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Post by legios on Feb 18, 2015 23:35:13 GMT
"Would rather read about jets than be one..." My favorite Special Teams tech-specs quote (Skdive). Every time I read that I always think that Skydive and I would get on rather well. We would be sitting their having debates about one thing, leading to another, to another. Whilst Fireflight had his cranial unit in his hands muttering "Oh Primus, now there are two of them!" :-) Karl |
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 1, 2015 20:57:48 GMT
Dirge's fear inducing engines power. That was a unique ability I've never seen properly explore in fiction. A fascinating ability I would have liked to see expanded upon.
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Post by kayevcee on Mar 1, 2015 21:11:06 GMT
Dirge's fear inducing engines power. That was a unique ability I've never seen properly explored in fiction. You mean you've never read/played ISLAND OF FEAR?-Nick |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 1, 2015 21:12:27 GMT
A classic.
Andy
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 1, 2015 21:54:06 GMT
Wow! That looks BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 1, 2015 22:57:05 GMT
John Higgins art! wow! That looks awesome. Has that wiki page actually reproduced the entire text? I'm a Fighting Fantasy fan (looks at row of green spines on shelf), but I've never played these.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Mar 2, 2015 7:09:22 GMT
Bob's TF Universe entries ( www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=&cat=AB ) are better than the tech-specs ( www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/ ) 'cos they're fuller. Pick a random character and compare the two. My TF Universe TPB signed in person by Uncle Bob is now one of my most prized possessions. IDW are reprinting all the profiles in one volume in a month's time ( www.amazon.co.uk/Transformers-Classics-8-Bob-Budiansky/dp/1631401335/ ) but going by previous volumes in this series, the art reproduction may be low quality. Re: Dirge's power Shockprowl, surely you've read the text story 'Hunted' in the very first UK TF annual (or TF UK Classics Volume 1) where Dirge freezes the Jumpstarters with fear, but Prowl overcomes the fear through the power of logic and blows him out of the sky? Martin |
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 2, 2015 8:48:15 GMT
NO?!?!!?!
OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!
That's the kinda of thing I was thinking about when I was talking about expanding this power! Things like- Dirge timeing his attacks to peak effect, and the fear it generates being overcome with willpower!
AND WHO BETTER TO DEMONSTRATE THAT OTHER THAN PROWL?!!!!!
I need to read this story.
Martin I love you.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 2, 2015 10:16:04 GMT
I am shocked that you have not read it.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 2, 2015 10:55:53 GMT
I... I've had a sheltered life... it's not my fault.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 2, 2015 13:25:35 GMT
It's in one of the seminal tomes of Transformers!!!!
-Prowl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 7, 2015 9:22:11 GMT
The ANNUAL of all ANNUALS!!!!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 7, 2015 9:46:46 GMT
Now you've started him off, Shockprowl!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 7, 2015 9:48:41 GMT
Unacceptable to have missed this. The first appearance of Emirate Xaaron!!! That double page spread which was held back from the comics...
READ IT!!!!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 7, 2015 9:50:13 GMT
'...And There Shall Come A Leader.' has the first two pages printed the wrong way round though. Always annoyed me.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 7, 2015 9:51:08 GMT
But the story still works though, which is cool.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 7, 2015 9:52:41 GMT
Nope. Annoyed me as a kid. It was many years until it was printed properly (one of the last Specials).
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 7, 2015 11:33:12 GMT
I was made aware of Transformers gamebooks by this thread. Amazon marketplace prevailed at a penny a book plus postage. My Sunday morning is sorted. I love these boards. More than anything because the covers of two of these have Weirdwolf & Highbrow on. The BESTEST Headmasters. Lovely art.  |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 7, 2015 11:57:34 GMT
I was made aware of Transformers gamebooks by this thread. Amazon marketplace prevailed at a penny a book plus postage. My Sunday morning is sorted. I love these boards. More than anything because the covers of two of these have Weirdwolf & Highbrow on. The BESTEST Headmasters. Lovely art. View AttachmentI still have Highway Clash here. Great fun, I had Peril from the Stars, Dinobot War and Island of Fear in my misbegotten youth. Andy |
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 7, 2015 13:19:21 GMT
The ANNUAL of all ANNUALS!!!! Andy I wil find one and read it, Boss! I swear! |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 7, 2015 16:17:38 GMT
All of my gamebooks are long gone. Loved them back in the day.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 7, 2015 16:18:12 GMT
The ANNUAL of all ANNUALS!!!! Andy I wil find one and read it, Boss! I swear! YOU WILL OBEY WITHOUT QUESTION!!! -Ralph |
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 7, 2015 19:41:19 GMT
I wil find one and read it, Boss! I swear! YOU WILL OBEY WITHOUT QUESTION!!! -Ralph *weeps*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!IGOTSOMUCHTOREADIGOTMORETHANMEETSTHEEYEROBOTSINDISGUISE(EVENTHOUGHIHATETHEWHOLEPROWLVASTATORTHING)THEFIRSTUKANNUALANDI'MSUREBIGPHILSAIDTHEREWASSOMEHTHINGIHADTOREADBUTICAN'TREMEMBERWHATITWASANDNOITWASN'TTHESENTRY'SGLORIOUSRETURN,I'VEGOTTHATALREADYONTHEWAYNOWAYI'MGOINGTOMISSOUTONTHAT!BUTIALSOGOTALOADOFWORKSTUFFTOREAD'COSIGOTSOMETRAININGDAYSCOMINGUPNEXTWEEKANDTHEY'REALWAYSCHANGINGTHINGSANDAMIODARONECOMESINTINYSHITYVIALSNOWNOTPREFILLEDSYRINGESFORADMINISTRATIONDURINGCARIACARRESTYOUHAVETOASSEMBLETHEENTIREDOSEDURINGCPRWHICHISUTTERMADDNESSANDVERYTIMECONSUMINGIT'SANIGHTMEREANDTHERE'SSOMECRAPYCONFLICTRESOLUTIONTRAININGTHEYMAKEUSDOANDALSOSOMETRAININGONHOWTOSPOTATERRORISTWISHISACTUALLYABITDISTURBINGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 7, 2015 21:58:38 GMT
Talk properly, boy.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 10, 2015 21:33:48 GMT
Dirge's fear inducing engines power. That was a unique ability I've never seen properly explored in fiction. You mean you've never read/played ISLAND OF FEAR?-Nick I tried to pull Beachcomber free from a robot trap and was electrocuted to death. For me it was...THE END. Darn it! -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 10, 2015 21:45:55 GMT
Quite enjoyed Dinobot War. Even if there wasn't really a war. Nice that Sludge was the lead although five Dinobots should been able to deal with Ravage and Laserbeak without my help and the random aliens were a bit odd.
I'm part way through Highway Clash now. Optimus needs me!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 14, 2015 23:26:46 GMT
Highway Clash was my favourite of the books, because it had Optimus Prime in it and some very nice artwork by noted 2000ad alumni John Higgins.
Andy
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Mar 14, 2015 23:48:48 GMT
'...And There Shall Come A Leader.' has the first two pages printed the wrong way round though. Always annoyed me. -Ralph They were?? Wow. I must check. I had a bad misprint in mine. When Prime tells Megatron he won't allow him to go an inch further, mine missed the i out. I thus spent a decade believing a nch was a Cybertronian unit of distance. And Shockprowl... READ IT! |
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 15, 2015 19:22:58 GMT
I WIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I MMMUUUUUUSSSSTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 15, 2015 20:35:12 GMT
Highway Clash was my favourite of the books, because it had Optimus Prime in it and some very nice artwork by noted 2000ad alumni John Higgins. Andy I'm really quite impressed by it. Considering the page count it does what many gamebooks fail to do and provides multiple routes to the conclusion that can be independent of each other. There must be about six different ways to finish that and there are two win outcomes, one of which misses the last third of the story. I've played many 400 reference fighting fantasies that don't have the variety that has. These are better than the Doctor Who choose your own adventures. Also love the way Megatron lies about who he is if you don't eavesdrop first, meaning the pictures can give you info it's possible to miss in the text. Desert of Danger has a lot to live up to! |
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