Transformers questions by newbies, and not-so-newbies

[GoktimusPrime]

I'm online friends with the guy who's hosting that image. I'll ask him if he can supply me with a higher res scan.

[Verno]

I'm online friends with the guy who's hosting that image. I'll ask him if he can supply me with a higher res scan.

You're a marvel mate.

[griffin]

And ask where it is from, in case someone here has it but isn't aware of it, or has forgotten. (I have quite a few US & JP books and guidebooks, so I want to see if I actually have it somewhere in my bookshelves)

[M-bot]

Did the G2 Combaticons come with stickers? If so, are they any different (especially colour-wise) from the stickers for the G1 Combaticons?

Google image search not helpful.

Nope! All their awful decos were painted or tampographed on!

Many thanks!

[GoktimusPrime]

You're a marvel mate.

Bad news, he no longer has the book (TV Magazine January 1998)

And ask where it is from, in case someone here has it but isn't aware of it, or has forgotten. (I have quite a few US & JP books and guidebooks, so I want to see if I actually have it somewhere in my bookshelves)

It should look like this. Otherwise I wonder if the Beast Wars Encyclopaedia might also have it.

[griffin]

Can anyone read Japanese?

http://www.dvandom.com/tv/ax.GIF

Apologies for the size. It's the largest (only) version I can find.

A couple of google searches, I came across this version of it tweeted by TFWiki back in 2014 (right-click and view both images for a big enough image to read the Japanese text), which is the same cut-away image, but with a different layout around it... so it might have been re-printed in another Japanese publication some time later.
Best to ask the TFWiki people about its exact origin (they only note it as being from a guidebook) as I couldn't find the images on the actual TFWiki site.

[GoktimusPrime]

That is much clearly (and importantly, legible). I don't have time to do translations now, but perhaps Odie, Tets or any other Japanese speaking members might like to have a crack.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

I'm knda short on time atm as well...sorry Verno.

[Bladestorm]

Decisions, decisions:
Fortress Maximus... my son wants a big city Transformer. HK ani-con is coming up and the SDCC exclusives should be available there and I think there will be an SDCC version too (?).

So my question is: which city-former do I get him?
The new Hasbro titans Returns Fort Max? the SDCC version?
Or do I try and find an older city-former - Metroplex?
He wants big and highly playable with his other bots.

We have Trypticon... and now my son wants one of the even bigger guys.

What's going to be the biggest and best bot with a "reasonable" price tag?

[GoktimusPrime]

Get whichever is easiest and most affordable for you to get.