BotCon Optimus Prime Graces Cover of Tomart's Action Figure Digest

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Optimist_Prime, Apr 13, 2008.

  1. Pete Sync

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    Magazine scans shouldn't be posted...I assume Tomart's has the same policy we do.
     
  2. j.a.f.o.

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    "Only a small bad of Decepticons..."

    Proofreading (or lack thereof) FTL.
     
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    If you want to read about it and see the pictures, buy the mag. It is a slippery slope when you start scanning magazine articles, what is to prevent scanning of full IDW comics for posting as 'news'.
     
  4. Noisemaze2006

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    Can you make the pics a little darker? :rolleyes: 
     
  5. Optimist_Prime

    Optimist_Prime The Original Optimist!

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  6. Optimist_Prime

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    I see your point. I truly was just trying to do a favor for the community here. Understand I wouldn't post pics of a 5 page article. Someone would have to of lost all their marbles to do somthing like scanning a full comic book, plus I don't think the mods would let that fly. I posted a Paragraph, there is more to the article on the next page as well as more pics. A whole comic may as well be a bootleg movie.
     
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    Any more pictures of Grimmy, wot?
     
  8. atomicthumbs

    atomicthumbs Bots > Savings Acct

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    Is the mag available at most news stands? Don't recall seeing it before. I usually pick up ToyFare.
     
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    i did the box art this year.
     
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    Well no wonder it looks so bad then! :p 



    Actually, I quite like it... a lot.
     
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    The Box Set Art is awesome.
     
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    Um, there's no other Shattered Glass Decepticons except Starscream? All we've seen are the evil Autobots...I want to see a heroic Megatron!
     
  13. Joe Moore

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    Scans removed. It's the same policy we have for Toyfare. Like Toyfare, those guys are not too fond of scans being posted and they are more than happy to let us know.
     
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    Ok we'll just have to wait and see what it looks like, thats fine.
     
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    Why wasn't the Club or BotCon.com the first to get a look at these pics?

    Tomarts? Seriously?..

    Sir, the Internet is on the phone, apparently, it says that "it's fast"?
     
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    I was thinking the same thing. Isn't the box art normally revealed on the botcon.com site at least a couple weeks before the con? I'm really surprised it's been published in a magazine and the club/attendees haven't even seen it yet on the site.
     
  17. Lupis Convoy

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    Not entirely sure, but this might have been something that Brian might have set up on purpose. Still, it looked awesome.
     
  18. Joe Moore

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    They are trying to expand the appeal of the convention and the toys to those that don't visit Transformers fan sites. Action Figure magazine appeals to a much broader audience. Kudos to them for trying to make things known to as many people as possible.
     
  19. Delphan Rane

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    I agree, and what you've said makes sense. However, for those who don't subscribe to toy magazines (and are attending), it woulda made sense to ALSO post it on the website around the same time as the magazine article was published. Just saying.
     
  20. Joe Moore

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    They (Tomart's) don't pay money to have content in their magazine for it to have the company they paid post it free online. And you don't have to subscribe to see the pictures. Nearly any store that carries magazines will carry this. If people are to lazy to take a stroll to a local supermarket, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Target or Wal-Mart, then that's just their problem.