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While Al is distracted by daydreams of mobile suits, Bernie is pulled into a Zeon special forces mission to infiltrate Side 6 to find out what the Federation is hiding there. Will someone in a Gundam series finally resist the urge to give a child a gun? How many of these mobile suits do we … Continue reading

Iacon Underground Radio is coming in a little late with our August episode, but that gave us a chance to get all up in our feels about Peter Cullen and Tim Curry (and to get our SDCC Jem Blasters!).

This week on Stasis Pod: Whirl learns the perils of social media when she posts a video of Hot Shot tripping without his permission — but Hot Shot learns all the wrong lessons from it! Then, Wedge has to overcome his urge to use his new altmode for everything when he needs to haul ice … Continue reading

This week on Stasis Pod: The cadets go to The Land Down Under and meet a new Autobot friend who needs help with some stampeding roos! Then, Hot Shot’s buddy Scorch has made some bad life choices and he’s making it Whirl’s problem! Whom among us would have just left him to rust in the … Continue reading

Welcome to season 4 of Superhuman Samurai Syber Pod, featuring Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket! This season we’re tackling some proper ground-level war drama with this 1989 OVA series about a schoolboy caught in a conflict on the margins of the One Year War. How badly will Al be traumatized by the … Continue reading

This month we talk a little about new toy news and a lot about TFCon Toronto 2026!

This week on Stasis Pod: Boulder wants the recruits to see if Scraplets can be trained to help with rescue work, and somehow that’s not the most irresponsible thing to happen in this episode! Then, Medix’s need for extra helicopter training leaves Whirl feeling redundant. Can they talk things out in time to stop a … Continue reading

This week on Stasis Pod: Hot Shot is eager to get the new Multi-Cogs to the other recruits — and who has time for proper testing when a whole new world of altmodes awaits? Then, it’s time for the recruits to choose their second forms, but Hot Shot’s attempt to scan a rocket goes horribly … Continue reading

This week on Stasis Pod: Heatwave tells Whirl he’s set up a deductive reasoning test for her on the recruits’ wilderness training trip, but when everyone starts to disappear one by one, she’ll have to set aside all her assumptions to save them! Then, Medix is always nagging everyone else to do the right thing, … Continue reading

This week on Stasis Pod: Everything we know about Hot Shot’s whole multi-mode gimmick is upended when Heatwave reveals that he can change into any of his modes as much as he wants to — but he has to work for it! Can he get the hang of it in time to help with a … Continue reading

This month we talk about Transformers becoming Truly Outrageous, acknowledge that Armada had a lot of potential, and have a Liokaiser Appreciation Corner!

This week on Stasis Pod: The Vault of the Primes has gifted each of the recruits with a new tool most suited to them — but Hot Shot is unimpressed with his new combicannon. Trading tools with Wedge will totally go fine, right? Then, Cody enlists Mr. Murphy’s dog Heatwave to help teach Medix how … Continue reading

This week on Stasis Pod: Hoist and the Dinobots check out an old mine that might have Energon! But is that really a good place for Dinobots? Then, an ancient Cybertronian artifact sends the recruits into a simulation to rescue Ratchet. It’s time for some meta-plot! Join us for the Rescue Bots Academy episodes “The … Continue reading

This week on Stasis Pod: Hot Shot’s disappointed when his big training day with Heatwave is just spent doing a bunch of chores — but is he actually learning something useful? Then, Wedge doesn’t see the point of learning math until Bumblebee takes him on a rescue mission in space! Who does Bee recruit from … Continue reading

This week on Stasis Pod: Chase takes Whirl on a training mission to Griffin Rock’s Museum of Future Tech Art! But when a sculpture is stolen, who turns out to be the better investigator? Then, the recruits take ballet lessons to help with their physical training, but Medix just doesn’t get the point! And which … Continue reading

Shuji has taken control of the mysterious White Devil that’s appeared through a rift between worlds and now it’s up to Machu and Nyaan to stop it from destroying Lalah and ending the world! How can David and Jen explain all this multiversal nonsense to Rob? When the dust settles, who will lead Zeon with … Continue reading

This week on Stasis Pod: An automated amusement park becomes a little too fun when the park’s Fun Droids malfunction! Then, spooky stories on a camping trip seem to leave Hot Shot… haunted? And it is possible for a bear to be both a zombie and a ghost? Join us this week for “Fun Droids” … Continue reading

This month we’ve got a whole bunch of lists of alleged upcoming toys, we ponder a men’s suit made entirely of cartoon Transformers print fabric, and we learn an exciting new euphemism for the most traumatic toy Hasbro keeps insisting on giving us!

Machu fights to stop Nyaan from firing the Yomagn’tho again and rescue Lalah, we finally find out what Shuji’s deal is, and Char arrives just in time for a magical girl glow-up! And the multiversal shenanigans intensify! Join us this week for the penultimate episode of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, “Alphacide”!

In this episode: Garry Chalk beats cancer, Monstructor is beautiful, and we catch up on Skybound’s Energon Universe!

Kycilia Zabi finally strikes against her brother Gihren and sends Nyaan in the GFreD to take control of his secret superweapon, Yomagn’tho, for a final strike at the heart of Zeon! But what lies at the heart of this weapon? How many Big Zams were destroyed in the making of this military strike? Could adults … Continue reading

In this episode: We catch up on Takara Tomy and weird licensed third party stuff and then IT’S TOY FAIR TIME Y’ALL!

Machu arrives on Earth and finds herself at an estate that’s got some sketchy business going on — and a young woman with a mysterious connection to Char Aznable! Can Machu escape with her new ally in tow? What IS the Rose of Sharon? And wait, are we doing multiverses now? Join us this week … Continue reading

In this episode: We get our hopes up for a Happy Meal return, then we take a stab at what those leaked collab code names might mean!

After checking back in on the alternate One Year War to see what exactly happened during the mission at Solomon, we find Nyaan being love-bombed by Kycilia Zabi herself into testing the next Gundam in the GQuuuuuuX line, the GFreD! But were the deaths of the previous test pilots caused by the Gundam, or were … Continue reading

In this episode: We’ve got two Nickels and a lot of opinions as we do a quick news update and then talk about our Stuff of the Year!

This one’s for the real robot fight sickos as the Psycho Gundam is unleashed on Side 6 and Xavier and Challia both join the battle! Machu cracks a safe, and Nyaan’s confession sends Shuji and the Red Gundam into a zeknova! Plus, Rob gets another taste of OG Gundam with Challia Bull’s single episode! Join … Continue reading

This week on Iacon Underground Radio we fail to find $15 Black Friday two-packs, discuss the sudden wave of reissues, and do a vibe check on Kirkman’s Transformers!

This week on Iacon Underground Radio we have some deeply sus new licensed merch, another Titan reissue, and Jen and David are all caught on on Void Rivals!

The Clan Battle stakes are going through the roof as a mysterious team with military ties is lined up for the Pomeranians’ next fight — and what’s that giant box they’re smuggling into Side 6 as an “air conditioning unit”?  Challia and Xavier get tied up in political intrigue, Machu gets tied up in her … Continue reading

This week on Iacon Underground Radio we’ve got a HUGE pile of convention news to get through, Jen FINALLY has Skydive, and we beg people to please stop calling it an “adult” cartoon!

This week on Iacon Underground Radio we’re talking about another wave of licensed 3P figures, Jen never ever getting Skydive, and how we’re feeling going into a new phase of Skybound’s Transformers!

With Machu cornered by Xavier to find out if she’s the GQuuuuuuX’s pilot and Shuji out of sorts with a high fever, it’s up to Nyaan to pilot the Gundam against Gaia and Ortega of the Black Tri-Stars! But Nyaan isn’t even a Newtype… or is she? And is the Rick Dom the platonic ideal … Continue reading

In this episode of Iacon Underground Radio: We have nothing but good things to say about the results of the “Activate Your Alt Mode” Fan Vote, very few good things to say about another Evangelion mashup, and do a vibe check on the state of the franchise!

A former Federation ace pilot with a vendetta against the Red Gundam challenges Team Pomeranian in Clan Battle! Does it even matter that Shuji isn’t the one who killed her mav in the war? That new mav of hers is clearly a lesbian, right? And what’s this about the Gundam having a little fighter jet … Continue reading

So late it’s technically September, for our “Late August” episode we’re talking unhinged licensed merch, extremely controversial music takes, and why the US can’t have nice things!

This week there’s very little news to talk about so Jen is gonna tell you all about MICRONAUTS!

We’re talking SDCC news, even more licensed third party figures from Hong Kong’s ACGHK, and then David tells Jen all about his trip to TFCon Toronto!

In this episode we talk about the June Pulse livestream, Skybound shake-ups, and GQuuuuuuX’s ending and the growing trend towards hopeful deconstructions.

In this episode: We finally get a look at Skydive and Fireflight, Yolopark is making garage kits, and we have opinions about the Primes so far!

…Or Late May delivered a little late, this episode has BREAKING Megatron news, Stupid Sexy Optimus, and some literary criticism comics talk!

This week we’re talking Shizuoka Hobby Show reveals, the emerging lead candidate for AotP Shelfwarmer, and the increasing flood of licensed third-party figures and model kits!

This week we get forced against our will to talk about professional football, talk about the toys that finally shipped out of our preorder piles, and do a vibe check on Skybound!

This week we’re talking Skybound’s new Kickstarter, a great big list of leaks, and, unfortunately, tariffs.

This week we discuss rumors of a Robosen Devastator, the flood of new toys showing up at every Walmart but ours, and TakaraTomy’s Wild King!

This week on Iacon Underground Radio we discuss Toy Fair news and then go on a Transformers-adjacent trip to the movies for Mobile Suit Gundam: GQuuuuuuX!

This week on Iacon Underground Radio: We’re getting back in the swing of things just in time for a big HasLab reveal!

David and Jen are back with a wrap-up of all the most memorable toys, fiction, and convention adventures of 2024!

This week on Iacon Underground Radio we discuss the most important detail of a Megatronus toy, what’s new on streaming, and all the new old toys showing up at Ross and Ollie’s for the holidays!

This week on Iacon Underground Radio we discuss 2025 toy leaks, Missing Link reveals, and ideas for future Collaborative toys!