Looks to me like all those expensive toys from next year's Service are just cameos, except for the free Depth Charge.

The Prime's only say they need Depth Charge afterall...

 

Actually he isn't, he's an Autobot protoform, one of 6 sent to Earth to revive Fortress Maximus. He along with the others were reprogrammed by Megatron into Decepticons. You're probably thinking of one of the Nemesis Primes.

 

With those Combatron symbols on him, I don't see Scourge being Nemesis Prime (who would have regular Decepticon symbols). He's got to be RID Scourge, or more properly, Car Robots Black Convoy.

 

Great artwork. Crazyballs story. Also I love the cloaks...lol.

 

Am I alone in my antipathy for the Shattered Glass stuff?

 

Depth Charge's Poker Club? Sound like a lot of fun.

If I'm reading that table correctly, Jackpot's winning!  

 

Warning, voice of dissent:

Really? Your solution to dealing with a cross-line set of toys was to say, "Screw it, we'll just start it like a D&D module."

You and your fellow party members are playing cards in the local tavern, it's been a few months since you last went on an adventure, but the down time is nice.

The quiet hum of the bar patrons is suddenly hushed as two figures in dark cloaks slip into the bar and begin stalking towards your table. As you and your companions look up, the figures whip off their cloaks revealing that they are elite warriors of the ruling government.

"The Universe needs saving" one snarls. "And while you're a mismatched set of bastards, we think you're the only ones with the skills to get the job done."

Armada's poke-plot tried more adventurous stuff than this....

 

I hope those aren't just cameos... That would be a huge letdown. I'd much prefer they be Depthcharge's "crew"

 

This is too true. The whole thing is so cliche and dull. You're exactly right, too, this is the beginning of nearly every badly thought out D&D campaign.

 

Is Circuit the waiter or is he just tall? His toy is huge (given it's a Lockdown redeco), so it's hard to tell if he's sitting high or standing to serve drinks.

 

Glad it's not just me  

 

Now see, I think that's awesome, using the D&D approach. Sure it's cliche, but it's still fun.

 

It depends how it goes from here, really. If it plays out as a D&D parody, then that's fun, if it's just lazy writing to make a quick beginning, that's bad.

 

I really wish there was a Trade or something of the TFCC comics ... I never have any idea of what's going on.

I guess I'll dig out my copies of the club magazine and BotCon comics to catch up ...

 

Absolutely. The Club fiction isn't bad at all IMO ... but it's hard to follow when I only read it once every 2 months or so!

 

For everyone who dislikes the way this adventure begins, I think that while it is a bit cliche, it's not something that makes or breaks the story as a whole.

Also add me to the group who would like Slipstream and company to be regulars, not just a cameo.

Also, just a bit of a continuity thing: G2: Redux is in the "Classicsverse" right? Or is it the Wings Universe? Or are they all the same? Either way, I'm just wondering if this Breakdown is the same one as in G2:Redux or not. Maybe they could have the two meet even. Could be a fun gag moment.

 

When you have such limited space for your stories, quick and dirty is often best.

FP has two main universes now.

Wings of Honor, which is "sort of" in the G1 US cartoon continuity, but still its' own thing.

Shattered Glass, which also comprises the "Classicsverse" Earth as, presumably, a "counter earth" in the Shattered Universe.

Then they have Transtech, which ties all the universes together like D&D's old Planescape setting (another D&Dism!).