Autobus Prime's Blurry Robot Theater (The Lyle Saga)

[Autobus Prime]

Folks:
To be updated Mondays and Fridays, with occasional 2 year lapses.

Table of Contents.
Chapter 1: "The Misadventures of Cruellock"
(to be added)

Chapter 2: "War in Micronia" (cut short)
(to be added)

Chapter 3: "Hacker X3 and the Office of Doom"
03.01 "Tailor X3" http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=1981192&postcount=2
03.02 "Competition" http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=1989623&postcount=12
03.03 "Doomed" http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=1995015&postcount=17
03.04 "Skill" http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2006107&postcount=28
03.05 "Beware of Grues" http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2012250&postcount=31
03.06 "Secrets and Servers" http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2021207&postcount=41
03.07 "Blurrymania 1" http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2029168&postcount=47
03.08 "Carblast's Discovery" http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2037873&postcount=58
03.09 "Greetings! http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2046172&postcount=69
03.10 "Monster Mash" http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2054488&postcount=77
03.11 "Graveyard Smash" http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2063435&postcount=87
03.12 "Catch on in a Flash" http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2073066&postcount=99
03.13 "Monsters and Munchies" http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2078899&postcount=106
03.14 "Bolt from the Blue" http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2086431&postcount=119

Also archived here:
http://www.geocities.com/autobus_prime
Old thread here:
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=91307

And now, on with the blurriness.

[Autobus Prime]

B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 1: "Tailor X3"
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[Deviant Anomaly]

Nice. I like how his insignia appears to change faction. Apparently he's applying with the Decepticons? Autobots don't pay as well anymore? :lol

[Otispq]

Good start, I laughed.

[ShadowDragon]

:lol

[Shane Anderson]

:lol :lol

Hey, nice to see you posting again. I always wondered what happened to Cruellock.

[Cataclizm1]

Ahahaha.

[Moonscream]

Yay, you're back! :lol

--Moony

[Chaos Incarnate]

Woot! More blurry goodness!

[UltimateOptimus]

Long time, no siege, Autobus, ol' buddy.

[Grimlock_13]

:lol :lol :lol

[Autobus Prime]

B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 2: "Competition".
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Thanks for the welcome, folks. Lots of catching up to do! Cruellock is not forgotten. DA, Hacker's insignia was not actually /meant/ to change faction. Is it bad artwork, or does he have some hidden loyalties? Only the Shadow knows! </1930s radio voice>

[Grimwing]

carblast has lego ports on him. Did they put the spychangers into the "built to rule" toyline for a while?

anyway It's a good comic. I really enjoyed the misadventures of cruelock.

[Autobus Prime]

carblast has lego ports on him. Did they put the spychangers into the "built to rule" toyline for a while?

anyway It's a good comic. I really enjoyed the misadventures of cruelock.

Gw:
Thanks. I just fixed the last episode of chapter 1 and uploaded the fragmentary (:() Chapter 2 to my archive site, in case you want to check that out, too.

Sadly, Hasbro did not put the Spychangers into the BTR toyline. Carblast is a kitbashed $2 dollar-store Spychanger with some sanded-down Lego-clone bricks from a set obtained at K-mart. Lego purists will probably turn up their noses, but hey, where else do you find olive-drab Lego bricks?

[Otispq]

Ahh, blackmail, my once favorite friend...

[DilaZirK]

:lolol Hilarious! Especially love the little ties on them.

[Autobus Prime]

B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 4: "Doomed"

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Lookie what I found! A decent comic font that isn't Arial! :)

[DilaZirK]

"CYBER TIE POWER!" :lolol

Very nice touch with Hacker's constantly changing screen.

And that is a good font for a comic...what is it?

[Autobus Prime]

"CYBER TIE POWER!" :lolol

Very nice touch with Hacker's constantly changing screen.

And that is a good font for a comic...what is it?

DZ:
Anime Ace 2.0 (bold), by Blambot. Free! :thumb
They've got other free ones, too.

http://www.blambot.com/

[Otispq]

Yeah that is a really sweet font, you may see it popping up soon in other comics!

[Chaos Incarnate]

Heh heh! I was lol at the 2001/2010 reference!

[Autobus Prime]

Heh heh! I was lol at the 2001/2010 reference!

CI:
Yay, somebody picked up on that! *geeky cheers*

[Shane Anderson]

Anime Ace is what I've been using lately too. :thumb

Oh, and nice work on the last two comics. Spychangers may not have much articulation, but they can raise those arms in surprise with the best of them. :lol

[Greyryder]

I favor Web Letterer, myself.

[Autobus Prime]

Spychangers may not have much articulation, but they can raise those arms in surprise with the best of them. :lol

SA:
Yes, two magnificent swivels. One tends to run out of poses...you give me an idea, though.
One panel, ooc, out-of-normal-update pattern meta-comic ahoy!

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[Otispq]

They're all great poses, yessiree! and soooo accurately portrayed...

[Shane Anderson]

Nice. :lol :lol :lol

[Autobus Prime]

B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 4: "Skill"
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[Shane Anderson]

They're showing initiative. That's sure to work. :thumb :lol

[Otispq]

That's one tuff nut there.

[Autobus Prime]

B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 5: "Beware of Grues!"

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[ShadowDragon]

Oh man, I was hoping someone would actually get eaten by a grue. "Open Mailbox, take letter, read letter"

[Autobus Prime]

Oh man, I was hoping someone would actually get eaten by a grue. "Open Mailbox, take letter, read letter"

SD:
Naw, they're safe as long as Hacker's batteries don't run out...

Researchers do (of course) question whether grues can eat Cybertronians; if they were a viable food source, one would think the dark tunnel-riddled planet would be swarming with the beasties.

[Otispq]

SD:
Naw, they're safe as long as Hacker's batteries don't run out...

Researchers do (of course) question whether grues can eat Cybertronians; if they were a viable food source, one would think the dark tunnel-riddled planet would be swarming with the beasties.

So who's to say that the "virus" Megatron let loose on Cybertron in Beast Machines didn't include Grues...

[Autobus Prime]

So who's to say that the "virus" Megatron let loose on Cybertron in Beast Machines didn't include Grues...

O:

ooOOOooOOOoo and then later, Primal's meddling caused them all to be reformatted into technorganic Borg grues.

This would assume that my Cybertron takes place after some variety of BM. "Primus had a good night's sleep. And then he had a good BM." Yes, it seems likely...but BMac? Hmm...I /have/ put plants in some of the comics...

I'm definitely going to have to come back to those techno-Borg-grues, though.

[warriorpriest]

I love it. LOL!!! Ghost monsters LOL!!

[Autobus Prime]

Folks:
Wednesday random stuff.

BRTU Profile: Carblast


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[Shane Anderson]

I love the tie on that car. :lol :lol :lol

And the Pac-Man ghosts were out of left field. :thumb

[Otispq]

does he use the rockets for propulsion, or explosion, or both!?!

[Autobus Prime]

does he use the rockets for propulsion, or explosion, or both!?!

O:

Both. I decided they were "particle cannons/ion thrusters" for fiction purposes, and ended up giving most of the ability stuff short shrift in the profile. (480x360px doesn't give you much room to play Budiansky; perhaps I should have made two pages.) There is an obnoxiously verbose description and pictures of a few more of his toys and modes here:

http://www.tfw2005.com/radicons-customs/repaints-and-minor-mods-4/spychanger-brickmaster-autobot-carblast-164726/

I suppose these cannons produce a stream of charged particles that can be adjusted - a focused, energy-dense beam for weapon mode, a broader, more diffuse, but more massive beam for rocket mode. I suppose I could also have said they were jets or rocket engines, usable as flamethrowers...but ions seemed more technobabbly.

Shane: Left field is a nice place; there are lots of chips here. :)

[Autobus Prime]

Updating a bit early today...
B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 6: "Secrets and Servers"

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Is Carblast out of quarters? Or is it something more...sinister?
Find out next time on...The Blurry Robot Theater! *mad cackle*

[Shane Anderson]

Big fight! :lol

[ShadowDragon]

Woo!

[Coolhand]

:lolol at Carblast's inadvertent rescue with the pac-man "apple!" That was fantastic!

[Otispq]

The pac man part was quite good..

[DilaZirK]

I love the tie on that car. :lol :lol :lol

:lol Ditto, it adds so much personality to it.

And another massive :lolol @ Pac-man apple and pregger Arnval in your sig, Autobus.

[Autobus Prime]

Folks:
*whew*...I thought people would object that Pacman hadn't eaten any power pellets yet. :) BTW, our local laundromat still has Ms. Pacman...it is most triumphant.

Now to take a small step sideways for a bit...because I just picked up a cheap Dirt Boss off Ebay and had to use him...

B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 7: "Blurrymania 1"
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Now back to our regularly scheduled storyline...

[ShadowDragon]

:lol. So I had to go find that picture, that's the one from the Megabolt guest appearance isn't it?

[Autobus Prime]

:lol. So I had to go find that picture, that's the one from the Megabolt guest appearance isn't it?

SD:

The body is from that one; the head is from the "broken fourth wall" strip.

[ShadowDragon]

SD:

The body is from that one; the head is from the "broken fourth wall" strip.

Oh I see.. Very Brittneyesque!

[Autobus Prime]

Oh I see.. Very Brittneyesque!

SD:

Yes, I guess all this fame on TFW went right to her liver. :(

Although I have to admit, I am more amused by thinking this is Dila-Arnval ... but she's usually all geared up, and I couldn't find maternity armor at the Martian mall (and the Johnnycab fares were a killer). Oh well.

[Otispq]

What's with the Probably not to be continued...I wanna see Dirt Boss and Prime go at it!!!

[machinegeist]

LOL at preggo Arnval

[Shane Anderson]

Awesome! I got a good laugh out of this one. Particularly "intergalactic hyperspace kick". :thumb :lol :lol

[Coolhand]

Heh heh. Yeah, I'd put the upgrade to the self preservation circuits on the priority list if I were you. Or at least upgrades to the impulse control centres...

BTW, That Prime 19:84 banner was an especially nice touch...

[Autobus Prime]

What's with the Probably not to be continued...I wanna see Dirt Boss and Prime go at it!!!
(CH: "Prime 19:84 says: 'elbow drops are the right of all sentient beings'"..perhaps?)

O:
I can't exactly continue the strip without buying Hacker a ticket home from Mars, and alas, that's not in the budget. Also I have to obtain a cowboy hat and perhaps some flashy zebra prints for Dirt Boss, so I must go back to the ongoing storyline, it seems...at least for now.

(Making DB a pro wrestler was my wife's idea. It was too good not to use right away)

In the meantime, here's a consolation prize:

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[Otispq]

hahaha, good consolation prize indeed.

[Autobus Prime]

B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 8: "Carblast's Discovery"

Trying quotes in off-screen-originated speech bubbles this time.
I always liked how that looked in classic Marvel books.

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Does he who screams and runs away live to run another day?
Find out next time on...The Blurry Robot Theater!"

[ShadowDragon]

It worked for Sir Robin.

[Autobus Prime]

It worked for Sir Robin.

SD:
*snaps fingers* Minstrels, that's what I need, minstrels!
Naw, I could just say they ate 'em already.

[Autovolt 127]

:lol

[Otispq]

I love the "analysis complete, U R Screwed" that was awesome!

[Shane Anderson]

Hey, it takes some wits to run away. Some idiots just stand there and let themselves get killed. :lol

[Autobus Prime]

Hey, it takes some wits to run away. Some idiots just stand there and let themselves get killed. :lol

SA:

Good point. Now that I think of it, it's a little in violation of The Rules to let them successfully run, isn't it? I need to make them trip or something.

[ShadowDragon]

SA:

Good point. Now that I think of it, it's a little in violation of The Rules to let them successfully run, isn't it? I need to make them trip or something.

But none of them are teenage girls wearing high heels. :confused:

[DilaZirK]

:lolol Hilarious updates, Autobus! And all very suspenseful at the same time.




Although I have to admit, I am more amused by thinking this is Dila-Arnval ... but she's usually all geared up, and I couldn't find maternity armor at the Martian mall (and the Johnnycab fares were a killer).

HAH! :lol

[Autobus Prime]

But none of them are teenage girls wearing high heels. :confused:

SD:

Another excellent point. See, this kind of scholarly in-depth feedback is why I post these here. :) *starts taking notes*

[Otispq]

They're running around in the dark, the possibilities here are just about endless...tripping, falling, running into stuff, or things, like a Spooky Space Kook...see, endless.

[Autobus Prime]

B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 9: Greetings!

(I am beginning to use Gnu GIMP to do some editing...handy program.)

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It doesn't look like our heroes will get out of this one!
Bring your garlic and tune in next time to...the Blurry Robot Theater!

[DilaZirK]

Oh noes! :lol

[TCracker]

Nice effects~! Digging your props.:thumbs2:

[Shane Anderson]

Evil Blurr!!!!! Oh the horror!!!!!!!! :lol :lol

And yeah, the effects are pretty good. :thumb

[GladiatorPrime]

:lol :lol :lol

[Otispq]

Boy, that staying for dinner line could go either way, as guests for dinner, or guests for the dinner.

[Autobus Prime]

Boy, that staying for dinner line could go either way, as guests for dinner, or guests for the dinner.

O:
Indeed. :)

Folks: Thanks for the compliments on effects...but I don't think they're that good yet. The way I see it, effects are well-done when they don't look like effects any more. The one I am kind of happy with is the big WHAM explosion, which was made using a custom cloud "brush" in red, then going over it again in orange, and then in yellow, using the airbrush tool. Then sparks were scattered around. The big WHAM was lettered in GIMP, then opened as a BMP in Paint, then overlaid on to a photo of a pile of steel parts, after bucket-filling the letters with the background color.

TC:Glad you like the props. Mostly, I have been using one 18x24 wall piece and one 24x36 floor piece, made from cardboard overlaid with silver/gold posterboard, inked; one door panel with a removable door that slides out to reveal a black "opening", and a bunch of cardboard towel cores and odd wood scraps painted gray with inked lines. It's all very cheap.

And now...WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY!

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[Otispq]

Macho-Macho Bot! He just wants to be..A Macho-Bot!

[Autobus Prime]

Folks:
And with this one, chapter 3 has now surpassed the 9-episode chapter 2.
Maybe we can last this time!
It should be noted that treachery was used to make Blurr run. :)

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B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 10: "The Monster Mash"
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[ShadowDragon]

:lol the phone prank, gets 'em every time!

[Shane Anderson]

I love all the stuff that shows up on the gamepad screen. This is one of those jokes I wish I'd thought of for someone. Screen saver indeed! :lol :lol

Who's the guy on the screen in the first panel?

[Coolhand]

:lolol
The whole chase and phone gag reminded me of Bugs Bunny and Elmar Fudd. In a good way.

[Autobus Prime]

I love all the stuff that shows up on the gamepad screen. This is one of those jokes I wish I'd thought of for someone. Screen saver indeed! :lol :lol

Who's the guy on the screen in the first panel?

SA:
Thanx! That's Orlando Bloom on the screen. One of my sisters was once a devoted follower of that religion. :) This is of course not quite current, although we'll not soon forget the horrors of surfing elves, but I tried the joke with a picture of Zac Efron and he devoured 3 souls before he could be deleted. Frightening.

The screen saver is "Munching Squares".

CH: Glad the cartoony chase-scene thing came through. I was actually thinking about a different cartoon, but I'll take classic WB too. :)

[ShadowDragon]

I was actually thinking about a different cartoon, but I'll take classic WB too. :)

Scooby Doo?

[Autobus Prime]

Scooby Doo?

SD:

Mostly that and maybe a little of Filmation's GhostBusters thrown in, which I suppose makes Carblast the midget mutant offspring of Ghost Buggy and Tracy the Gorilla.

[Shane Anderson]

SA:
Thanx! That's Orlando Bloom on the screen. One of my sisters was once a devoted follower of that religion. :) This is of course not quite current, although we'll not soon forget the horrors of surfing elves,

We won't forget the horror of comedy-relief dwarves either. :sly:

[DilaZirK]

Scooby Doo?

That's what I was thinking too. :lolol Hilarious chase scene!

[Otispq]

This strip just makes me laugh, and that's a sweet thing.

[Autobus Prime]

SA:Well, we don't toss dwarves here. Minicons, maybe. :)

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B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 11: "Graveyard Smash"
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Have our heroes been liquidated? Will Carblast's creditors ever collect?
Find out next time on...The Blurry Robot Theater!

[ShadowDragon]

Wow, that shopping list makes me feel old...

and what if I can read it? :tongue:

Oh noes! Was that a stock market crash???

[Shane Anderson]

Carblast should add the Go-gos to his list. :thumb

Have I mentioned that I enjoy the format of your comics? They're certainly a nice variation on the "stack of pictures" format most of us use.

[Otispq]

the HUD was just awesome! Esp. the shopping list, yeah, makes me feel old too.

[Coolhand]

:lolol at "your recent garlic order", Power Tie Charge meter, Start Menu and in fact the whole damn HUD.
In fact, that whole update is full of nice little "detail" gags like the changing displays on the chest panel.

And I see that Carblast is a Burt Bacharach fan...

All in all, Yum Yum. More please.

[Autobus Prime]

Folks:
I made people feel old, yay! :D But our little minicon loves his classic "Street", too. He wanted me to play "Baby Disco" for him four times in a row yesterday, and was copying all the crazy head-motions. Adorable.

SD:So you can read the Standard Galactic Alphabet? The Yorps will be pleased. Pretty much all my "Cybertronic" lettering is actually SGA, though you may notice some other alphabets here and there. The graph is as you guessed, but what it really is is "a cheap joke because I thought the panel looked boring".

SA:A notable lack! However, I made his playlist by grabbing a handful of tapes out of my Jumbled Boxes o' Tapes, and unfortunately, I don't have a single Go-Go's album. *scribbles notes for next thrift-store mission* As to the format, I like to standardize; it makes updates and salvage operations easy, and five panels seems to work well with gags, but sometimes with action you need more. I try to vary it a little, although it probably will always be more rigid than I'd like.

CH,O: We aim to please. I've seen some really cool HUD's here, and it made me think: "How do we make this Really Silly"? Glad it didn't fall flat. :)

[Autobus Prime]

Folks:
Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday!

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Ref:
http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Carbombya

Note that my 6Ti Megs has had numerous minor modifications and hacks to allow him to stand and pose, and even at that he was somewhat of a PITA. Still cool looking IMHO. Also note that the Maus tank, which he's based on, weighed 188 tons, not 32...it was a heavy beast...but I used a smaller Tiger tank for reference.

[Otispq]

I think you forgot the "R" ...Shreik...

wow that was lame. good pose for sure though.

[Autobus Prime]

I think you forgot the "R" ...Shreik...

wow that was lame. good pose for sure though.

O:
Well, there sure is reason to shriek about the figure's quality. I only paid $5 for mine (Target error, they rang it up even after I told them so :) ). Maybe I should have mentioned how Megs singlehandedly killed off the whole 6" Titanium line...at least their reputation. :(

[Grimwing]

Sheik. It's a arabian title, like a european duke or count.
Honestly though I only know that because of a episode of hanna barbara's "yogi's gang" where they meet the sheik of selfishness. I kinda like how corny the puns on that show were but hate how all the characters and animation suffered for it.

[ShadowDragon]

I'm pretty sure the inspiration was from "The Iron Sheik", especially with the Camelbot Clutch reference. 1980's FTW! :lol

[DilaZirK]

:lolol Hilarious! Still getting a Scooby-Doo vibe there, what with the garbage chute and crashing into people using huge garbage bins. And the little details like the HUD are just great.

Only minor thing is that due to the small size of the comic panels, it's sometimes a little hard for me to make things out...

[Autobus Prime]

DZ:Ah, you probably mean the small, subdivided panels? Your screen resolution may be higher than mine (1024x768). I've tried 640x480 but wasn't pleased with the look of the single panels...plus, I try to optimize this thing for "small-window workplace viewing". :D

SD Re "Iron Sheik":I'm pretty sure you're right :) I think I may have worn out the '85 Topps card schtick, though.

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B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 11: "Catch On in a Flash?"

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Is this the closest Hacker gets to true enlightenment?
Do gamepads dream of hexadecimal sheep?
Seek answers next time, in...The Blurry Robot Theater!

[ShadowDragon]

That's one hell of a way to initiate someone!

[DilaZirK]

HAH! :lol Jump-starting.

[Otispq]

sweet light effect, but what is that really?

and rights of passage FTW!

[Autobus Prime]

sweet light effect, but what is that really?


O:
It's a bunch of Lego parts. Technic axles and connectors, a clear dome, and the lid from one of those 'pod' sets from a while back.

[Shane Anderson]

8-bit power jump! :lol :lol :lol :lol

[Otispq]

Lego parts, ok, I don't have only but one little box of Lego's and they don't look anything like those, so thanks...

[Autobus Prime]

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B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 13: "Monsters and Munchies"

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Cowabunga! Gimme chocolate chip! Gimme oatmeal raisin!
Gimme next episode of...Blurry Robot Theater!

[ShadowDragon]

BSOD :lolol

[Autobus Prime]

BSOD :lolol

SD:
Yep. I just discovered the Perspective Transform tool and was having fun with it. :) Of course, a guy named Hacker probably shouldn't be running anything (OS-wise) that generates the BSoD...

[Grimwing]

commander keen for the win. booyah!

[Autobus Prime]

commander keen for the win. booyah!

G:
Yup, great games. Much better than that *other* ID Software title IMHO. :)

Several million Vorticons can't be wrong!

[Otispq]

The time it takes you to find and 'shop in all those graphics is time well spent, cuz they totally rule!

[Shane Anderson]

Don't fall for the old "we have cookies" gag! :lol :lol :lol

You've made great use of that Real Gear fig. I love the ever changing images on his screen. :lol

[Autobus Prime]

Folks:
Glad you like the onscreen stuff. It's really easy to do with the perspective tool, too.

Now I'm going to give the Cybertronic Wrestling cards a break...

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Physical model for Grabber: BOTS MASTERS "Green Bot" of ye dumb name. If anybody knows what his chest gear is for, do tell! A Toyark quest provided his name and parentage, but proved less fruitful in questions of gearing.

[ShadowDragon]

2.8 miles is a lot of wire!

[Autobus Prime]

2.8 miles is a lot of wire!

SD:
It is a long string, isn't it? But the M220 TOW has almost as much (about 2.3 mi) I figured a little extra for Cybertronic technology. :D
I guess he was armed with wire-guided torpedoes as a sub, and adapted the tech for missiles.

[ShadowDragon]

I thought the TOW was 2.5 but you would figure with Cybertronic tech they wouldn't use wire.

Does he actually have a string on the toy like Powerhook Optimus does? Cause that would make it even funnier.

[Shane Anderson]

"Poor typist". :lol :lol :lol

[Coolhand]

"Poor typist". :lol :lol :lol

Man, can you IMAGINE what the QWERTY layout looks like after he's finished with it? :lol

I think there's now actually three main characters in this strip. Carblast, Hacker, and Hacker's LCD screen. That screen is chanelling pure humour in liquid form. :thumbs2:

[Autobus Prime]

SD: Could be 2.5. I remembered reading it was something on that order. Unfortunately the toy does not have an actual string. G1 Prowl, according to his techspec bio, has wire-guided missiles too. Budiansky's semi-realistic technobabble was great. :)

CH: A pile of loose keys, probably. You people are making me nervous with the comments about the LCD screen. Now I'm going to start trying to find funny stuff, instead of stupid stuff, and it's going to wreck everything. :)

Enough leakin' lubricant...

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B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 14: "Bolt from the Blue"

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Has Hacker fallen on his feet at last?
Does Blurr have something to get off his chest?
Find out next Monday in...the Blurry Robot Theater!

[ShadowDragon]

Can AP shove any more puns into his closing statements? :lol:

[Shane Anderson]

HAHAHAHAHA! That whole thing was great. :thumb

Wile E. Coyote = :lol

[Coolhand]

CH: A pile of loose keys, probably. You people are making me nervous with the comments about the LCD screen. Now I'm going to start trying to find funny stuff, instead of stupid stuff, and it's going to wreck everything. :)


Doh! Sorry.
Ah, what the hell. You're doing okay with it so far. :D

[Autobus Prime]

Doh! Sorry.
Ah, what the hell. You're doing okay with it so far. :D

CH:
Very well then. :) *cranks up the Dork Drive to Dork 10*

[Otispq]

wow, I couldn't make any sense of the next to last panel at all, really.

[DilaZirK]

:lolol Hilarious the way Hacker was just dangling there for dear life.




Wile E. Coyote = :lol

Yeah I caught that one too. :lol

[Autobus Prime]

O: Yeah, the storyline got a little chaotic neutral there...oh well. Onward!

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B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 15: "Blurry Robot Recap"

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Could this be the bitter end of a black mystery?
Or will Hacker's memory banks end up creamed?
Bring your questions and a cuppa joe this Friday,
to..the Blurry Robot Theater!


(SD - I can try. Oh, I can try.)

[TCracker]

That...is ...just....TOO FUNNY! Split my sides...again....:D :D :D

Can I have the CHIPS vending machine with the Megabolt pic? :D

[ShadowDragon]

:lolol So much win.

[Shane Anderson]

Talk about exposition... :lol

Oh, I love the vending machine. :thumb :lol :lol :lol

[Autobus Prime]

TC:
Here's the image I used to make those:

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I made it black & white and hand-colored it because I didn't have my home printer set up then, and printed it at work on the black & white machine.

The guy on the coffee machine is Killer Bot King Man from the World's Worst Fanfic Universe, who is saying his catchphrase "Your head would make a great coffee mug".

Incidentally, that joke about peanut-butter hamburgers wasn't fiction. The Wheel-Inn Drive In in Sedalia, Missouri served the famous "Guberburger", and I had one when I was passing through. They closed last year in the interests of highway widening and universal Bland McNation. An employee is reportedly opening a new Wheel-Inn, but at
a different location, and not in the original 1947 classic eatery.

[Grimlock_13]

:lol :lol


vending machine = awsum

[Otispq]

yep, it's Blurr all right! and ditto's on the vending machine.

[TCracker]

Thanks heaps, Autobus! I can see BA Megatron buying chips from there!
Credit goes to you when I have the strip set up and published here! :D :D :D :D :D

[Coolhand]

Ah, Blur reminds me of me....:D

[Grimwing]

I wonder how deep your fandom of commander keen is. Those vending machines almost seem to be useing the standard galatic alphabet.

faygo=cowboy beebop :lol :lol

I liked how carblast took a bite of the squarenut hamburger. This last comic had such visual flare and propwork that it's easily on par with the comics in toyfare magazine. looking forward to more of these funny comics.

[Autobus Prime]

GW:
Thanks! Wait 'til I bring out the custom Vorti-Cola cans. Fun game! But actually, the main reason I use SGA is that I found a font. :D There are some other "fictional alien" fonts in use, too...

CH: Yes, a lot of us are a little undead before the morning cup...

TC: BA Megatron? I think this calls for bonus Wednesday content. The obscure Pennsylvania snackfood brands just won't do.

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[Shane Anderson]

"Ripping!" :lol

I may have to have Megabolt steal that phrase for use in my comic.

[TCracker]

TC: BA Megatron? I think this calls for bonus Wednesday content. The obscure Pennsylvania snackfood brands just won't do.

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You rule man. BA Megs sends his thanks.

[DilaZirK]

:lolol The vending machines were awesome!

I love all these little details you throw into the comics. I'd never have the patience to do these kinda things.

[Autovolt 127]

:lol

[Autobus Prime]

TC: Tell the chap he's quite welcome.
DZ: The details are actually quite quick to produce. I haven't had this much fun with paper and Play-Doh since I was wee tall. :D

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B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 16: "All Too Real Gear"

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Does fuzzy logic make blurry robots?
Watch out for adders and shut the gates, and
maybe you'll survive Monday at...the Blurry Robot Theater!

[ShadowDragon]

Blurr changes conversations as quickly as he talks!

[Otispq]

loved the movie quoted alterations, and your version of Blurr just keeps getting better.

[Autovolt 127]

Holy 60's TV!!!!!!! :lol

[Coolhand]

:lol
I'll have to try that programmer yoga...

[TCracker]

:lol:lol:lol:lol

[Autobus Prime]

SD: Yes. Yes he does. :)
O: All he needs is a good elocution coach and a lot of luck.
AV: I do have this nagging feeling that I stole that phrase from someone else...I hope it wasn't another comic here...
CH: It's simple. All you need to do is lean back in your chair with your back to the door, playing Angband, until your supervisor clears his throat.
TC: Oooh, four...


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B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 17: "Beast in the Machine"

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The oracle orders you to return next Friday! It is your destiny!
Find your center, gaze at your navel, and enjoy the next
thrilling episode of...the Blurry Robot Theater!

[ShadowDragon]

heh, upgrades to common sense...ah... if only it were that easy.

[TCracker]

I would like to have a bike like that...:D :D :D

[GladiatorPrime]

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

[Katamari Prime]

:lol

[Shane Anderson]

Fun with Beast Machines. HAHAHAHA! :lol :lol

Too many fun pictures, but I love Lucy was the best. :thumb

[Coolhand]

"Analyze"
"Over-Analyze"
:lol

Just loved the "soundwave chest" when he started talking about music.:thumb

I couldn't quite make out the sign on the wall in the first panel. I assume it was a 004 days since last accident kind of thing?

[Autobus Prime]

I couldn't quite make out the sign on the wall in the first panel. I assume it was a 004 days since last accident kind of thing?

CH:

Correct. "This department has gone 004 days without a lost time accident".

[Autobus Prime]

Too many fun pictures, but I love Lucy was the best. :thumb

SA:
A bit old, but I was looking for a good picture of "startle" and they don't get much more iconic than Lucille Ball...glad somebody got it! :)

[Coolhand]

CH:

Correct. "This department has gone 004 days without a lost time accident".

Heh heh. Suspected it was something like that. Nice. :thumb
I might have to stick that up on my office wall somewhere...

[Autobus Prime]

B.R.T.U. #4 - Finn Mac Claw
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Physical model - Beetleborgs "Shadowborg".
Reason for making him a stereotypical Irishman -None...see also "Cybertron Jetfire".

[ShadowDragon]

Reason for making him a stereotypical Irishman -None...see also "Cybertron Jetfire".

:lolol indeed.

[Otispq]

I would like to have a bike like that...:D :D :D

One that hates organic life? how would you ever ride it? hehe, that would be cool though.

[Shane Anderson]

Random Earth accent for the alien robots always makes sense. :lol

[Grimlock_13]

B.R.T.U. #4 - Finn Mac Claw
Reason for making him a stereotypical Irishman -None...see also "Cybertron Jetfire".

:lol

[Autobus Prime]

Folks: Note that Kup's inexplicable acid-shooting musket "laser" is being retconned a little here. Brakedown GTS' weapon looks like an antenna,
and acid seemed to cause shorts, more than anything, in the G1 cartoon...

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B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 18: "A Kup of Whoop-aft"

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Damned kids and their rock'n'roll music. Be sure to tape Matlock
next Monday, while you tune your receivers to...the Blurry Robot Theater!

[ShadowDragon]

Go kup go!

[ionacus]

damn that was some funny :thumbs2: i cant wait for the next one.

[Otispq]

Leak current, never heard it put that way, and I like it!

[Tomiku]

Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Hug!
Son of a zzitch!

XD

[Shane Anderson]

I kept meaning to buy that version of Breakdown, now I wish I had. What a geezer! :lol :lol

[Fez Findie]

Whoah... one thing that has always stuck out in your comics is the wide use of props, and this is a good example of what is possible to do in these comics :)

And hey, no way ya can blame Kup/Brakedown there! XD IT was his pine eaten by a motorized biting wolf head thing!

[TCracker]

Great update and also GREAT PROPS! :D :D :D :D :D

[Z.U.D.O.N]

Just read everything. NICE!! :D And whoa, you really have lots of props!! :thumb

[Shane Anderson]

Yeah, I should have piled on the 'great sets' bandwagon. They do look good. :thumb

[Autobus Prime]

Folks:
Thanks for all the comments! I enjoy making the sets, although it might be said there's much less here than meets the eye. Most of what you see in that first panel is a $10 set of childrens' wooden blocks and gray spray paint. The shrubbery is lichen moss from the craft store. The cupola in right foreground is a spray can top.

Of course a magician cannot reveal all his secrets. :sly2:

Our regularly scheduled Monday comic was postponed 1 day due to the holiday...

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B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 19: "Memorial Day"

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The BRT staff hopes all readers had a relaxing and reflective holiday.


P.S. We had a good barbecue.
One of my brothers & I were in charge of entropy production.
It went well and the hamburgers were excellent. :)

[Otispq]

Yep, it was a good holiday. I recognize the jeep go-bot on the right, but the rest I just can't make out, but I suspect are all go-bots also. Looks like one of them borrowed Prime's gun too! The Fallen as head BBQ lighter and keeper of the flame was good, and it looks like we'll be Cooking with Silverbolt!

Nice respectful comic there chief!

[Shane Anderson]

That's a nice little Memorial Day comic. Fun, but with some genuine sentiment too. :thumb

[TCracker]

Yup, I seconded that. :D:thumbs2:

[Autobus Prime]

I recognize the jeep go-bot on the right, but the rest I just can't make out, but I suspect are all go-bots also. Looks like one of them borrowed Prime's gun too!


O:
Jeeper Creeper is actually the only GoBot per se. Next to him and a bit back is a knockoff of GoBot Man-O-War. On the far left of the picture is McBeast "Panther", then Kup himself (wielding a knockoff of Prime's laser rifle), and in the back is a KO Robot Masters Victory Leo (making the V-for-victory sign, of course).

I basically used Prime's gun only because I had a few of them, and needed something with a 5mm peg, and couldn't seem to find anything more generic that would fit Kup's closed-ended pegholes. Not the best choice. I should have gone for something more generic.

I chose the figures to represent Kup's comrades-in-arms largely at random. There is one exception which will be apparent to the three or four sufferers who may have read this comic from early on. :D

[GladiatorPrime]

:thumb :thumb

[Coolhand]

As always, the little details in that strip were wonderful, even down to the sheild above the fireplace that gets replicated in the photo.

Not only detailed and funny, but very poignant this time as well. :thumbs2:

[Autobus Prime]

Now back to our story.

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B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 20: "Memorial Day"

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What adventures await our hero in Altihex?
Is there a Cybertronic version of Night Ranger?
Tune your GoBot radios next monday to...the Blurry Robot Theater!

[ShadowDragon]

Very nice. I wish I had room to make sets. :thumbs2:

[Otispq]

New strips funny, and now I can't get that sond outta my head! iTunes to the rescue!!

As for the mem. day strip, I totally missed Kup being in there. I was too focused on the gun. didn't see the peace sign either, nice job. Thanks for pointing it all out, cuz it woulda been non-appreciated effort otherwise, and it was a good tribute piece.

[Shane Anderson]

Ah, a bot and his car. :lol

[Autobus Prime]

Very nice. I wish I had room to make sets. :thumbs2:

SD:
They're quite small. In fact, none of my sets in this current chapter has been more than 2 feet by 4 feet.

There are actually three sets visible in the last photo. The skyline is all of 16" wide and 2 feet deep. Behind it is a far-background set. The foreground was built to a slightly larger 'scale', and is about 1 feet wide and 2 feet deep. These three were separately set up. I built the skyline, took a lot of photos from different angles for future use, and took it down, then built the foreground, got that shot, etc. Hacker was photographed separately on a plain backdrop and then the whole mess was GIMPed together with some 'airbrushing'.

New strips funny, and now I can't get that sond outta my head! iTunes to the rescue!!

As for the mem. day strip, I totally missed Kup being in there. I was too focused on the gun. didn't see the peace sign either, nice job. Thanks for pointing it all out, cuz it woulda been non-appreciated effort otherwise, and it was a good tribute piece.

O:
You're welcome, and thanks for the positive feedback. However, I was going for V-for-victory...more Churchill, less Woodstock. :D

[Coolhand]

"Also the city of uncontrolled violent crime..."
:lol
Yeah, that's the kind of thing they tend not to tell you about in the tourist brouchure....

[Autobus Prime]

Folks:

I think I may have to start updating weekly if I do lots of city scenes, at least until I get the hang of it. Not easy, all this fakery. :D

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B.R.T. Chapter 3, Number 21: "Road Rage"

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The story has bogged down! Maybe it will be moving again next Monday.
Pay your fare and take a ride to...the Blurry Robot Theater.
But watch out for those server outages!

[Otispq]

I love all the heads and arms sticking out yelling at each other, awesome!

[TCracker]

Ironhide's spotlights has faces and they emote! AWESOME!

[Z.U.D.O.N]

:lolol To me, this is the best strip so far! Nice job Autobus! :thumb

[ShadowDragon]

Well he is a big palooka, what does he expect? :lolol

[Coolhand]

"The most annyoing song I know" :lolol
I'd just like to second and third that vote.

Plus :thumb at the Ninja turtles driving Rollbar!

[Ray Kremer]

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Yay for Weird Al!
:dj

[Autobus Prime]

Folks:

Back again!

This begins chapter 4: "Stealing Fire". You'll see some familiar faces coming back in this one.

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B.R.T. Chapter 4, Number 1: "Gen-One Power"

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No, they're not all named "John"...this time. Cross the eighth dimension and tune in Monday for...the Blurry Robot Theater!

[ShadowDragon]

While the copters away, the cars & trucks will play?

[Shane Anderson]

You know, road rage is bad enough with people in cars. Imagine if the cars themselves got mad about being stuck in traffic! :lol :lol :lol

[ShadowDragon]

You know, road rage is bad enough with people in cars. Imagine if the cars themselves got mad about being stuck in traffic! :lol :lol :lol

Cars with their own built-in weaponry too! :eek:

[Otispq]

nice update, love the slacker atmosphere!

[TCracker]

Man, reminded me sooooooo much abt my work!:lolol:lolol

[Coolhand]

"Gen One Power" :lol

[Autobus Prime]

True believers:
I gotta say, major scene shifts just don't help writing speed. Lots of gears to shift. But I think we may be rolling again.

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B.R.T. Chapter 4, Number 2: "Wheeljack's Lab"

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Could it be King Arthur? General Patton? Lee Iacocca?
Or someone much, much less unexpected?
Find the obvious answer next time at...The Blurry Robot Theater!

[Z.U.D.O.N]

Hmm.. I think it's alright.. I'm still a little confused about what's really going on now @_@

[Otispq]

Greatest hero and commander in history? wow, talk about opening a can of worms, I'm not even gonna take a guess at who you think it is. But I will say that most people are probably gonna disagree, it's too open for debate. Still, I'm wondering who you'll pick.

[Chaos Incarnate]

Saber?

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[Autobus Prime]

Folks:

Re: leaders...remember, folks, it's not what I think, it's what Wheeljack thinks. All shall be revealed at the appointed time. I really do need to work on my storytelling, though. The trouble is I know what is happening, and I have to remember that nobody else does. :)

With this chapter, the story is actually returning to the track it was supposed to be on two years ago before the Blurry Robot Shutdown. Ch. 3, with Hacker and Carblast, was actually more of a side excursion, but of course we will come back to Hacker if he ever gets out of that traffic jam. :)

[ShadowDragon]

:lol, wb.

Nice use of sprues in the scenes and legonut rocks!

[Coolhand]

Wheeljack has flashing ears! :bay Damn, that is one awesome little detail!
And I think Lugnut has...issues. Might I suggest keeping the 1.21 gigawatts well away from his cute little lego claws?:D

Fusion powered expresso machine? I could go for one of those, too many late nights recently...

[Otispq]

Folks:

Re: leaders...remember, folks, it's not what I think, it's what Wheeljack thinks.

Now that makes a lot more sense, who's gonna argue with your characters?

[Autobus Prime]

True believers:
Trying new word balloons. Easier to do, but I don't like them as well. Is there any way to draw outlined oblongs with rounded corners in GImp without major work?

Folks: Yes, Lug is apparently a little screwy.
CH: And the Daytonus mold just barely has enough "ears" to make it BSable.
O: Exactly.
Z: Hope this helps!

Now on with our story...

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B.R.T. Chapter 4, Number 2: "Bowling for Trouble"

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Let's hope their equipment's in optimal condition!
Even if the building's past its prime.
Keep on truckin' this Friday in...the Blurry Robot Theater!

[ShadowDragon]

Hah! Man that brings back memories. I saw "Fort Courage" out in Houck Arizona. Stopped in to take a look since I recognized the name.

[Otispq]

This comic is getting harder to figure out what's going on..plenty of effort going into it, but the pics are so small that it's hard to tell one bot from another with all that dialogue, the boxes dominate the pic. That makes it hard to follow also, cuz it doesn't really follow along, soon my eyes start reading all over the place trying to figure out who's supposed to be speaking next. You should up the picture size to at least 640x480 and probably 800x600 so that it's easier to get into the scene.

I only say this cuz I like reading the strip, but it's getting pretty busy in there, and I want to be able to keep up, but right now I'm almost totally lost as to what the plot is or what's even going on.

[Coolhand]

:lolol at the bowling ally shenannigans, and also at "Project Mega Awesome." Sounds like something our marketing department would cook up!

This comic is getting harder to figure out what's going on..plenty of effort going into it, but the pics are so small that it's hard to tell one bot from another with all that dialogue, the boxes dominate the pic. That makes it hard to follow also, cuz it doesn't really follow along, soon my eyes start reading all over the place trying to figure out who's supposed to be speaking next. You should up the picture size to at least 640x480 and probably 800x600 so that it's easier to get into the scene.

I only say this cuz I like reading the strip, but it's getting pretty busy in there, and I want to be able to keep up, but right now I'm almost totally lost as to what the plot is or what's even going on.

I'm finding it a little difficult to follow as well. I think a larger format could help, perhaps 800*600.

[Autobus Prime]

Folks:

I may make it 640 x 480. 800x600 seems a bit too big, file-wise and screen-wise. Most of the confusion this time is probably because too many characters were talking.

[Otispq]

A bump in size will sooo help. But yeah, that many characters all vying for pic time, just crazy. I don't know why, but my eyes think that almost all of those little spychangers look alike too. That's where the size helps. Thanks for listening!

[Shane Anderson]

Hey, it's the little dino-guy that was with Cruellock, right? Nice to see some old plot threads being picked up here. :thumb

[Autobus Prime]

Hey, it's the little dino-guy that was with Cruellock, right? Nice to see some old plot threads being picked up here. :thumb

SA:

Yup, that's him. He and Cruellock were to have a pretty instrumental part in Chapter 2.

[Autobus Prime]

Folks:
Yup, SD, that F-Troop. An auspicious start, I'm sure.
This one is sort of in continuity except where it isn't. :D

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B.R.T. Chapter 4, Number 4: "Independence Day Pageant 2008"

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Folks: And I hope everybody who went for fireworks
used them safely and can still count 10 on their own 2 hands!
Tune in next time for the next exciting episode - "A Simple Plan"!

[Coolhand]

:lolol
They're all good, but that first panel is classic! Not even Hot Rod could screw that fight up for Prime!

[Autovolt 127]

Poor Galvatron even his Leader Class versiomn would still be short to MP Optimus. :lol

Happy 4th of July.

[Fez Findie]

That was honestly a great way of celebratin' the day of Independence, while remindin' of what the nation was founded upon... while havin' robots doin' some really whacked random stuff XD

While each frame was great in its own, I'll go with sayin' that I loved the first one (dittoing on Coolhand's comment) and the frame with the marchin' drummers :D

[Autobus Prime]

CH: Probably..but never underestimate the awesome might of adolescent stupidity. :(
AV: True, he's Galvy in story, but IMHO he's just a few BWAAAAs short for that honor. :)
FF: Glad you liked it. I based it on the painting "The Spirit of 76", but had no fife.

[Shane Anderson]

I love it. Very nice Independence Day comic. :thumb :thumb

[Shane Anderson]

Oh, and I only just go the potato-potahto-let's call the whole thing off joke. :lol

Yes, it was a slow reaction. :(

[Otispq]

I like your themed shots, they turn out very well.

[Autobus Prime]

Folks:

Maybe I should just drop the "gags" and plot and concentrate on federal holidays. :)

Potato-potahto...yes, it's a little outdated I suppose, but it seemed like a good pointless argument for Dinobot and Rattrap.

[Coolhand]

Potato-potahto...yes, it's a little outdated I suppose, but it seemed like a good pointless argument for Dinobot and Rattrap.
At least it moved them on from the whole To-MAY-to, To-MAH-to debacle...which as we all know was the REAL reason the Brits and the Colonists started shooting at each other...:D

[ShadowDragon]

At least it moved them on from the whole To-MAY-to, To-MAH-to debacle...which as we all know was the REAL reason the Brits and the Colonists started shooting at each other...:D

And here I thought it was us trying to make one big huge cup of tea all at once in Boston Harbor and you guys telling us we were doing it wrong. :D

[Autobus Prime]

And here I thought it was us trying to make one big huge cup of tea all at once in Boston Harbor and you guys telling us we were doing it wrong. :D

SD:

Yes, yes, I can see it from here -- Sam Adams and friends, up at 2 am playing video games in Fanueil Hall, when suddenly John Hancock says "Duuude! You know what would be, like, totally awesome?"

[Autobus Prime]

Folks:
Now back to our regularly scheduled program. Mrs. Prime has been hired by the B.R.P. as "Wheeljack dialect consultant".

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B.R.T. Chapter 4, Number 5: "A Simple Plan."

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Next time on the Blurry Robot Theater - Wheels turn and sparks fly
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[Otispq]

a good strip and some great comments. Sounds like AP's Blurry Robot One-Shot's is a winner!

Edit: you updated right as I was writing this, so this post should be before yours in continuity...

[GladiatorPrime]

:lol :lol :lol

[Coolhand]

That little droid is awesome! Especially when dancing to Flashdance. I may have to buy some lego so that I can build one of my own.

Also rated awesome by the Coolhand Board of Awesome Classification:
-WheelJack's flip chart.
-The fact that Hoist simply decides to be "Bloody Careful" about causing the apocolypse, but sees no real need to dampen his enthusiasm for the project.
-Wheeljack's accent.
Overall, the CBAC gives this strip a rating of: :D:thumb:bay

[Autobus Prime]

Oq: Guess I retconned it by not doing a 1-shot then. :D But what can I do? I've got a plot rumbling around in my head like that one last taco :hookday you shouldn't have scarfed down. :)

CH:
I can't claim too much credit for designing the droid, who is basically a compressed version of a robot from a Lego pod set. Lego has had some really neat "Lego-dust" robots lately.

[TCracker]

Man, this is gonna be a WINNER! A Bay for you!:bay

[Shane Anderson]

Megabolt loves Flashdance. :thumb

This is a cool strip. I love the little line drawings, the reference to "the Maximal's private little idol" and the G2 Swarm references. And of course, the bit where they all throw caution to the wind at the end after the dire predictions is not only funny, it's probably in character too!

Awesome. :lol :lol

[Autobus Prime]

Folks:

Oo, two Baysplosions. :)

I'm glad it went over well. I did some actual research this time. I went back and watched THE MASTER BUILDERS and THE IMMOBILIZER for character research. :)

(Wheeljack has a nifty drawing board in TMB, complete with a drafting machine)

[Z.U.D.O.N]

Nice updates, dude :D

[Autobus Prime]

Folks:
Picked up Classics 2 Octane at TrU the other day. Very cool. Now for a B.R.T. special report on that subject!


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B.R.T. Special Number 2: "Classics Octane Robot Modes"

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Alternative 1 has shoulder cannons - the handguns in their aeroplane position.
Alternatives 2 and 3 look like something out of the Brave series, I think.
The shoulder position in 3 was discovered by ye Captain Garlock of ye Allsparke.
Next time: more funnies.

[Otispq]

I like the Rake-o-death. :lolol

[Z.U.D.O.N]

:lolol Good update!

[Coolhand]

:lol
Sometimes, you just gotta rock the keytar...

[Shane Anderson]

Fun with triple-changers. :thumb :lol :lol

[Autobus Prime]

Folks:
Jumpin' gigawatts! An update!

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B.R.T. Chapter 4, Number 6: "F-TROOP Rides Out."

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Next on the Blurry Robot Theater: Spychangers, styrofoam,
and inscrutable technobabble abound, as Project F-Troop continues!
Be there or Hacker will set you up a blind date with Lugnut!

[GladiatorPrime]

:popcorn

[Z.U.D.O.N]

:eek: Great effects, autobus! :D

[ShadowDragon]

Great props too!

[Autobus Prime]

Folks:
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[Coolhand]

"Did you have an odd feeling of dread just now?":lol
That "Auto-Waldo" power loader thingy is just great! Where do you find the time for all this cool set design?

[Autobus Prime]

"Did you have an odd feeling of dread just now?":lol
That "Auto-Waldo" power loader thingy is just great! Where do you find the time for all this cool set design?

CH
In this case, I found the time in 2005. :) The mech was sitting assembled and bagged in a Sterilite tub since then.

Wheeljack has used it before, only he had a cannon and missiles fitted instead of the winch, spotwelder, and manipulator arms (which I built after retrieval from storage.):

Robot Mode (http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-funnies/91307-autobus-primes-blurry-robot-theater-3.html#post532658)

Sand Speeder Mode (http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-funnies/91307-autobus-primes-blurry-robot-theater-4.html#post535409)

The writing and photo editing usually take longer than the sets do, oddly enough. These particular ones were mostly built from my existing box o' parts. The plasma reactor base and cosmotron chambers were ceiling fan
box inserts, painted with gray and black latex paint ($2/quart "mismixed" from the paint store), with various sprues and junkbox bits. The reactor chamber is a Diaper Genie refill case, topped by a painted plastic bowl, and the control-room window is a shield from an old printer.

[Fez Findie]

Somethin' about he phrase "Start the Cosmotron!" makes me :lolol

Also, really cool a lego figure :D

[Shane Anderson]

I just have fun reading all the technobabble. :lol

[TCracker]

Enjoyable read nonetheless......I too digg the technobabble, puts my alternator Wheeljack to shame...:P