we have received a solicitation – and the awesome Diamond Edition cover – for Transformers Timelines Issue 5. This comic debuted at Botcon 2010 as the comic accompanying the Generation 2 Redux exclusive set. Now for those who could not make it to the convention, or for those of you who want the Diamond Edition for the additional content including extra character profiles, the time has come for you to reserve your copy. This solicitation will appear in the September edition of Previews on page 277:
After the Rebirth of Cybertron it seemed the galaxy would finally be at peace, but a new battle has begun! A “second” generation of Transformers, born on Earth and considering this planet to be their true home, find themselves fighting to prevent the outlaw Decepticon Clench and his rebels from putting the lives of both Autobots and Humans at risk. Though the confrontations have been relatively contained, a new player has entered the game: Sky-Byte, a Predacon from Quintessa who has apparently unlocked the secret of Transformer superpowers! Get ready for all the mayhem as the Transformers from Generation 2: Redux go toe to toe in an all out super-powered battle!Robby Musso is behind the amazing art in this issue of Timelines, based on the amazing convention set first seen at BotCon 2010! Featuring exclusive character Profiles and other bonus content. Diamond edition cover by Alex Milne.
ironscythe
Oh god, memories of Electro… I fuckin loved him. I was living in Pacific City, Oregon, in a beautiful new beach house with sand for a yard when I got him. I was 9 years old, and he was the greatest toy ever (even if he couldn't stand very well).
Surprisingly, he never succumbed to GPS. Instead, one of his thighs broke right at the hip-socket. I still have him, in fact. No GPS whatsoever.
Incidentally, if anyone has an Electro with GPS but an intact left leg, I'd be happy to buy it from them.
Lumpy
Totally Aquafend… with Streetstar, above those two are Scorch and Pyro, with Sizzle and Blaze to Pyro's left and right, respectively, along with Bumblejumper and Windbreaker above them… i think… i totally had to look up Sizzle and Blaze though… couldn't remember those two for the life of me…
nah, comes out in November… I've got two on order at my comic shop, one for ORIO and one for me, even though i've got the official botcon version too… I just always buy the Diamond Edition… might order an extra one for my cousin too…
Kaijumaster
HAH! Just this afternoon I was thinking to myself "Wait,…..Did I miss this years Botcon comic when it hit the shelves?"
Foster
G2 Bumblebee but no purple Seaspray? Missed opportunity.
G1Wheeljack
It's a cool cover, but it should feature more of the convention toys, most of the others barley do anything in the comic.
G.B. Blackrock
I never cease to be mystified by those who point out "Robots in Disguise" (or its lack) as a particular form of criticism. Please understand, you have the right to your opinion, but it seems to me that there have been quite a number of eras (to say nothing of individual characters) in the history of the Transformers franchise where "disguise" wasn't really even on the radar.
Sometimes Transformation is purely utilitarian. One mode is more useful than another for a particular purpose.
To just name one example.
Triggerhappy
well you say this, but G2 was very intense war and you've got those moments where the bots have tooled themselves up with more weaponary and plastered themselves with slogans – even Megatron had decals!
so I think the disguise element went out the window!
Tampalicious
jvh
Maverick Hunter Christian
Oh man, that cover hurts… I was sitting on an auction for G2 Sizzle and Blaze for a month, but I never pulled the trigger and they got away from me.
venomfrlife
just an observation but generation 2 forgot "robots in disguise"… where they hiding? With the bright florescent colors an 80's gay bar
AutoCon2076
Diamond Edition, eh? Shiny.
~Z
Sol Fury
Transformers Timelines Issue 5 Diamond Comics Edition – Transformers News
Who can name all the characters in the groupshot? I think I'll probably get whoever that is in the bottom left mixed up. Aquafend? Aquablast? I know he's an Aqua-someone from the Aquaspeeder team!