Ark Addendum Update - The Insecticon Syndrome (Part 2)

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 2:38pm CDT

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This week's Ark Addendum update brings us some nice interior and exterior shots of the Iron Mountain facility and Nova Power Plant from the season two episode, "The Insecticon Syndrome". For more details regarding these models and the episode visit Jim Sorenson's blog, Disciples of Boltax.

Credit(s): Jim Sorenson

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Re: Ark Addendum Update - The Insecticon Syndrome (Part 2) (1294292)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on September 28th, 2011 @ 11:05am CDT

Joetx wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:The Trainbots, like the Constructicons, did come from Diaclone and had 6 members:

- Shouki (roughly "Devil Queller")
- Getsuei ("Moon Shadow")
- Seizan ("Blue Mountain")
- Yukikaze ("Snowy Breeze")
- Suiken ("Drunken Fist", after the style of Kung Fu)
- Kaen ("Blaze")

Thanks for the English translations of the Trainbots' names, JelZe. I always wondered what their names meant.

The Trainbots were the only ones w/o English names, right?

Nope, the Dino Force from Victory had non-English names as well:

- Gouryu ("Mighty Dragon", T-Rex)
- Gairyu ("Armored Dragon", Ankylosaurus)
- Doryu ("Earth Dragon", Stegosaurus)
- Kakuryu ("Horned Dragon", Triceratops)
- Rairyu ("Thunder Dragon", Apatosaurus/Brontosaurus)
- Yokyryu ("Winged Dragon", Pteranodon)

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Posted by El Duque on October 4th, 2011 @ 11:34pm CDT

This week's Ark Addendum update takes us back to the Japanese Masterforce series with an animation model of Cyberton leader Hawk's car. Be sure to check out Jim Sorenson's blog Disciples of Boltax for more interesting Transformers related information.

See, the leader of the Cybertrons, Metalhawk, had a human disguise, Hawk. Naturally, Hawk needed to get around, so he drove this nifty little two-seater.

Re: Ark Addendum Update - The Insecticon Syndrome (Part 2) (1296798)
Posted by ChZuck on October 5th, 2011 @ 11:31am CDT

anyone else think that looks EXACTLY like generations wheeljack/RTS tracks?

Re: Ark Addendum Update - The Insecticon Syndrome (Part 2) (1299543)
Posted by El Duque on October 12th, 2011 @ 4:00pm CDT

Jim Sorenson has updated his blog, Disciples of Boltax, with this week's Ark Addendum update, Weirdwolf's transformation sequence. Take a look at the animation model for the G1 Headmaster's transformation below, and be sure to swing by Disciples of Boltax for more Transformers goodness!

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Posted by El Duque on October 18th, 2011 @ 11:41pm CDT

Jim Sorenson has updated his always informative blog, Disciples of Boltax, with this week's Ark Addendum update. This week we return to the Japanese continuity with a background from Masterforce. Below we see the German airbase where Phoenix spent his time as a Pretender. Visit Jim's blog for more details.

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Posted by El Duque on October 25th, 2011 @ 3:59pm CDT

We have a couple of updates for Jim Sorenson's blog, Disciples of Boltax. First up we have his weekly Ark Addendum Update, which features backgrounds from the G1 episode Mircrobots. The Autobots are shrunk down and sneak into Megatron's body to disable the Cybertronian artifact known as the Heart of Cybertron. We get nice a background depicting Megatron's inner workings. Take a look below then click here to visit Disciples of Boltax for Jim's commentary.

Next, Monzo has posted a set of storyboards from the G1 pilot More Than Meets The Eye that originate from a series of Heritage Auctions that took place back in 2003. We've mirrored one of them below, it features a rather "cute" version of Ravage. Click here view the rest of the series.

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Posted by El Duque on November 1st, 2011 @ 4:24pm CDT

This week's Ark Addendum update revisits the G1 episode Microbots with a look at the animation models for of a couple of the creatures the micronized Autobots encountered within Megatron's body. Below we see Megatron's Brain Impulses and Electro Sanitizers. Jim notes the Impulses ended up looking relatively the same, but the Electro Sanitizers were completely different in the cartoon. Visit Disciples of Boltax for more of Jim's commentary.

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Posted by El Duque on November 13th, 2011 @ 4:57pm CST

Our friend Jim Sorenson dropped by let us know about a couple items on his blog, Disciples of Boltax, that he thought our members would have some interest in. First we have this week's Ark Addendum update, Ravage's transformation sequence from More Than Meets The Eye. Click here to view the always popular cassetticon's full transformation sequence animation model.

Second, Jim has posted a preview of the 16 page AllSpark Almanac Addendum featured in FunPub's Diamond Edition Transformers Timelines Issue 6: The StuntiCon Job comic. Visit Disciples of Boltax to view the full preview page.

Lastly, if you in the neighborhood of Emerald Knights in Burbank, CA on Saturday, December 10th drop by for a signing with Jim, Bill Forster, Marty Isenberg, Mike Costa and Livio Ramondelli.

Re: Ark Addendum Update - The Insecticon Syndrome (Part 2) (1312260)
Posted by Sabrblade on November 14th, 2011 @ 12:19am CST

I WANT that AllSpark Almanac Addendum! NOW!!!!!!!

Re: Ark Addendum Update - The Insecticon Syndrome (Part 2) (1313618)
Posted by Michael Alex Kawa on November 17th, 2011 @ 5:24am CST

Sabrblade wrote:I WANT that AllSpark Almanac Addendum! NOW!!!!!!!

ME TOO

Re: Ark Addendum Update - The Insecticon Syndrome (Part 2) (1315066)
Posted by El Duque on November 21st, 2011 @ 10:11am CST

Our friend Jim Sorenson dropped by to let us know that this week's Ark Addendum update features another iconic animation model from the Transformers pilot More Than Meets the Eye, the transformation sequence of Rumble! Click the teaser image below to visit Jim's blog Disciple of Boltax to check out the full model.

Jim also posted Animated Cheetor's badge, don't forget to pick up 2011 Diamond Edition Timelines BotCon Comic: The Stunti-Con Job, featuring a 16 page AllSpark Almanac Addendum covering Transformers: Animated season 3.5.

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Posted by El Duque on November 29th, 2011 @ 8:24pm CST

Jim Sorenson has updated his blog, Disciples of Boltax, with transformation sequences for two more fan favorite characters, Soundwave and his minion Laserbeak! A small thumbnail of the Soundwave sequence has appeared in Jim's previous books, The Ark and The Complete Ark. The Laserbeak sequence on the other hand is new. Check out their transformation sequences below.

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Posted by El Duque on December 6th, 2011 @ 11:06am CST

Jim Sorenson finishes up his run of cassetticon transformation sequences with this week's Ark Addendum update, Ratbat! Visit Jim's blog, Disciples of Boltax, for his thoughts on the update.

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Posted by El Duque on December 13th, 2011 @ 2:53pm CST

This week's Ark Addendum update over on Jim Sorenson's blog Disciples of Boltax takes us back the Japanese Masterforce series. Below we see the animation model for Phoenix's truck. Click here to visit the always informative Disciples of Boltax.

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Posted by El Duque on December 20th, 2011 @ 9:50am CST

This week's Ark Addendum update over on Jim Sorenson's blog, Disciples of Boltax, once again focuses on the Japanese Masterforce character Phoenix. Take a look at the animation model for his transformation sequence below.

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Posted by El Duque on January 10th, 2012 @ 3:47pm CST

After a two week hiatus Jim Sorenson has resumed his Ark Addendum updates over on his blog, Disciples of Boltax. Below we see some of the animation models and backgrounds from the G1 episode "Fire on the Mountain". The models are mirrored below, visit Disciple of Boltax to read Jim's thoughts on the episode.

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Posted by kevinblevins on January 17th, 2012 @ 12:29am CST

Since it's been 20-something years (man, I'm old) since I last saw the episodes in question, I didn't recall what happened to the Nemesis in the G1 cartoon myself. All I remembered was it spinning out of control in MTMTE1. I had just assumed it went back to Cybertron b/c it definitely wasn't the ship that crashed into the ocean in MTMTE3.

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Posted by El Duque on January 17th, 2012 @ 5:45pm CST

In this week's Ark Addendum update Jim Sorenson finishes up his models from G1's "Fire on the Mountain" with the backgrounds seen below. As always, swing by Jim's always informative blog Disciples of Boltax for his commentary.

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Posted by El Duque on January 24th, 2012 @ 12:03pm CST

This week's Ark Addendum update over on Jim Sorenson's blog Disciples of Boltax gives us a look at the transformation sequence of Spacepunch from Japan's Headmaster series. You may know him better as just plain old Punch! Take a look at the transformation sequence mirrored from Disciples of Boltax below.