Nigel
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Post by Nigel on May 28, 2021 18:35:21 GMT
Between the upcoming Selects toys and now a comic, have Hasbro spotted an untapped seam to mine? IDW is no stranger to the Star Trek Mirrorverse, including a large upcoming event, so I suppose it's not a big leap to see this comic happening. previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN210497Issue 1 Cover A is a G2 homage. |
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Post by Pinwig on May 28, 2021 18:38:57 GMT
These are also being used as pack-ins with the toys. Pulse has exclusive shiny cover variants.
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Post by The Doctor on May 28, 2021 21:33:42 GMT
100% of my interest are the shiny shiny UV Pulse covers.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 28, 2021 21:59:09 GMT
You'll be buying all the SG toys then?
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Post by The Doctor on May 28, 2021 21:59:54 GMT
Just to get the shiny shiny UV comic covers. They saw me coming.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 28, 2021 22:08:03 GMT
Even Jetfire?
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Post by The Doctor on May 28, 2021 22:15:50 GMT
If it comes with a shiny shiny UV cover I have no choice.
This is why digital comics are poo.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 28, 2021 22:21:31 GMT
You know that laugh Zero does on Terrahawks when he gets one over on Ninestein?
I'm doing that now.
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Post by The Doctor on May 28, 2021 22:25:52 GMT
Worth every penny to get the shiny shiny.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 29, 2021 9:55:01 GMT
Just to get the shiny shiny UV comic covers. They saw me coming. -Ralph It's one of the main reasons I pre-ordered the toys on Pulse. |
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Post by Toph on Aug 26, 2021 23:08:50 GMT
I got Blurr, and the comic I couldn't care less about.
And it's actually much better than the original SGs by FP. This writer actually seems to understand Mirror, Mirror better, as the characters behave in more a believable fashion.
They behave in a way you would expect them to, but colored with an alignment flip.
I am very pleasantly surprised.
This will never be an iteration that I'm terribly interested in, but I'll actually read these, and might even end up with an actual SG shelf.
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 6, 2021 9:23:43 GMT
Having now read issue 2 I completely agree. Where FP did a mirror verse in theory based on Sunbow but really was just a mess of reversed personalities, IDW have created a much smarter mirror universe that is playing with the IDW1 continuity (could be 2 I guess but I havent read any to know if they recycled the stuff shown in issue 2) and characters have their own recognisable personalities.
Issue 2 is Megatron and Starscream interacting exactly like they should, but both have good intentions.
Ditto Prime and Prowl, in flashbacks they arent so different from regular IDW versions but they clearly went down a darker route.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 6, 2021 11:05:44 GMT
They're fine for pack-in comics.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Oct 6, 2021 11:44:15 GMT
What I've read from the online previews seems much too similar to a regular IDW universe. It's not really grabbed me.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 6, 2021 21:44:04 GMT
I've enjoyed the two comics so far. A definite step up from Fun Pub, but then that's a low bar. Interested to see where it goes. I do have a horrible feeling though, it's going to get left with an unsatisfactory ending and sequel bait.
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Post by Toph on Nov 9, 2021 1:23:24 GMT
With the arrival of Megatron comes issue two.
The writer really does understand Star Trek's concept of the mirrorverse.
Again, every character reads like a different version of who they are, forged under different circumstances.
The nuances to Starscream and Megatron are great.
Was more boring than the previous issue though, but interesting.
I actually really like this SG. So much more interesting than "every autobot is an evil mad scientist or zany supervillain, and every decepticon is a cartoonish superhero, except for Starscream who's now Mister Spock."
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Post by Toph on Jan 15, 2022 8:10:07 GMT
So Starscream finally showed up and now I can finish the series.
I find the general plot to be really dull, but the presentation is just knocking it out of the park.
We're following Starscream's story, but he's only the protagonist in the middle issue.
So we're getting this one event in five seperate parts, from five seperate perspectives.
I'll say, something that's irritating me though is the use of Siege designs for some post-earth characters, while using ER designs for others. Okay like Starscream I get. This is the closest toy there is to the original SG Starscream, and he is the central character (though I think most of his issue is enough flashbacks to justify the siegeker toy, while using ER toy design for "present").
But for a character like Prowl, it doesn't make sense that he'd go from pre-earth, to post-earth, to pre-earth designs.
The other thing that irritates me more and more is the use of ER Optimus design in the past. They could have used either of his Siege designs, and there's always an appetite for SG Optimus toys.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 14, 2022 22:45:09 GMT
Is SGII #5 the last TF IDW issue to be published, when it comes out in December?
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 15, 2022 19:47:44 GMT
I believe so, unless there is something else they are going to announce next month.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 15, 2022 21:21:54 GMT
Did they manage to get the complete collection hardback series to the end of the pre-Ruckley stories?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 15, 2022 22:16:55 GMT
Did they manage to get the complete collection hardback series to the end of the pre-Ruckley stories? The final volume of the Ruckley run is up for pre-order. |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 16, 2022 7:36:28 GMT
What a random way to go out. I wonder if it will remain uncollected as I am not aware of a December solicit for a trade.
-Ralph
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Post by Jaymz on Sept 17, 2022 23:13:29 GMT
Did they manage to get the complete collection hardback series to the end of the pre-Ruckley stories? Nah, Phase 3 Volume 3 is due out this month, but I've not seen any others solicited. They would need about 4 more volumes to finish it by my count. |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 18, 2022 9:38:52 GMT
Mmmmmm. With IDW's licence to produce new material coming to an end, would that preclude them from still having trades of their material come out after December?
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 18, 2022 10:32:17 GMT
Did they manage to get the complete collection hardback series to the end of the pre-Ruckley stories? Nah, Phase 3 Volume 3 is due out this month, but I've not seen any others solicited. They would need about 4 more volumes to finish it by my count. I'd be really peeved if I was collecting those to think the run would be incomplete. So I suppose that would mean the Hachette books are the only complete uniform collection of those issues. Bar the original six issue trade paperbacks. |
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Post by Jaymz on Sept 18, 2022 11:48:06 GMT
Mmmmmm. With IDW's licence to produce new material coming to an end, would that preclude them from still having trades of their material come out after December? -Ralph I would assume the licence isn't specifically about producing new material but publishing any Transformers at all. Anything produced under licence would be owned by Hasbro. I'm sure they could come to an agreement to publish the material if IDW thought it would be financially worth it, as we've seen other companies like Viz Media putting out TF material like the Visual History book and the Manga collections. But if they didn't rush these volumes out while having the licence, it's unlikely they'll bother. I'd be really peeved if I was collecting those to think the run would be incomplete. So I suppose that would mean the Hachette books are the only complete uniform collection of those issues. Bar the original six issue trade paperbacks. As someone who was collecting these volumes to replace the single issues, it's very annoying. But I have the single issues and digital versions from the Humble Bundle if I want to reread. Would be interesting to see if the next licence holder bothers to finish the hardcovers, but the problem with the end of the pre-Ruckley IDW run is that it is the full on Hasbroverse stuff including MASK, GI Joe, Visionaries, Action Man, etc, and who knows how the licencing works for all that. |
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 18, 2022 12:32:00 GMT
I was collecting the IDW books, but I tried to make some projections when the Hachette run started as to when the IDW books would eventually finish on the trajectory they were on and decided it would be tidier and easier to get the Hachette books (which brought its own nightmare as I started my sub way down the line and had a lot of trouble getting books from Hachette that were out of print, despite being a subscriber). However, the IDW books present the material in a larger format with a cleaner print. They would be the definitive books for the IDW stuff alone I think, they deserve to be finished. I don't think a new publisher would do it though.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 18, 2022 18:11:40 GMT
A new publisher would probably reprint some of that, but a few years down the line, no mileage in showing you what you used to get too soon. But that's money on the table for them.
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Post by Jaymz on Sept 18, 2022 21:37:28 GMT
Will be interesting to see how they handle reprints of the IDW stuff, considering how much of it there is. Smart money would be to get the Roberts written material available in Omnibus or Epic style collections, but Transformers reprints have never been handled smart.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 18, 2022 22:19:32 GMT
Indeed. Curious to see how it goes.
From Infiltration #0 to Shattered Glass II #5. IDW going out very differently from how they came in.
-Ralph
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