Transformers 1986 Movie Storyboard up for Auction

This is the only known set of movie storyboards in existence that were actually used in the production of the movie.

I am only selling these as I have another signed set that belonged to one of the writers.

Transformers Cartoon Animation Bible for Cel. Model sheets. More Than Meets The Eye. G1
This is a complete 68 page animators bible for the first Transformers cartoon episode More Than Meets The Eye (Arrival From Cybertron in the UK) I obtained this from a former Marvel USA employee over 15 years ago. The pages are a strange size, larger than a normal letter size and longer, I’ve not seen paper this size anywhere else. It includes the animation design for every 1984 character plus humans, the Ark and Shockwave. It also includes designs for how each character should be shown to Transform. Some robot names are incorrect or switched as this was put together during the early stages of Transformers creation. There are also pages to show the height comparisons between robots and how robots mouths should move. It’s very rare to find a full intact set such as this. I’ve deliberately only shown parts of each page to preserve the exclusivity of the images. I am starting bidding at just 5 bucks a page! No reserve! If you need any more information just ask. Lots more pictures below, take a look!

william-james88 wrote:Wait a sec, I am not certain fo this set's uniqueness due to what the blurb says:

This is the only known set of movie storyboards in existence that were actually used in the production of the movie.

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I am only selling these as I have another signed set that belonged to one of the writers.

I personally would be far more interested in the original storyboard sketches, this is all just photocopies, right?

No you're good - I haven't said anywhere these are exclusive. My only statement on them is they are the only known set that was actually used in the production of the film. Other sets were reference sets given to staff. This set is a much earlier generation copy.

Sabrblade wrote:As it turns out, someone else inquired about this very inquiry on The Allspark and got this response from The Spacebridge:

No you're good - I haven't said anywhere these are exclusive. My only statement on them is they are the only known set that was actually used in the production of the film. Other sets were reference sets given to staff. This set is a much earlier generation copy.

The signed copy he has is probably one of those staff-given reference sets.

jgilkinson wrote:So is "Sharkwave" a misspelling of Shockwave? If so was he originally not supposed to speak?

Emerje wrote:

jgilkinson wrote:So is "Sharkwave" a misspelling of Shockwave? If so was he originally not supposed to speak?

I assume the misspelling comes from translating English to Japanese and back to English, perhaps someone mispronounced the Japanese character and didn't catch it?

I think what they mean by not speaking is that their mouths don't move when they speak, not that Shockwave doesn't speak at all.

Also found the use of "Lazerbeak" and "Deception Planes" interesting.

Emerje

sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

jgilkinson wrote:So is "Sharkwave" a misspelling of Shockwave? If so was he originally not supposed to speak?

I assume the misspelling comes from translating English to Japanese and back to English, perhaps someone mispronounced the Japanese character and didn't catch it?

I think what they mean by not speaking is that their mouths don't move when they speak, not that Shockwave doesn't speak at all.

Also found the use of "Lazerbeak" and "Deception Planes" interesting.

Emerje

if i misunderstood your point forgive me, but G1 transformers are not "Japanese characters".

Sabrblade wrote:

sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

jgilkinson wrote:So is "Sharkwave" a misspelling of Shockwave? If so was he originally not supposed to speak?

I assume the misspelling comes from translating English to Japanese and back to English, perhaps someone mispronounced the Japanese character and didn't catch it?

I think what they mean by not speaking is that their mouths don't move when they speak, not that Shockwave doesn't speak at all.

Also found the use of "Lazerbeak" and "Deception Planes" interesting.

Emerje

if i misunderstood your point forgive me, but G1 transformers are not "Japanese characters".

He meant the Katakana characters.

One cannot mispronounce a person, but one can mispronounce a person's written name.

sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:forgive me again if im wrong
still feeling the effects from the meds given to have a small operation
?
we are talking g1 shockwave
Katakana characters

Sabrblade wrote:

sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:forgive me again if im wrong
still feeling the effects from the meds given to have a small operation
?
we are talking g1 shockwave
Katakana characters

As seen in this pic from above:



It looks like someone tried to write "Shockwave" in Katakana and miswrote it as シャークウェーブ ("Shākuwēbu") instead of as ショックウェーブ ("Shokkuwēbu"). The former approximates as "Sharkwave" in English, while the latter is the correct way of approximate "Shockwave" in Katakana.

Sabrblade wrote:

sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:forgive me again if im wrong
still feeling the effects from the meds given to have a small operation
?
we are talking g1 shockwave
Katakana characters

As seen in this pic from above:



It looks like someone tried to write "Shockwave" in Katakana and miswrote it as シャークウェーブ ("Shākuwēbu") instead of as ショックウェーブ ("Shokkuwēbu"). The former approximates as "Sharkwave" in English, while the latter is the correct way of approximate "Shockwave" in Katakana.