BotCon 2014 - Marty Isenberg Revealed as Transformers: Timelines Author

what's Marty Isenberg's alt mode?

craggy wrote:what's Marty Isenberg's alt mode?

A beard.

So is this the guy we can blame for pirates ?

Rated X wrote:So is this the guy we can blame for pirates ?

He's the writer, but not the one who conceived the idea. Thst was already in stone by last year's BotCon.

Marty Isenberg? Hot damn!

Rated X wrote:So is this the guy we can blame for pirates ?

you want to blame someone for a devcon and scorponok?

shajaki wrote:

Rated X wrote:So is this the guy we can blame for pirates ?

you want to blame someone for a devcon and scorponok?

Sort of like how I "blame" Simon Furman for creating the god I pray to every night. I was looking forward to a life of atheism, dammit...

And yes, no matter how I feel about Beast Machines, I seriously love Marty for Animated. Just as Dille and Wise each wrote some of the best and worst G1 eps, so it should be that the same man helped guide both the best and worst TF series.

(And before anyone tells me I have the quality of the two series backwards, that just reinforces the broader point )

Genuinely looking forward to this story.

Thinking about it, the person or persons responsible for thinking up each year's theme for BotCon isn't something that we usually learn. So, while we know of each year's theme, there typically isn't a name attached to those who come up with each one. meaning we can't go pointing fingers at whoever conceived this year's "Pirates Vs Knights" theme.

I liked the idea of the theme, and I'm liking 3 of the 4 toys we've been told about so far. (Albino Ferak, not so much) so I'd be quite happy to know who to congratulate.

Ok, when are we going to get the final reveal? I know not everyone's jumping for it since the centerpiece has already been spoiled, but I certainly am!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ok, when are we going to get the final reveal? I know not everyone's jumping for it since the centerpiece has already been spoiled, but I certainly am!

I'm right there with you.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ok, when are we going to get the final reveal? I know not everyone's jumping for it since the centerpiece has already been spoiled, but I certainly am!

The wait... it kills me.

shajaki wrote:

Rated X wrote:So is this the guy we can blame for pirates ?

you want to blame someone for a devcon and scorponok?

Devcon and Scorponok are G1 characters. They have nothing to do with knights and pirates unless some bonehead decides to make them into knights and pirates. I know im in the minority, but I wish Funpub would do away with "themes" altogether. Just give us awesome classics filler sets from different continuities. Theme ??? We dont need no stinkin theme !!!

I wish funpub would just quit making toys altogether. It really detracts from the themes and long-line experience they sell us every year.

i could care less what the theme is. its bringing us some great toys.

if next years theme was "unicorns vs kittens" and gave us awesome toys, id still buy them.

shajaki wrote:i could care less what the theme is. its bringing us some great toys.

if next years theme was "unicorns vs kittens" and gave us awesome toys, id still buy them.

ID BUY THE SHIT OUT OF THAT

shajaki wrote:i could care less what the theme is.

so you do care at least some amount then?

It Is Him wrote:long-line experience

I'm gonna give them some props here - the lines run more smoothly each and every year, with a possible exception in 2012 because their card readers went fubar on the first day for the club store. They've really come a long way since the horrible line debacle that was 2009.

craggy wrote:

shajaki wrote:i could care less what the theme is.

so you do care at least some amount then?

i dont really follow...
but let me clarify: the story behind any given botcon, i dont care at all. i just look at the toys.

Rated X wrote:

shajaki wrote:

Rated X wrote:So is this the guy we can blame for pirates ?

you want to blame someone for a devcon and scorponok?

Devcon and Scorponok are G1 characters. They have nothing to do with knights and pirates unless some bonehead decides to make them into knights and pirates.