Retailer Incentive Variant Cover for IDW Star Trek Vs. Transformers #3 by Megan Levens
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The cover, with art by Megan Levens, features the all star cast of Arcee and Windblade with Star Trek’s Lieutenant Uhura, Nurse Chapel and Lieutenant M’Ress. Check it out mirrored below!
Klingons and Decepticons lay siege to a remote Federation dilithium mine-and the only thing holding them back is the shaky alliance of Captain Kirk and Optimus Prime. But what dark secret is buried beneath the ground... and can this uneasy partnership withstand the revelations?
The Transformers '80s cartoon series meets Star Trek: The Animated Series in a no-holds-barred Saturday Morning mash-up for the ages!
Credit(s): IDW
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Posted by Carnivius_Prime on August 24th, 2018 @ 4:28am CDT
Posted by Dr. Caelus on August 24th, 2018 @ 7:46am CDT
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Does Windblade's head design ever not look ridiculous and over doing it trying to be japanese when not?
Does Arcee's color layout ever not look like it's trying to be slooty?
Posted by RiddlerJ on August 24th, 2018 @ 8:16am CDT
Caelus wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:Does Windblade's head design ever not look ridiculous and over doing it trying to be japanese when not?
Does Arcee's color layout ever not look like it's trying to be slooty?
ARCEE IS NOT A...Sloot?

Posted by Dr. Caelus on August 24th, 2018 @ 8:58am CDT
RiddlerJ wrote:Caelus wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:Does Windblade's head design ever not look ridiculous and over doing it trying to be japanese when not?
Does Arcee's color layout ever not look like it's trying to be slooty?
ARCEE IS NOT A...Sloot?
Slang from game modding, in which fans (usually male) edit the game so that certain characters (usually female) look 'slutty'.
Slooty outfits are designed with the intention of inviting or satisfying sexual interest, but are not chosen by the person wearing them.
So when a fictional character's appearance has been designed to be especially sexy - especially when that's not part of the character - it's slooty.
No canon depiction of Arcee has really seemed like the sort of person to go into battle wearing a two piece, but her colors are laid out to look that way. Unlike most Transformers, her lower leg is the same secondary color as her upper leg, so that she doesn't look like she's wearing boots, and her abdomen is also rendered - entirely - in her secondary color. And if it wasn't perfectly clear her secondary color is supposed to represent skin, artists often give her a belly button.
I'd be okay with it if Arcee's character was supposed to come off that way (like Black Arachnia), but her personality doesn't fit with the look, so it feels like she's been forced into a certain appearance to pander to the reader's sexual interests.
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 24th, 2018 @ 9:04am CDT
Caelus wrote:RiddlerJ wrote:Caelus wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:Does Windblade's head design ever not look ridiculous and over doing it trying to be japanese when not?
Does Arcee's color layout ever not look like it's trying to be slooty?
ARCEE IS NOT A...Sloot?
Slang from game modding, in which fans (usually male) edit the game so that certain characters (usually female) look 'slutty'.
Slooty outfits are designed with the intention of inviting or satisfying sexual interest, but are not chosen by the person wearing them.
So when a fictional character's appearance has been designed to be especially sexy - especially when that's not part of the character - it's slooty.
No canon depiction of Arcee has really seemed like the sort of person to go into battle wearing a two piece, but her colors are laid out to look that way. Unlike most Transformers, her lower leg is the same secondary color as her upper leg, so that she doesn't look like she's wearing boots, and her abdomen is also rendered - entirely - in her secondary color. And if it wasn't perfectly clear her secondary color is supposed to represent skin, artists often give her a belly button.
I'd be okay with it if Arcee's character was supposed to come off that way (like Black Arachnia), but her personality doesn't fit with the look, so it feels like she's been forced into a certain appearance to pander to the reader's sexual interests.
This is the first I've heard of that theory...and wow, once you see it...
Posted by Dr. Caelus on August 24th, 2018 @ 9:16am CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:This is the first I've heard of that theory...and wow, once you see it...
To be completely fair, many - perhaps most - Transformers use their secondary color for their thighs, and Windblade uses her secondary color (jet black) for her midriff as well, but with Arcee its the porcelain white color and the literal belly button that pushes it over the line from the campy superhero look to slooty.
Edit: Also to be fair, a person might be able to make the case that G1 Megatron is 'dressed' like a male stripper.
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 24th, 2018 @ 9:19am CDT
Posted by Ig89ninja on August 24th, 2018 @ 9:26am CDT
Caelus wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:This is the first I've heard of that theory...and wow, once you see it...
To be completely fair, many - perhaps most - Transformers use their secondary color for their thighs, and Windblade uses her secondary color (jet black) for her midriff as well, but with Arcee its the porcelain white color and the literal belly button that pushes it over the line from the campy superhero look to slooty.
Edit: Also to be fair, a person might be able to make the case that G1 Megatron is 'dressed' like a male stripper.
Not to mention Windblade’s face is a different color than her secondary color
Posted by Dr. Caelus on August 24th, 2018 @ 9:52am CDT
Ig89ninja wrote:Caelus wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:This is the first I've heard of that theory...and wow, once you see it...
To be completely fair, many - perhaps most - Transformers use their secondary color for their thighs, and Windblade uses her secondary color (jet black) for her midriff as well, but with Arcee its the porcelain white color and the literal belly button that pushes it over the line from the campy superhero look to slooty.
Edit: Also to be fair, a person might be able to make the case that G1 Megatron is 'dressed' like a male stripper.
Not to mention Windblade’s face is a different color than her secondary color
True, but even in her comic series she was said to be wearing make up, so you could debate what color her face really is. And sometimes Arcee's face and hands are a really faint pink, instead of the white used on her legs and midriff. In either case though, it's missing the forest for the trees; their overall looks evoke very different associations.
Posted by Rodimus Knight on August 27th, 2018 @ 9:41am CDT
Posted by Va'al on September 21st, 2018 @ 12:51am CDT
This first issue starts the Prime Directive story, as first explained and teased at San Diego Comic Con 2018, and the series as a whole will only last a handful of issues. So if you're in the market for something different happening in space, check it out below, and let us know your thoughts in the comments!
Star Trek vs. Transformers #1
John Barber and Others
The Transformers ‘80s cartoon series meets Star Trek: The Animated Series in a no-holds-barred Saturday Morning mash-up for the ages! At the edge of Klingon space, the Starship Enterprise finds there's more to the final frontier than meets the eye, when Kirk and his crew come face to face with the strangest life forms of all: Cybertronians! This unprecedented crossover brings together two of the greatest science fiction universes of all time—in the style of their classic animated series! A five-year mission meets a four-million-year war!
Category: Graphic Novels
Expected Release: Sep 30, 2018
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Seller: Idea and Design Works, LLC
Print Length: 29 Pages
Language: English
Posted by steve2275 on September 21st, 2018 @ 2:34am CDT
Posted by Omegatron. on September 21st, 2018 @ 4:04am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on September 21st, 2018 @ 7:01am CDT
Also:
Posted by ScottyP on September 21st, 2018 @ 8:21am CDT
Yep, fantastic cameo!Sabrblade wrote:Is that Airachnid there, too?
Posted by Ironhidensh on September 27th, 2018 @ 6:32pm CDT

Posted by william-james88 on December 16th, 2018 @ 8:59pm CST
It was an amazing opportunity to get the chance to design the ICONIC! Enterprise as a Transformer , if you want to see how Fortress Tiberius comes to be check out Star trek vs Transformers #3

Posted by First-Aid on December 16th, 2018 @ 9:09pm CST
Posted by Hellscream9999 on December 16th, 2018 @ 9:23pm CST
First-Aid wrote:This needs to happen. Seriously, this NEEDS to happen. Someone make this happen.
Seriously, why couldn't we have gotten this instead of the super crappy titan one from tr?

Posted by Sabrblade on December 16th, 2018 @ 9:34pm CST