New Amazon Book: Transformers, Vol. 1: The World In Your Eyes for Oct 2019

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Predakwon, Feb 4, 2019.

  1. DelArtDx

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    I’m down with this new series, hopefully it turns out alright.
     
  2. Starscream Gaga

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    IDW's Megatron was fine. Easily the best version of the character so far (not including Beast Wars, of course) and I love all Megatrons.

    Also, as someone who loves X-Men too, let's not put Magneto on a pedestal. He's been written well and he's also been written very, very badly in the past.
     
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    I imagine the individual issues would be the way to draw in new readers, and the $50 hardcover is for those that really like the 12 issues and/or those that collect the nicer collections.
     
  4. Fenrys

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    jazz was in potp, he literally got a generations figure 1 year ago and he was fairly prominent in the optimus prime comics, maybe not appearing all the time, but there was an entire sub plot revolving around him
     
  5. Jazz of Staniz

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    I mean major TF media. The toys don't count, since basically every minor TF and their brother were included in Prime Wars, and the IDW Comics aren't well-known to anyone besides fans and some others. I'm worried that kids are gonna grow up on movies and shows that don't include Jazz and won't see him as an essential TF character anymore.
     
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    essential parts are bolded, evergreen isnt media, its an artstyle, idw just ended their previous continuity where jazz was a mainstay for nearly the entirety of it, MPM is a toyline, of which recently jazz has gotten a release in POTP, studio series and MPM. furthermore, jazz was only ever essential in g1. 90s kids and 2000s kids grew up without him, the first cartoon he was in post g1 was animated and then again in rid15 and he was not a major player in either of those.
     
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    I'm kind of split on MPM Jazz.
     
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    i see what you did there :lol 
     
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    The IDW reboot shows nothing of him, which is what I was referring to. Evergreen may not be a definite form of media, but a lot is using Evergreen as a base, such as Cyberverse and the Evergreen toyline, which Jazz has not appeared in either of. You said Jazz only may matter to those who value G1 (and the movies, like myself), but now even the G1-themed stuff seems to be saying goodbye to him.

    The reason I mentioned MPM is because the MP stuff focuses mainly on major characters. You don't see the majority of forgettable G1 characters getting into MPM unless they're a simple retool. I use MPM to say that Jazz is only getting noticed as a major character in that, considering that PotP and the rest of the Prime Wars included basically every minor G1 character who didn't even appear in the show.

    And I don't want to argue over tiny facts, but while RiD may have included Jazz only as a minor character (another problem of mine), Animated did use him a fair amount towards the end and had him planned to be part of the main cast.
     
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    MPM wont have g1 characters. the idw reboot is just starting, jazz will show up eventually, you keep saying prime wars included so many characters but remember people also complained and worried when characters like jazz werent in combiner wars only to get a brand new mold in power of the primes.
     
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    I'm not sure if POTP Jazz is a factor or not but it almost seems like he was set up, first with his controversial decal and then by being repacked in just about every wave of POTP. I can still fine two of him at the BX and BBTS can't even get rid of him for $9.99. It seems like the flooded the marker with a sub par, but fun, Jazz toy than just left him hanging.
     
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    honestly i think hes a better jazz figure than most fans are willing to admit.
     
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    I like him, but even I have to admit his shoulders are shit and he's got so much going go with the front and top of his car that there is a lot that can go wrong. I ended up with four copies of Jazz and they all seem to suffer in different way from all that's going on with that whole assemble.
     
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  14. Fenrys

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    one other thing to consider for the lack of jazz in the new comic so far.

    A: its not out yet so him not being in any solicits doesnt really mean squat
    B: the new comic is heavily focusing on toy designs, specifically siege but also at least one cw figure (cyclonus) and one tr figure (windblade, though thats kind of her standard design). if theyre heavily focusing on siege figure designs then why would jazz be a prominent character when he doesnt have a siege figure? if/when he gets a wfc figure then i would expect him in the comic. dont necessarily look at the new comic like its got 35 years of characters to use, instead try to look at it as a new comic, telling a new story, while also trying to sell toys
     
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    I was already interested and planned to read it, but now it sounds promising. Can’t wait!
     
  16. Jazz of Staniz

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    It's better than the 84 bots in Combiner Wars, but it's still a pretty crappy figure. Par for the course for Prime Wars Deluxes though.
     
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