TFCC Comic Preview with Animated Cheetor

Wow, Ransack and Crumplezone...

Wow, I was more entertained looking at the background filler characters and working out who they were than the story. I see Minerva, Ramhorn, Overkill (?), Huffer, Hot Shot and red Tracks in the first panel alone. I won't be getting the set but if I can pick up the comic I know I will be more into the filler characters than the rest. Btw, awesome job seeing Dark Crumplezone and Ransack in animated style too.

Does anybody see the Motormaster in the first panel?

hotshot in excelion colors
redalert in red
dark crumplezone and ransack
huffer and pipes
stampy(beast wars neo character)
rosana ramhorn and zaur
chromia(arcee repaint)
a blue with red head powerglide repaint
a all-white cybertronianratchet/ironhide repaint
and obviously transtech cheetor
and a motormaster head

f-primus-unicron wrote:hotshot in excelion colors
redalert in red
dark crumplezone and ransack
huffer and pipes
stampy(beast wars neo character)
rosana ramhorn and zaur
chromia(arcee repaint)
a blue with red head powerglide repaint
a all-white cybertronianratchet/ironhide repaint
and obviously transtech cheetor
and a motormaster head

This would be possibly proof of the Botcon troop builder set of Autorooper/Autotroopers from Ironhide/Ratchet mold.

Good catch on a a lot of those.

As of yet nobody has commented on the botcon exclusive Sandstorm in the corner, in case you don’t see him he’s right on the panel with the close-up of Cheetor, right near the furthest to the right of his three horns, also whose the bulky black and yellow bot near Cromia?

I love the fact that his spots are superficial! Very clever to have Pipes spill paint on him! Loving this comic! Will the comic in the club mag be animated as well or will we still in the Elite Guard story?

tigertracks 24 wrote:

f-primus-unicron wrote:hotshot in excelion colors
redalert in red
dark crumplezone and ransack
huffer and pipes
stampy(beast wars neo character)
rosana ramhorn and zaur
chromia(arcee repaint)
a blue with red head powerglide repaint
a all-white cybertronianratchet/ironhide repaint
and obviously transtech cheetor
and a motormaster head

This would be possibly proof of the Botcon troop builder set of Autorooper/Autotroopers from Ironhide/Ratchet mold.

Good catch on a a lot of those.

Adding to the list we see one of my favorites Grandus. And page two has that awesome Depth Charge we saw in designs from DWyatt earlier.

Hmmm... Could Crumplezone and Ransack actually be Autobots? Look at they're eye colour and it kind of looks like there's an autobot symbol on Crumplezone in vehicle mode.

[quote=Depth charge]How much trouble can you get into in safe and secure Iacon[/quote]

Famous last words, famous last words....

Rhubarb, rhubarb...

Correction:

Page 1

• Motormaster (head, advertisement)
• Huffer
• Pipes
• TransTech Cheetor
• "Dark Crumplezone"
• "Ransack"
• A red Tracks ("Road Rage?")
• Glyph
• A red Hot Shot ("Excellion?")
• Rosanna
• Zaur
• Ramhorn
• Red Project Omega Autobot Worker
• Blue Project Omega Autobot Worker
• Stampy
• A red Red Alert (???)
• An unidentifiable fallen white bot
• A yellow Brawn (???)
• A blue Arcee (Chromia?)
• Tap-Out
• A blue Powerglide w/ a red head (???)
• Volks
• Dug Base
• Some drill-looking guy
• An Autotrooper
• Chase

Page 2

• Some blue and red guy with wheels on his shoulders and a face like Wasp's.
• "Jackpot"
• Hubcap
• TransTech Depth Charge

Sabrblade wrote:Correction:

Page 1

• Motormaster (head, advertisement)
• Huffer
• Pipes
• TransTech Cheetor
• "Dark Crumplezone"
• "Ransack"
• A red Tracks ("Road Rage?")
• Glyph
• A red Hot Shot ("Excellion?")
• Rosanna
• Zaur
• Ramhorn
• Red Project Omega Autobot Worker
• Blue Project Omega Autobot Worker
• Stampy
• A red Red Alert (???)
• An unidentifiable fallen white bot
• A yellow Brawn (???)
• A blue Arcee (Chromia?)
• Tap-Out
• A blue Powerglide w/ a red head (???)
• Volks
• Dug Base
• An Autotrooper
• Chase

Page 2

• Some blue and red guy with wheels on his shoulders and a face like Wasp's.
• "Jackpot"
• Hubcap
• TransTech Depth Charge

You’re forgetting Sandstorm Sabrblade! And to quote myself :

“As of yet nobody has commented on the botcon exclusive Sandstorm in the corner, in case you don’t see him he’s right on the panel with the close-up of Cheetor, right near the furthest to the right of his three horns”

godzillabot wrote:You’re forgetting Sandstorm Sabrblade! And to quote myself :

“As of yet nobody has commented on the botcon exclusive Sandstorm in the corner, in case you don’t see him he’s right on the panel with the close-up of Cheetor, right near the furthest to the right of his three horns”

How can you tell who that is? He looks too weird to be Sandstorm.

Botcon has updated their Twitpic feed with the character model for Animated Crumplezone, and yes, he and Ransack are Autobots in the Animated universe. Both appeared in yesterday's TFCC Comic Preview "Moving Violations", which featured Animated TransTech Cheetor.

Sabrblade wrote:

godzillabot wrote:You’re forgetting Sandstorm Sabrblade! And to quote myself :

“As of yet nobody has commented on the botcon exclusive Sandstorm in the corner, in case you don’t see him he’s right on the panel with the close-up of Cheetor, right near the furthest to the right of his three horns”

How can you tell who that is? He looks too weird to be Sandstorm.

He bears about as much resemblance to G1 Drilldasher as he does to Convention Sandtorm so I would definitely have to vote that one 'Inconclusive'.

You can tell this guy wasn't designed by Derrick Wyatt.

Sabrblade wrote:Correction:

Page 1

• Motormaster (head, advertisement)
• Huffer
• Pipes
• TransTech Cheetor
• "Dark Crumplezone"
• "Ransack"
• A red Tracks ("Road Rage?")
• Glyph
• A red Hot Shot ("Excellion?")
• Rosanna
• Zaur
• Ramhorn
• Red Project Omega Autobot Worker
• Blue Project Omega Autobot Worker
• Stampy
• A red Red Alert (???)
• An unidentifiable fallen white bot
• A yellow Brawn (???)
• A blue Arcee (Chromia?)
• Tap-Out
• A blue Powerglide w/ a red head (???)
• Volks
• Dug Base
• An Autotrooper
• Chase

Page 2

• Some blue and red guy with wheels on his shoulders and a face like Wasp's.
• "Jackpot"
• Hubcap
• TransTech Depth Charge

I was waiting for you to show up and set the record straight Sabr.

UltraPrimal wrote:You can tell this guy wasn't designed by Derrick Wyatt.

Actually. He was...

Pete@BotCon wrote:

UltraPrimal wrote:You can tell this guy wasn't designed by Derrick Wyatt.

Actually. He was...

It seems to be a little sloppy, I guess, for one of Derrick's designs. It's not bad (though using the less-common Dark Crumplezone scheme was an odd choice), but the lines aren't as clean or nice as most of Derek's other designs have been.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?!?!?!?!?

At the end of the Cybertron series, they musta hit their heads hard when they landed on Mars!

Well according to artist, DJW drew the lines, but the artist inked and colured the sketch. http://msipher.deviantart.com/gallery/4216835#/d3bbuk5

Jaynz wrote:It seems to be a little sloppy

Aren't they all? I assumed the reason Animated uses this 'style' was so little kids with no artistic talent at all could almost accurately draw their favorite characters. I can't think of any other reason why choose such a poor scrappy graphical aesthetic unless the animators themselves lack the skill to do any better too.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

Jaynz wrote:It seems to be a little sloppy

Aren't they all? I assumed the reason Animated uses this 'style' was so little kids with no artistic talent at all could almost accurately draw their favorite characters. I can't think of any other reason why choose such a poor scrappy graphical aesthetic unless the animators themselves lack the skill to do any better too.

Yeah, that's totally the reason.

cannonfodder4000 wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

Jaynz wrote:It seems to be a little sloppy

Aren't they all? I assumed the reason Animated uses this 'style' was so little kids with no artistic talent at all could almost accurately draw their favorite characters. I can't think of any other reason why choose such a poor scrappy graphical aesthetic unless the animators themselves lack the skill to do any better too.

Yeah, that's totally the reason.

Haters gonna Hate...

Pete@BotCon wrote:

cannonfodder4000 wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

Jaynz wrote:It seems to be a little sloppy

Aren't they all? I assumed the reason Animated uses this 'style' was so little kids with no artistic talent at all could almost accurately draw their favorite characters. I can't think of any other reason why choose such a poor scrappy graphical aesthetic unless the animators themselves lack the skill to do any better too.

Yeah, that's totally the reason.

Haters gonna Hate...

I asked in the Twitter feed but I don't think anyone noticed...

Why did Crumplezone get his redeco colors and Ransack did not?

Counterpunch wrote:
I asked in the Twitter feed but I don't think anyone noticed...

Why did Crumplezone get his redeco colors and Ransack did not?

Not sure. Artist preference I guess... Since it is Animated, you can pick and choose what you homage.

Wow, he's cool looking. Would like to see him in the Botcon comic.

Artist Greg Sepelak has updated his deviantART account with the character model for Animated Crumplezone's partner in crime Animated Ransack. The original sketch by Derrick J. Wyatt with inks and colors by Greg Sepelak can be viewed here.

If you want to get a closer look at the Transformers Collectors' Club's two page Botcon preview comic, "Moving Violations", featuring Animated TransTech Cheetor you're in luck. FunPubComics has updated their deviantART account with larger unlettered versions of both pages. The first page has been mirrored below, to see page two visit their deviantART account.

Well Ransack and Crumplezone are cool, but obviously the various cameos are what make this comic. I particulary liked the red and orange Cybertronesc Hot Shot, and Huffer being probably my top 3 Animated designs.

This comic brings me a lighter spirit, but also great sorrow. Somehow the new Animated Cheetor is more appealing to me and I might consider buying him. However now I am saddened that they are rubbing Hot Shot in my face and we will probably never get a figure

I'm a 90's kid so Armada came first before I saw the 86 movie. Hot Shot might be my favorite Transformer, in front of Prime, then Shockwave, then Hot Rod. Sorry guys, Hot Shot just stuck out when I was 7.

Pete@BotCon wrote:

cannonfodder4000 wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

Jaynz wrote:It seems to be a little sloppy

Aren't they all? I assumed the reason Animated uses this 'style' was so little kids with no artistic talent at all could almost accurately draw their favorite characters. I can't think of any other reason why choose such a poor scrappy graphical aesthetic unless the animators themselves lack the skill to do any better too.

Yeah, that's totally the reason.

Haters gonna Hate...

Didn't notice the italics on totally didja Pete?