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Sabrblade wrote:

tigertracks 24 wrote:Do not like Bumblebee having his WFC body either. Oh well.

Sadly, he's not the only one. Looks like him, Ironhide, Wheeljack, and Prowl do as well.

Haven't played enough WFC to know that. More sad...

To be fair, neither Prowl nor Wheeljack were in WFC anyway. But Prowl's design is based on the unused WFC Bluestreak design that was to have been for the DS game.

Though, I think I made a mistake about Wheeljack (I was thinking his design was his Fall of Cybertron body, but I guess it is new design after all).

Dunno, it kinda looks like Roche has mined design ideas from WfC, FoC, TF:Prime and a smidgen of TF:Animated. Wheeljack definitely reminds me of TF:Prime Wheeljack design-wise (though that could just be my memory playing tricks on me).

The story looks promising. Hazaah for no more humans!

I have only read the old Marvel, and a few IDW Spotlight issues.

What IDW titles are in the More Than Meets The Eye and Robots In Disguise continuity?

I just want to read the older storyline first before I get in to these new ones.

Lazerface wrote:I have only read the old Marvel, and a few IDW Spotlight issues.

What IDW titles are in the More Than Meets The Eye and Robots In Disguise continuity?

I just want to read the older storyline first before I get in to these new ones.

They are still in the original IDW continuity, that started with the -ations, AHM, Ongoing - the Ongoing is supposed to split in these two ongoing series.

Thanks

Having read it this afternoon, I have to say there is a headache inducing amount of stuff going on in this issue. 22 pages of plot starters for future issues. Everything from psychopaths and spies to drug addicts and messages from the future. And a character so out of it, he thought he was boarding Nova Prime's Arc.

Spoilers for those who want to know:
Whirl has gone off the deep end and has been finding the pseudo-resurrected Decepticons from Galvatrons army, nailing them to a wall, ripping them apart (one had his head stuffed in his own chest), and then talking to them. Cyclonus find him accidentally so Whirl decides to kill him so he won't spread rumors that Whirl might be crazy.

Brainstorm, referenced as the Autobots most infamous weapons designer, boards Rodimus' ship with a mysterious briefcase that he won't let anyone inspect.

Bouncing the story back 6 million years, Tailgate fell down a hole, heavily damaging himself while on his way to Nova Prime's arc. Supposedly Nova's mission is doomed to fail if he doesn't make it in time. He keeps blacking out but finally manages to blast his way out just in time to catch Whirl in the explosion. Ratchet and Chromedome bring Whirl, Tailgate, and Cyclonus onboard Rodimus' ship.

Rewind buys some sort of golden disk from Swindle to which Swindle says, "I didn't think wholesome little Autobots like you were in to this sort of thing. You're sicker than I gave you credit for."

Prowl and Bumblebee watch the ship take off. Bumblebee says, "I thought you had a plan". Prowl just turns to him, then the ship explodes. The explosion teleports it to some random part of space where they crash on an unknown planet.

Finally, with no one to hear it, a message comes in to Prowl's quarters. Someone from the future warning Rodimus not to take off. Continuing, it says if they've already left, give Rodimus this list of things not to do:

Don't open the coffin
Don't let them take Skids
Don't go to Delphi
And do not -I repeat- Do not look in the basement.
And for the sake of the Cybertronian race itself, please don't -kzzzzzzt!-

Torgon02 wrote:Having read it this afternoon, I have to say there is a headache inducing amount of stuff going on in this issue. 22 pages of plot starters for future issues. Everything from psychopaths and spies to drug addicts and messages from the future. And a character so out of it, he thought he was boarding Nova Prime's Arc.

Spoilers for those who want to know:
Whirl has gone off the deep end and has been finding the pseudo-resurrected Decepticons from Galvatrons army, nailing them to a wall, ripping them apart (one had his head stuffed in his own chest), and then talking to them. Cyclonus find him accidentally so Whirl decides to kill him so he won't spread rumors that Whirl might be crazy.

Brainstorm, referenced as the Autobots most infamous weapons designer, boards Rodimus' ship with a mysterious briefcase that he won't let anyone inspect.

Bouncing the story back 6 million years, Tailgate fell down a hole, heavily damaging himself while on his way to Nova Prime's arc. Supposedly Nova's mission is doomed to fail if he doesn't make it in time. He keeps blacking out but finally manages to blast his way out just in time to catch Whirl in the explosion. Ratchet and Chromedome bring Whirl, Tailgate, and Cyclonus onboard Rodimus' ship.

Rewind buys some sort of golden disk from Swindle to which Swindle says, "I didn't think wholesome little Autobots like you were in to this sort of thing. You're sicker than I gave you credit for."

Prowl and Bumblebee watch the ship take off. Bumblebee says, "I thought you had a plan". Prowl just turns to him, then the ship explodes. The explosion teleports it to some random part of space where they crash on an unknown planet.

Finally, with no one to hear it, a message comes in to Prowl's quarters. Someone from the future warning Rodimus not to take off. Continuing, it says if they've already left, give Rodimus this list of things not to do:

Don't open the coffin
Don't let them take Skids
Don't go to Delphi
And do not -I repeat- Do not look in the basement.
And for the sake of the Cybertronian race itself, please don't -kzzzzzzt!-

I haven't read it yet, but just your summary of spoilers makes it seem interesting, and yet, yes, jam-packed.

Interesting, I suppose.

I great first issue and hopefully a gauge of things to come from Roberts. (I'm not surprised) I've read around the interwebs that this is the best yadda yadda yadday. I'm not gonna toss that around because that's not what this is to me. I'd like for an arc to finish before I can lay judgement on that. But so far, this is a comic that I've wanted in a Transformers comic.

This isn't an exposition heavy read like Chaos Theory parts 1&2, but this is something different. This is the beginning of an adventure, or if you're Swerve, Quest(!). You're getting to meet the supporting cast of MTMTE, their personalities and quirks. No one is perfect and that's just fine with me. If anything, this will be a very dysfunctional group that may have to rely on each other...like NOW! I think what I really love about this is that you get your familiar characters in Rodimus, Ultra Magnus, Ratchet, and yes, Drift. But the supporting cast is composed of a lot of unused characters that should be refreshing and probably fun. Throw in there a sociopath autobot (Whirl), Cyclonus (not a Decepticon), Rung with his collection of Arc ships, Tailgate (who's this guy) , and a slew of others into the mix and you have so much potential for incredible dynamics and storytelling.

And you have a purpose. I don't want to spoil for those that haven't read it yet, but let's just say it doesn't look like it's going to be easy finding the Knights of Cybertron. I was just getting tired of the same old war of Autobots vs Decepticons, lets look for energon again. At least for the main line. (I'm still an avid fan of Shattered Glass) We all know the stories, let's move on to something we don't know and this book looks to be taking us there.

The creative team on the book is perfect IMO. I know there are some out there that aren't a fan of Nick Roche's style, but I love it. The only time I wasn't a fan was during Maximum Dinobots, and I think that was because of the colorist. But this is Nick making his signature in art. There is no doubt who is drawing this issue. James Roberts, what can I say that I haven't said many times before. This guy knows transformers, and knows what we want from them. Josh does a stellar job with colors as well. He's probably my favorite colorist over at IDW. And to everyone else, they should be congratulated as well because this could bring A LOT of people back to reading TF comics again. I know I will definitely be going back now. I've only come back to read the James Roberts stuff in the past. So I'm actually happy to have some really quality science fiction again. It's been over a year since I've regularly collected TF comics and something I missed.

So what are you all waiting for? Get off your arses and hit up your LCS or you can even download a digital copy to your smartphone. Look for the comixology app for your iPhone or Android.

Prime Evil wrote:I great first issue and hopefully a gauge of things to come from Roberts. (I'm not surprised) I've read around the interwebs that this is the best yadda yadda yadday. I'm not gonna toss that around because that's not what this is to me. I'd like for an arc to finish before I can lay judgement on that. But so far, this is a comic that I've wanted in a Transformers comic.

This isn't an exposition heavy read like Chaos Theory parts 1&2, but this is something different. This is the beginning of an adventure, or if you're Swerve, Quest(!). You're getting to meet the supporting cast of MTMTE, their personalities and quirks. No one is perfect and that's just fine with me. If anything, this will be a very dysfunctional group that may have to rely on each other...like NOW! I think what I really love about this is that you get your familiar characters in Rodimus, Ultra Magnus, Ratchet, and yes, Drift. But the supporting cast is composed of a lot of unused characters that should be refreshing and probably fun. Throw in there a sociopath autobot (Whirl), Cyclonus (not a Decepticon), Rung with his collection of Arc ships, Tailgate (who's this guy) , and a slew of others into the mix and you have so much potential for incredible dynamics and storytelling.

And you have a purpose. I don't want to spoil for those that haven't read it yet, but let's just say it doesn't look like it's going to be easy finding the Knights of Cybertron. I was just getting tired of the same old war of Autobots vs Decepticons, lets look for energon again. At least for the main line. (I'm still an avid fan of Shattered Glass) We all know the stories, let's move on to something we don't know and this book looks to be taking us there.

The creative team on the book is perfect IMO. I know there are some out there that aren't a fan of Nick Roche's style, but I love it. The only time I wasn't a fan was during Maximum Dinobots, and I think that was because of the colorist. But this is Nick making his signature in art. There is no doubt who is drawing this issue. James Roberts, what can I say that I haven't said many times before. This guy knows transformers, and knows what we want from them. Josh does a stellar job with colors as well. He's probably my favorite colorist over at IDW. And to everyone else, they should be congratulated as well because this could bring A LOT of people back to reading TF comics again. I know I will definitely be going back now. I've only come back to read the James Roberts stuff in the past. So I'm actually happy to have some really quality science fiction again. It's been over a year since I've regularly collected TF comics and something I missed.

So what are you all waiting for? Get off your arses and hit up your LCS or you can even download a digital copy to your smartphone. Look for the comixology app for your iPhone or Android.

Without reading this book, I agree with everything you said. I mean, I know I will... I'm going to go pick it up today after work.

Can't wait for the tpb.