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News Credits: 462 · Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:06 pm

The only downside to this set is that it doesn't have any of the shorts that were made in addition to the episodes.

News Credits: 22 · Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:17 pm

Checked my Walmart for Season 3 today, and they didn't have it.

At least "Transform and Roll Out" is on there, and in episode format.

Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:52 pm

I picked up the Complete Series not this past weekend but the one before at my local HMV for ~$30. Promptly canceled my Amazon order.

Saw today at my local Wal-mart for $27 and Season 3 for $13.

News Credits: 7 · Wed Jun 11, 2014 12:46 am

Had financial troubles, needed to cancel preorder. Am heartbroken.

Hopefully this set will stay in circulation for a while...

News Credits: 5 · Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:20 am

Season 3 and the entire series is available at Walmart s in Canada. 27.97 for the complete series and 12.97 for season 3. I saw them this morning at the Walmart in Burlington Ontario.
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News Credits: 1 · Wed Jun 11, 2014 8:48 am

Just ordered from Amazon ... knowing them it will be there before I get home :-)

News Credits: 9 · Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:26 am

Just got my set yesterday from Amazon and couldn't be happier I have it.

I have to get through a few other shows I am marathoning right now then this will be on deck.

News Credits: 293 · Mon Jun 16, 2014 5:15 pm

i followed the news but not the thread... so when i just saw the complete series on a store shelf (walmart edmonton CA) i was all "buuuut... i thought it was an amazon exclusive?" and took a picture in case this was news and no one believed me...

so... how is this on shelves after being told its an amazon exclusive?

Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:52 am

Matrix_Holder wrote:Season 3 and the entire series is available at Walmart s in Canada. 27.97 for the complete series and 12.97 for season 3. I saw them this morning at the Walmart in Burlington Ontario.
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I'm in Ottawa and the weirdest thing happened. Saw this set at Wal-mart but didn't have any cash on me so I decided to pick it up a couple of days later. In that time it seems to have completely disappeared from all stores. I have tried EVERYWHERE and have not seen one single copy. I just find it difficult to believe this would sell out in two days. Experience has taught me that this sort of stuff is not a real fast mover around these parts.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Jun 20, 2014 2:54 pm

Hopefully they'll add the series to Netflix Instant play soon.

News Credits: 6188 · Sun Aug 24, 2014 6:36 am

The boards have recently seen a return to Transformers: Animated discussions, and it seems someone out there heard us - Amazon.com has listed a pre-order for the collected Animated The Complete Allspark Almanac, by the usual suspects Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster. Currently priced at $28, the book is aimed to be released in February 2015 by IDW Publishing , has 440 pages and more info can be found below!

The Allspark Almanac is a comprehensive, one-of-a-kind atlas to the amazing 2008 animated series universe. Discover behind-the-scenes secrets directly from the show's creators. This volume is packed with over 400-pages of full-color bios, character models, episode summaries, interviews, and more. Collects both original volumes into one book!

News Credits: 1 · Sun Aug 24, 2014 10:10 am

Just checked Disciples of Boltax, and no mention of this yet. I need to know whether this will have any new content (maybe the mirror universe stuff and more of Derrick J. Wyatt's character designs?), because I'm still kicking myself for waiting too long on The Complete Ark due to having the two original volumes.

Much more concerned about that delayed package-art book though. Gotta' have that.

News Credits: 1 · Sun Aug 24, 2014 10:51 am

After seeing the article, I decided to try finding out whether the book truly would be 'Complete', asking Jim Sorenson about whether the magazine scans would be included. His reply:

"Howdy! I didn't come up with the title, which itself may change between now and publication. I'd love to be able to include the Fun Publications material in the collected volume. Right now that question isn't settled. My editors may want to keep it to just V1 and V2 to keep things simple. If you're interested in having everything in one place, you might write to IDW and let them know, either directly to their editorial staff or by a post on their forums.

Thank you for your warm wishes and I hope you're happy with the combined volume, whatever the final decision about contents is.

Cheers,
Jim"

I don't know if it's already set in stone one way or another, but I plan on doing my part to get those pages into the book!

News Credits: 18 · Sun Aug 24, 2014 12:07 pm

I hope the additional material isn't in this book, it would be completely unfair to the people who already have volumes 1 and 2. I don't want to buy the same book twice for new material (again)

News Credits: 7 · Sun Aug 24, 2014 6:28 pm

Missed the two Allspark Almanac volumes separately (not proud of that), so I'll be getting this even if I need to turn to petty crime to do so.

News Credits: 462 · Sun Aug 24, 2014 6:30 pm

If there's no new material that wasn't in either of the previous Almanacs or in any of the Addendums, I'm hesitant to double-dip on this.

News Credits: 6188 · Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:26 pm

Via Jim Sorenson's Disciples of Boltax blog, we finally get a look at the cover for his and Bill Forster's upcoming Complete Allspark Almanac! Artwork by Marcelo Matere and Josh Perez, showing off the main cast of Dinobots, Autobots, Decepticons, and some humans too, from Optimus Prime to Shockwave, Megatron and Captain Fanzone, Omega Supreme and Cheetor, Rodimus and G2 Sideswipe - make sure to check it out below.

It looks like The Complete AllSpark Almanac is just three short weeks away, with an ETA of February 18th at fine comic book stores everywhere. (Probably hitting Amazon shortly thereafter, available for preorder now.) Here's Marcelo Matere's beautiful cover for the book, with excellent Josh Perez colors. (Josh also lent his talents to some of the new bonus material inside the book.)

For those of you who missed our Radio Free Cybertron interview, this is going to be a massive, 472 page tome that combines The AllSpark Almanac, The AllSpark Almanac II, The AllSpark Almanac Addenda we put together for the Transformers Collectors' Club, and ten-ish pages of new content teasing more of what Season 3.5 might look like. We worked closely with Derrick Wyatt to ensure that the book was as close to 100% canon as possible, with all new material carefully vetted (and a bit of old material tweaked or recontextualized.) I hope that you all get a big kick out of this one. V1 and V2 are insanely hard to find and fetch ridiculous prices on the secondary market, so it's very nice to get this material back in print where everyone can get a copy.

News Credits: 54 · Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:07 pm

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That's nice.

News Credits: 4 · Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:45 pm

I miss animated, one of the Transformers incarnations in my opinion.

News Credits: 54 · Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:53 pm

padfoo wrote:I miss animated, one of the Transformers incarnations in my opinion.

Yup it was cool

I would of loved to see Sideswipe and Cheetor have some spin off episodes on cybertron while Ironhide and Jazz joined Earth's group.

News Credits: 462 · Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:47 pm

News Credits: 1 · Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:58 pm

Forgot all about this. I definitely have to pick this one up, cause I want to see what would have happened in Season 4.

News Credits: 462 · Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:18 am

Duke of Luns wrote:Forgot all about this. I definitely have to pick this one up, cause I want to see what would have happened in Season 4.

If the second Almanac's coverage of season 4 is anything to go by, it'll predominately be text talking about the season's episodes with very few images of production art and concept sketches.

Still, the text in the second Almanac was very much worth a read, so any further text we get in this one should be great too. ;)^

News Credits: 18 · Tue Jan 27, 2015 2:18 am

So it has new material that wasn't in the original versions that is unfair.

News Credits: 462 · Tue Jan 27, 2015 2:23 am

leokearon wrote:So it has new material that wasn't in the original versions that is unfair.

How is it unfair? It both gives those who missed the first two another chance to get them, and gives those who did get the first two incentive to get this one, appealing to both audiences and enhancing the existing collection with a third book.