A Look Inside Transformers Vault: The Complete Transformers Universe

SlyTF1 wrote:(Spazzes out.) (Spazzes out hard) When does this come out!!!??? I must...I must know!!!

Authors: By Pablo Hidalgo; foreword by Peter Cullen
Imprint: Abrams Books
ISBN: 0-8109-9868-8
EAN: 9780810998681
Availability: Prepublication
Publishing Date: 6/1/2011
Trim Size: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4
Page Count: 160
Cover: Hardcover with slipcase
Illustrations: 250 color illustrations

About the book
For the first time ever, Transformers Vault reveals the complete story of the Transformers, everyone's favorite robots in disguise. Loaded with never-before-seen images, this book is a guide to the epic battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, as it began with toys and television, and continued to comics, film, games, and other media. There's something here for all generations, from classic toys that have become sought-after collectibles to the amazing, high-tech visuals of the three live-action films.

Hasbro has opened its official archives, gathering more than 250 images and several featured pieces of memorabilia. Look inside for a sheet of Generation One tech specs with a secret revealer, a rare pencil sketch from comics artist Casey Coller, an unseen character profile for Hot Rod from the 1986 film, an animation cel, and much more. Exclusive photos of Japanese Transformer prototypes, archival development art, and brand-new information about the future of the Transformers make this the ultimate package for every fan.

About the author
Pablo Hidalgo is the managing editor at StarWars.com and the author of G.I. Joe vs. Cobra: The Essential Guide. Peter Cullen provided the voice of Optimus Prime in the original Transformers TV series, the 1986 animated film, the new TV series Transformers: Prime, and all three live-action films to date.

JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:Looking forward to this a lot, I love love love behind the scenes material and I'm really thrilled to read more about the franchise.

On a different note, now that the third movie is almost out, are the odds any better that we might see a movieverse concept art collection? I for one love the intricate designs of the movie transformers but I would live to see some of the scrapped designs as well as location designs (ala cybertron, the nemesis, the ark). Books like this are available for the star wars movies and I think they would be great for these movies as well.

Seibertron wrote:Got my shipping notification from Amazon today for this. Hopefully it'll be here in the next few days.

SJ21 wrote:I didn't order this one, but I am curious about how it is. Anyone get theirs yet?

Sabrblade wrote:

SJ21 wrote:I didn't order this one, but I am curious about how it is. Anyone get theirs yet?

It's not out yet.

Counterpunch wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SJ21 wrote:I didn't order this one, but I am curious about how it is. Anyone get theirs yet?

It's not out yet.

I got mine yesterday.

It's really cool.

Where it beats previous attempts at this is by including interesting things like, animation cells, original (repro) product catalogs, movie tickets, etc.

For $25 ... there are few reasons to pass on it.

SeanoptimusPrime wrote:I mean, 1/2 page on Transformers Prime, are you JOKING?!

Sabrblade wrote:

SeanoptimusPrime wrote:I mean, 1/2 page on Transformers Prime, are you JOKING?!

You do realize that this book came out BEFORE Transformers: Prime did, right?

And what is "Beastmasters"? There's not Transformers series called that.

SeanoptimusPrime wrote:And for clarification, the edition I have was printed 1 year after the Prime series was released.

Rodimus Prime wrote:I already have Simon Furman's The Ultimate Guide to Transformers (even though it doesn't include Prime or the Bayverse sequels because it came out in 2007) and it's adequate for me.

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I already have Simon Furman's The Ultimate Guide to Transformers (even though it doesn't include Prime or the Bayverse sequels because it came out in 2007) and it's adequate for me.

Even though that book contains plenty of errors and is written with a bias towards the Dreamwave comic material?

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I already have Simon Furman's The Ultimate Guide to Transformers (even though it doesn't include Prime or the Bayverse sequels because it came out in 2007) and it's adequate for me.

Even though that book contains plenty of errors and is written with a bias towards the Dreamwave comic material?

Even so. Care to tell me the errors you know of? You probably know of more than I do.

• The book shows its preference of the Marvel Comics origin of the Dinobots by flat out dismissing the cartoon's origin as being a mere rumor.
• The book describes the Quintessons' history of being the creators of the TFs in the cartoon as being entirely conjectural, when it was made pretty clear in the cartoon that they were.
• Several names are misspelled, such as "Teletran-1", "Carlee", "Eleta-1", and "Sean Burger".
• Several summaries of cartoon episodes are faulty, mixing up facts with innaccuracies.
• Same with several comic book issue summaries.
• Many of the toy images are mistransformed or have missing/wrong accessories.
• Optimus's Japanese G1 toy is identified as "01 Convoy" as though the "01" were part of its name rather than an ID number.
• None of the toys in the Generation 2 toy section are from Generation 2 (save for Megatron), as they're all European late-G1 toys that (aside from two of them) were not rereleased under the G2 banner.
• None of the episode guides are as complete as they claim to be, being more of a selection of "best of" episodes.
• Robots in Disguise is missing any and all traces of its cartoon.
• The Robots in Disguise section contains info that mixes up info from Car Robots with the English version (such as labeling Koji as "Yuki").
• The Armada Super Base Optimus seen in the book sports the wrong deco, bearing paint apps never seen anywhere else.
• Armada Laserbeak sports its prototype colors.
• All the pages in the Generation 1, Armada, and Energon sections that pertain to historical topics are written with the Dreamwave comics in mind and ignore any factual info from the cartoons that wasn't in the Dreamwave materials.

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I already have Simon Furman's The Ultimate Guide to Transformers (even though it doesn't include Prime or the Bayverse sequels because it came out in 2007) and it's adequate for me.

Even though that book contains plenty of errors and is written with a bias towards the Dreamwave comic material?

Even so. Care to tell me the errors you know of? You probably know of more than I do.

• The book shows its preference of the Marvel Comics origin of the Dinobots by flat out dismissing the cartoon's origin as being a mere rumor.
• The book describes the Quintessons' history of being the creators of the TFs in the cartoon as being entirely conjectural, when it was made pretty clear in the cartoon that they were.
• Several names are misspelled, such as "Teletran-1", "Carlee", "Eleta-1", and "Sean Burger".
• Several summaries of cartoon episodes are faulty, mixing up facts with innaccuracies.
• Same with several comic book issue summaries.
• Many of the toy images are mistransformed or have missing/wrong accessories.
• Optimus's Japanese G1 toy is identified as "01 Convoy" as though the "01" were part of its name rather than an ID number.
• None of the toys in the Generation 2 toy section are from Generation 2 (save for Megatron), as they're all European late-G1 toys that (aside from two of them) were not rereleased under the G2 banner.
• None of the episode guides are as complete as they claim to be, being more of a selection of "best of" episodes.
• Robots in Disguise is missing any and all traces of its cartoon.
• The Robots in Disguise section contains info that mixes up info from Car Robots with the English version (such as labeling Koji as "Yuki").
• The Armada Super Base Optimus seen in the book sports the wrong deco, bearing paint apps never seen anywhere else.
• Armada Laserbeak sports its prototype colors.
• All the pages in the Generation 1, Armada, and Energon sections that pertain to historical topics are written with the Dreamwave comics in mind and ignore any factual info from the cartoons that wasn't in the Dreamwave materials.

In a way, I guess you could nickname that book "The Gospel According to Furman (At The Time)"