Hey there!
I'm also a new fella on these here fantastic ozzy formers boards!
I can't believe I hadn't found them before, heh.
I came to find the site through joining the Megatron Collector's Club, to get my hands on my siezed MP-05 (lol).
I'm a regular and former mod from the IDW TF forums. Check em out, they're a great fan community too! (forum.idwpublishing.com).
My hobby of transfandom really kicked into gear when I found the former Wollongong shop of Phantom Zone, got into comics again in general, and then saw the DW Transformers. Whilst having fun with them, and getting back into collecting toys and reading the web-stuff, I have totally loved IDW having the brand since day zot.
I've had a TF: mosaic published, if you know this project it is "Feeling Yellow", art by the great Robby Musso (Dev #4), and you can check that on the idw fan-art section.
What else can I tell you about me and tf, I love writing, but don't find enough time to do heaps. But the community has lots of space for the fiction so I try to write as much as I can.
I loved the TF movie of 07, saw it's faults too, but got into the mega-thrill-ride that Bay created. Saw the premiere screening at Fox in Sydney, and then went to the US for two weeks and caught up with Chris Ryall in San Diego at the IDW offices. They're such a great friendly team.
Anyhow, you probabaly notice that i rate IDW very highly. I've been personally blessed by Chris and the interaction that he's (and others) have had through the forums, and it's just awesome to have a cool hobby that I can share with great people. And my wife is getting into Transformers more and more!!! (And Dragon Ball Z too) heh heh
Rock on all!
Luke (a.k.a Bassbot)