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News Credits: 187 · Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:01 pm

Comicbookresources.com has posted an 8 page preview of Transformers More Than Meets the Eye issue 2 and this preview is packed with action! We get our first look at the newly designed Skids and a good look at the sharp Brainstorm! More Than Meets the Eye is scheduled for a February 15th release. Read on and enjoy the escalating MTMTE drama!

News Credits: 23 · Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:14 pm

I need to have this comic in my hands NAO!!!

News Credits: 23 · Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:18 pm

I guess we can add Hoist to the crew of the Lost Light as well.

News Credits: 7 · Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:20 pm

Somehow the writing reminds me of The Hitchhikers Guide - I love it!

News Credits: 217 · Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:26 pm

Why is Brainstorm being such a dick in this one?

Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:47 pm

Prime Evil wrote:I guess we can add Hoist to the crew of the Lost Light as well.

Pulling Cyclonus out of the water?

It looks more like Springer to me.

Or perhaps Hauler?

Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:49 pm

Diem wrote:Why is Brainstorm being such a dick in this one?

B/c he isn't in the Top 2 of Rodimus's list of resident ship's genius?

Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:54 pm

Not that I'm complaining (so far the series looks great), but how do you feel about made up TFs (e.g., Shock/Ore, Rung)? I thought one of the purposes of the split series was to give the lesser-known TFs some screen time.

And who is that Iron Man-looking 'bot?

News Credits: 23 · Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:56 pm

Joetx wrote:
Prime Evil wrote:I guess we can add Hoist to the crew of the Lost Light as well.

Pulling Cyclonus out of the water?

It looks more like Springer to me.

Or perhaps Hauler?

Hauler before Springer for sure. But I'm going by the green and yellow tow truck dealie. We don't even know the fate of Springer yet and I doubt he would be remade into a tow truck after LSOTW.

Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:28 pm

Prime Evil wrote:
Joetx wrote:
Prime Evil wrote:I guess we can add Hoist to the crew of the Lost Light as well.

Pulling Cyclonus out of the water?

It looks more like Springer to me.

Or perhaps Hauler?

Hauler before Springer for sure. But I'm going by the green and yellow tow truck dealie. We don't even know the fate of Springer yet and I doubt he would be remade into a tow truck after LSOTW.

The reason why I thought it was Springer is b/c: 1) To me, it looks like Springer's vehicular form; & 2) IIRC, the cartoon Springer had more yellow on him than the toy Springer.

But I'm down w/ it being Hoist over the other possibilities. I don't think we've seen him in the IDW-verse, while Springer's had multiple appearances. And Hauler, as a toy, was very late to the game & of limited availability.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:40 pm

Skids? I love him, but with the end of issue one, I can only say this: Crap.

Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:49 pm

Looking forward to this. Also its always nice to see Burchams colours on someone other than Nick Roches artwork. Looking good.

Joetx wrote:
But I'm down w/ it being Hoist over the other possibilities. I don't think we've seen him in the IDW-verse, while Springer's had multiple appearances. And Hauler, as a toy, was very late to the game & of limited availability.

Hoist had a few appearances in the first 6 issue story arc of ongoing. He only had a couple of lines and was then caught by skywatch.

News Credits: 30 · Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:42 am

Its Hoist

News Credits: 1 · Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:10 pm

Man, when did Brainstorm become such a cold, obnoxious and unsympathetic bastard?

I think I love him.

Have I missed something, because I get the impression all three (Brainstorm, Skids and Racthet) are losing their processors.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:51 pm

Seeing hoist reminded me of somthing. Where the hell is roadbuster. I miss him

Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:55 am

I must say, I'm liking these new series right now. I bailed on the last ongoing after about six issues, so MTMTE and RID are kind of a comic book risk for me at the moment. So far though, one that's working out.

News Credits: 23 · Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:01 pm

Josh wrote:Its Hoist

Sweet! No arguing with the colorist!! :grin:

News Credits: 226 · Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:52 pm

So the whole issue was a fairly decent read.

I still don't like some of the designs, especially some of them influenced by the Animated aesthetic (bulky top half, skinny legs).

Drift continues to be a wanker. Plain and simple. Thankfully Ratchet can see that, Ratchet became even cooler to me for that.

The comedy continues ... I laughed a few times, Swerve had a lot of one liners, Skids' confusion at things and forgetting he was holding a hand gun, Brainstorm discovering he's not the ship's genius and not being able to tell whether it's Shock or Ore.

Whirl is ... well the guy has never had little characterisation in the past, and his story with Cyclonus could be a good.

And Drift ... bloody hell he's a wanker ... oh wait, I already mentioned that.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:40 pm

So far, I'm loving this series. It has a really oddball cast, and I like that a lot. It just feels like a very different direction than what we're used to. This is quickly moving its way up my "To Read" pile each month.