Botcon 2012 comic prequel

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Chris McFeely, Feb 29, 2012.

  1. Thundershot

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    I hope Joe Convoy makes an appearance. :D 
     
  2. Oracle_Aesir

    Oracle_Aesir Outback is back

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    I do hope the Convoy Corps have a significant role in Invasion/whatever followup comic there may be to it
     
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    Prowls working together I can expect; can you imagine a bunch of Grimlocks working together? lol - still, stranger things have happened...
     
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    Also - did these guys effectively just retcon collectors' Optimus Prime shelves? ;) 
     
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    A multi-Prime team-up?! THAT WAS MY IDEA!
     
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    A lot of people claim that this year doesn't have a cohesive theme, but to me the theme seems to be a celebration of the Club's pre-Wings fiction, revisiting them all simultaneously by having them intermingle.

    - Sentinel Maximus, the yellow RID Prime, and the Cybertron version of the Primal mold (which imo should be repurposed as Apelinq) look like they could be homages to the Club's first fiction from 2005/2006, the Cybertron/Universe comic (Sentinel was definitely in that)
    - the story itself takes place in the Classics comic universe from 2007
    - the framing story is taking place in the Transtech universe from 2008
    - the Shattered Glass universe from 2008/2009 is invading the Classics universe

    this may not impress the vocal crowd who "doesn't care" about the Club fiction, but I think it's all fun (I really enjoyed the Transtech text stories)
     
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    ^This
     
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    Fucking great cliffhanger. Really well done Pete and company.
     
  9. CrockAlley

    CrockAlley Gween donkey! Mine!

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    I was wondering if the yellow Prime and the ape Prime are supposed to be the same Primes we saw in the Cybertron comic from Fun Pub, or rather just some random other-universe versions.

    I'm glad to see Sentinel Maximus. I appreciate that the legacy of the 3H fiction has reached across the decades.
     
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    Goddamit. now that Transtech Prime has made a much vetted appearance, Funpub better make a toy/ earth mode of him using the Classics Grapple mould. NAO. :D 
     
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    So we've got Transtech Prime, G2 Hero Prime, Universe Leo Prime, Sam's Club Canary Convoy, OATFUCK Sentinel Maximus, and Cybertron Jungle Prime. Interesting mix... I wonder if they'll get SG Prime to help bring Magnus down.
     
  12. Dormamu

    Dormamu I am Broot.

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    I had to look up Sentinel Maximus (which made me laugh, thank you for that), but that's a pretty awesome conflagration of Primes. Imagine if this years box set had been nothing BUT that. Heads would have exploded.
     
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    GrantB Pic so old

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    Oh, how cute. TFCC thinks that using Javascript to disable right-clicking will somehow affect user behavior.
     
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    hilarious how that comment eqautes to:

    "How Cute you think locking your door will stop me from stealing your comic collection"
     
  15. maku098

    maku098 indeed a wise choice

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    Okay:
    G2 Hero Optimus Prime
    Optimus Primal(Anniversary body)
    Robots in Disguise Prime (Universe 1.0 Body)
    Lio Convoy/Leo Prime (Universe 2.0 Body)
    Sentinel Maximus (Where has he been this whole time?)
    Transtech Prime

    There should have been Movie Prime and Prime/WFC Prime.
     
  16. Chris McFeely

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    Well, Hasbro have repeatedly said that the Prime/WFC universe is not part of the larger multiverse (good luck figuring out how THAT works, but Fun Pub have clearly stuck with it by not including that Prime here), and the movieverse is off-limits to them.
     
  17. GrantB

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    I right-click on pages all the time for entirely legitimate purposes. Your comment conveys to me that your knowledge of internet technology is not very advanced (no offense intended). (Disclaimer: I am a professional software developer.)

    Disabling right-click is symbolic at best, mildly annoying at worst, and indicative of a naive misunderstanding of internet security. It's so ineffective that even bothering to do it implies that the person who did it does not understand real threats to their system....

    ...which turns out to be 100% true for FunPub, given the recent security blunders.

    (I had fraud on two different cards this year due to FunPub's breach.)