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[Va'al]

IDW Limited are re-releasing fan-favourite mini-series Last Stand of the Wreckers, by James Roberts and Nick Roche, under their Blue, Red, and Black Label series. Pre-orders for the volume, which has been teased to include a lot of extras, and has been called by Roberts 'a thing of beauty', will open on Tuesday April 9th.

Below are some of the sneak peeks revealed by IDW Limited's Twitter account.

[sabrigami]

I know it's kinda expensive, but I'll be damned if I don't want to toss my money at it anyway. I love wreckers, so maybe I might spring for the Red one.

[Blurrz]

A cool thought - a tad bit too hardcore for me though xD

[quickmixed]

The blue label comes with a "team up sketch" by both Guidi and Roche . That would be awesome but unfortunately its a little steep for my liking. I'll definitely pick up the black label when they go up tomorrow.

[leokearon]

Really nice, but I'll keep my Last Stand of the Wreckers hardback, Signed by Nick Roche.

(Also I don't need a third copy of Last Stand of the wreckers)

[Va'al]

Prior to the preorders being opened up (Tuesday 9th at 10 am), IDW Limited has updated the product page to give a breakdown of what the three Limited label Last Stand of the Wreckers will contain, including more images. All of the information is mirrored below. (Get your wallets ready, people.)

TRANSFORMERS: Last Stand of the Wreckers will be available in Blue, Black and Red Label editions. All three versions of the book will be housed in a tray case (this is the first Red Label to get a tray case) and signed by Nick Roche, Guido Guidi and James Roberts.

Everyone who pre-orders this book before 4/30/13 will receive an additional, exclusive lithograph print by Nick Roche & Guido Guidi.

TRANSFORMERS: Last Stand of the Wreckers - Blue Label $350

• Limited to TEN copies
• Hand-drawn team-up illustration by series artists Nick Roche and Guido Guidi (each artist drew one of the two characters in every illustration)
• Limited-edition, custom-designed tray case
• Mounted signature page signed by Nick Roche, Guido Guidi & James Roberts
• Hardcover portfolio containing FIVE lithographs featuring the Blue Label artwork of Guido Guidi and Nick Roche
• Exclusive cover only available through this IDW Limited release

TRANSFORMERS: Last Stand of the Wreckers - Black Label $250

• Limited to 50 copies
• Hand-drawn illustration by series artist and writer Nick Roche
• Limited-edition, custom-designed tray case
• Mounted signature page signed by Nick Roche, Guido Guidi & James Roberts
• Hardcover portfolio containing FIVE lithographs featuring the Blue Label artwork of Guido Guidi and Nick Roche
• Exclusive cover only available through this IDW Limited release

TRANSFORMERS: Last Stand of the Wreckers - Red Label $125

• Limited to 250 copies
• Hardcover portfolio containing FIVE lithographs of team-up artwork from Guido Guidi & Nick Roche
• Limited-edition, custom-designed tray case
• Mounted signature page signed by Nick Roche, Guido Guidi & James Roberts
• Exclusive cover only available through this IDW Limited release

[Nemesis Maximo]

What about internal content, such as the prose stories, Autopedia entries, etc.?

[Sabrblade]

So, no additional stories/prose than what was in the last Hardcover release? Good. I got that version and want to stay happy with it.

[Va'al]

In occasion of the release for Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers, our friends over at IDW Limited have sent us a whole lot of artwork to show off, and some insight into how the exclusive lithographs were produced.

Before

The interesting thing about this edition is, for the Blue Label we had Guido Guidi and Nick Roche team up to draw the two-character sketches. So each guy drew one of the two characters on the sketch plate. These pieces turned out so good that we actually scanned them, then had a colorist go in and color the scans so that we could put that finished product into a hardcover portfolio to go along with the book.

So that means even if you buy a Red Label, you're going to get something very cool. Five litho prints of unpublished Guidi/Roche artwork. And, anyone who pre-orders by 4/30 will get a sixth specially treated litho print to go along with the first five.

After

Below are the ten unique, unpublished Nick Roche sketches that accompany the Black Label edition of the volume.

Preorders are now live and more promo material is rolling in!

Black Label Preview


Red Label Preview

Also, over on Comics Alliance you can find a preview/review of the contents of a Blue Label edition of the volume.

[Va'al]

I had to post this one, Nick Roche tweeted it earlier.
It's the artwork for the portfolio, pre-colouring.

[mooncake623]

This stuff looks great! thanks for the pics.