It's a lot more major than that. I'd rather not think about it because I'm trying to forget about it... :( *sigh*
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It's a lot more major than that. I'd rather not think about it because I'm trying to forget about it... :( *sigh*
meh, one of the pitfalls of social media, if you want to interact you bound to cop spoilersQuote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
...it wasn't even on a discussion about the movies at all. We were discussing Binaltechs and Alternators, and suddenly the other person's like, "Oh yeah, and apparently blah blah blah is gonna happen in the next movie." Dafffffrrrrraaaaggg?!? So I replied with this...
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Not sure it is worth it's own topic so in here it goes:
The tie in comics that come with the Generations figures are a double edged sword.
They are well made (feel sturdier than normal issues due to the glued spine), and perfect imitations/copies of the normal issues. Lets face it, who doesn't love a freebie?
The hope that it increases IDW sales is there of course, but I think that by adding them as freebies with figures may do more damage than good to sales. I say this because there is no documentation within the comics themselves to readily identify what series each comic is from, or even what issue # it is. While this is fine for older collectors who can Wiki it or otherwise do some research, it does not work as well for the target audience of 6-10 year olds or whatever it is.
This was not an issue with the first wave of Spotlights, however with the more recent waves, the comics are spread far and wide from the filler RiD stories to Dark Cybertron to some nice MtMtE issues with mild changes/editing. Sure there may be some collectors who are not comic readers who may want to bridge the gaps in their toy comics (especially the weaker comics that barely have their toy in them: Skywarp or have their toy barely in them but also in a weird spot: Scoop) but how will they know where to go to get a continuation/previous/next comic without decent amounts of effort?
You cannot tell me many people will go through all the effort and not feel jaded or annoyed and thus not bother with the trades/digital back catalogues?
All for the comics being an add in, but it needs to be done better for the casual to non comic reader to track what they have read. Most of the issues are poorly written/dependant on a bunch of other issues to make sense of what is going on, barely any of the Wave 2 or 3 Generations figures comics are good enough to truly promote or indicate the quality of comics we have gotten in the last 2 years.
It would almost be better to have an Amarda/Energon style mini comic pack in.
It looks like they are picking issues that have, or feature, the character toy it is packed with... but they should at least say where the issue is from, or at the very least, "to be continued in Issue XX of (series)"
That way, they get people new to the comics, hunting down the rest of the story arc... or even decide to collect the entire series.
Maybe IDW doesn't care, as they are likely to be getting millions from Hasbro - even if it is as little as half a dollar per copy they provide to Hasbro to pack into every toy pack, there are probably more copies of their comics in Hasbro toys than in comic shops.
(they are struggling to get 10,000 units per issue in comic stores (at #236 & #237 for the month of October 2013, which is far from IDW's best sellers for that month)... compared to hundreds of thousands of units of each toy by Hasbro).
I think the concept works better when the toy is packed with a reprint of the character's Spotlight issue, since that story focuses on that actual character. It gets trickier with characters who don't have a Spotlight issue, and so that character ends up being just part of an ensemble cast. Having said that, they probably could've chosen some better issues for some of those character - e.g. I personally would've chosen to include MTMTE #20 w/ Skids instead of #22.
On the subject of the free comics, I hope they really are free and they are not taking budget from the figure (plastics, paint apps, ect.) to pay for the comic. I buy all the Transformers comics on the Comixology app, so why would I want them to take budget from my toy to pay for a paper comic I've read already in digital.
BTW: Anyone know why the Transformers/Avengers crossover is not on Comixology? Both Transformers and The Avengers are on Comixology individually, just not together. :(
Damit, I've lost my MP Streak box. I have no idea where I put it. As someone that has kept all my Takara boxes, card and bubble it's a big deal.
Dang. Chimungmung is sold out of Red Alert. I knew I should have ordered him when I had the chance.
Sigh... Just started watching G1 again, this time with the Remastered DVDs.
It's just depressing how many animation, audio and continuity errors there are on just disk one. :(:(:(
Can't believe I loved this as a kid.