The Energon Pub

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:24 am

Alex Milne has updated his <a href="http://markerguru.deviantart.com/art/blaster-cover-colors-67998614" target="_blank">DeviantART</a> page with a full colour version of the Spotlight Blaster Cover that was released last month.

The coloured version makes it very clear that Blaster is a concert of sorts, with speakers, sound desks and even a band.

Whether or not this cover has anything to do with the content inside the issue or not remains to be seen.

To see the Art head on over to Alex Milne's DeviantART page by <a href="http://markerguru.deviantart.com/art/blaster-cover-colors-67998614" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.

News Credits: 8 · by **NuclearConvoy** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:57 am

It's a truly beautiful cover.

News Credits: 1 · by **Leonardo** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:10 am

Is that a Cybertronian music band in the background?

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:29 am

Is that Legout and Decibel grooving with Grand Slam? Cool!

News Credits: 11 · by **Bass X0** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:05 am

Steeljaw looks to be in his Cybertronian form which is more noticeable than Blaster. But Ramhorn definitely looks like an actual cassette.

Uhh...

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:24 am

Love that the band is Slamdance, Decibel, and Legout. That was not apparent to me when it was just black and white.

Truly cool.

News Credits: 7 · by **Chris McFeely** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:40 am

Holy crap! It's a piece of Alex Milne art where all the massively unnecessary detail that over-complicates the image ISN'T worsened by shrouding it in murky colouring!

News Credits: 1 · by **Leonardo** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:45 am

You wag, McFeely!

by **DSanza** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:58 am

The pencils alone were great. The colors make it truely amazing. Blaster doing what he does best. I love the band in the background, and Blaster's smirk just says it all. Nice job!

News Credits: 4 · by **Briggs** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:20 am

Probably one of the best covers I've ever seen in the IDW series.

News Credits: 21 · by **dragons** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:30 am

heh i like it it his human nature really like the 3 bots in the background ontop of the speakers playing gutiars kinda funny loooking.

i dont know about you guys but since blaster has his own story i would like to see a soundwave issue coming to release

News Credits: 1 · by **Leonardo** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:53 am

dragons wrote:heh i like it it his human nature really like the 3 bots in the background ontop of the speakers playing gutiars kinda funny loooking.

i dont know about you guys but since blaster has his own story i would like to see a soundwave issue coming to release

Soundwave has already had his own issue! Spotlight: Soundwave came out earlier in the year.

News Credits: 1 · by **BLIX007** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:41 am

Nice coloring

News Credits: 1 · by **tech348** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:05 am

Hey what's Blaster doing on the deck of the SDF-1?

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:09 am

Hmm, too bad DeviantArt is blocked at my workplace...

News Credits: 8 · by **Flashwave** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:12 pm

Nice. And I see Blaster is IN a band, but where is it that he IS a band?

News Credits: 2 · by **Ultra Magnus** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:38 pm

Brilliant artwork, but as usual, WHERE'S THE F'N DRUMMER??? Dag-Gummit! Why does the drummer ALWAYS get left out??? Like Robots even need to play musical instruments anyway! Flippin Guitar Players an their stoopid Amps...

...Just kidding. This is a great piece! I love it when they put Blaster and Soundwave in realistic musical situations. Why is SlamDance on Bass? and who are the other two mysterious Guitar-Bots? Come to think of it, a Cybertronian Rock Band must use some serious sound equipment! I wonder what the guitar Center on Cybertron is like(*chuckle*) But seriously, MarkerGuru must pay for leaving out the drummer. I'll shoot one of my concussion missiles at him!

by **Dclone Soundwave** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:18 pm

Is that really Steeljaw? I thought it was a new Cassetticon. I love all these Spotlights. Ramjet, Blaster, Arcee, I just want Megatron to have one (The Origin is nice, but I'd rather have another story line) This is an awesome cover!!

by **Sentinel Pax** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:49 pm

Who are Decibel and Legout?

News Credits: 1 · by **Leonardo** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:27 am

I think they're Twincast's combiner cassettes.

by **Auto Bot** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 4:45 am

Looks like a Masterpiece Blaster. :-?

by **AxiomScion** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:42 am

Leonardo wrote:
Sentinel Pax wrote:Who are Decibel and Legout?
I think they're Twincast's combiner cassettes.

I though the cassettebot 'pre-powerlink' combiner was Grandslam and Raindance making Slamdance...

News Credits: 1 · by **Leonardo** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:43 am

AxiomScion wrote:
Leonardo wrote:
Sentinel Pax wrote:Who are Decibel and Legout?
I think they're Twincast's combiner cassettes.
I though the cassettebot 'pre-powerlink' combiner was Grandslam and Raindance making Slamdance...

Ooh...I thought they were both combiners...maybe TFU.info has some information.

by **AxiomScion** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:00 am

Leonardo wrote:
AxiomScion wrote:
Leonardo wrote:
Sentinel Pax wrote:Who are Decibel and Legout?
I think they're Twincast's combiner cassettes.
I though the cassettebot 'pre-powerlink' combiner was Grandslam and Raindance making Slamdance...

Ooh...I thought they were both combiners...maybe TFU.info has some information.

it sorta does... Legout and Decible are likely the repaints like Soundblaster then... given ther function.

News Credits: 1 · by **Leonardo** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:06 am

AxiomScion wrote:
Leonardo wrote:
AxiomScion wrote:
Leonardo wrote:
Sentinel Pax wrote:Who are Decibel and Legout?
I think they're Twincast's combiner cassettes.
I though the cassettebot 'pre-powerlink' combiner was Grandslam and Raindance making Slamdance...

Ooh...I thought they were both combiners...maybe TFU.info has some information.
it sorta does... Legout and Decible are likely the repaints like Soundblaster then... given ther function.

Yes, I couldn't find any pictures to be certain. I do note, however, that TFU.info doesn't say that they are recolours of a pre-existing mold, though, and there seems to be no mention of one combining with the other.

The TF Wiki says this of Legout, "Legout is the younger brother of Decibel. What relationship this gives his components Dial and Zaur to Decibel is unclear," and this of Decibel, "Decibel is the older brother of Legout. What relationship this gives his components Noise and Graphy to Legout is unclear, possibly they're half-siblings. Ha!"

They must be combined forms of smaller robots (Dial & Zaur and Noise & Graphy, respectively). I thought that Legout and Decibel combined but it appears I was mistaken.