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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 14, 2010 16:22:57 GMT
Still no sign
Of little old mine.
They claim it got sent
So where did it went?
If it ain't here the morrow
'Twill be gnashing-type sorrow.
It provokes me to rhyme
To pass the time.
Martin
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 14, 2010 16:34:22 GMT
Mine arrived today so they appear to be staggering out gradually.
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 14, 2010 16:47:04 GMT
Glad I stayed local for mine. Amazons dispatch seems rather poor.
Andy
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 14, 2010 17:04:30 GMT
Update!
Next-door neighbour just rang the doorbell and handed me my copy in perfect condition. Seems Amazon decided to pack it between two sheets of cardboard that are wider than the average letterbox. Not their finest hour - but I'm happy!
Martin
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Post by legios on Sept 14, 2010 19:50:17 GMT
I think you've got the rest of the cardboard I would expect to find wrapped around my copy - which was contained in far thinner cardboard than I would have expected....
Ah well, it is safely here and sitting on the to-read pile to be enjoyed in due course.
Karl
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 14, 2010 19:55:39 GMT
Just finished reading 'Bullets', and it's tip-top stuff - much more my sort of thing than the strip half of 'Wreckers' (and I say half because it feels like there's almost as much story in those eleven pages as in the other 110). But the half that was most suited to the strip format got the strip format, and the half that best suited prose got prose. I think the kind of story I enjoy reading most is the kind that best fits prose, which is why I don't buy comics these days as a general rule. But anyway, 'Bullets' pushed all the right buttons for me.
I got a lot of satisfaction from the Ethics Committee ruling (thumbs-up for Trailbreaker), and the checks put on the use of weapons such as cerebro-sensitive bullets. At the same time, the anything-goes culture among the weapons designers of which we get a flavour is suitably chilling. As for the relationship between Skyfall and Ironfist that came from nowhere and was taken to its final, satisfying conclusion all in the course of these eleven pages, it is perhaps my favourite relationship in the book.
I enjoyed the friendly digs at Furmanisms and other writing techniques more than I did the other more random nods to Marvel UK scattered throughout 'Wreckers'. And despite reading it on the page rather than having the story beamed directly into my head, on my first read-through I failed to spot any typos! In summary it's a very thoughtful, well-structured story - and I'd have expected nothing less.
The insights into Snare and Overlord well written by Nick nicely complement 'Bullets' as a Decepticon perspective to the background events leading up to the strip story.
The five individual issues of 'Wreckers' have gone with 'Spotlight: Kup' and that AHM issue (I keep forgetting its number) into the recesses of my cupboard beneath the stairs to join Marvel UK's Transformers #1-332, Marvel US's Transformers #1-80 and the various Marvel mini-series, annuals and Generation 2 spin-offs. The trade paperback gets a transparent plastic protective cover and a place on the front shelf alongside my Titan reprints of early Marvel Transformers material and 'Eugenesis'.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 14, 2010 20:54:52 GMT
Where do you get these transparent plastic covers? I've never seen them on sale!
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 14, 2010 21:11:49 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 15, 2010 10:30:06 GMT
Ralph - your trade is at my house now!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 15, 2010 10:35:28 GMT
ROWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR!
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2010 12:08:23 GMT
Awesome Email I got today, really cheered me up:
Thank you for joining us here at The Book Depository and for your order of
1 X Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers (Transformers (Idw)) [Paperback] by...
The above title will be dispatched soon. You should receive this item by 18-09-2010 by Royal Mail at:
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Post by Dave on Sept 15, 2010 17:16:24 GMT
Noticed a mistake on the facts page: the alternate page 9 is actually page 5. But anyway a good selection of extras and I really enjoyed 'Bullets'.
Book protectors...hmm now there's an idea.
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 16, 2010 22:17:37 GMT
I've read it four or five times now. Love it. Fast paced or what?! Love the Prowl / Ultra Magnus conversation at the end.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2010 15:15:50 GMT
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 21, 2010 11:31:23 GMT
I have lent mine to a friend who likes graphic novels but has never read Transformer ones. He does remember Overlord from his European release though.
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Post by blueshift on Sept 21, 2010 12:32:21 GMT
Grrr I have been constantly thwarted in my attempts to get a copy!
Still, it has to be said that it is a very good sign that copies of the trade are already like gold dust!!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 21, 2010 12:36:46 GMT
Most IDW trades since AHM vol 1 have been very hard to find. Either stores aren't allocated many copies or these books have very low print runs. The sales figure I saw for Allspark Almanac vol 2 was 660 copies and that sold out almost straight away. Generally, I find it very bad business practice that IDW books now seem to be sell-out straight way. When buzz is created, there's no way for people who did not pre-order it/grab it first week to buy it. What would be ideal is that something like LSOTW comes out, gets a lot of good reviews and folk go: "That sounds good! I shall now buy it!"
Naturally, I hope that if LSOTW has sold out then another print run is done.
I have yet to get my copy. Andy has it and illness has prevented me from getting it from him as yet.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Sept 21, 2010 12:40:06 GMT
I've seen a billion copies of The Best of Megatron though!  |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 21, 2010 12:41:57 GMT
The random reprint books of old material naturally will sell less quickly. That makes sense.
Though 'The IDW Collection Volume 1' went out of print before volume 2 even came out. Difference perhaps being that it contained out-of-print IDW material.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 10, 2010 19:17:06 GMT
I finally have a copy of the Wreckers trade and it has gone into the 'to read' pile, thanks to Andu but I forgot to give him money for it! My soul now belongs to Andu.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 10, 2010 22:48:02 GMT
I feel like Shang Tsung in the excellent Mortal Kombat film.
"Flawless Victory!"
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 14, 2010 22:32:42 GMT
I have put pennies aside. Don't hurt me!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 14, 2010 23:08:30 GMT
Andu does not dispense mercy - merely trades from Amazon!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 23, 2010 12:40:53 GMT
Now I have paid my dealer, I can go through it properly. What a nice set of extras.
-Ralph
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Post by Rich on Jan 18, 2011 19:51:44 GMT
Just read Wreckers again; why are we still waiting for a follow-up?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2011 19:53:49 GMT
Just read Wreckers again; why are we still waiting for a follow-up? Because IDW want to concentrate on Bumblebee or something stupid like that |
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Post by grahamthomson on Jan 18, 2011 20:17:55 GMT
I can't believe it's been a year since the series started.
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Post by KnightBeat on Jan 18, 2011 21:18:05 GMT
Just read Wreckers again; why are we still waiting for a follow-up? Because IDW want to concentrate on Bumblebee or something stupid like that I suspect we'll get a Wreckers series in the Movie comic line. |
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Post by charlesrocketboy on Jan 18, 2011 22:33:48 GMT
Last Stand of Squadron X! First Stand of the Survivors! Wrise of the Wreckers! Wreckers V2.0: Judgement Droids! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2011 23:35:31 GMT
"Last Stand of the Wreckers II: That's right...we squeezed in Drift!"
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