tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post6875815993070042917..comments2024-01-18T09:21:21.157-08:00Comments on Disciples of Boltax: Review: Marvel G2 #9 - Swarm and Tales of Earth (part 6)Jimtronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138709079942253485noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-40292646794946578632011-05-30T03:44:02.340-07:002011-05-30T03:44:02.340-07:00Anonymous 1 has a point, but I think the "mis...Anonymous 1 has a point, but I think the "mistake" wasn't yaniger's. After all he was the principle artist. I suspect his cover was based on the designs he intended to use but someone else got the chance to put their own spin on the concept. <br /><br />That said, off model characters in transformers aren't new. Just look at the designs for the Autobots in the original G1 comic. First 6 issues look closer to the toys, but suddenly the TV show character sheets replaced them. Continuity wise this is a real mess, but we TFans are quite forgiving on that score - usually.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-89291032016840019402011-05-29T10:28:46.184-07:002011-05-29T10:28:46.184-07:00Hey there, Anonymous and Anonymous!
Anonymous 1: ...Hey there, Anonymous and Anonymous!<br /><br />Anonymous 1: Interesting observation about the cover. I hadn't noticed that, but you may be on to something. As for the easter eggs, I kind of meant to. I even cut out their images to upload, but then forgot. Thanks for bringing it up. <br /><br />Anonymous 2: I only made the books, I wasn't involved in the production of the show. I can say that just about everyone involved with the show wanted it to go on. Sadly, the timing never quite worked out right. HOWEVER, you are in luck. THIS VERY WEEKEND, June 2-June 5, in Pasadena, is BotCon, the annual Transformers convention. This year's theme is Animated. There will be new Animated toys, and new Animated comics. I even wrote some of the bios! So, if you're anywhere in the area, maybe you can check it out.Jimtronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138709079942253485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-3707221608036152812011-05-28T20:08:54.814-07:002011-05-28T20:08:54.814-07:00hey I just bought your transformers animated all-s...hey I just bought your transformers animated all-spark almanac and found the address that led me here. This request has been sitting in my mind for a while now, as I'm sure other variations of what I'm about to say has and presently still lingers about in the heads of many devastated fans;<br /><br />why did you allow transformers: animated to end?? I'm bummed, man, and if you think I'll get over it, well, it's been how long since the last ep aired? So many loose ends man. <br /><br />it was a great show. A lot of interesting stories and plots... I'm not sure what role you all played in the making of the show, but I'm not really sure where else to put this.<br /><br />I want more of this kind of transformers show! Cute, cartoony robots with relatable, cuddly personalities. And so do a million other people. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-30166984033175372242011-05-28T19:18:20.502-07:002011-05-28T19:18:20.502-07:00The parallel between the two last stands seems to ...The parallel between the two last stands seems to actually be reinforced by the cover; the Cybertronians getting consumed don't look like any inside the book, but like TF versions of the beast men! Yaniger's interesting take? Or a f*@%-up with the model sheets? Whichever, it's odd in a good way. <br /><br />And speaking of creative artistic choices, I'm surprised you didn't mention Galan's most famous Easter Egg: the splash page of corpses includes the remains of Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot! Given what we learn about the Swarm later on, it seems odd that it didn't acquire a compulsion to seek out and devour the worst movie ever made. Maybe they were actually the bodies of one of Tom's clones and Timmy. <br /><br />And Mindset: I wasn't sure exactly what the Onslaught parallel was supposed to imply. OP said their creation was an exact science, so I figured it was more to do with the timing or generational parity of one's Matrix creation vs. the other's spawning. Has Furman ever explained where he'd have gone with that "deeper bonds" deal? <br /><br />All I know is it inspired me to repaint a team of Machine Robot space shuttle KOs from Big Lots into the Cybertronian Aerialbots, though I can't say what their origin story is either. If Mindset was leader of his own gestalt team too, think maybe they'd combine a bit like, say, Energon Bruticus? <br /><br />As for a Mindset toy, well who'd a' thunk he'd actually get an official one before cartoon-favorite-obscure-with-plausible-transformation Devcon? Sure it's not an accurate representation of the REAL Mindset, and it's an Autobot fer Primus' sake, but it's awesome! He always seemed the most toyetic of all these green guys, yet I've never seen a kitbash of him. He looks so much like a Cybertronian Snow Cat or VAMP that it seems like that'd be a good place to start, but aside from the 4-missile launcher, they wouldn't actually have workable parts. <br /><br />And for background stuff, comic die-hards were thrilled to see Nightbeat amongst the science teams, so another nice touch by Manny. He may have offset that with Megatron at the beginning atill sporting that battle damage to his face from issue #7...except the end of last issue showed all his injuries repaired by the time he arrived at that planet to help the Autobots! D'oh! <br /><br />Or if I want to win the No-Prize...some of those chemical weapons the Cybertronians used against the 'Cons contained a time-release virus that mimics symptoms of extreme gingivitis! Nailed it! Now bring on 'Alignment', and I'll rationalize it into continuity so fast it'll croquet 'Beast Machines' off the other end of 'Beast Wars' and all the way back to the Power Lords' planet where it belongs. <br /><br />On a less polarizing controversy, this is the first mention of "Thunderjets", yes? Is it generally accepted that those guys could only transform into half a jet, or were they more like Darkwing and Dreadwind? I customized some of them too, out of those giant KO Star/Energon Saber Mincons. There was a big Wreckage that looks a LOT like Mindset's alt mode too...but he's too damn flimsy. I'm buyin' that repainted VAMP in the Captain America line though, just so I can use that missile launcher, someday...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com