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can I talk about the comics? Specifically, are IDW planning to do super big TPBs that collect the whole seasons of MtMtE and RiD? By my reckoning there's about 12 TPBs at about £10 each that cover everything up to Dark Cybertron, so would prefer a collected version of everything, or am I going to have to trawl ebay to grab them on the cheap?
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I've just started a re-read of the entire IDW run, to get myself back up to speed for getting into MTMTE and RiD. Megatron: Origin suffers from some godawful colouring and a plot which starts off okay then seems to skip two issues before wrapping itself up in the most unsatisfying way possible. Stormbringer on the other hand is still fantasic, though Furman's dialogue in sections is... a bit poo poo to put it mildly.
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Sep 16, 2014 19:21
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Happy Fun Bollocks posted:
no lie, I remember reading this in an annual when it was originally published, and was loving terrified. It must have been... 85 or 86?
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Sep 16, 2014 22:09
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Tag Plastic posted:There was talk about Scrounge in The Smelting Pool a while back, which is probably the iconic child-distressing scene, but Victory! was a close second for me. loving Grimlock bisecting Megs then taking a Fusion Cannon down the throat, then skeletal murderbot Robo-Joy on top of that. The readers who get upset by MTMTE just haven't been properly tempered when young. at the other end of the spectrum, here's Unicron with toilets 
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Sep 16, 2014 22:52
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Just finished re-reading All Hail Megatron. All of that cramming of previous story in the second half is really jarring, but the bits between Starscream and Megatron are really well handled. Not enough to even remotely recommend it to anyone though, the first six issues are such a slog
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Sep 29, 2014 21:43
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The only thing I liked in the while movie was Hound, Crosshairs and Drift chatting away for long periods, probably more in that movie than the Autobots chatted in the previous three
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Oct 13, 2014 08:03
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Rhyno posted:The first year or so of the IDW run isn't bad but they lost faith in Furman and cut his last arc into a bunch of character one shots so it has a pretty sloppy ending. Then All Hail Megatron starts which you should skip. Then the 30 some issue ongoing which is also not great. Pick up Last Stand of the Wreckers as prior to MTMTE it was the best TF comic ever. LSOTW is excellent and should be read regardless. Of the Furman run, Stormbringer and Maximum Dinobots are probably his strongest work though I am partial to some of the Spotlights he did.
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Nov 26, 2014 23:43
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Dec 25, 2014 13:49
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so that book I posted a picture of is the collection of the first 5 issues of MTMTE, the Death of Optimus Prime and the first six issues of RiD. I'm halfway through the first issue of MtMtE and OH MY loving GOD THIS IS THE GREATEST THING EVER. I'm just chuckling to myself on every page
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Dec 26, 2014 22:24
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IDW have put the hardcover of Phase 2 Volume 2 up for pre-order. Contains three Spotlights (Trailcutter, Hoist & Orion Pax), MtMtE 6-8, RiD 7-9 and the whole of Autocracy. Should be out mid August
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Mar 17, 2015 11:39
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Rhyno posted:I hate that the hardcovers come out once a year. I also hate that I'll own Autocracy. can't speak about Autocracy, but by the time this comes out they'll be nearly three years worth of issues behind. Maybe release the next one this time next year?
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Mar 17, 2015 20:13
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The Taint Reaper posted:I wish they would reboot the transformer movies to better match the comics. I'd pay good money to see a big screen version of 'Last Stand Of The Wreckers'
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May 18, 2015 21:51
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I've been watching the old G1 cartoons, and the only two sane and competent characters are Megatron & Prime, which is why I enjoyed Roberts' sitdown chats with the two in Chaos Theory so much. I'd like to imagine there's an old G1 script knocking about where they just sit and rant about their underlings being useless for half an hour
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Jun 2, 2015 23:19
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Right, I'm wondering if any UK-based people can help me out here: I'm seeing First Aid, Blades, Rook and Streetwise available on Amazon for £15, but Hot Spot for £35 and Groove for £30, while Silverbolt is only £20 and Powerglide is £10 I think (most of the Stunticon and Aerialbot limbs are £15 too). Are Groove and Hot Spot not getting wide releases here, or are they just late?
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Jun 23, 2015 00:04
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The_Doctor posted:Basically, we don't know. Hasbro UK have come out and said they're not getting Wave 2 of CW, but they've been wrong in the past about saying we're not getting stuff and then have it turn up on shelves. It's unknown about future waves too, annoyingly, so if you're seeing Wave 3 on Amazon UK, then snap them up. The Legends/scout class shouldn't be £30. Yeah, I'm getting the limbs as we speak and I'm a bit far away from London on that front. I'll just keep checking amazon for now
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Jun 23, 2015 12:27
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Hot Spot dropped on Amazon to £25, Groove to £13, Rook, First Aid, Blades & Streetwise were £15 so Defensor here I come
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Jul 3, 2015 22:15
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The_Doctor posted:UK peeps! Smyths has Wave 3 limbs for 11.99 each! And voyagers for 16.99! I just picked up all 4 limbs and Cyclonus (no Hot Spot ah goddamnit! Well mine are on their way, though Hot Spot is back up to £40 on Amazon
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Jul 5, 2015 19:52
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) for £65, which isn't bad at all.
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Jul 9, 2015 21:48
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Hot Spot and Groove arrived this morning, and man, Defensor is just a loving badass. Groove doesn't seem to sit quite right as the chest piece, but apart from that, it's just badass
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Jul 10, 2015 19:03
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CyRaptor posted:Sins of the Wreckers, a five-issue follow-up to Last Stand of the Wreckers (!!!), written by Nick Roche. The cover art is out, looks like Roadbuster, Impactor and Verity are returning and we might finally get some follow-up to Springer's condition. Starts in November! Very exciting!!!  I cannot wait for this
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Jul 12, 2015 11:12
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From James Robert's twitter. This is amazing
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Jul 14, 2015 11:32
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The_Doctor posted:Verity, Whirl, and ...? from left to right I believer it's Rung, ?, Tailgate, Magnus, Whirl & Skids. Rung and Skids are based off their cover avatars
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Jul 14, 2015 11:41
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https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/623993167864537088 Sounds like what's shown isn't the main story of the issue, or maybe it is. Bit premature to judge based on a three page spread preview
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Jul 23, 2015 16:48
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A bit more of a preview of the new issue of MtMtE, which... well, it doesn't explain all that much except that they're definitely being chased by a planet that apparently resembles Earth and the only signal they're receiving from it is a Transformers-esque version of the Cheers theme http://www.newsarama.com/25337-tran...indblade-5.html
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Jul 24, 2015 19:42
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Sockser posted:Picked up Devastator today. wait, he's TWICE the size of a CW Defensor? That's... that's... what you said, absurd
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Jul 25, 2015 23:55
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Captain Invictus posted:OF COURSE HE WOULD HAVE A SKULL BELT BUCKLE. OF COURSE. and a Decepticon logo on his walking stick, which he throws away when he realises he doesn't need it anymore... ShaneMacGowansTeeth fucked around with this message at 15:58 on Jul 29, 2015 |
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I've read the issue three times now, and this is the first issue I've bought that hasn't been a TPB (I'm still at issues 5 & 6 of MtMtE and RiD), but there's a lot to enjoy in the story. Cyclonus putting down Swerve then telling him that the entire crew was looking for him; the aforementioned bit about Megatron's walking stick; Nautica deciding to tickle Megatron; Skids' realisation about the nature of his friendship with Swerve; just everything about Swerve. I also picked up from the Wiki that in Swerve's appearance all the way back in the Chaos event at the end of the last on-going, he had been drawn with a metal patch over his left shoulder, which is some next level foreshadowing. I initially didn't believe it so I grabbed my copy of Chaos, flicked through, and yup, in the panel where they show everyone in the escape pod, there he is, with a patch on his shoulder.
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Jul 29, 2015 22:23
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That's Rook damnit!
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Aug 9, 2015 23:34
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Aug 10, 2015 09:40
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Why cookie Rocket posted:Oscar was also in the right more often than his name would suggest. a glut? there's three new crew members on the ship from backwater colonoy Camius, and one is Nautica who is awesome
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Aug 16, 2015 00:08
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more upcoming covers... MtMtE 47 Sub Cover  MtMtE 47 cover proper 
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Aug 19, 2015 09:43
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Preview of MtMtE 44 is up. Looks like its DJD heavy and will involve the Necrobot
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Aug 22, 2015 20:45
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Just bought the 'Remain In Light' collection because I'm a sucker and have basically bought about a dozen issues of out of sequence MtMtE episodes because I'm an idiot. But... goddamnit, I just want Getaway to die. Painfully. Slowly. I hate him. HATE HATE HATE HIM
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Aug 23, 2015 00:35
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Spiderdrake posted:Hundreds of thousands of violent murders is A-OK, but working for Prowl and getting in the way of Tailgate's stockholm syndrome turned boating accident is one sin fans will not forgive. don't care, I want Cyclonus to be happy, the big, grumpy, unable-to-articulate-feelings killing machine
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Aug 23, 2015 11:04
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Prawn Salad posted:Yes definitely. Nick Roche sits quietly in the corner sobbing
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Aug 23, 2015 22:05
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Aug 31, 2015 22:48
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I watched it, at around about 6 he's obviously drunk, and by 8 it's cringey
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Sep 1, 2015 21:48
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Asphyxious posted:Latest mtmte: alright? I guess. Not a bad issue. Just kind of unremarkable. felt kind of like filler to me. I've basically caught up on pretty much everything now except Dark Cybertron and have convinced myself that Megatron is perpetuating the mother of all long cons and his change is just misdirection. But those last two pages? Maybe he's actually genuine
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:If Megratron or Optimus Prime are the leaders, any fiction with them cannot do anything but rehash. They'll stick around, of course, but IDW seems to at least want to try some new things, and Hasbro is letting them so far. Early IDW was a rehash, but what I liked about Megatron Origin and the later arcs is the deeper examination of Megatron and why he became what he did and how Optmus was initially supportive of what he was saying... and how that in turn made them both what they became. Both Prime and Megatron wanted the exact same thing for the Cybertronian race and agreed how to achieve it but when Megatron saw nothing except a violent uprising as the way to achieve his aims there was that schism which turned into the war. That's never really been explored that deeply in the mythos as much as it has been now and I appreciate it giving depth to "two sides of robots fight to sell toys" that was lacking before But I still get this feeling that Megatron's going to turn. On who, I don't know. Soundwave sent Ravage to spy on Megatron so how is he viewing what Ravage is showing him. Is Ravage showing him what's happening? How is Starscream dealing with it? It's a pretty cool time to be into this stuff
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oh no, I meant Origin, because to me anyway that's the first time we've ever seen Megatron going from normal to rebel leader which from what I remember of G1 wasn't explored all that deeply - and to be fair, I was 6,7 and 8 trying to read those comics so my memory is hazy. Chaos Theory and Elegant Chaos and the rest are written around Origin to have it subsequently make more sense whereas at the time, Origin felt off (also, I was never a fan of the colouring in it either)
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