Transformers Vault: The Complete Transformers Universe Video Preview

Holy crap. I want that.

SO MUCH WIN. Definitely gonna pick this up when I have a chance.

That was a short review, but I'm still planning on getting that.

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

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.

I ordered mine through my local comic book store. I hope the store ordered it.

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.

Seconded.

what a waste of money.

my ultimute guide to the transformers, generations deluxe and genesis books will be fine thanks.

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

Mine as well! Had this bad boy preordered since it was announced

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

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.

Just got my copy today, Its a pretty impressive book! the little pull out extras provide a unique touch that I really enjoy.

I have only read the first quarter of the book so far, but have enjoyed what I have read so far. I know alot of what it contains has been printed in other books in the past but nothing is wrong with an updated collection.

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.

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.

And now it is out.

I've been browsing this book for a few weeks now, and I have to say, I'm both impressed and disappointed.

Generally speaking, I loved the G1 series and animated movie (favorite toys and cartoon from childhood)... didn't like the headmasters, thought the beastmasters animated series was so poorly animated that I couldn't even watch it, and absolutely loathe Michael Bay's movies. But then I found the Transformers Prime animated series and got back into it.

What I like about this book, is the detailed research that was done about the history of the toys, comics and videos. What I don't like about the book, is how painfully obvious it becomes that the author isn't a fan. He's just stating facts and showing pictures. I mean, 1/2 page on Transformers Prime, are you JOKING?! He goes on and on about Beastmasters and Michael Bay's awful movies, though.

I'm curious to hear what you all think.

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.

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?

If he did, he probably wouldn't have been so disappointed.

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

It's safe to say he was talking about Beast Wars, or possibly Beast Machines. He spoke of Headmasters beforehand, so it most likely was a typo. It's not hard to put 2 and 2 together.

The Transformers Grammar Police are out! What's your vehicle mode? A dictionary with wheels? Ha. "Beast Wars." Sorry. The first episode was so bad that I blocked the name out of mind. And for clarification, the edition I have was printed 1 year after the Prime series was released. What I was hoping for... is some conversation about what others (hard core G1 fans) thought about the book. Anyone?

I came across it in a book store for $14.99 and I passed on it.
It wasn't impressive to me at all, and the little pull out gimmicks were annoying.
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.

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

Only one edition of the book was ever printed. Any later run releases would be of the same edition as the earliest ones.

The book is meant to commemorate the brand as it was in the pre-2010 years, with the last chapter serving as a prelude for things to come in the then-newly-released Aligned continuity (i.e. - War for Cybertron, Exodus, TF: Prime, etc.).

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?