UK Transformers Definitive G1 (comic) Collection

[griffin]

Those lucky fans in the UK have an opportunity to be the first in the world to own colourised UK comic issues from the UK run of the Original Marvel
series of comics (issues #214-289)... and unfortunately for us in Australia, this is not likely to be released here, or be easy to obtain later.
(although, I think IDW would publish it eventually, hopefully on it's own so that we aren't forced to (re)buy other stories we already own)

Have you seen at the newsagents, or a commercial on TV, an ongoing weekly/fortnightly/monthly series of magazines (or model parts) that builds
up to a complete set after a few years? (with the offer of the first part being REALLY cheap, but then each following issue is over-priced, costing a LOT over the life of the series)

Well, in the UK, a company called Hatchette that does those sorts of ongoing newsagent and subscription series, has started doing one for
Transformers (from January), but I only just found out about it today.
Their publication is set to be 80 volumes, with one each fortnight... which means three years until the set is complete... IF the publications aren't
cancelled later when subscriptions/purchases drop below a minimum amount.
The series is said to be covering all of the original US and UK Marvel comics, along with the concluding Regeneration comic, plus, the *printed*
Dreamwave issues, and all of the IDW comics that are part of their own Gen1 Universe (up until issues printed in 2016).
It looks like it might exclude the original Gen2 comics, and the GIJoe crossovers... and there isn't a mention of the 1986 Movie adaptation (both
Marvel and IDW versions), but if they are featuring the UK Gen1 stories, they would need to include the 1986 movie adaptation, just for them to make sense.
In addition to reprints and colourisations, there are bonus contents and new artwork on the covers.

Each volume is sold in a mostly random order, but the first ten so far are all in the first half of the series (under Volume 40), so they are just the
Original Series Marvel and first two years of IDW's 12 years (yes, it's been 12 years since they started printing TFs comics).
That means half of the set will be IDW reprints.

The first few issues have free gifts for subscribers, and get posted out once a month (two issues per shipment). The first issue was £2, and the
second issue was £7... while each remaining issue is £10.
That's about £800 for the full set over 3 years, which is almost AU$1400.

That's a lot of money, but with each spine having part of a larger image, the full collection will look spectacular on the bookshelf (if you have one long enough for them all)...

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2017/050801.jpg

The individual issues look like this...
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2017/050802.png

You can read more about this series here...

Simon Furman's blog - part 1 (https://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/transformers-the-definitive-g1-collection-reasons-to-be-cheerful/)

Simon Furman's blog - part 2 (https://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/transformers-the-definitive-g1-collection-reasons-to-be-cheerful-part-2/)

Simon Furman's blog - part 3 (https://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/transformers-the-definitive-g1-collection-reasons-to-be-cheerful-part-3/) (with a sample image of recoloured UK comic art)

Hatchette's page for the Definitive Transformers Collection (https://www.hachettepartworks.com/transformers-the-definitive-g1-collection), for people in the UK to order selected issues.

The official website for the Transformers Collection (http://www.transformerscollection.com/), showing the subscription gifts (which are probably moot now, unless they still take
subscriptions and people play catchup with the past issues).

TFwiki's page (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_The_Definitive_G1_Collection), for the contents of each volume (for anyone wanting to buy specific issues, like the colourised UK issues), and their release order.

TFW discussion topic (http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/the-definitive-g1-collection-in-uk.1095590/page-5), that notes when issues are released, or if there are any problems - apparently, Hatchette reprinted and gave out free the first
volume, just because the number box on the spine was a different size to the rest. That's a big early loss, especially since it was a volume that is
only 20% of the price of regular issues (already being sold at a loss).


I would love to get the UK recoloured stories (UK issues #214-289), but that will probably mean paying some hefty second-hand prices for just those issues.

[Bumblebee2000]

Always dreamed of having matching Marvel US and UK volumes I would love that. Not having to swap from book to book for chronology would be nice too, which seems to be the case.

Oh well...

[reillyd]

I am seriously considering using a UK reshipper. The free gifts were pretty nothing, but they start you from the first issue as they have a backlog. Launched some time ago, and subscribers were told that they were an initial trial. Did they continue to publish the remainder?

Just looked, only 8 were published. So I don't know if hatchette is continuing?

[DarkHyren]

I am seriously considering using a UK reshipperI've looked myself at the forwarding options, assuming each weighs around 200-250g it would cost approximately £25-30 (or AU$44-52 as of posting) to post 4 or 5 issues from old blighty.
So by my rough calculations each volume would cost at least AU$30 after postage (based off 4 issues weighing 1kg). Whether that's worthwhile or not I leave to others to decide, but as they would be AU$20 each if they were sold in newagents here (I'm basing this off similar publications from the same company that have seen our shores, like the marvel comic collections) one might be overpaying.


Launched some time ago, and subscribers were told that they were an initial trial. Did they continue to publish the remainder?Judging by the comments on TFW it seems that is the case but I dont know for certain

[Paulbot]

I follow a few UK-based fans on Twitter so from what I've read there, yes it went from the initial trial to full release and they are still an ongoing thing.

Whenever I pass a local newsagent I pop in and check on the off chance that they have started to get a local releases. (It's all Star Wars Helmets collection at the moment though).

I'd like the coloured UK stories, and would buy the G1 Marvel stuff (and the DW stuff most likely) but don't need anything from IDW since there's already great hardcover versions of those.

I'm currently buying Marvel's Epic Collections - which are released by Marvel in just the same manner, book by book in random order to eventually build up to be a comprehensive run of a particular comic. I'm buying the X-books and have all that have been released to date: 4 Uncanny volumes, 3 Wolverine and 1 each of X-Factor, Excalibur, X-Force and New Mutants. If you don't mind reading things out of order, just want a full library eventually, it's not a bad model.

[Paulbot]

For fun, I'd thought I'd have a go mapping out how the first 40 or so volumes might fill out. I got to a point where IDW went overboard and decided I'd stop there.

Some notes on what I've done:

I factored it at about 7 issues (US size) per volume
Bold items are known volumes.
I used publishing chronology which seems to be how they are going
It doesn't really leave much room for Annuals... Vicious Circle is included in a released volume (as it ends a story) but I'd think stories that set up stories (Altered Image, What's In A Name) should be included.
Volume 34 is too light on but I can't think what should go with it... even the DW MTMTE guidebooks being included are a bit of a stretch but filing those three books is not immediately clear to me. They may use the IDW Collection books as a guide?


First mapping attempt (Books #1-45)

Vol. 1: Power Play (Marvel US #1-4, 33-34, Marvel UK #13-17)
Vol. 2: The New Order (Marvel UK #18-21, Mavel US #5-8, Marvel UK #29-32)
Vol. 3: Crisis of Command (Marvel US #9-12, Marvel UK 41-44)
Vol. 4: Dinobot Hunt (Marvel UK #45-50, Marvel UK #13-16)
Vol. 5: Second Generation (Marvel UK 59-65, Marvel US#17-20, Marvel UK #74-77)
Vol. 6: Target 2006 (Marvel UK #78-88, Marvel US #21-23)
Vol. 7: Aftedeath (Marvel UK #93,97-104, Marvel US 24-26)
Vol. 8: Wanted Galvatron Dead or Alive (Marvel US #27-28, Marvel UK #113-120, "Vicious Circle!")
Vol. 9: Child's Play (Marvel US #29-32,35-37, Marvel UK #125, Action Force #23-27)
Vol. 10: Trial By Fire (Headmasters #1-4, Marvel US #38-39, Marvel UK #130-132)
Vol. 11: Legacy of Unicron (Marvel UK #133-138, #145-151)
Vol. 12: Salvage (Marvel UK #160-161, Marvel US #40, Marvel UK #162-171)
Vol. 13: Space Pirates (Marvel UK #172-173, Marvel US #41-42,44, Marvel UK 180-187)
Vol. 14: Underbase Saga (Marvel UK 188-189, Marvel US #45-50)
Vol. 15: Time Wars (Marvel UK 199-205, Marvel US #51-55)
Vol. 16: Primal Scream (Marvel UK #198, #213-222, Marvel US #56-61)
Vol. 17: Matrix Quest (Marvel UK #223-239, Marvel US #62-66)
Vol. 18: Edge of Extinction (Marvel US #67-75)
Vol. 19: Perchance to Dream (Marvel UK #240-260,Marvel US #76-77)
Vol. 20: Exodus (Marvel UK #261-289, Marvel US #78-80)
Vol. 21: Regeneration One (Regeneration One #80.5-85)
Vol. 22: Natural Selection (Regeneration One #86-90)
Vol. 23: Destiny (Regeneration One #91-94,0,95)
Vol. 24: The War To End All Wars (Regeneration One #96-100)
Vol. 25: Prime Directive (DW Generation One Vol 1 Preview,#1-6)
Vol. 26: War and Peace (Generation One Vol 2 Preview, #1-6)
Vol. 27: Black Sunshine (Generation One Vol 3, #0, 1-6)
Vol. 28: Infestation (Generation One Vol 3, #7-10, 20th Anniversary Special)
Vol. 29: The War Within (The War Within #1-6 and preview)
Vol. 30: The Dark Ages (The War Within The Dark Ages #1-6)
Vol. 31: The Iron Fist (Dreamwave GIJoe/Transformers #1-6)
Vol. 32: Age of Wrath (The War Within: The Age of Wrath #1-3, plus GIJoe/Transformers Divided Front 1)
Vol. 33: Micromasters (Micromasters 1-4)
Vol. 34: Megatron Origin (Megatron Origin #1-4)
Vol. 35: Infiltration (Infiltration #0-6)
Vol. 36: Stormbringer [size="1"](Spotlight: Shockwave, Spotlight: Soundwave, Stormbringer #1-4, Spotlight: Nightbeat, Spotlight: Hot Rod)
Vol. 37: Escalation (Spotlight: Sixshot, Spotlight: Ultra Magnus, Escalation #1-6)
Vol. 38: Devastation (Spotlight: Ramjet, Spotlight: Kup, Devastation #1-6)
Vol. 39: Hearts of Steel (Hearts of Steel #1-4, Spotlight: Galvatron, Spotlight: Optimus Prime, Spotlight: Mirage)
Vol. 40: Revelations (Spotlight: Blaster, Spotlight: Arcee, Spotlight: Wheelie, Spotlight: Grimlock, Reveltations #1-4)
Vol. 41: Maximum Dinobots (Maximum Dinobots #1-5, Spotlight: Blurr, Spotlight: Jazz,)
Vol. 42: All Hail Megatron Vol 1 (All Hail Megatron #1-6, Spotlight: Drift)
Vol. 43: All Hail Megatron Vol 2 (All Hail Megatron #7-12, Spotlight: Cliffjumper)
Vol. 44: Old Ways (All Hail Megatron #13-17, Spotlight: Prowl, Spotlight: Metroplex)
Vol. 45: For All Mankind (Transformers #1-7)


Vol. 50 Heart of Darkness (Heart of Darkness #1-4)


Edit: Now that Vol 31 has come out, including a JOE crossover I've taken the MTMTE guidebooks out of my predicting mapping.

[griffin]

So it should be just be four volumes to chase up for the colourised UK issues (16, 17, 19, 20), and one has already been released.

[Paulbot]

There's speculation over wether or not the IDW Classic UK volumes will use the coloured versions or black and white versions. Some thinking the next volume's delays are due to waiting for the colouring to be completed. (And others arguing that they shouldn't be coloured for those books and reprinted accurate to how they were published.)

[griffin]

That's a good point. The Classics volumes probably should be their original format for the original feel of those stories... and they should sell the coloured versions on their own as a special edition which wwould give them an additional product to sell.

[DarkHyren]

Fist mapping attempt (Books #1-45)Sorry if this is a stupid question but why are the UK issue numbers all over the place, like why are they randomly inserted into the US order?
I haven't looked into the UK comics at all so I'm pretty ignorant on them.
I know I have asked similar questions on the comics before but I forgot to follow them up, I really should find those threads, but so is this the "correct" reading order for these?
Also typo lol, fist mapping?

But yeah I'd be keen on collecting this set especially if it is the most comprehensive definitive version there is but the price...

[Paulbot]

The UK comic was a combination of reprints of the US comics and their own stories.

So for example I listed:
Space Pirates (Marvel UK #172-173, Marvel US #41-42,44, Marvel UK 180-187)

That breaks down like so:
UK 172 and 173 were a two parter called "Wrecking Havoc". Transformers UK 174 to 179 reprinted Marvel US issues #41,42,44 splitting each US story in to two parts. They then reprinted 43 in two parts as 180 and 181 with new material (so I've gone with the UK version) and a UK only story from 182 to 187.

So basically if you take what the UK did you get the "proper" reading order (mostly) which includes the US stories in the middle of theirs.

You could rewrite this list basically as UK 1-24, UK 25-45, UK 46-62 (as examples) but wouldn't be as much fun to put together and for the most part we think of the US comics as the true "home" to their stories and just reprints in the UK books. (Eg "People Power is a story from Transformers US #42" rather than "People Power is a story from Transformers UK #176-177" despite both being true.)

Trust me if you grew up with this it makes sense. :)

[DarkHyren]

Well I sent an email off to Bissett Magazines a week ago as they are generally the ones that distribute Hachette Partworks in Australia asking if they will be picking up this publication as well but have received no reply.
In fact comparing the Australian contact details on both the Hachette Partworks website and the Bissett Magazines website does indeed show the same addresses and phone numbers so I have to assume I'm correct in my assumptions that Bissett are the ones to talk to.
If someone else wants to try emailing or even calling them to ask be my guest, all the details are in the right hand column on their website www.bissettmags.com.au

[Seraphim Prime]

Sorry if this is a stupid question but why are the UK issue numbers all over the place, like why are they randomly inserted into the US order?

The UK run tended to be a weekly magazine issue, with half of a standard US comic in each as well as other magazine inserts.

They started after the US run, but even with some catch-up, they knew they were going to soon outpace the US releases. Also, as a licensed book, they also had certain requirements to advertise new toys when they were hitting UK release, as opposed to US release.

These factors resulted in runs of issues which would reprint US material, followed by runs of UK material, which were largely closed loop stories, which brought the relevant characters back to the point where the story would tie back in with the US issues.

[DELTAprime]

So all this got me looking into Marvel G1 and how to get the series. I noticed on the Comixology listing for a reprinting of the US G1 series it say "NOTE: issues #3 and #9 are intentionally omitted due to inclusion of non-Hasbro characters in the original comics.". Issue 3 is clearly Peter Parker, AKA Spider-man, but going by TFwiki I'm not sure who the non-Hasbro character is in issue 9, anyone know what non-Hasbro characters are in it?

[tinyJazz]

So all this got me looking into Marvel G1 and how to get the series. I noticed on the Comixology listing for a reprinting of the US G1 series it say "NOTE: issues #3 and #9 are intentionally omitted due to inclusion of non-Hasbro characters in the original comics.". Issue 3 is clearly Peter Parker, AKA Spider-man, but going by TFwiki I'm not sure who the non-Hasbro character is in issue 9, anyone know what non-Hasbro characters are in it?

Probably circuit breaker/Josie Beller. I think she's still owned by marvel?

[Paulbot]

Yep it's Circuit Breaker and issue 9 was her first featured issue (although she appeared out of costumed identity in issues 5-8). More recent reprints (in the Classic volumes) have kept her issues in but I suspect through arrangement with Marvel. Might still be different restrictions with digitial releases.

[DELTAprime]

That seems odd, she is in other Transformers comics but issue 9 is off limits.:rolleyes:

[griffin]

Just looking at the UK website for these (https://hachettepartworks.com/transformers-the-definitive-g1-collection?sortOrder=postdate_desc&size=&loading=true), they are up to the 44th volume next week (they ship theirs out every two weeks, as opposed to us getting two every four weeks)... and it is interesting to see that at the volume sent out at the July over there, is Volume 76, containing seven issues from Till All Are One (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_The_Definitive_G1_Collection), released late 2016 to early 2017.
According to the release order of the IDW continuity (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/IDW_Generation_1_continuity), it looks like the Definitive Collection is going to have to skip the Revolutions era completely, as the remaining four volumes would have trouble covering the rest of TAAO, Lost Light, Optimus Prime and Unicron.
The Revolutions comics probably weren't included in the License, due to the non-Transformers properties involved, and probably would have required another 10 volumes to include it anyway. But for some reason they included the recent GIJoe/TFs comic series (taking up two valuable volumes), which isn't even in the main universe... so maybe they will be including other crossovers, like the the "in universe" original GIJoe/TFs crossover or Marvel crossover.
(if they don't include the Revolutions comics, they are going to need to do a lot of explaining before each issue, to get the reader up to date on what they are missing... particularly since the Unicron series relies on events of the Revolutions mass-crossover)
Hopefully IDW releases a complete/ultimate publication of the Revolutions Saga (basically all of "phase 3" from mid-2016 to the end of 2018), because it is a real nightmare to try to collect all of the applicable issues, particularly the non-Transformers ones and the various one-shots. That way, the Hachette series covers everything up to its Volume 75, and then a Phase 3 publication of volumes from IDW would cover the rest of their first Gen1 Universe.

[Paulbot]

The order on that page isn't a reliable guide to how they are releasing the series. From my tracking and mapping, Vol 77 would be the core Revolution book with the TF specific issues - before Vol 78 would in theory start the Optimus Prime/Lost Light volumes.

They did say a planned 80 issues but there was some speculation that it was a bit of a vague ending point. If they did stop at the Revolution cut point and only have 4 extra volumes I would only guess they might include things like MTMTE (guide book - both G1 and Armada volumes) and TF Universe as final volumes.

I'd prefer they just do the 8 extra volumes (88 in total) they'd need to wrap up the main TF books to the end of Unicron. (not counting for example the GiJoe series with Skywarp or the Visionaries crossover)

[griffin]

Just catching up on the news from the UK on this comic series, as they were about 30 issues ahead of us.

On January 9th, the 80th issue was released. (https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/the-definitive-g1-collection-in-uk.1095590/page-35#post-17561204) (post #698). It was released on its own because they have them released individually in the UK, every 2 weeks (we get ours in pairs every 4 weeks).

Details on the TFWiki (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_The_Definitive_G1_Collection) to show what to expect from the extra 20 Issues...

Issue 64 - VOL 80 - Till All Are One #12 & Annual, 2017 Annual, Requiem of the Wreckers
-
Issue 81 - VOL 84 - Optimus Prime #13-17 & Annual
Issue 82 - VOL 90 - GEN-2 (1990s Marvel) #0-6
Issue 83 - VOL 81 - Revolution #0-5 & three Revolution one-shots
Issue 84 - VOL 89 - 1986 GIJoe & TFs #1-4 & 1990s Marvel GIJoe #138-142 (the lead-in issues to Gen2 comic)
-
Issue 85 - VOL 82 - Revolutionaries #1-8 (assumed)
Issue 86 - VOL 92 - 1986 Movie adaptation (assumed to be both Marvel and IDW versions)
Issue 87 - VOL 83 - First Strike #0-6 (assumed)
Issue 88 - VOL 95 - Devils Due GIJoe & TFs #1-6 (assumed)
Issue 89 - VOL 85 - Optimus Prime #18-25 (assumed)


That gives us an order of....

VOL 80 - Till All Are One #12 & Annual, 2017 Annual, Requiem of the Wreckers
-
VOL 81 - Revolution #0-5 & three Revolution one-shots
VOL 82 - Revolutionaries #1-8 (assumed)
VOL 83 - First Strike #0-6 (assumed)
VOL 84 - Optimus Prime #13-17 & Annual
VOL 85 - Optimus Prime #18-25 (assumed)
VOL 86 -
VOL 87 -
VOL 88 -
VOL 89 - 1986 GIJoe & TFs #1-4 & 1990s Marvel GIJoe #138-142 (the lead-in issues to Gen2 comic)
VOL 90 - GEN-2 (1990s Marvel) #0-6
VOL 91 -
VOL 92 - 1986 Movie adaptation (assumed to be both Marvel and IDW versions)
VOL 93 -
VOL 94 -
VOL 95 - Devils Due GIJoe & TFs #1-6 (assumed)
VOL 96 -
VOL 97 -
VOL 98 -
VOL 99 -
VOL 100 -

[Paulbot]

Vol 85 probably won’t have Prime #25 as that should be in Vol 85 with the Unicron miniseries and maybe Lost Light #25 too. Volumes 85 to 88 should complete both Optimus Prime, Lost Light and Unicron.

Vol 91 should complete G2. The other seven volumes though? I wonder if they’d include the Marvel TF Universe plus the profiles from backup strips, and if they’ll include the DW MTMTE profile books. Maybe they’ll stretch the definition of G1 to include the Beast Wars mini-series and profile books (those do have G1 characters in them and it’s the same universe).

[reillyd]

I hope that they will include the otfcc universe and transformer club comics. Few people outside of hardcore fans will have seen the material and it was some of Simon's best work. Unlike the dreamwave content where it's unknown if writers artists got paid these should be out of legal limbo now.

[griffin]

TFwiki have updated their page with guesses on the remaining issues not yet released... but I'm not sure if the final three volumes would be touching on the new Transformers series, as it would be odd to start a new era and then just stop mid-series. I'm not sure what else could be in those three volumes, as there are still some older items not covered, but then, it is only 3 volumes, so it won't be enough to cover all of 3H's and FunPub's comics.
The final four volumes will be the last four to be released, with the final one expected to be out in the UK on November 4th this year... and with us being 22 issues behind, we should get our final volumes around September next year.


VOL 80 - Till All Are One #12 & Annual, 2017 Annual, Requiem of the Wreckers
-
VOL 81 - Revolution #0-5 & three Revolution one-shots
VOL 82 - Revolutionaries #1-8
VOL 83 - First Strike #0-6 & two First Strike one-shots
VOL 84 - Optimus Prime #13-17 & 2018 Annual
VOL 85 - Optimus Prime #18-25 (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 86 - Lost Light #13-18 (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 87 - Lost Light #19-25 (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 88 - Unicron #0-6 (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 89 - 1986 GIJoe & TFs #1-4 & 1990s Marvel GIJoe #138-142 (the lead-in issues to Gen2 comic)
VOL 90 - GEN-2 (1990s Marvel) #0-6 (and UK War Without End)
VOL 91 - GEN-2 (1990s Marvel) #7-12 (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 92 - 1986 Movie adaptation (both Marvel and IDW versions)
VOL 93 - Beast Wars The Gathering (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 94 - Beast Wars The Ascending (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 95 - Devils Due GIJoe & TFs #1-6 (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 96 - Devils Due GIJoe & TFs 2 #1-6 (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 97 - Devils Due GIJoe & TFs 3 #1-5 (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 98 - Transformers #1-6 (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 99 - Transformers #7-12 (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 100 - Transformers Galaxies #1-6 (assumed - not yet released)

[griffin]

Another 3 volumes have been released in the UK (95, 85, 93), added to the tfwiki page (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_The_Definitive_G1_Collection)...

VOL 80 - Till All Are One #12 & Annual, 2017 Annual, Requiem of the Wreckers
-
VOL 81 - Revolution #0-5 & three Revolution one-shots
VOL 82 - Revolutionaries #1-8
VOL 83 - First Strike #0-6 & two First Strike one-shots
VOL 84 - Optimus Prime #13-17 & 2018 Annual
VOL 85 - Optimus Prime #18-24
VOL 86 - Lost Light #13-18 --------------- (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 87 - Lost Light #19-25 -------------- (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 88 - Unicron #0-6, Optimus Prime #25 --------------- (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 89 - 1986 GIJoe & TFs #1-4 & 1990s Marvel GIJoe #138-142 (the lead-in issues to Gen2 comic)
VOL 90 - GEN-2 (1990s Marvel) #0-6 (and UK War Without End)
VOL 91 - GEN-2 (1990s Marvel) #7-12 -------------- (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 92 - 1986 Movie adaptation (both Marvel and IDW versions)
VOL 93 - Beast Wars The Gathering & Beast Wars Sourcebook (parts)
VOL 94 - Beast Wars The Ascending --------------- (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 95 - Devils Due GIJoe & TFs #1-6
VOL 96 - Devils Due GIJoe & TFs 2 #1-6 ------------- (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 97 - Devils Due GIJoe & TFs 3 #1-5 ------------- (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 98 - Transformers #1-6 ---------------- (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 99 - Transformers #7-12 ---------------- (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 100 - Transformers Galaxies #1-6 ------------ (assumed - not yet released)

[griffin]

Another 4 volumes have been released in the UK (86, 96, 87, 91), added to the tfwiki page (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_The_Definitive_G1_Collection)...

VOL 80 - Till All Are One #12 & Annual, 2017 Annual, Requiem of the Wreckers
-
VOL 81 - Revolution #0-5 & three Revolution one-shots
VOL 82 - Revolutionaries #1-8
VOL 83 - First Strike #0-6 & two First Strike one-shots
VOL 84 - Optimus Prime #13-17 & 2018 Annual
VOL 85 - Optimus Prime #18-24
VOL 86 - Lost Light #13-18
VOL 87 - Lost Light #19-24
VOL 88 - Unicron #0-6, Optimus Prime #25, Lost Light #25 --------------- (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 89 - 1986 GIJoe & TFs #1-4 & 1990s Marvel GIJoe #138-142 (the lead-in issues to Gen2 comic)
VOL 90 - GEN-2 (1990s Marvel) #0-6 (and UK War Without End)
VOL 91 - GEN-2 (1990s Marvel) #7-12
VOL 92 - 1986 Movie adaptation (both Marvel and IDW versions)
VOL 93 - Beast Wars The Gathering #1-4 & Beast Wars Sourcebook (parts)
VOL 94 - Beast Wars The Ascending #1-4 --------------- (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 95 - Devils Due GIJoe vs TFs #1-6
VOL 96 - Devils Due GIJoe vs TFs 2 #1-4 & GIJoe vs TFs 3 #1-2
VOL 97 - Devils Due GIJoe vs TFs 3 #3-5 & GIJoe vs TFs 4 #1-2 ------------- (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 98 - Transformers #1-6 ---------------- (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 99 - Transformers #7-12 ---------------- (assumed - not yet released)
VOL 100 - Transformers Galaxies #1-6 ------------ (assumed - not yet released)

[griffin]

Time flies... All 100 volumes are now out in the UK, with the last one released November 4th.
It now confirms the contents of the remaining volumes.

VOL 80 - Till All Are One #12 & Annual, 2017 Annual, Requiem of the Wreckers
-
VOL 81 - Revolution #0-5 & three Revolution one-shots
VOL 82 - Revolutionaries #1-8
VOL 83 - First Strike #0-6 & two First Strike one-shots
VOL 84 - Optimus Prime #13-17 & 2018 Annual
VOL 85 - Optimus Prime #18-24
VOL 86 - Lost Light #13-18
VOL 87 - Lost Light #19-24
VOL 88 - Unicron #0-6, Optimus Prime #25, Lost Light #25
VOL 89 - 1986 GIJoe & TFs #1-4 & 1990s Marvel GIJoe #138-142 (the lead-in issues to Gen2 comic)
VOL 90 - GEN-2 (1990s Marvel) #0-6 (and UK War Without End)
VOL 91 - GEN-2 (1990s Marvel) #7-12
VOL 92 - 1986 Movie adaptation (both Marvel and IDW versions)
VOL 93 - Beast Wars The Gathering #1-4 & Beast Wars Sourcebook (parts)
VOL 94 - Beast Wars The Ascending #1-4 & Beast Wars Sourcebook (parts)
VOL 95 - Devils Due GIJoe vs TFs #1-6
VOL 96 - Devils Due GIJoe vs TFs 2 #1-4 & GIJoe vs TFs 3 #1-2
VOL 97 - Devils Due GIJoe vs TFs 3 #3-5 & GIJoe vs TFs 4 #1-2
VOL 98 - Transformers #1-7
VOL 99 - Transformers #8-14
VOL 100 - Transformers #15-17 & Transformers Galaxies #1-4

If they have indeed stopped at 100, I think they should have stopped at 97 if they had no other material to fill the final three volumes.
The new Transformers series is still ongoing (currently at issue 24), and Galaxies ends at issue 12... so having both of those series touched but not completed, will be annoying, and kinda stupid (doing a long 100 volume publication, just to end it on a cliffhanger).

[Paulbot]

Agree. They could've use Vol 97-100 to reprint Marvel's Transformers Universe (and the assorted profiles from the cancelled second series that ran as backups), the Dreamwave MTMTE guidebook series in full. Maybe all the Beast Wars Sourcebook (unclear what "parts" means).

To be really wild they could have included those non-Marvel How to Draw and Transformers in 3D comics from the 80s. Make it really "everything" and make those very obscure books more available.

I'd have been quite happy for Vol 100 to be a 332 page Marvel UK cover gallery. Or for all the UK strips in their original black and white format rather than the colourised versions.

I was looking but haven't been able to find a picture showing the spines from 81-100. I hope it looks okay and not too tacked on.

[griffin]

I'm surprised there aren't any photos of the completed (or final 20 volume) collection... so I've asked on tfw for a photo.
The first one of the new 20 has Blaster's chest on it, but the art looks rougher or blurred. Hopefully the added image doesn't look too much like a separate image.

[griffin]

Someone on tfw directed me to the comic's facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pg/TransformersG1Collection/community/?ref=page_internal), and some people have posted up photos of their completed collection... the extra 20 volumes have Blaster, Ultra Magnus and Dirge on them.