Ryall Reveals There will be 5 New Spotlights and a Sneak Peak at the Ramjet Spotlight

An earthen alternate mode? Is that just artistic license like Milne's Galvatron cover with him fighting a bunch of characters who aren't yet in the IDW universe, or a precursor of things to come?

I'm all for it. He and Thundercracker were always my favorite seekers.

OR maybe Ramjet is on Earth and that's why he has an Earth mode?

awsome picture,im going to make it my backround

I never saw Ramjet getting a Spotlight. Anyone willing to bet the other 5 are the remaining Seekers? If characters like Ramjet can get a Spotlight, then all my hope for Trypticon isn't lost yet.

Ramjet was the only seeker I had as a kid - he definitely rocks - also he is the reason I used to hit things with my head.

Why do they have to keep that stupid conehead look? It could've gone either way, the original toy had a regular head (see the directions), the cartoon had the conehaed. Why did they choose to stick with the goofy conehead look? They stuck with Rumble being red even though he was blue in the cartoon so why couldn't they go with the normal seeker head instead of this stupid ass conehead?

Damn it that looks great. I have been in heart with Ramjet since day one and the Classics figure only upped Ramjets game. Now he's got his own Spotlight. I'm thinking it will show that he use to be uber smart then went retarded from getting in with the rough head butting crowd.

Decepticlone Soundwave wrote:I never saw Ramjet getting a Spotlight. Anyone willing to bet the other 5 are the remaining Seekers? If characters like Ramjet can get a Spotlight, then all my hope for Trypticon isn't lost yet.

I'm hoping Downshift or any of the Omnibots get a spotlight. They need more time to shine.

Noisemaze wrote:Why do they have to keep that stupid conehead look? It could've gone either way, the original toy had a regular head (see the directions), the cartoon had the conehaed. Why did they choose to stick with the goofy conehead look? They stuck with Rumble being red even though he was blue in the cartoon so why couldn't they go with the normal seeker head instead of this stupid ass conehead?

Alright, sweet three posts in a row.

The reason they left him a cone head is the obvious answer... he's a conehead. To make him, Dirge or Thrust non coneheads is like giving a triple changer only two modes. "why give him three modes, he only needs two." "Because he's a Triple Changer".

See where I'm going with this?

The stage is now set for Spotlight: Huffer! Make it happen!

no not realy

Noisemaze wrote:Why do they have to keep that stupid conehead look? It could've gone either way, the original toy had a regular head (see the directions), the cartoon had the conehaed. Why did they choose to stick with the goofy conehead look? They stuck with Rumble being red even though he was blue in the cartoon so why couldn't they go with the normal seeker head instead of this stupid ass conehead?

Those 'stupid' conehead looks are what makes Dirge, Thrust, & Ramjet memorable. Skywarp & Thundercracker for being Starscream clones, these guys for the way their heads looked. Just accept the fact that their heads are what makes these guys cool. I've always loved the conehead design for them, I even transform them this way. And Rumble IS red. Frenzy is blue.

That is freakin' sweet.

Here's the deal. Rumble's red unless you're talking about the cartoon, Frenzy's blue unless you're talking the cartoon. And even if you're talking cartoon, Rumble's purple, not blue, for those who want to make the "Rumble is blue" argument. IMO, the argument's stupid. It's like someone running around yelling "IRONHIDE AND RATCHET DON'T HAVE HEADS!" it's the same thing.

I am not big on the conehead look either, but I understand that it is part of what Ramjet, uh, Ramjet. So I'm ok with it. I hate Bumblebee's face, but I still like Bumblebee.

Cool.

SWEET! MUSSO!

Hold up a second. So Ramjet's going to be appearing in the next issue of New Avengers/Transformers, based on what was said there. So he's going to end up being the character they said would end up dying.

So how did he get to Earth? What the hell was he doing during "Infiltration"? Why is he getting a Spotlight if he's going to end up dead? Is this Spotlight taking place before or after the NA/TF X-Over? If after, how will that work? He's going to be dead.

Ugh. I don't think I like this.

Darth Bombshell wrote:Hold up a second. So Ramjet's going to be appearing in the next issue of New Avengers/Transformers, based on what was said there. So he's going to end up being the character they said would end up dying.

So how did he get to Earth? What the hell was he doing during "Infiltration"? Why is he getting a Spotlight if he's going to end up dead? Is this Spotlight taking place before or after the NA/TF X-Over? If after, how will that work? He's going to be dead.

Ugh. I don't think I like this.

Maybe there is still the character that has yet to be named. Oh and I like how Ramjet looks like his Classics Release.

Well if this follows on from the last time we saw the coneheads, we might also get a glimpse of Darkwind and Dreadwing, seeing as they were all on Nebulos when Thunderwing was awoken in Stormbringer.

Maybe he wont die DB... or maybe this spotlight will show that he doesn't die, just a Machination copy or similar....

Well, it would be nice if the board admin's got around to approving my request to join...

Sideshow Sideswipe wrote:Ramjet was the only seeker I had as a kid - he definitely rocks - also he is the reason I used to hit things with my head.

Same here (well, aside from hitting things with my head that is.) Anybody else see that he referenced the Classics mold for this cover instead of the G1 cartoon? Nice little switch IMO.

EDIT: Never mind. Hotrod noticed.

And BTW, can anyone post a list of the Spotlight comics that've already been released, please? I'm having trouble finding some of the earlier issues and need to know their titles and issue number. Thanks!

Trypticon, Punch/Counterpunch, Metroplex, and Fortress Maximus are four I would like to see in Spotlight.

Are they expecting the avengers/TF story to cross over with the maIin G1 story arc? Otherwise this Ramjet oneshot aint going to tie up with the bigger story.

Like the classins model they have used too, looking forward to this.

I don't know much about the coneheads (if G1 came before your time, it can be a bit hard to remember who's whom when viewing it), but I s'pose it could be interesting.

I'm more interested, though, in who is going to be in the next spotlights.

Whoa, I absolutly love that cover. So happy that the TF Spotlights will continue, and I'm happy that there's one for Ramjet!!

i_amtrunks wrote:Maybe he wont die DB... or maybe this spotlight will show that he doesn't die, just a Machination copy or similar....

IDW mentioned that the cast of NA/TF would be the guys who appeared in "Infiltration", plus one character on the Decepticon side who would make his first and only appearance in that title. It wouldn't bother me all that much since NA/TF is being kept out of canon for the most part, something this Spotlight seems to throw out.

Darth Bombshell wrote:IDW mentioned that the cast of NA/TF would be the guys who appeared in "Infiltration", plus one character on the Decepticon side who would make his first and only appearance in that title. It wouldn't bother me all that much since NA/TF is being kept out of canon for the most part, something this Spotlight seems to throw out.

I would think they'd go for someone that fans would love to see get killed... like Wheelie. But I've been wrong before.

Hotrod wrote:Oh and I like how Ramjet looks like his Classics Release.

I noticed that too. The Classics Ramjet is one of my favorite figures from that line.

I always loved crazy con Ramjet. I hope the other five spotlights include: Grimlock, Jetfire, Starscream, Alpha Trion and Soundblaster, but I'll buy whatever they come up with anyway.

I should add to my post: "I'll buy anything they come up with unless is a Spolight: Wheelie. He is STUPID!

What seems to be confusing me is that they only mention that decepticon who would only appear in the TF/NA crossover. You can see a pic of him on the idw thread where the cover was put up by Ryall. Now, before we even see this new (blue) con, we find out ramjet will not only be in the TF/NA crossover as well, but he will be getting a spotlight issue by the author to boot. Now, am i confused or did i miss an announcement or something. Because WTF is going on?, and how did it get so confusing?

And love/hope for punch/counter punch getting 2 of those five spotlights in '08, he is two different bots afterall.

Noisemaze wrote:Why do they have to keep that stupid conehead look? It could've gone either way, the original toy had a regular head (see the directions), the cartoon had the conehaed. Why did they choose to stick with the goofy conehead look? They stuck with Rumble being red even though he was blue in the cartoon so why couldn't they go with the normal seeker head instead of this stupid ass conehead?

To make Ramjet, Thrust, and Dirge look different from Skywarp, Starscream, and Thudercracker. In the underwater battle from "The Ultimate Doom part 1" you can't tell Skywarp
Thundercracker, and Starscream apart visually only through their voices and which why you can't tell if was Thundercracker or Skywarp who became Scrouge in TF:TM (because Bombshell became Cyclonis).

Psychout wrote:Are they expecting the avengers/TF story to cross over with the maIin G1 story arc? Otherwise this Ramjet oneshot aint going to tie up with the bigger story.

Like the classins model they have used too, looking forward to this.

The Transformers/Avenger crossover takes place in the IDW G1 continuity.

Hotrod wrote:The Transformers/Avenger crossover takes place in the IDW G1 continuity.

No, it doesn't.

Darth Bombshell wrote:

Hotrod wrote:The Transformers/Avenger crossover takes place in the IDW G1 continuity.

No, it doesn't.

I too was under the assumption it was...

Cyberstrike wrote:

Noisemaze wrote:Why do they have to keep that stupid conehead look? It could've gone either way, the original toy had a regular head (see the directions), the cartoon had the conehaed. Why did they choose to stick with the goofy conehead look? They stuck with Rumble being red even though he was blue in the cartoon so why couldn't they go with the normal seeker head instead of this stupid ass conehead?

To make Ramjet, Thrust, and Dirge look different from Skywarp, Starscream, and Thudercracker. In the underwater battle from "The Ultimate Doom part 1" you can't tell Skywarp
Thundercracker, and Starscream apart visually only through their voices and which why you can't tell if was Thundercracker or Skywarp who became Scrouge in TF:TM (because Bombshell became Cyclonis).

What, the wings aren't enough? I thought they were a dead giveaway. I can live with the coneheads in the cartoon, but I've never liked it, and I'd never transform my G1 figs like that because they look ridiculous. The Classics fig looks better with the conehead, because it's been specifically designed that way, but I still prefer 'em without.

That aside, I'm well chuffed that Ramjet's got a Spotlight; of all the second generation Seekers, I think he's certainly the most interesting (depending, of course, on how IDW play him)...
Although I'd love to see Dirge get one at some point, too.

Prime Evil wrote:

Darth Bombshell wrote:

Hotrod wrote:The Transformers/Avenger crossover takes place in the IDW G1 continuity.

No, it doesn't.

I too was under the assumption it was...

They said it takes place in continuity between infiltration and escalation, but the events that take place have no effect what-so-ever, so it's in, but it doesn't really matter one way or the other, unless of coarse this ramjet spotlight screws up all of that.

Calvatron wrote:They said it takes place in continuity between infiltration and escalation, but the events that take place have no effect what-so-ever, so it's in, but it doesn't really matter one way or the other, unless of coarse this ramjet spotlight screws up all of that.

And you really think it won't?

Calvatron wrote:

Prime Evil wrote:

Darth Bombshell wrote:

Hotrod wrote:The Transformers/Avenger crossover takes place in the IDW G1 continuity.

No, it doesn't.

I too was under the assumption it was...

They said it takes place in continuity between infiltration and escalation, but the events that take place have no effect what-so-ever, so it's in, but it doesn't really matter one way or the other, unless of coarse this ramjet spotlight screws up all of that.

Fair enough, I did think it was odd that IDW would allow Marvel to mess with their well crafted Furmanverse too much.

Not that it matters, the Tf/Avengers crossover will probably be retconned/pretended that it never existed in a short space of time anyway.

Calvatron wrote:

Prime Evil wrote:

Darth Bombshell wrote:

Hotrod wrote:The Transformers/Avenger crossover takes place in the IDW G1 continuity.

No, it doesn't.

I too was under the assumption it was...

They said it takes place in continuity between infiltration and escalation, but the events that take place have no effect what-so-ever, so it's in, but it doesn't really matter one way or the other, unless of coarse this ramjet spotlight screws up all of that.

Bingo

Darth Bombshell wrote:

Calvatron wrote:They said it takes place in continuity between infiltration and escalation, but the events that take place have no effect what-so-ever, so it's in, but it doesn't really matter one way or the other, unless of coarse this ramjet spotlight screws up all of that.

And you really think it won't?

It depends on what you mean by screw up. If you mean deeply impact the series with major events taking place in spotlight ramjet i'd say 70/30 against just because of the majore fan input and Ryall's previous statements before these issue's come out. But as far as small references that don't make critical differences in the plot line; well, i expect those to be most likely the case. But i think that whatever plotlines he contributes to oould be pulled off without his presences.

I'm sorry, why Ramjet? I hardly remember him.. I'm sure he's cool and all, but why him? And why he is compared to ThunderCracker as faves? Not to be disrepectfull, but did I miss something? Is something special about Ramjet? Well,I'm buying this spotlight, learn something new everyday I guess. I'm sorry if I sound ignorant, but I am at this point.

Probably not, my guess is someone had a hard on for the toy when they were a kid. Basically we've reached a point where TF's need some new stuff. So the choice is reinvent the old or move onto something new. Well, they've reinvented for 2 years almost now, things are expanding(topics and involved hands) and we happen to have a head writer with a nack for inventing deep characters from almost blank slates. So my (i'd like to think educated) guess is someone liked the toy/character for no special reason (not personal toward whomever) and the creative team said go with it, we'll see what you do and tell you what we think. This is a time of reinvention for TF's, so if you're just getting in its a good time, and if you're an old fan you have something new to see.

Calvatron wrote:Probably not, my guess is someone had a hard on for the toy when they were a kid. Basically we've reached a point where TF's need some new stuff. So the choice is reinvent the old or move onto something new. Well, they've reinvented for 2 years almost now, things are expanding(topics and involved hands) and we happen to have a head writer with a nack for inventing deep characters from almost blank slates. So my (i'd like to think educated) guess is someone liked the toy/character for no special reason (not personal toward whomever) and the creative team said go with it, we'll see what you do and tell you what we think. This is a time of reinvention for TF's, so if you're just getting in its a good time, and if you're an old fan you have something new to see.

I don't think he was based on a "hard on" as you so elequently stated. This is simply a story, a one time story arc to help build up a character for later use in the timeline. The guys at IDW have been great making use of the "normal" characters and giving them a little something special.

Please forgive my lack of gentile refinement, was the end of a night that included many friends and wateringholes. I simply meant that ramjet is the spotight with the least obvious reason for choosing that character. As you said they needed a character to open up storylines, and someone one the project probably said, "Let's use Ramjet, I always liked him."

Gaijin wrote:Trypticon, Punch/Counterpunch, Metroplex, and Fortress Maximus are four I would like to see in Spotlight.

me too