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Post by The Doctor on Jan 10, 2017 21:34:12 GMT
That rock foot has always annoyed me. Prime does not fight rock creatures inside.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 14, 2017 11:32:57 GMT
Solemn aside - just realised listening to RFC that this week in 1992 #332 went on sale. So it's 25 years this week since the death of TF:UK.
On the plus side, that does mean this 30th Anniversary thread has another five years to run!
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 14, 2017 17:56:59 GMT
FUCK.
Though the real 'jump in the sea' moment comes when we mark the 25th anniversary of the last Marvel TFUK publication: the late 1994 special. Thankfully as the comic limped on via those specials for 2 years I can prepare my affairs now for...THE END.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 14, 2017 17:58:12 GMT
Andu and I hashed out what a #333 could have looked like had it just rolled on as planned a wee while ago. It sounded amazing at the time but as we were in the pub I presume the notes have left this planet!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 17, 2017 23:22:05 GMT
No.
The notes survive.
They are on my desk downstairs along with the layouts for Battle of the Planets vs Cthulhu and Erector at the Pole.
Andy
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 18, 2017 19:00:31 GMT
30 Years Ago This Week: Issue #97Prey - Part Two, in which Optimus's plan to fake his own death goes horribly wrong as the Predacons attack him en-mass; Wheeljack ponders his role in the deception so the readers know what's going on; and as Prime struggles to recover from a point blank blast from Megatron, the Predacons attack again, leaving the Autobots to discover their leader's dismembered corpse when they come looking for him. Elsewhere, Transformation laments the need for a price rise of tuppence to 32p, but tries to justify it by saying this is the first rise since the comic went weekly 70 issues previously; there's more promotion for the Tell-A-Tale movie adaptation in the editorial; and Robo-Capers reveals more examples of Transformers that didn't make the grade, including 'John' the transforming toilet. 
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 18, 2017 21:21:58 GMT
Oh for the days when a 2p rise in a comic's price caused outrage!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 24, 2017 20:11:10 GMT
30 Years Ago This Week: Issue #98...The Harder They Die, in which a series of stunning twists put Optimus Prime and Megatron back on Cybertron. While Prime flexes his muscles to save Outback and cries at the destruction of Iacon, Megatron encounters the not-dead-after-all Lord Straxus before his dastardly plan to discredit Optimus is realised as the Autobot leader face execution at the hands of the Wreckers. Elsewhere, The cover boasts a tremendous free gift in the form of a Galvatron badge sticker; Spitfire and the Troubleshooters meekly departs after a three month stint which saw only three of its thirteen American issues reprinted; however, the Next Week box brings joyous news that its replacement will be a four week GI Joe Action Force story leading up to the launch of the new Action Force comic in March. 
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 24, 2017 21:12:21 GMT
Ah now this batch brings back memories.
I'd generally bought the issues from the local newsagent where I worked or the WHS in Kingston, both of whom got it Saturday. However around this time I was having some physio at Kingston Hospital, so it would have been not long after Diagnosis, and in the process I discovered the newsagent near the Hospital was getting TFUK in on a Friday so I'd buy it on my way into physio and read it while waiting.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 25, 2017 9:41:37 GMT
Spitfire and the Troubleshooters: the worst of the back-up stories!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 25, 2017 11:10:17 GMT
Planet Terry says hello!
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 25, 2017 18:06:24 GMT
Spitfire is worse as it so boring and forgettable. Planet Terry at least sticks in the mind.
No back-up strip was worse than Spitfire.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 25, 2017 19:31:07 GMT
I'd be inclined to agree. It's as bad as the original Machine Man strip, but that at least had a Marvel style vibe to it. Spitfire was just like a characterless genre TV programme. You can imagine it lasting one poor season at the end of the 90s, but then I suppose the New Universe was trying to tap into that style.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 31, 2017 11:10:27 GMT
Spitfire was indeed the absolute pits.
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 31, 2017 19:39:55 GMT
30 Years Ago This Week: Issue #99Under Fire! in which Outback mounts a dangerous one-bot rescue mission to save Prime from the Wreckers' firing squad, but comes a cropper when Ultra Magnus sets out with three guardian droids to re-capture the Autobot leader he still believes to be an imposter. Goaded by Straxus, Megatron sends Decepticons to attempt to capture Prime too, and with enemies closing on all sides, Optimus questions the sense of endless fighting as Outback lies dying in his arms. Elsewhere, The free cover mounted Ultra Magnus badge is overshadowed by the exciting news that on March 9th, Marvel UK will launch no less than three new tie-in titles. While Action Force begins a warm up story in this very issue, readers are also promised thrills and spills in a new monthly Zoids comic, and a weekly visit to Third Earth with the Thundercats! 
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 31, 2017 19:41:19 GMT
ZOIDS MONTHLY IS A LIE!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 31, 2017 19:47:05 GMT
Sssh! that's in the FUTURE PAST.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 31, 2017 20:17:35 GMT
The BIGGEST LIE OF ALL!
Still mad.
And just a few weeks after the TF Universe lie too!
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 31, 2017 21:01:26 GMT
The Universe thing is so sad. Eleven weeks after the whole "Let's do the show right here!" announcement, the A-Z has appeared twice. Four profiles. At that rate it was going nowhere.
Shows you how far in advance the comics were printed back then. I think the hand over between Soundwave and Grimlock on the letters showed the gap was over six weeks. No wonder all the info was wrong.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 31, 2017 22:08:18 GMT
Sssh! that's in the FUTURE PAST. I'VE BEEN ANGRY FOR 30 YEARS! -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 31, 2017 22:09:01 GMT
The BIGGEST LIE OF ALL! Still mad. And just a few weeks after the TF Universe lie too! STILL ANGRY ABOUT THAT TOO! -Ralph |
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Post by primenova on Feb 1, 2017 7:41:38 GMT
30 years back the comics where coming out on the dates not the week before where'd they? It was #109,110 that we got the week in advance. I've stated this before because I still remember it happening - 2 issues one saturday. We are also near the issue. But back to #99 - this was my 2nd issue.
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 1, 2017 20:43:39 GMT
The cover dates are off-sale dates; the comic would be on sale the Saturday before the date on the cover.
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 7, 2017 22:44:59 GMT
30 Years Ago This Week: Issue #100Distant Thunder. In which Optimus regales the dying Outback with a tale of overcoming insurmountable odds to keep him alive, at the same time filling in the story of what really happened when he, Prowl and Ratchet were transported into limbo because of Galvatron's arrival during Target: 2006. Overhearing the story of self-sacrifice, Emirate Xaaron is convinced that this could only be the true Optimus, and welcomes his old friend back to Cybertron. Elsewhere, the longer nineteen-page strip sees the special 100th issue of the comic extended to thirty-two pages, complete with a wraparound cover by Alan Davis; a competition to name all the Transformers on the cover will net five lucky winners the first two toys from Hasbro's 1987 range - Rodimus Prime and Wreck-Gar; and Robo-Capers gets in on the celebrations by blowing up Planet Zip. 
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 8, 2017 10:27:20 GMT
Still the best cover. So good it was reused twice!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 14, 2017 22:14:35 GMT
30 Years Ago This Week: Issue #101Fallen Angel, Part One. In which Galvatron lives up to his Christmas issue claim, returning to 1987 moments after being ejected from Unicron at the end of Transformers: The Movie. Centurion is attracted to the crash site but pays the price for his inquisitiveness before Galvatron also shreds Perceptor's troop of displaced Cybertronians in his quest to wreak revenge on Rodimus Prime. Then, just when it seems nothing can stop the incandescent Decepticon's fury, the Dinobots turn up to find out what the beryllium baloney is going on. Elsewhere, Transformation is eager for reader feedback on the current GI Joe Action Force story ahead of the team's own comic launch in three weeks; the A-Z makes an unexpected return to cover Blaster and Blast Off; and on the letters' page Grimlock turns his snout up at the news Coca Cola is getting in on the Transformers zeitgeist by offering drinkers cans that turn into robots.  
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 15, 2017 8:00:04 GMT
I had Coke Bot!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 17, 2017 15:23:19 GMT
CHERRY COKE BOT!!!
Andy
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Post by Benn on Feb 17, 2017 18:25:52 GMT
Wow. I have never seen that before!
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 17, 2017 18:41:10 GMT
Nick has at least two.
-Ralph
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