Promotional Image & Details
  • Takara Tomy Missing Link C-14 Ironhide New Promotional Image – Full Look & Details
• Trips To The Store

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In the uneasy calm after Argentum, the cracks start to show. While the city of Iacon tries to return to normal, Carapace decides now is the perfect time to rob a store—because some habits survive every arc. Elsewhere, Magnum and Spindrift dig deeper into the data pulled from the Doctrine’s ruins. What they uncover isn’t just leftover ideology or rogue cells, but something far more structured: the remains of Starscream’s plans for the Harmonium. As one problem is handled loudly and another quietly takes shape, the crew realizes that the space between victory and consequence is shrinking fast.

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Show Notes:

• Intro [0:00:00]
  
• Chapter 1 – Chaos On Velocitron [0:09:38]
• Chapter 2 – Carapace Goes Moonlighting [0:22:03]
• Chapter 3 – Hard Knocks For Hookshot [0:37:31]
• Chapter 4 – Like A Protoform In A Cyborg Candy Shop [0:51:35]
• Chapter 5 – A Hit On The Harmonium [1:08:52]
• Closing [1:14:39]

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What is the Empire Of Rust Podcast?

TransMissions Podcast Network presents: the world’s first and only Transformers RPG actual play podcast! Conceived, developed, and run by TransMissions Podcast producer and editor Michael Ordway (@minervion), this podcast combines the tabletop role playing game (RPG) experience (think Dungeons and Dragons) with the setting, universe, and characters of the Transformers into an actual play podcast. Each episode records the gaming sessions as the player characters experience the adventures planned and designed by the game master (GM). The RPG system being used is based on Starfinder, a sci-fi variant of Pathfinder, combined with elements of the Transformers-themed Mechamorphosis d20 system (more info here).

Empire of Rust takes place in the IDW Comics Transformers Universe that ran from 2005 to 2018. It is set at the beginning of the “First Strike” storyline that was published in 2017. But while the starting point is based on the events of the first issue of First Strike – where Earth is being inducted into the Cybertronian Council of Worlds – the story of Empire of Rust will be very different. So if you’ve read the comics, don’t think you know what’s going to happen!

The players have all created original Transformer characters to take part in this adventure, but they’re sure to encounter some familiar faces in their adventures on Cybertron, and beyond.

Cast:

• Game Master, Narrator, & NPCs (Non-Player Characters) – Michael Ordway
• Magnum and Pythagoras – Matthew G
• Spindrift – Mike M
• Carapace – Patrick Finn
• Kevin Carlson – Rough & Tumble
• Additional Voices – Brandon Ouellette, Charlotte Chapman, Dr. Pants

Special Thanks:

• Teletraan 1 Outro – Brandon Ouellette

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On this episode we kick off Skybound Year 4 as we review the Energon Universe 2026 Free Comic Book Day Special. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Intro
• Thanks Donatreons!
• Promos
  • The bonus uncut version of Episode 161 – The Gravity Of Echoesis available for Donatreons! The regular version will be up next week, May 11th! Get all of Empire of Rust athttp://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Toyhax April promo code: MAGNUSMAY
• Comics News
  • Free Comic Book Day thoughts
• Comic Review
  • Energon Universe 2026 Free Comic Book Day Special Spoiler Comic Review
• Convention News
  • Transformers voice actor David Kaye to attend TFcon Orlando 2026

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New Age toys has a few new legend scale figures, Takara Tomy hints at the next Missing Link figure, and we’ve got leaks of a new Lego figure. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:31]
  • G1 Transformers Writer Gerry Conway Has Passed Away
• Quick Hits [00:04:29]
  • Newage Toys H71 Dick (Legends Scale Sideswipe) New Color Variants
  • Newage Toys H75A Snow, H75B Swan, H75C Cowboy, H75D Cleon, H75E Ajax & H75F Rembrandt (Legends Scale Junkions) Color Prototypes
  • Newage Toys H75X Wyatt, H75CX Cowboy, & H75DX Cleon (Legends Scale Shattered Glass Junkions) Color Prototypes
  • DNA Design DK-69P Max Sword Upgrade Kit
  • MachineCat-Toys SD G1 Optimus Prime Color Renders
  • 2027 Studio Series Commander Listing Found: 86 Rodimus Prime
  • Lego Brickheadz Transformers Megatron First Look
  • Takara Tomy New Legends Nemesis/Black Star Optimus Prime (?) Teaser
  • Takara Tomy Missing Link Ironhide Teaser Image Teaser Image
• Trips To The Store [00:34:14]
• Closing [00:47:15]
  • The bonus uncut version of Episode 161 – The Gravity Of Echoes is available for Donatreons! The regular version will be up next week, May 11th! Get all of Empire of Rust at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Toyhax May 15% off promo code: MAGNUSMAY

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Hasbro is getting back into broadcast TV, the Energon Universe invades Free Comic Book Day, and Transformers partners with an energy drink so you can drink your own version of Energon. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions Alt Mode!

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Show Notes:

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Intro [00:00:41]
  • Empire of Rust Episode 160 – The Space Between Who We Were And Who We Are is now available for everyone at http://transmissionspodcast.com/rust
  • Toyhax May 15% off promo code: MAGNUSMAY
• Comics News [00:03:24]
  • “The Hunt for Hyperdrive” Fan-Comic Announcement
    • https://ko-fi.com/thunderclashgoesbananas/shop
  • Free Comic Book Day is this Saturday!
• Media News [00:06:52]
  • Hasbro Expands To Broadcast TV With New Hasbro Legends Channel
  • Interview With Director Steven Caple Jr. – A Hint About The New Transformers Live-Action Movie
• Transforming Pop Culture [00:12:03]
  • Sneak Energy X Transformers Collaboration
• Closing [00:14:13]

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