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[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Awesome pics Griffin! Cheers!

That looked like a really fun day! Really wish I were closer to the action...

[spiderken17]

Looks like good nerd fun
Question, what is the Generations book, some sort of catalogue of TF's made? Just one issue or an annual thing?

[Bidoofdude]

These pics are making me wonder if I'll have to see Astrotrain in person to see if his grey is dark enough. Shame I couldn't make it, it looks like it was fun. Galvatron's looking mighty fine though.

What is the current situation on pics from the event?

[griffin]

Looks like good nerd fun
Question, what is the Generations book, some sort of catalogue of TF's made? Just one issue or an annual thing?

The first/original Generations book was first published in 2004, and covers all of the Hasbro and Takara Gen1 and Gen2 toys, plus some unreleased items and concept drawings.
It is one of those "must have" books for Transformers Gen1 toy collectors or fans, and even though it is mostly in Japanese, there hasn't been a better book published in English... so is highly sought after.

Since 2009, a Japanese publishing company has been producing annual Generations books, of a similar style, but covering toys from the current year (or just from a few months, as some years had so many toys, there have been 2 or 3 volumes produced for that year). And some volumes will include pre-2008 toylines, so that eventually, all Transformers toylines will be included in the Generations reference book series.
(I think the Beast Era is the only one left now, and since this year is a Beast Wars anniversary, I'd be betting that the 2016 Generations book will include the Beast Era toys.)

[Paulbot]

Still most of the Unicron Triology to be covered as well as the Beast Era, although they didn't an exhaustingly thorough catalogue of mini-cons!

One mini correction Griffin to your post of photos, the Shockwave belonged to Jinto (via M-Bot) not Gekisou.

These pics are making me wonder if I'll have to see Astrotrain in person to see if his grey is dark enough. Shame I couldn't make it, it looks like it was fun. Galvatron's looking mighty fine though.

It was lighter than Henkei Astrotrain and the cartoon's grey, but definitely a nice grey IMO. Those first photos made it look a bit lighter than it was as you can see better in Lint's photos.

[Bidoofdude]

Still most of the Unicron Triology to be covered as well as the Beast Era, although they didn't an exhaustingly thorough catalogue of mini-cons!

One mini correction Griffin to your post of photos, the Shockwave belonged to Jinto (via M-Bot) not Gekisou.



It was lighter than Henkei Astrotrain and the cartoon's grey, but definitely a nice grey IMO. Those first photos made it look a bit lighter than it was as you can see better in Lint's photos.

Hopefully the sweet spot I'm imagining between cartoon and toy is what you describe. I might be able to have both at the same time.

[philby]

nice one again! looking forward to the report and photos.

[GoktimusPrime]

Looks like good nerd fun
Question, what is the Generations book, some sort of catalogue of TF's made? Just one issue or an annual thing?

Remind me to show you this book next time we meet.

The first/original Generations book was first published in 2004, and covers all of the Hasbro and Takara Gen1 and Gen2 toys, plus some unreleased items and concept drawings.
It is one of those "must have" books for Transformers Gen1 toy collectors or fans, and even though it is mostly in Japanese, there hasn't been a better book published in English... so is highly sought after.

Small correction: the original Generations book was published in 2001. The later "Generations Deluxe" book (which includes more concept art) was released in 2004.

[Bladestorm]

Those pics look awesome. The more I see different shots of Astrotrain the more he grows on me with his strange yet alluring vehicular modes.

Thanks for sharing. It looks like you boys had a great time. The smiles on the faces of everyone playing with the figures is magic!

[griffin]

One mini correction Griffin to your post of photos, the Shockwave belonged to Jinto (via M-Bot) not Gekisou.

Small correction: the original Generations book was published in 2001. The later "Generations Deluxe" book (which includes more concept art) was released in 2004.

So many mistakes... that's what you get for having two hours of sleep in the last two days, from processing photos and typing up news posts.