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Post by The Doctor on Nov 4, 2013 9:01:22 GMT
I came across this fun blog which is going through all 332 issues week by week. It's worth a look. By 'Inflatable Dalek', whom some may know from his reviews at TF Archive. thesolarpool.weebly.com/transformation.html-Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 15, 2014 21:27:35 GMT
He's now up to #100. I do recommend it. The blog has inspired me to go back and read the old issues again (the whole comics, not just the Tf strips).
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 24, 2014 16:38:44 GMT
Like Ralph I recommend checking this out. An entertaining blog and Stuart (InflatableDalek) is a damned good chap. Nattered away regularly at AA's with him over the years.
Andy
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Post by Dave on Apr 29, 2014 8:49:02 GMT
Only just started on it but I'm enjoying it. A good idea I wish I'd thought of.
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Post by inflatabledalek on May 3, 2014 18:46:07 GMT
I'm not some crazy fool who spends all day furiously Googling himself (and I hope no one thinks so, I've never comes across someone saying it when furiously Googling myself), but came across this whilst popping over for a browse in the Titan comic thread...
This is awesome! And well worth the £5 a month I pay Ralph to pimp me out.
I'm very glad it seems to be going down well and building up a bit of an audience (I pretend to be all cool and "It's just about doing something I like, not how many readers I get", but every Saturday morning the number of visitors my Friday update has brought is the first ego stroking thing I check. Right before furiously Googling myself.
The nice thing about doing it is it's been the chance to do something upbeat and mostly cheerful. With it being mostly a stream of consciousness thing there was no firm guarantee it would end up that, but with the odd exception where a story hasn't come over as well I remembered when read in context, even with the weaker issues there's been something to enjoy. And anyone who read the tail end of the TFA reviews Ralph mentioned- which I gave up doing on the changeover from McCarthy to Costa- will appreciate why I wanted to do something that wasn't just moaning about how shit it was.
Exciting things for you to all look forward too in the future: With the second anniversary of the project (I like to call it that, makes it sound all sexy) coming up expect a special birthday treat covering Transformer...in 3D!
And one interesting fact about Mr. Turnbull you may not know I learnt from Auto Assembly: He really loves the girl band the Saturdays. Especially Molly.
Wait, this is all an elaborate trick on the Doctor's part to get people to sign up here by stroking their ego isn't it? This forum is full of "What a great blog!" threads.... CURSES!
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Post by The Doctor on May 3, 2014 18:55:19 GMT
Welcome to the forum!
I am cock-a-hoop to hear that you will be covering the 'amazing' 3-d series. I have bought #1 many times.
All right thinking people love The Saturdays.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 3, 2014 19:19:35 GMT
Indeed, welcome aboard.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 3, 2014 19:24:01 GMT
And one interesting fact about Mr. Turnbull you may not know I learnt from Auto Assembly: He really loves the girl band the Saturdays. Especially Molly. He has been known to mention it..... |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 3, 2014 19:25:54 GMT
No Molly is not the favourite, she was the subject of Geoffrey Sproule trying to kill me with The Saturday's tour to Dignitas. "It's a kindness!" I am laughing now.
Tis the lovely Una that is my favourite.
Andy
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Post by inflatabledalek on May 3, 2014 19:40:59 GMT
After the TF UK project is finished: Saturday Albums. In order. From the start.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 4, 2014 12:05:58 GMT
We'd have to kick off with the pre-Saturday's careers of Rochelle and Frankie (S Club juniors) and Una's solo career.
Andy
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Post by inflatabledalek on May 4, 2014 19:46:59 GMT
Ah, S Club Juniors. The band for slightly worrying men who thought Rachel Stevens was a bit too old for them.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 4, 2014 19:48:38 GMT
I did like the idea of a conveyor belt system to bring folks into pop acts. A more ordered version of the Sugababes recruiting process!
Andy
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Post by legios on May 4, 2014 19:55:50 GMT
I think it is perhaps pushing the definition of "process" a little far in that case. I always felt that the Sugababes rosters were organised the same way as an old west posse - they just deputised the folks who were nearest at hand and the time...
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on May 4, 2014 20:31:09 GMT
Sugababes continuity can be quite tangled.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 4, 2014 20:34:21 GMT
In the future everyone will be a Sugababe for fifteen minutes.
Andy
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Post by legios on May 4, 2014 21:13:21 GMT
Which, for some previous members would actually represent an increase in their careers with the band... :-)
Karl
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Post by inflatabledalek on May 5, 2014 19:57:49 GMT
My favourite Susgababe's were the red head from the original line up and the blond one who replaced her. If the band ever goes on the Big Reunion I'd be happy if they'd settle for just those two (after all, apprently 5ive has less people in it every year they do the tours for that show, so only two Sugabaes out of 50 shouldn't be a problem).
Also, I occasionally like Transformers.
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Post by inflatabledalek on Dec 21, 2014 4:37:04 GMT
A double post, which I apologise for, and it's not even about a 90's/00's girl band which is even worse... I have put together my second annual Christmas quiz covering the comics featured on my site in 2014. But this time I've done it as a video just for fun (partly because I wanted to experiment with something different this year. Partly because when I did it in prose with actual genuine good prizes last year only two people entered)- see how good your TFUK knowledge is (feel free to put your final score either here or on the blog): thesolarpool.weebly.com/blog/the-2014-christmas-quiz |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 7, 2015 19:10:36 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 21, 2015 20:22:11 GMT
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Post by inflatabledalek on Feb 25, 2015 17:07:21 GMT
I'm genuinely worried my brain is dying as doing three in rapid succession was much harder this year than the last two.
Fingers crossed that (unless he explodes in a puff of rage at me poking him on Twitter to get back with the OK on the final piece. It would seem out of character but you never know) the long promised James Roberts Classics UK interview will hopefully be going up this weekend.
Well, unless he wants a lot of changes. The page has been all ready for a few very nervous weeks, I'm not sure how I'll cope when it's public.
I bet Norton doesn't have interview anxiety issues.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 25, 2015 17:11:24 GMT
Excellent! I look forward to reading it.
Andy
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Post by inflatabledalek on Feb 27, 2015 19:55:03 GMT
Well, like Arnie in Total Recall, I lied.
But the way I doggedly refer to the title of the first part of Legacy as a full sequence of 28 question marks is a better thing than a James Roberts interview, right?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 28, 2015 22:56:10 GMT
Wooo name checked in the blog!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 28, 2015 22:58:34 GMT
Fame surely awaits.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 28, 2015 22:59:48 GMT
Fame surely awaits. -Ralph You can say you knew me before I was famous. Andy |
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 28, 2015 23:01:42 GMT
I have also been name checked in the mighty blog on a previous week. I was chuffed.
-Ralph
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Post by inflatabledalek on Mar 1, 2015 7:19:07 GMT
Well, it's only fair as I've been using the readers to do the research I'm too lazy to do.
One of the nice things actually is there's a lot of love for the UK comic outside of normal Transformers fandom (I think it was basically a book every boy in the UK had at least a couple of issues of over the years), meaning you get all sorts of interesting perspectives and facts that haven't previously come up before in the comments section. It's certainly always worth a look at the end of the week even if you haven't posted yourself.
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Post by inflatabledalek on Mar 2, 2015 8:22:54 GMT
NEWS JUST IN:
Like the man from Delmonte, James Roberts he say yes.
So, bar my amusing death, the interview (which is actually a double header with comic scanner and TMUK forum member Lloyd Young) will definitely be going up this coming Saturday.
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