2022 TMUK Toy Fu Fanzine - THIRTY YEARS OF THUNDERCLASH

[blueshift]

Last year is sorted and my brain has slowly recovered. It's worth getting started on 2022's! Once more supporting Mary's Meals via Toy Fu and TMUK

Theme: THIRTY YEARS OF THUNDERCLASH & PALS Euro exclusives (G1.5 Euro exclusive era '91-93)
Deadline: Easter 2022. This is IMPORTANT as I will literally die if I have to do everything in a big rush for another year.
Format: Full colour

Submission guidelines:
Fun and/or informative. Family friendly - there will be kids at the convention, so no articles full of swearing or violence!
If artwork, needs to be in colour by Easter. If you only want to do lineart or colour, let me know and I can match you up with someone it myself!
If text, a page is around 550 words (less if with pictures)
Submissions should be 2-3 pages max, ask me if you want to make yours longer, always happy for exceptions!

Let me know what you want to do so I can add it to my spreadsheet and make sure we don't have any duplicates!

What is included
* Thunderclash (I foresee this being mostly Thunderclash)
* Turbomasters
* Predators
* Rescue Force
* Yellow/grey constructicons
* Axelerators
* Lightformers (Ironfist)
* Skyscorchers
* Trakkons
* Aquaspeeders
* Obliterators (Pyro/Clench)
* Stormtroopers
* Motorvators
* Overlord
* Euro Actionmasters

Also need a proper title


Currently planned:

Cover - Andy Turnbull

[Rich]

Euro-files? (Pun intended)

[Benn]

I feel like I should be good for some art duties.

[Bogatan]

Thundercracker!

[The Huff]

Yay!
One if my favourite years of toys!

Can I draw a battle scene picture?

Also happy to do art for anything that needs some.

[The Doctor]

Put me down for Rescue Force fiction.

-Ralph

[Pinwig]

I will chip in something but I've no idea what.

[Jaymz]

Will work on a strip with Dan

[blueshift]

Jan 3, 2022 21:24:09 GMT The Huff said:

Yay!
One if my favourite years of toys!

Can I draw a battle scene picture?

Also happy to do art for anything that needs some.

Yay

[The Huff]

Hang on.....thirty years....!?

[Jim]

I’m in! Have an idea for a short comic strip

[Grand Moff Muffin]

Me for a new short text story about how the Autobots extract Emirate Xaaron's mind from Primus's giant head following the battle with Unicron (in which Primus died in Xaaron's body), and build him a new body.

Martin

[Andy Turnbull]

Jan 4, 2022 8:33:01 GMT Grand Moff Muffin said:

Me for a new short text story about how the Autobots extract Emirate Xaaron's mind from Primus's giant head following the battle with Unicron (in which Primus died in Xaaron's body), and build him a new body.

Martin

If you've no objections, I'd like to do a couple of illustrations to accompany the story.

[Grand Moff Muffin]

Jan 4, 2022 11:07:34 GMT Andy Turnbull said:

Jan 4, 2022 8:33:01 GMT Grand Moff Muffin said:

Me for a new short text story about how the Autobots extract Emirate Xaaron's mind from Primus's giant head following the battle with Unicron (in which Primus died in Xaaron's body), and build him a new body.

If you've no objections, I'd like to do a couple of illustrations to accompany the story.

That would be fantastic. Thanks so much!!

Martin

[Grand Moff Muffin]

Jan 3, 2022 20:57:44 GMT blueshift said:

Deadline: Easter 2022. This is IMPORTANT as I will literally die if I have to do everything in a big rush for another year.

I have written a little something and PMed it to you, and to Andy in the hopes it prompts artistic inspiration.

It's called 'Commander-in-Chief' and is an origin story containing mad Marvel TF theories regarding Thunderclash, Mainframe... and Huffer.

Martin

[The Doctor]

I need a deadline date so I can put it in a diary. I am insanely busy.

-Ralph

[Pinwig]

There's one in the first post chum, Easter.

[Philip Ayres]

April 17th

www.scotsman.com/news/national/when-is-easter-2022-dates-of-easter-sunday-bank-holiday-and-lent-this-year-and-why-easter-is-so-late-in-2022-3531155

[Andy Turnbull]

Jan 30, 2022 17:45:04 GMT Grand Moff Muffin said:

Jan 3, 2022 20:57:44 GMT blueshift said:

Deadline: Easter 2022. This is IMPORTANT as I will literally die if I have to do everything in a big rush for another year.

I have written a little something and PMed it to you, and to Andy in the hopes it prompts artistic inspiration.

It's called 'Commander-in-Chief' and is an origin story containing mad Marvel TF theories regarding Thunderclash, Mainframe... and Huffer.

Martin

had a wee read earlier.

Will rough out a few ideas later in the week.

[The Doctor]

Jan 30, 2022 21:02:37 GMT Pinwig said:

There's one in the first post chum, Easter.

Easter is a season.

-Ralph

[Grand Moff Muffin]

Jan 31, 2022 0:01:51 GMT The Doctor said:

Easter is a season.

Which begins at the end of Lent, on Easter Day. Like the Christmas season begins at the end of Advent, on Christmas Day.

Martin

[The Doctor]

When people say 'Easter' is unclear when they mean.

-Ralph

[blueshift]

I do assume that everyone will spectacularly miss the deadline but yes if you can supply the thing by the time the easter bunny has been

[The Doctor]

So what day is that?

-Ralph

[blueshift]

Jan 31, 2022 22:17:38 GMT The Doctor said:

So what day is that?

-Ralph

Sunday

17 April

[The Huff]

But what if the easter bunny is also late?
Or some naughty contributor who hasn't finished their work won't let him/her in with the chocolate eggs as an excuse to be tardy?

[Benn]

Currently up to four bits of art done for this, I'm worried that I'm going to be swamping poor Matt with it all!

[blueshift]

Not at all! I've seen four of them unless I've missed another email!

[Benn]

Oh right, I've not sent the fourth yet, have I? Sorry man, it's been hectic!

I'll ping an email now.

[Andy Turnbull]

Cover now in progress now that my head is sufficiently clear - expect inks to be completed soon (getting a good reference pic for NAME REDATED first)