New Storyline Announced for TCC Magazine in 2016
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TF_JW wrote:The TCC Magazine 2016 story line has been announced! "Transformers: Of Masters and Mayhem" takes place after the events of Another Light, as it follows the Classicsverse humans and Autobot Pretenders as they make the most of their new world.
The humans from the Classicverse have had their share of other worldly experiences since the Transformers first arrived in 1984. They have seen the war come and go, they have seen their planet taken from their home universe and transported to another, and then they even found themselves removed from the very planet they had always called home!
It has been five years since that day. The humans now have a new earth, a new home, one that is mostly at peace and one that is free of the Transformers! Or so they think... Next year, exclusively in the pages of the TCC Magazine, an exciting new 36 page story begins with Issue 67. Can the humans every truly be free of the war involving the Transformers, or will they always be at the mercy Of Masters and Mayhem!
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Posted by Black Bumblebee on January 2nd, 2016 @ 5:19pm CST
Posted by ausbot on January 2nd, 2016 @ 5:35pm CST
Posted by Deathsanras on January 2nd, 2016 @ 10:38pm CST
.... said nobody ever.
Posted by Gunmetal on January 2nd, 2016 @ 10:52pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on January 2nd, 2016 @ 11:03pm CST
The woman at the bottom is Lisa, who was an ally of Spike in Galvatron II's dark alternate future of Marvel G1 issue #67 "Rhythms of Darkness!", so she's the only one in that pic who we know for sure to be a purely human character.
The older guy in the center seems to be someone new, but some think he might be a Decepticon Pretender, like Thunderwing in a new shell or something.
Get a grip, people.
Posted by Flashwave on January 2nd, 2016 @ 11:18pm CST
Query: In this iteration then, does this mean the Targetmaster figs are gonna be humans instead of Nebulans?
Posted by G.B. Blackrock on January 3rd, 2016 @ 1:00am CST
Deathsanras wrote:Transformers definitely needs to focus more on the humans and their plight amid the alien robot war.
.... said nobody ever.
Hey, if they can show me a non-wheelchair-bound post-Marvel G.B. Blackrock who actually does something of interest, I'll be happy.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 3rd, 2016 @ 1:16am CST
Sabrblade wrote:Uh, guys? That's Crossblades, Vroom, and Metalhawk, the Autobot Mega Pretenders, in the upper-left corner, and down at the bottom-left is Spike Witwicky, Headmaster of Fortress Maximus.
The woman at the bottom is Lisa, who was an ally of Spike in Galvatron II's dark alternate future of Marvel G1 issue #67 "Rhythms of Darkness!", so she's the only one in that pic who we know for sure to be a purely human character.
The older guy in the center seems to be someone new, but some think he might be a Decepticon Pretender, like Thunderwing in a new shell or something.
Get a grip, people.
Once again, Sabrblade hits them on the mark.
Posted by Zeedust on January 3rd, 2016 @ 1:47am CST
Deathsanras wrote:Transformers definitely needs to focus more on the humans and their plight amid the alien robot war.
.... said nobody ever.
Hey, some human characters have actually been good additions to the show/comic they were in. Particularly in Prime: Agent Fowler in particular was awesome, and MECH were surprisingly menacing for human villains (though I'll admit the last two MECH episodes feel like they were originally intended to be parts of a longer arc that got shortened).
Posted by Deathsanras on January 3rd, 2016 @ 2:39am CST
Randomus wrote:Ya'll sneer about humans, yet the popular comic right now is the one with more holomatter avatars than a DeviantArt page.
I'll just highlight your own word and leave it at that.
Sabrblade wrote:Uh, guys? That's Crossblades, Vroom, and Metalhawk, the Autobot Mega Pretenders, in the upper-left corner, and down at the bottom-left is Spike Witwicky, Headmaster of Fortress Maximus.
The woman at the bottom is Lisa, who was an ally of Spike in Galvatron II's dark alternate future of Marvel G1 issue #67 "Rhythms of Darkness!", so she's the only one in that pic who we know for sure to be a purely human character.
The older guy in the center seems to be someone new, but some think he might be a Decepticon Pretender, like Thunderwing in a new shell or something.
Get a grip, people.
You may have missed the text portion.
The humans from the Classicverse have had their share of other worldly experiences since the Transformers first arrived in 1984. They have seen the war come and go, they have seen their planet taken from their home universe and transported to another, and then they even found themselves removed from the very planet they had always called home!
It has been five years since that day. The humans now have a new earth, a new home, one that is mostly at peace and one that is free of the Transformers! Or so they think... Next year, exclusively in the pages of the TCC Magazine, an exciting new 36 page story begins with Issue 67. Can the humans every truly be free of the war involving the Transformers, or will they always be at the mercy Of Masters and Mayhem!
References to the humans highlighted in comparison to references to the Transformers.
Nemesis Primal wrote:Hey, some human characters have actually been good additions to the show/comic they were in. Particularly in Prime: Agent Fowler in particular was awesome, and MECH were surprisingly menacing for human villains (though I'll admit the last two MECH episodes feel like they were originally intended to be parts of a longer arc that got shortened).
And they were just that - additions. The text portion heavily implies an extensively human-centric arc. If so, this would, like the Movieverse, make the Transformers the "additions".
Posted by RhA on January 3rd, 2016 @ 6:49am CST
Posted by dragons on January 3rd, 2016 @ 8:02am CST
Deathsanras wrote:Transformers definitely needs to focus more on the humans and their plight amid the alien robot war.
That's new one people keep complaining about live action movie series need more bots less humans
.... said nobody ever.
Posted by Sabrblade on January 3rd, 2016 @ 8:14am CST
Do you honestly think that the story is actually going to focus on Average Joe nobodies and not the Autobot Humans we see in the poster itself? The poster's even designed as an obvious homage to Masterforce's poster and that was both a human-centric series and one of the movie beloved (by virtually everyone who watched it) TF cartoons of all time.Deathsanras wrote:You may have missed the text portion.
All the Autobots (and five of the Decepticons) in that poster are humans in some form or another, just like the Autobot Humans in the "Of Masters and Mayhem" poster.
It's even a given in the title "Of Masters and Mayhem". "Masters" as in "Headmasters", "Targetmasters", "Powermasters" etc. And we see three Mega Pretenders there as well.
This story is picking up from the end of "Another Light", so we're going to see what became of the Pretenders, Headmaster Spike, etc., not some random civilians of no importance.
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 3rd, 2016 @ 9:55am CST
That man in the middle does have a thunderwingish look to him...
Posted by Gunmetal on January 3rd, 2016 @ 10:16am CST
Okay...but that still isn't thematically different from Pretenders.Deathsanras wrote:Randomus wrote:Ya'll sneer about humans, yet the popular comic right now is the one with more holomatter avatars than a DeviantArt page.
I'll just highlight your own word and leave it at that.
I'm thinking Starscream (minus spiky armor).ZeroWolf wrote:That man in the middle does have a thunderwingish look to him...
Posted by Flashwave on January 3rd, 2016 @ 10:57am CST
ZeroWolf wrote:This looks interesting, though what happened to the other autobot pretenders? Also no Overlord?
That man in the middle does have a thunderwingish look to him...
Overlord presumably was left behind on the old Earth.
Posted by Rated X on January 3rd, 2016 @ 1:44pm CST
Posted by Autobot N on January 3rd, 2016 @ 1:45pm CST
Rated X wrote:Humans...yay !!!!
Sarcasm much.
But I do agree with the anti-human sentiment. We come to see the Transformers, not the humans' reaction to the Transformers.
Posted by Zeedust on January 3rd, 2016 @ 2:53pm CST
Deathsanras wrote:Nemesis Primal wrote:Hey, some human characters have actually been good additions to the show/comic they were in. Particularly in Prime: Agent Fowler in particular was awesome, and MECH were surprisingly menacing for human villains (though I'll admit the last two MECH episodes feel like they were originally intended to be parts of a longer arc that got shortened).
And they were just that - additions. The text portion heavily implies an extensively human-centric arc. If so, this would, like the Movieverse, make the Transformers the "additions".
That the movieverse humans have gotten as much screen time as they have seems like a secondary problem, with the main problem being that even five minutes is more screen time than it takes for any of the movieverse humans to wear out their welcome.
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 3rd, 2016 @ 3:26pm CST
As for comparisons to the movieverse, come on guys it's almost been ten years since the first one, long enough for everyone to know why it was done the way it was. That and this isn't really the place for that
Posted by Autobot N on January 3rd, 2016 @ 3:36pm CST
ZeroWolf wrote:Why are people reacting so much? It's focusing on humans as a way of letting us see what it's like for the autobots currently disguised as humans (you know, robots in disguise that old moniker). Sarblade goes our of his way to explain things and people still react like there's going to be no transformers in it.
I realize that, and that's not what I'm complaining about.
As for comparisons to the movieverse, come on guys it's almost been ten years since the first one, long enough for everyone to know why it was done the way it was. That and this isn't really the place for that [/quote]
This is more along the lines of what I'm talking about. I just wish that non-Autobot humans didn't have as large roles as they do.
EDIT: Most of the time, I don't like it when humans have main roles, but Fowler is the exception.
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on January 3rd, 2016 @ 4:21pm CST
And give us some more G1 human figures like how you did Marissa! I want a Spike and Carly, dammit!
Posted by Zeedust on January 3rd, 2016 @ 5:19pm CST
ZeroWolf wrote:As for comparisons to the movieverse, come on guys it's almost been ten years since the first one, long enough for everyone to know why it was done the way it was. That and this isn't really the place for that
While agree that this probably isn't the place, I do want to say that knowing why something happened does not always make it easier to take.
That said, I agree that the quantity and prevalence of human characters is not, in and of itself, enough to ruin anything. (At the risk of opening another can of worms, I do quite enjoy Rescue Bots, which often gets rather human-centric itself.)
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Well, as someone who rather likes a lot of the human characters from across the fiction, I'm legit looking forward to this.
And give us some more G1 human figures like how you did Marissa! I want a Spike and Carly, dammit!
I like a number of the human characters too, but they're mostly from Animated, Prime, and Rescue Bots. (The RiD2015 humans have thus far disappointed me, and whoever decided not to bring Raf back wasn't using their best judgment.)
I know there's no way in hell it could happen, but the human figure I'd spring for is Agent Fowler. Heck, if they decide to copy a human or two between continuities like they do for bots (including putting bots from later eras, like Bulkhead, in new G1 stuff), I think Agent Fowler would be a natural fit for the storyline described. (Bonus points if he gets another opportunity to tell Starscream where to shove it. Actually, bonus points for that in general.)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 3rd, 2016 @ 8:28pm CST
When the Autobot Pretenders and Spike got transported away at the end of "Another Light", along with the three Mega Pretenders we saw the Ultra Pretender Skyhammer among them, so he might be showing up.ZeroWolf wrote:This looks interesting, though what happened to the other autobot pretenders? Also no Overlord?
As for all the others that were seen back in Marvel G1 (as Classics Earth was from an offshoot of Marvel G1), if they weren't on Classics Earth back when it got sent to the Shatteredverse, then they probably all died when the Classicsverse imploded.
As for Gigatron, if he survived the ordeal of "Another Light", he's presumably alive and well on New Cybertron. But if he didn't survive "Another Light", then he might be dead. Either way, this new story will be set on an Earth in another universe, so Gigatron most likely won't be in this story anyway.
While not impossible, Classicsverse Starscream was no longer a Pretender, and since we don't know where he was when the Classicsverse blew up, he might be dead by now.Randomus wrote:I'm thinking Starscream (minus spiky armor).
The movieverse comparisons don't even make sense, here. This isn't the movieverse, it's the Club. They know exactly how this fandom feels about the movies and know darn well better to not make the same mistakes as the movies. If anything, a better comparison to make with this would be Masterforce, and that's a wonderful series.ZeroWolf wrote:As for comparisons to the movieverse, come on guys it's almost been ten years since the first one, long enough for everyone to know why it was done the way it was. That and this isn't really the place for that
But these humans ARE Autobots. Lisa's the only one seen here who isn't an Autobot (unless the old guy isn't one as well), and she's someone who's never been used in any TF fiction since a single comic issue from 1990.Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:This is more along the lines of what I'm talking about. I just wish that non-Autobot humans didn't have as large roles as they do.
Would people still object if the one pure human in this was someone like Dirk Manus or Jessica Morgan instead?
Posted by Autobot N on January 3rd, 2016 @ 8:54pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:(snip)But these humans ARE Autobots. Lisa's the only one seen here who isn't an Autobot (unless the old guy isn't one as well), and she's someone who's never been used in any TF fiction since a single comic issue from 1990.Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:This is more along the lines of what I'm talking about. I just wish that non-Autobot humans didn't have as large roles as they do.
Would people still object if the one pure human in this was someone like Dirk Manus or Jessica Morgan instead?
I know (admittedly, I only found out by reading comments on this thread). What I'm talking about is I wish that non-humans didn't have as large roles as they do.
Posted by Sabrblade on January 3rd, 2016 @ 8:57pm CST
But if they're ones who are good characters and also don't overshadow the TF characters, then does it really matter in that case?Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:Sabrblade wrote:(snip)But these humans ARE Autobots. Lisa's the only one seen here who isn't an Autobot (unless the old guy isn't one as well), and she's someone who's never been used in any TF fiction since a single comic issue from 1990.Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:This is more along the lines of what I'm talking about. I just wish that non-Autobot humans didn't have as large roles as they do.
Would people still object if the one pure human in this was someone like Dirk Manus or Jessica Morgan instead?
I know (admittedly, I only found out by reading comments on this thread). What I'm talking about is I wish that non-humans didn't have as large roles as they do.
I mean, most of the anti-human sentiments given here are reflected from what the movies did, but almost none of the cartoons or comics do that, so is it really that much of a issue?
Posted by Emerje on January 3rd, 2016 @ 8:58pm CST
I like Pretenders and Masters so I'm fine with this. I've also never really had an issue with human interaction in the franchise. I mean, half of "robots in disguise" is robots turning into things, but the other half is the humans, the phrase is meaningless without them.
I can easily see this being another G.I. Joe figure crossover thing like the last two and I don't think that's an entirely bad thing.
As for the mystery guy in the center, we are missing one announced club character that isn't on the cover: Armada Skywarp. The dark complexion, black clothes and white in his hair really gives off that vibe. Sure, he has no purple and is wearing a green shirt, but the shells rarely looked like the figure inside them.
Emerje
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on January 4th, 2016 @ 7:10pm CST
Nemesis Primal wrote:RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Well, as someone who rather likes a lot of the human characters from across the fiction, I'm legit looking forward to this.
And give us some more G1 human figures like how you did Marissa! I want a Spike and Carly, dammit!
I like a number of the human characters too, but they're mostly from Animated, Prime, and Rescue Bots. (The RiD2015 humans have thus far disappointed me, and whoever decided not to bring Raf back wasn't using their best judgment.)
I know there's no way in hell it could happen, but the human figure I'd spring for is Agent Fowler. Heck, if they decide to copy a human or two between continuities like they do for bots (including putting bots from later eras, like Bulkhead, in new G1 stuff), I think Agent Fowler would be a natural fit for the storyline described. (Bonus points if he gets another opportunity to tell Starscream where to shove it. Actually, bonus points for that in general.)
I'd love to see those humans get figures, too. Lord knows they deserve to get some good plastic representation. So G1 animated, Animated, Prime and Rescue Bots for the 3.75/4-inch figure line?
Posted by Phill_D on January 24th, 2016 @ 10:28am CST
Thanks.
Phill
Posted by Sabrblade on January 24th, 2016 @ 11:04am CST
Mine came early last month.Phill_D wrote:The last time I asked this, mine turned up a couple of days later, but has anyone received issue 66 yet? The Dec/Jan one?
Thanks.
Phill
Posted by Phill_D on January 24th, 2016 @ 11:09am CST
Sabrblade wrote:Mine came early last month.Phill_D wrote:The last time I asked this, mine turned up a couple of days later, but has anyone received issue 66 yet? The Dec/Jan one?
Thanks.
Phill
Thank you. Will contact them next week after the email server move.
Posted by Zeedust on February 9th, 2016 @ 7:25pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on September 13th, 2016 @ 12:05am CDT
Thrashclaw ("Thrash" for short, the leader), Shred (the playful youngest one), Slice (the cold brooding one), and Gnash (the unstable one).
All from the prose story "Life Finds A Way" (with Gnash and Thrash receiving profiles in Issue #70 of the TCC magazine), and all females, too!
THE RAPTORICONS
Official characters I created for the Transformers Collectors Club!
Created and illustrated by me, colored by Paul Hanley and Goncalo Lopes!
Posted by durroth on September 13th, 2016 @ 12:40am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on September 13th, 2016 @ 12:46am CDT
Thrash's = BW season 1 Megatron
Shred's = BW non-Transmetal Rhinox
Slice's = not sure yet
Gnash's = Classics Grimlock
Posted by durroth on September 13th, 2016 @ 12:53am CDT
Posted by RNSrobot on September 24th, 2016 @ 2:37pm CDT
how many issues of the club magazine are left? And when d'ya think the next one will start arriving?
Posted by Sabrblade on September 24th, 2016 @ 2:56pm CDT
Two more issues. The October/November 2016 issue (#71) and the December 2016/January 2017 issue (#72).RNSrobot wrote:hey all,
how many issues of the club magazine are left? And when d'ya think the next one will start arriving?
Posted by Kurona on October 11th, 2016 @ 7:12pm CDT
Before I get EXTREMELY excited, can someone tell me what this is about?
Posted by TF_JW on October 11th, 2016 @ 7:32pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on October 11th, 2016 @ 8:07pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on October 11th, 2016 @ 8:38pm CDT
TF_JW wrote:The TCC is celebrating the tenth anniversary of Transformers Animated a little early with an issue dedicated to the series. Including a look at some of the conceptualized characters and plot lines that would have been in Season 4. Also a new Transformers Animated comic strip written by Derrick J. Wyatt with art by Josh Perez.
Posted by Kurona on October 11th, 2016 @ 8:42pm CDT
Posted by Bumblevivisector on October 11th, 2016 @ 9:05pm CDT
Agree 1000%! As much as I'd like to just move on and enjoy what's come after, the current RID cartoon keeps giving us all these moments where it acts like it wants to be Animated, but can't quite pull it off, making me scream, "Then why not just resurrect Animated?!? You're back on Cartoon Network in the States, the Aligned Continuity experiment has splintered, why not just do another restart that jumps back a few years?"Kurona wrote:Oh my god you have no idea how excited I am about thiiiiiis! Animated was my second favourite Transformers cartoon just behind Beast Wars - and even then the two are extremely close in quality to the point I often have trouble deciding which one I like more - so the news we're getting more fiction is just so... aaaaah I'm excited hahaha
Please let this be the start of a regular thing! I know it can't, because the club losing their license would disrupt it anyway, but this news gives me hope...
Posted by Sabrblade on October 11th, 2016 @ 9:12pm CDT
As for the new Animated comic, maybe another season 3.5 thing like "Moving Violations", "The Stunti-Con Job", and "The Return of Blurr" were?
Posted by SureShot18 on October 11th, 2016 @ 9:18pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 11th, 2016 @ 9:25pm CDT
Posted by No One on October 11th, 2016 @ 9:54pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on October 11th, 2016 @ 9:57pm CDT
But that'll just make all the Geewunners angry that Hasbro "wasted" a Titan class slot by doing the "WRONG" Omega Supreme.MR Optimus Prime wrote:Then give us a Titan Class Animated Omega Supreme ARK!!!
Posted by Ultra Markus on October 11th, 2016 @ 10:57pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:But that'll just make all the Geewunners angry that Hasbro "wasted" a Titan class slot by doing the "WRONG" Omega Supreme.MR Optimus Prime wrote:Then give us a Titan Class Animated Omega Supreme ARK!!!
supreme class would be more fitting since hes not as big as a citybot