It's all good. I'm sure I just forgot that you're that much younger than me. One of the other freelancers is also a huge Transformers fan, and she does go to BotCon, and so I guess that's why I thought to ask.
I'd definitely love to go! They have tons of neat and interesting things over at the various Botcons, but between the cost of tickets, how far away it is, and how much souvenir stuff is, it just isn't feasible right now.
I went to BotCon 2000. I was about 15 at the time and had a blast. I remember there was some sort of raffle you could buy tickets for to be part of a trivia game on Saturday night. I bought $10 worth of tickets thinking, "Eh, what the hell?"
My name was chosen as one of the contestants. I ALMOST got to the tier of questions where I would've won a $100 credit to use anywhere in the dealer hall. The question I got was, "How many instrumental tracks were on the '86 movie soundtrack?" I jumped the gun and didn't pay attention to the word "instrumental," so I gave the total number of tracks. Grrr....
The absolute best thing was that they managed to get a local theater to play the '86 movie. It was pretty sweet to see it on the big screen.
I almost get the feeling he doesn't so much die as he steps aside or goes away. More of a symbolic nature then an actual death?
Maybe he fakes his death to live as someone else because of how some might perceived him?
Yeah I know, sounds stupid but I swear the whole blown apart death thing has been done a dozen times over, hell wasn't the record for him being dead like five minutes in one cartoon? I could see them going for something else here compared to what most might expect.
At least one of the cons who turned autobot isn't going to say Decepticons forever before putting a laser through his head right?
Prime goes into exile, because he sees himself as the cause for all the fighting. So he splits the matrix and gives half to Bumblebee and the other to Rodimus
since this guy appears on the cover issue 3, i thought it would be nice to show off the design here. a little bit of a Christmas present from me
with MTMTE i've gone with a combo of WFC and TF Prime designs.
probably right now Trailbreaker is my favourite design i've come up with. well my fav for what i can show you right now
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I though Roche was on MtMtE? What the hell IDW if they dropped him from either book.
IDW didn't drop him, but he has more work than he can handle at once. He went off of MtMtE to do other things, Alex Milne is doing the book. HOWEVER, Roberts and Butler did say that the artists would rotate over time. We very well could get Roche back later.
I always liked Cyclonus, he was the loyal guy to Galvatron even when the guy was bat crazy in the cartoons plus he's got a look that I think works very well.
Now...the last time I remember him being around wasn't he and a few others stuck to the dead zone or that place where the dead reigned? I forget the details exactly but couldn't they leave for more then a short period before just dying? The up part being no matter how much they were shot up they'd just "fix" themselves, basically they were zombie robots. Didn't they even have a death touch or something. Like I said I'm forgetting the details here, but overall I thought it was a pretty cool concept with what they were being made to be. Especially since they were not Decepticons at all.
Until they came back and suddenly they were or something? I heard people complaining about that.
Cyclonus though I could see due to his origin in this comic book universe working with the Autobots easily enough unless they changed his back ground/purpose greatly.
he was captured with the Decepticons, shouting out that he didn't belong there. before that, he fought Galvatron, who was being manipulated into doing something that would destroy Cybertron. Galvatron ended up vaporized. Abnett and Lanning kept calling Galvatron and his crew Decepticons in Infestation and Heart of Darkness, even though they definitely weren't that. This error ended up continuing into Chaos, but Roberts and Butler made fun of the error in Death of Optimus Prime.
I will defnitly be picking up MTMTE #1. I've aways had a soft spot for Roddy and the season 3 bots, pus it features alot of lesser known bots, and a creative team I like. I would love to see Rodimus finally grow up and become a good seasoned leader (instead of constantly being portrayed as incompetent because he's not Optimus by rabid GEEWUNS) I hope we get to see that happen here. As for ROD, I my pass on that one for awhile, truthfully, I think i've had my fill of season 1&2 for now.
I definitely think it's a good move that they're moving away from Optimus, like so many others I love the big red bot but for the most part the Autobots seem to all about Optimus. If you got him around he's like a black hole that sucks up the focus, even if he's not around but you know you'll see him soon it's still sort of the same and no one gets to really shine.
The decepticons had this problem to a lesser extant with Megatron.
Exactly! Furman's run (bless his soul for trying his hardest to do something different) didn't bring in Optimus for some time for just that reason! You know what we got from that? We saw the Autobot crew actually doing things, and the first Decepticons we met were Runamuck and Runabout for god's sake. Of course, he did have to bring in Prime sooner or later, and eventually he got more and more facetime.
I definitely think it's a good move that they're moving away from Optimus, like so many others I love the big red bot but for the most part the Autobots seem to all about Optimus. If you got him around he's like a black hole that sucks up the focus, even if he's not around but you know you'll see him soon it's still sort of the same and no one gets to really shine.
The decepticons had this problem to a lesser extant with Megatron.
That's the real problem with Transformers nowadays. The season 1&2 bots were great whent hey were the FOUNDATION of the transformers. They were something to build on an improve, something which the Japanese creators understood very well, until they too were sucked into the Optimus-mire in later years. The problem is that the modern rebirth of the series was initiated in part by those fans called Geewuns, worshippers of the season 1&2 bots, but primarily worshippers of Optimus Prime.
Season 1&2 has become less of a foundation in recent years and more of a black hole, sucking in everything that does not have to do with them. In a way i'm glad that series like Headmasters, Victory, and Masterforce never made it over to America. Rodimus always got the short end of the stick, who knows what the Geewuns would have done to Star Saber and Ginrei (Oh lord, would Ginrei get it).
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Though I do agree the fanbase can be very hostile.
Costa still wasn't particularly great, even forgiving that
e: whoooops sorry CD :<
/Hits China. Keeps digging.
last year was Disney in Florida, I think
My name was chosen as one of the contestants. I ALMOST got to the tier of questions where I would've won a $100 credit to use anywhere in the dealer hall. The question I got was, "How many instrumental tracks were on the '86 movie soundtrack?" I jumped the gun and didn't pay attention to the word "instrumental," so I gave the total number of tracks. Grrr....
The absolute best thing was that they managed to get a local theater to play the '86 movie. It was pretty sweet to see it on the big screen.
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The Raphael one-shot I got as well was so much better.
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DEATH OF OPTIMUS PRIME PREVIEW
in that preview you'd see that he thought he died but woke up three weeks later
however
the last issue of the ongoing revealed that Prime and Megatron have been gone from cybertronian civilization for millions of years
so, chances are nil
Maybe he fakes his death to live as someone else because of how some might perceived him?
Yeah I know, sounds stupid but I swear the whole blown apart death thing has been done a dozen times over, hell wasn't the record for him being dead like five minutes in one cartoon? I could see them going for something else here compared to what most might expect.
At least one of the cons who turned autobot isn't going to say Decepticons forever before putting a laser through his head right?
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He looks damn great.
I remember a friend had Trailbreaker as a toy, another friend tried to grab it from me, pulled and ripped his legs off.
Dude stole my yellow M.A.S.K. action figure too.
Yeah the guy was a jerk.
IDW didn't drop him, but he has more work than he can handle at once. He went off of MtMtE to do other things, Alex Milne is doing the book. HOWEVER, Roberts and Butler did say that the artists would rotate over time. We very well could get Roche back later.
what the slag is going on
lineart to MTMTE #1
I see Cyclonus, Ultra Magnus, Drift, Chromedome, Rung, Whirl, Eject or Rewind, Ratchet, and Red Alert
looks like Roddy's crew is huge
it's an homage to
gah you are creepy
I honestly forgot about that cover, that's great
Now...the last time I remember him being around wasn't he and a few others stuck to the dead zone or that place where the dead reigned? I forget the details exactly but couldn't they leave for more then a short period before just dying? The up part being no matter how much they were shot up they'd just "fix" themselves, basically they were zombie robots. Didn't they even have a death touch or something. Like I said I'm forgetting the details here, but overall I thought it was a pretty cool concept with what they were being made to be. Especially since they were not Decepticons at all.
Until they came back and suddenly they were or something? I heard people complaining about that.
Cyclonus though I could see due to his origin in this comic book universe working with the Autobots easily enough unless they changed his back ground/purpose greatly.
But I do like that we're getting a book that has more fringe characters in it. Chromedome, Whirl, Eject/Rewind, and I dont even know what a Rung is!
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that's interesting! I do want to get both because both writers get the brand, are enthusiastic about it, and they'll cross over a bit.
The decepticons had this problem to a lesser extant with Megatron.
the colored cover to MTMTE #1
That's the real problem with Transformers nowadays. The season 1&2 bots were great whent hey were the FOUNDATION of the transformers. They were something to build on an improve, something which the Japanese creators understood very well, until they too were sucked into the Optimus-mire in later years. The problem is that the modern rebirth of the series was initiated in part by those fans called Geewuns, worshippers of the season 1&2 bots, but primarily worshippers of Optimus Prime.
Season 1&2 has become less of a foundation in recent years and more of a black hole, sucking in everything that does not have to do with them. In a way i'm glad that series like Headmasters, Victory, and Masterforce never made it over to America. Rodimus always got the short end of the stick, who knows what the Geewuns would have done to Star Saber and Ginrei (Oh lord, would Ginrei get it).