Transformers questions by newbies, and not-so-newbies

[roller]

how does one get his hands on those comics that apparently happed after beast machines? ( i think they were called unniverse or something like that

Universe it is

i only found 1 copy in Australia and that was at Sabretron 2004

i could send them to you like i did with "Dawn of Futures Past" if u want

[Geminii]

According to other sources, this is a scan of Springer from a Japanese art book. I know it's at least a couple of years old, but don't have an exact publication date. Anyone happen to know which book (or have a higher-quality scan of the relevant page)?

[liegeprime]

I've managed to figure out how to get that tail ramp out, just requires a bit of extra muscle

Step 5 of base mode however says I have to pull up that base thing out of his chest (so it becomes a raised platform) to attach the large purple cannon. I can't get this piece out. As with all my new g1's though, i never try to force transformations out to avoid breaking anything. Do I just need to muscle it out as well?

Here's the scan - step 5 on the far left.

http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/..._trypticon.jpg

yes a little elbow grease is needed on that one, CAREFUL elbow grease . It just pulls up, there is no switch or tab that you have to press for it.

[canofwhoopass_87]

Thanks liege!

[sanbot]

Is the Headmaster series focused primarily on the Headmaster transformers? I bought the Madman Japanese series boxset expecting to see all the transformers but instead each episode seems focused on Headmaster transformers with the rare appearance of some of the oldies. Is this the same thing with all the other Japanese series?

[Paulbot]

Yes and it's the same for the all the Japanese series, but "Headmasters" still actually features old characters (Rodimus, Galvatron, Wheelie, Daniel etc) in major roles. The later series (Masterforce, Victory) don't show any of the characters from the G1 cartoon (except very rare cameos) and generally exclude anything not part of that year's toyline.

[sanbot]

Yes it's the same for the all the series, but Headmasters actually features old characters (Rodimus, Galvatron, etc) more than the later series which don't show any of the characters you know from the G1 cartoon (except rare cameos).

Its rather disappointing. I hope one day (I know wishful thinking!) someone will step up and start a new transformer series based on the G1 characters in the American series.

[Paulbot]

Headmasters is the closest you can get to that so far. The animation style is still very much like series 3 of the US cartoon, unlike the following Japanese series.

[liegeprime]

How big is Human Alliance figures? are they like as big as Alternators?

[Wheel-J]

How big is Human Alliance figures? are they like as big as Alternators?

They are roughly the same size as the alternators/binaltech in both modes. Proly smaller by just a few millimeters. I've seen some video comparisons of him with Mirage/Skids/Sunstreaker. But that's only for HA BB though. HA Sideswipe seems to be a little bit shorter in bot mode than HA BB from the last youtube video I've seen.