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Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby waaaaghlord » Fri Jun 22, 2012 5:49 am

Myself and Dead Metal confirmed so far, probably a few more coming out of the woodwork over the next month.
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby Dead Metal » Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:13 am

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waaaaghlord wrote:Myself and Dead Metal confirmed so far, probably a few more coming out of the woodwork over the next month.

Plus the Old Oilhouse, who are buckets of fun.

I do hope we get to do a new fandub this year.
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby waaaaghlord » Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:48 am

^ Just behave yourself around the guests families this time. The look on poor Miss Berger's face...
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby Dead Metal » Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:53 am

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waaaaghlord wrote:^ Just behave yourself around the guests families this time. The look on poor Miss Berger's face...

You should have seen what I did to poor David Wise ;)
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby El Duque » Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:21 am

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We're now just SIX WEEKS away from Auto Assembly 2012 and we've got some great news in this weeks update as well as some VERY important information for those of you who haven't booked your tickets yet for Europe's Largest Transformers Convention taking place over the weekend of 3rd - 5th August in Bimingham, England...

Pre-Registrant Prize Draw

We can now announce details of a fantastic FREE prize draw that we are running at Auto Assembly 2012. To be eligible for this draw, you need to have a WEEKEND ticket for the convention (an Adult, Elderly or Dealer pass) or a NON-ATTENDEE ticet and you must be present at our Closing Ceremony that will take place on the Sunday afternoon (although we will obviously make exceptions to this for those with Non-Attendee Packages). You must also have booked for the convention in ADVANCE - it is NOT open to those who pay on the door so it's another great reason to pre-register for the convention!

The prize? The winner will receive two full weekend tickets to Auto Assembly 2013 (the date for which we will be announcing shortly) along with THREE NIGHTS accommodation in a twin or double room at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel!

Because the competition includes hotel accommodation as part of the prize, it is only open to adult attendees aged 18 or over and must be awarded in person. The hotel prize is also for the room and breakfast ONLY. Additional room expenses are to be paid for by the prize winner. No cash alternatives are avaialable for this prize and it is non-transferrable but it is a total package worth almost £300.

Ticket Bookings Deadline

Many of us on the Committee will be arriving at the Hilton a few days before the convention to make sure that everything is ready for all of you when you arrive for Auto Assembly 2012. Also, we want to try to have a few days to relax before the chaos begins! As such, to make sure that we can process all of the bookings in time for the convention, we have now set the FINAL cut-off date for you to pre-register for the convention and to get your tickets.

To book your tickets online for Auto Assembly 2012, you will need to order these through the website by NO LATER than 12:00 noon GMT on Wednesday 1st August 2012. After this time, you will ONLY be able to get tickets for the convention by purchasing them on the day.

Benefits of pre-registration include:

* A personalised pass
* Entry into the pre-registration prize draw
* Early pass pick-up from 12:00 noon on Friday 3rd August 2012

Some on the door places will be available but we do not recommend that you leave booking until the last minute. If you wait until the day itself, you will have to wait while we process your booking so you won't gain admission to the convention as quickly as our pre-registrants!

Also, we want to remind everyone that in 2011 we had almost 15% of our TOTAL attendance figure book their tickets in the final 7 days... do you really want to take a chance and be disappointed this year and miss out?

Kitbash Workshop Convention Exclusive

An update now on our convention exclusive for 2012... the Marlboor head kit for Generations Wheeljack that has been produced for us by Calloway Customs to accompany this year's Kitbash Workshop. The Gold Kits have now SOLD OUT completely and we are down to about 10 of the Silver Kits. They have been a phenomenal success but if you want one of these you are now going to have to hurry. They are available for those attending the convention or those who buy our Non-Attendee Pack but you will need to order yours quickly to avoid disappointment.

The Bronze Kits are also selling quickly, but we estimate that the Silver and Bronze Kits will all be sold out within the next seven days, after which point you will only be able to order the Basic Kits comprising on the unpainted heads. More details can be found on the Auto Assembly website.

Auto Assembly 2013

Next week we will be bringing you some fantastic news about Auto Assembly 2013... it's coming!

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For more details on Auto Assembly 2012 which is taking place over the weekend of 3rd - 5th August 2012 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel or to book your tickets or find out information about booking dealers tables, visit the website at http://www.autoassembly.org.uk

Hope to see you there!

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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby LOST Cybertronian » Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:24 am

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Auto Assembly 2012 Convention Comic Preview - Day 1

As you know, we are producing a convention exclusive comic for Auto Assembly 2012 that will be included in all of the goodie bags that we will be giving away at the event. These bags will be packed with free gifts to make sure that no-one leaves the convention empty-handed, whether you come along with much spending money or not.

The comic, Iacon Independent, will feature work from a range of talented writers and artists and will feature 22 pages of short stories and single page strips spanning G1, Beast Wars, Beast Machines and Transformers: Animated and will have something for everyone and will feature a stunning cover illustrated by Marvel G1 artist Jeff Anderson.

We can now reveal the first teaser image from the comic taken from the story “Youth of Experience”. Set during "The War Within", it sees Hot Rod and Kup team up for the first time. It is written by Peter Williams featuring art by Rui Onishi, colours by Kal Kyle and letters by Andy Turnbull.

http://www.autoassembly.org.uk/wp-conte ... -Panel.jpg

More preview art to follow tomorrow...

We have very limited advertising space available in the comic for any interested companies. The comic will have a print run of 1,000 copies and will be distributed to fans attending the convention from all over the world. If you are interested in promoting your business, website, event or anything else, please get in touch!

Auto Assembly 2012 is Europe's largest Transformers convention and is taking place over the weekend of 3rd - 5th August 2012 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel. To book your tickets or find out information about booking dealers tables, to sponsor the event or to enquire about advertising with us, visit the website at http://www.autoassembly.org.uk

Hope to see you there!

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Transformers @ The Moon - http://www.transformertoys.co.uk
TransformersAnimated.com - http://www.transformersanimated.com
TheTransformers.net - http://www.thetransformers.net
Titan Books - http://www.titanbooks.com
3 Darths Comics - http://www.3darthscomics.co.uk
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby robotmel » Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:05 am

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:-(
I have just emailed 3 Darths comic book store to see if, as a sponsor, they may be getting a few of the limited run convention comic in...?

No such luck as they say they will not be attending this year!
Odd since they are a sponsor? :???:
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby Simes » Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:22 am

When a company sponsors the convention, we usually keep them featured as a sponsor in our emails / press releases for up to a year and 3 Darths were one of our sponsors for Auto Assembly 2012. If they come forward and sponsor us again for 2012 then they'll be added to our list of sponsors beyond this year's convention, but the deal that we signed with them last year will come to an end soon.

Sadly, they are not able to join us this year because Nick, the owner of 3 Darths, is a police officer in his "day job" and he is going to be on duty covering the Olympics over the convention weekend so he wasn't able to get the time off to be with us.

With regards to the comic itself, it won't be on sale through any of our dealers. The only way you can get it is by attending the convention, or by purchasing one of our Non-Attendee Packs. If we do have any copies of it left over at the end of the convention, we may make these available afterwards, but we are not guaranteeing this at right now.
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby Stumpybot » Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:26 am

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this is shaping up to be a hell of a con, cant bloody wait
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby LOST Cybertronian » Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:45 am

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Auto Assembly 2012 Convention Comic Preview - Day 2

Following on from yesterday's announcement of the first details of the Auto Assembly 2012 convention exclusive comic, we can now bring you the second preview of one of the strips that you can expect to find in the book...

“A Hard Life” is a short Beast Wars story where Cheetor takes a looks back on his time during the Beast Wars. This story is written by Simon Plumbe with artwork by Paul Vromen and featuring colours Liam Shalloo and letters by Andrew Turnbull.

http://www.autoassembly.org.uk/wp-conte ... -Panel.jpg

More preview art coming soon...

The full colour comic, Iacon Independent, will be given away to every regular Auto Assembly 2012 attendee as part of the convention goodie bags. The comic will also be part of the convention's Non-Attendee Pack for those of you not able to join us this year. It will not be on sale through any dealer or store after the event.

We have very limited advertising space available in the comic for any interested companies. The comic will have a print run of 1,000 copies and will be distributed to fans attending the convention from all over the world. If you are interested in promoting your business, website, event or anything else, please get in touch!

Auto Assembly 2012 is Europe's largest Transformers convention and is taking place over the weekend of 3rd - 5th August 2012 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel. To book your tickets or find out information about booking dealers tables, to sponsor the event or to enquire about advertising with us, visit the website at http://www.autoassembly.org.uk

Hope to see you there!

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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby robotmel » Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:26 pm

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Simes wrote:With regards to the comic itself, it won't be on sale through any of our dealers. The only way you can get it is by attending the convention, or by purchasing one of our Non-Attendee Packs. If we do have any copies of it left over at the end of the convention, we may make these available afterwards, but we are not guaranteeing this at right now.

:-(
I hope this exclusive comic book will be made available for the fans who cant attend nor afford (right now) the non-attendee package as the teasers look awesome!
There would definately be a market, especially promoted via such websites as this. The fans would jump at it!
Failing that, maybe a cheeky fan would pop a CBR scan down the pipes!! ;) :-$
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby Simes » Wed Jun 27, 2012 2:32 am

Right now I can't say if we'll actually have any copies left after the convention so I can't say what would happen with regards to making it available so the only way to guarantee getting it is to attend or get the Non-Attendee Package.

Whether or not we will make it available as a free download afterwards or release part of it in our sister publication CT Alpha (www.ct-alpha.com) at a later date is unknown right now but what I will say is that if we do find that it has been scanned in and made available online without authorisation then we won't produce another one for 2013 or beyond.

Our team have put in an incredible amount of hard work to make this happen and at one point we had very serious doubts that we would be able to do it considering the short timescale we had to get an entire comic written, illustrated and edited but the fact that it has been done is a credit to everyone involved and the last thing I want to see happen is that work being spread beyond it's intended audience.
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby robotmel » Wed Jun 27, 2012 3:31 am

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Simes wrote:what I will say is that if we do find that it has been scanned in and made available online without authorisation then we won't produce another one for 2013 or beyond.

I would not ask or expect anyone associated with this website to product a scan of the convention exclusive. No naughtiness here sir!

It is well know comic book scans make there way onto the internet for viewing but in know way does this ever replace the look, feel and darn right awesomeness of work put in buy artists and writers of a quality slab of comic book goodness!
Give me hard copy any day (which is why I would love to pick up a hardcover TF Autocracy)!
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby LOST Cybertronian » Wed Jun 27, 2012 5:20 am

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Auto Assembly 2012 Convention Comic Preview - Day 3


Iacon Independent, the Auto Assembly 2012 convention exclusive comic is shaping up to be something rather special. Although the project was put together at the last minute, it certainly hasn't looked or felt like it with a collection of short stories from a range of writers and artists with something for everyone.

It is a full-length comic with 22 pages of strips - from single pagers inspired by the Mosaic series, to an 8 page epic and this is the focus of today's preview... “Promise of Peace” is a G1 story where Sureshot and Misfire find themselves as captives. But their only way to escape detention, is to try and work together... The story has been written by Bruce Bridges with artwork by Jimmy Brogan.

http://www.autoassembly.org.uk/wp-conte ... -Panel.jpg

The comic is only available at Auto Assembly 2012 so to get your hands on a copy you're going to have to book at ticket for the event or order one of our Non-Attendee Packs. Don't forget, you'll also be able to get hold of our other convention exclusive, the Marlboor Kitbash Upgrade Kit for Generations Wheeljack by attending the convention or ordering a Non-Attendee Pack so there's a double incentive to book if the guests and the convention itself weren't reason enough!

As for the comic itself, we have very limited advertising space available in the comic for any interested companies and we are already talking to companies wanting to book pages. The comic will have a print run of 1,000 copies and will be distributed to fans attending the convention from all over the world. If you are interested in promoting your business, website, event or anything else, please get in touch!

Auto Assembly 2012 is Europe's largest Transformers convention and is taking place over the weekend of 3rd - 5th August 2012 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel. To book your tickets or find out information about booking dealers tables, to sponsor the event or to enquire about advertising with us, visit the website at http://www.autoassembly.org.uk

Hope to see you there!

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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby El Duque » Thu Jun 28, 2012 12:10 pm

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With Auto Assembly 2012 just over five weeks away, we thought we'd turn our series of previews over to our convention magazine The Cybertronian Times. The magazine has been running since 1998 and this year we're doing something rather special...

This year the magazine is being printed in A4 format as we have done for the last few years but for the first time ever the magazine is being printed in full colour and is being GIVEN AWAY to all our attendees who will be receiving one of the conventions goodie bags. In previous years the magazine has been sold as an optional add-on to the ticket price with 2011's magazine selling with a cover price of £7 so this is a fantastic bonus gift.

The magazine features a selection of articles, features, profiles on all of this years guests, fiction plus two brand new comic strips and it is these that we want to unveil today. The first story, "The Hunter" is set during IDW's series Robots In Disguise and focuses on Sideswipe where he goes it alone in tracking down a rogue Decepticon, but will his reckless nature cause him even more trouble? Written and illustrated by Ed Pirrie with a supporting team for colours and the strip's cover page.

http://www.autoassembly.org.uk/wp-conte ... 8x1024.jpg

http://www.autoassembly.org.uk/wp-conte ... review.jpg

The magazine is only available at Auto Assembly 2012 so to get your hands on a copy you're going to have to book at ticket for the event or order one of our Non-Attendee Packs. Don't forget, you'll also be able to get hold of our other convention exclusive, the Marlboor Kitbash Upgrade Kit for Generations Wheeljack by attending the convention or ordering a Non-Attendee Pack so there's a double incentive to book if the guests and the convention itself weren't reason enough!

We have very limited advertising space available in the magazine for any interested companies and several pages have already been sold. It will have a print run of 1,000 copies and will be distributed to fans attending the convention from all over the world. If you are interested in promoting your business, website, event or anything else, please get in touch!

Auto Assembly 2012 is Europe's largest Transformers convention and is taking place over the weekend of 3rd - 5th August 2012 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel. To book your tickets or find out information about booking dealers tables, to sponsor the event or to enquire about advertising with us, visit the website at http://www.autoassembly.org.uk

Hope to see you there!

The Auto Assembly Team

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TransformersAnimated.com - http://www.transformersanimated.com
TheTransformers.net - http://www.thetransformers.net
Titan Books - http://www.titanbooks.com
3 Darths Comics - http://www.3darthscomics.co.uk
Science Fiction Collectables - http://www.sf-collectables.co.uk
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby El Duque » Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:23 am

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For most of you attending Auto Assembly 2012 this August - or if you have ordered our Non-Attendee Package - you know that we are giving away a selection of gifts as part of our traditional goodie bag. As well as our regular exclusive postcards, convention magazine, and our comic we are producing an A2 lithograph this year and we are now proud to unveil the artwork for the first time...

Illustrated by Marvel UK artist Jeff Anderson and coloured by Kris Carter, the artwork has been inspired by some of the old comic covers featured on the British Marvel Transformers comics and features Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge. The litho is limited to a print run of just 1,000 copies and is ONLY going to be made available at Auto Assembly 2012 so unless you attend the convention or order a Non-Attendee Pack, you won't be able to get this fantastic piece of artwork.

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We were so impressed with this art that it is also featuring as the cover image for this year's convention exclusive comic, Iacon Independent, and we are also producing a postcard based on the original lineart from the card so we think that it's adding up to a fantastic package of gifts.

For all you dealers and businesses out there reading this, we want to give YOU the chance to be a part of this as we have the opportunity for one lucky company to be associated with this lithograph and to sponsor it! You'll get the chance to not only have your company's logo and details featured on the litho, but on the associated postcard as well! We have several package deals on offer linking in with the lithograph which can also tie in with our convention magazine and exclusive comic so YOUR company could be heavily linked with this artwork so what are you waiting for? This is a one-off opportunity to get your company onto a product that will be on display on the walls of fans all over the world! Email us for more details!

Auto Assembly 2012 is Europe's largest Transformers convention and is taking place over the weekend of 3rd - 5th August 2012 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel. To book your tickets or find out information about booking dealers tables, to sponsor the event or to enquire about advertising with us, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk

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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby Banjo-Tron » Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:53 am

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Pretty nice, but they all look a bit stunted, or like their 10-year old selves?
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby originaldave77 » Sun Jul 01, 2012 12:17 pm

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This is a bad poster. Galvatron's silhouette is terrible - why hide his right hand behind the cannon? It also looks like he is being goosed by Scourge. Weird scale, his head too big, his expression silly. The fore-shortening of his left arm is bizarre too. He may as well be hoisting a mug of beer.

Coloring is good, inking is good, and the composition is okay. But the base illustration is in dire need of refinement.
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby Chaoslock » Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:10 pm

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We were so impressed with this art that it is also featuring as the cover image for this year's convention exclusive comic


Impressed... with THAT? :HEADHURTS:

Out of the three cons, Scourge is cool, Cyclonus is OK-ish, but Galvatron is terrible! And the pine trees are way too small - did they just need to step on a tree nursery? - that is soooo EEEEVIL after all!
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby waaaaghlord » Sun Jul 01, 2012 2:47 pm

I really don't get the hate here guys. I think you need to look at this in context and see that it's a highly appropriate piece for a UK event. The piece is a reworking of the arrival scene at the end of the prologue strip that kicked off the Target: 2006 storyline in the UK Marvel comics. That was the first comic appearance of Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge and the art was based on their toy models, as far as I'm aware the only instance of the toy models being used in officially produced sequential art. The scene has been redone here representing the character models as they appeared from the following issue's Target: 2006, Part One going forward through the next couple of year's worth of UK stories and culminating in Time Wars. The style is very much that of the UK comics from the 80s. This is like the missing link of UK Marvel G1 art and a real blast for those of us who grew up on Furman's earliest TF epics.

Quite aside from any of that Simon will end up buying the original artwork for his comic art collection at the charity auction on the day, as I believe he has managed to do with just about all the original art produced for AA over the years, so this piece will be directly helping out some good causes as well.
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby originaldave77 » Sun Jul 01, 2012 3:24 pm

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waaaaghlord wrote:I really don't get the hate here guys. I think you need to look at this in context and see that it's a highly appropriate piece for a UK event. The piece is a reworking of the arrival scene at the end of the prologue strip that kicked off the Target: 2006 storyline in the UK Marvel comics. That was the first comic appearance of Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge and the art was based on their toy models, as far as I'm aware the only instance of the toy models being used in officially produced sequential art. The scene has been redone here representing the character models as they appeared from the following issue's Target: 2006, Part One going forward through the next couple of year's worth of UK stories and culminating in Time Wars. The style is very much that of the UK comics from the 80s. This is like the missing link of UK Marvel G1 art and a real blast for those of us who grew up on Furman's earliest TF epics.

Quite aside from any of that Simon will end up buying the original artwork for his comic art collection at the charity auction on the day, as I believe he has managed to do with just about all the original art produced for AA over the years, so this piece will be directly helping out some good causes as well.


My comment was a critique. I actually pointed out WHY it was bad. A piece of art should stand on its own merits, not rely on some written explanation to help prop it up.
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby waaaaghlord » Sun Jul 01, 2012 4:29 pm

originaldave77 wrote:A piece of art should stand on its own merits, not rely on some written explanation to help prop it up.


That has to be one of the most ridiculous sentiments I've ever come across. By it's very nature art is a subjective medium. All art relies entirely on the context in which it is presented for definition and has no intrinsic merits. A brick is a brick, but take it off the building site and put in in a gallery and you look at it differently. Now I'm not saying that I would read anything other than pretentious twaddle out of said brick in that environment, but that's me and my subjective view, for somebody else the brick's placement would be a statement. You've looked at this convention piece and given it a quick technical appraisal, I've looked at it and found context.
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby originaldave77 » Sun Jul 01, 2012 4:51 pm

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waaaaghlord wrote:
originaldave77 wrote:A piece of art should stand on its own merits, not rely on some written explanation to help prop it up.


That has to be one of the most ridiculous sentiments I've ever come across. By it's very nature art is a subjective medium. All art relies entirely on the context in which it is presented for definition and has no intrinsic merits. A brick is a brick, but take it off the building site and put in in a gallery and you look at it differently. Now I'm not saying that I would read anything other than pretentious twaddle out of said brick in that environment, but that's me and my subjective view, for somebody else the brick's placement would be a statement. You've looked at this convention piece and given it a quick technical appraisal, I've looked at it and found context.


Art IS subjective. And this one is a misfire. If the artist wanted to present it with context, he would've done so. Alas, it has to stand on its own, and it just plain fails as a work of art.

Your overreaction is completely ridiculous. You see good artists having to explain their work to salvage it? No because they actually make good work. They don't hope some guy on the internet will show up to defend their work and provide "context".

The art is bad, and if as much effort went into it as your juvenile diatribe then no one would criticize it.
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby waaaaghlord » Sun Jul 01, 2012 4:59 pm

You're trolling an art major, and I really can't be bothered with it. After this post I won't be responding on the subject any further and if you push the issue I'll just go ahead and block your posts in future. The whole notion you propose of there being 'good' art or 'bad' art shows that I won't be able to sway you to a measured and evaluated appraisal in any instance.
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Re: Auto Assembly 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012 Major Updates

Postby originaldave77 » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:32 pm

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waaaaghlord wrote:You're trolling an art major, and I really can't be bothered with it. After this post I won't be responding on the subject any further and if you push the issue I'll just go ahead and block your posts in future. The whole notion you propose of there being 'good' art or 'bad' art shows that I won't be able to sway you to a measured and evaluated appraisal in any instance.


I stand by my original critique 100%. You have a flawed outlook as to what constitutes "trolling". If you can dispense a lengthy argument, but don't like it when someone else does so in reply, then that is extremely self-serving. It's like only YOU can issue their 2 cents, how dare someone else does too!

I wouldn't tout being an Art Major as a defense for your argument, and especially this piece of art. You come off as elitist and entitled. The fact is, I never called you or your education into question, only your argument (what you call trolling).
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