All Hail Megatron Issues 1 to 6 (Vol 1)

[GoktimusPrime]

I think Shane needs one of those "I'm famous on the internet" T-shirts. (as opposed to Cataphract who's the reverse).

Body count - As much as I would have loved to have shown extreme death and carnage Hasbro, understandably, won't allow it. At the end of the day kids are reading this and Hasbro need to be careful about how their property is portrayed to all audiences.

It never bothered Hasbro back in G1!! The Underbase Saga, the Time Wars etc etc. - we saw characters slaughtered en masse!

Hoist - I'm not sure what 'horse' you got that from, Roller, but it's not me. Hoist isn't in AHM.

lol. That's not the last time roller's been pwned and I'm sure it won't be the last.

But we loves him anyways.

[Paulbot]

Good to hear straight from the source!

And that's one of the frustrations, I think, for existing readers. I didn't know that until now. But I guess to the new reader you guys are trying to attract that won't really matter all that much.

Hey I said about the Wheelie spotlight taking place over a long time. He spent "Meta-cycles" (which I assume is something like decades) on the planet between sending the distress call from Spotlight Optimus and Reflector showing up.

It never bothered Hasbro back in G1!! The Underbase Saga, the Time Wars etc etc. - we saw characters slaughtered en masse!

Robot characters slaughtered. I think Shane is saying that he can't have anything too graphic when it comes to human characters (hence the removal of the blood soaked shoes between the preview and issue one)

[i_amtrunks]

So when do we see Ore 13?

Or will it be wiped out in Spotlight Sideswipe/Maximum Dinobots, and thats why we wont see it in AHM?

I'm going to keep on getting the series, now that McCarthy has said that Megatron is building up to something, (floating island of Manhanttan fortress anyone? ) not that I wasn't going to collect it, IDW needs every sale possible so that they keep putting out Transformers Sales!

[GoktimusPrime]

Hey I said about the Wheelie spotlight taking place over a long time. He spent "Meta-cycles" (which I assume is something like decades) on the planet between sending the distress call from Spotlight Optimus and Reflector showing up.

Yeah, I got that when I read Spotlight Wheelie for the first time. Hence the pronounced visible aging on Wheelie etc. and remember when I said that Spotlight Wheelie reminded me of the movie "Enemy Mine" where two enemy starfighter pilots are stranded on an alien world for nearly a lifetime (even raised a child who was born on that world)!

Robot characters slaughtered. I think Shane is saying that he can't have anything too graphic when it comes to human characters (hence the removal of the blood soaked shoes between the preview and issue one)

We never saw anything that graphic in G1 or G2 either (thank you CCA) but there were ways around that (e.g.: annihilation of San Francisco in Generation 2).

Somewhere in that big ball of light millions of people are being slain - but we can't see that so it's okay!
(perhaps the entire population managed to pull a Nakazawa Keiji and live through that!)

[Shane McCarthy]

Also, what are these things that we've gotten rid off?
Cheers.

I'm not at liberty to say. You'll find out as you read.

[Shane McCarthy]

Hey there! Isn't this a wonderful surprise? Do you still collect the toys much? Which lines? I've always wondered how many writers still collect the toys.

I wouldn't say I collect them but if one comes out that takes my fancy I'll pick it up. I liked a lot of the Beast Wars toys (clearly old news now) and I like the Masterpiece figures but have yet to buy any actually. I tried to get one of those anniversary Primes with the Matrix etc in the box but I missed out...and come to think of it I meant to get Unicron and didn't.

It seems I'm bad at this.

there's always a massive drop in decline after the numero uno issue.

I'm hoping the implied re-order volume though means we see a slightly higher second issue.

There usually is but the sales figures for #2 were very impressive.

[Shane McCarthy]

So when do we see Ore 13?

It won't be seen in AHM.

[GoktimusPrime]

I wouldn't say I collect them but if one comes out that takes my fancy I'll pick it up.

Not all Transfans collect the toys. Jhiaxus - the Australian Transfan who co-administers the Obscure Transformers Web Site isn't an active toy collector - he's more like you; just occasionally gets toys that he likes. But he's a rabid collector of TF comics though. He has the complete collection of G1 and G2 comics from Marvel (trust me, I've read his collection - at least, issues that I don't have... took me a couple of days ). Charl, another Australian Transfan who runs The Lexicon also doesn't collect toys. A couple of years ago she sold off her entire TF toy collection (except for one toy).

So yeah... don't let anyone tell you that you're less of a fan just because you're not really a toy collector (not that anyone here has suggested that, but you know what I mean ). There's more to being a Transfan than the toys (although admittedly the toys are at the core and heart of the franchise/hobby - without the toys there would be no Transformers).

I liked a lot of the Beast Wars toys (clearly old news now)

Jhiaxus and I first realised that Beast Wars was old at OzFormers 2003 where some people walked by pointing at the Beast Wars toy diorama going, "Aw Beast Wars, I remember that!" - we knew at that moment that when people started talking about Beast Wars with fond nostalgia that it had become old - we'd become old! Gah!

and I like the Masterpiece figures but have yet to buy any actually.

That's rather ironic considering how a lot of the Decepticons in AHM appear to be Masterpieces (especially the Decepticon jets). Did you specifically request that or was that the artist's decision? Also, who decided to give Thundercracker a red nosecone? That looks awful IMO.

I tried to get one of those anniversary Primes with the Matrix etc in the box but I missed out...

Here are my recommendations when it comes to MPs:
+ Optimus Prime = Takara
+ Ultra Magnus = Hasbro or Takara (no difference)
+ Starscream = Hasbro
+ Megatron = Takara (check WA laws regarding replica weapons - in NSW this toy is prohibited and consequently NSW collectors need to register our toys with the NSW Firearms Registry)
+ Skywarp = Takara
+ Thundercracker = Takara (coming soon)

and come to think of it I meant to get Unicron and didn't.

Dude... those things were everywhere! Did you just kept passing them up each time you went shopping until one day they were sold out?

It seems I'm bad at this.

I usually just buy the toy as soon as I see it. Works for me most of the time.

[liegeprime]

on the wittle destruction. guess someone in Hasbro's stood up and said


just my luck... but couldnt there be like in G2 an implied en masse Akira effect type explosions, yah know from afar shots, there wont be flying bodies seen then to traumatize the kid readers ( not that Halo and all that RPG games havent desensitized them anyhow) that way just buildings and bridges dissolving like coffee in water. Anyway I guess that's up to the artist's interpretation.

[GoktimusPrime]

"TETSUOOOOO!"