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Posted by Liege Evilmus on July 9th, 2007 @ 5:11pm CDT
I just think it's funny how loose roster for The Avengers is, I'm suprized BatMan isn't a member too at this point!
Posted by waaaaghlord on July 9th, 2007 @ 5:18pm CDT
Posted by Hotrod on July 9th, 2007 @ 5:23pm CDT
waaaaghlord wrote:I take it that the bot between Skywarp and Blitzwing is the new character that IDW's pushing with this book and a forthcoming Spotlight. Did he get introduced in #1 or will this be the first appearance? I'm not generally that enthused with crossover titles, but since Chris Ryall's said that this fits into the main IDW continuity I guess I'll be giving it a look at some point.
He was not in #1. Any guesses as to who he is? The only problem I see with #2 right now is the cover. Prowl looks good but Wolverine looks really, really bad.
Posted by waaaaghlord on July 9th, 2007 @ 5:29pm CDT
Posted by 1337W422102 on July 9th, 2007 @ 5:35pm CDT
Posted by Hotrod on July 9th, 2007 @ 5:39pm CDT
1337W422102 wrote:Awful cover. Why is the Blob wearing Wolverine's costume?
The Blob wants to feel some love?
Posted by waaaaghlord on July 9th, 2007 @ 5:42pm CDT
Hotrod wrote:The Blob wants to feel some love?
There's so much wrong with that sentence that I don't even know where to begin. Then again 'blob' as a coloquialism is probably just a Brit thing.
Posted by i_amtrunks on July 9th, 2007 @ 6:34pm CDT
Nice to have a new bot thrown in here and there though.
Posted by Down_Shift on July 9th, 2007 @ 7:23pm CDT
Posted by MYoung23 on July 9th, 2007 @ 7:33pm CDT
Everyone else wondered the same thing I see.
The new guy looks more Cybertronian than the others like he hasnt an Earth mode yet. That's just my impression. I cant tell what his alt mode may be.
IDW loves them some Runabout and Runamuck.
I guess Im one of the few Stunticons fans.
Posted by Down_Shift on July 9th, 2007 @ 7:40pm CDT
MYoung23 wrote:IDW loves them some Runabout and Runamuck.
I guess Im one of the few Stunticons fans.
I'm confused by this statement. Do you think that the mucks are Stunticons or are you just pronouncing your love of the Stunticons
Posted by Tigertrack on July 9th, 2007 @ 8:11pm CDT
waaaaghlord wrote:Hotrod wrote:The Blob wants to feel some love?
There's so much wrong with that sentence that I don't even know where to begin. Then again 'blob' as a coloquialism is probably just a Brit thing.
The Blob was an M-day victim, rolls of skin, hanging off a skinny body basically.
The mysterious bot kind of looks like Dreadwind to me.
Posted by Liege Evilmus on July 9th, 2007 @ 8:40pm CDT
tigertracks 24 wrote:waaaaghlord wrote:Hotrod wrote:The Blob wants to feel some love?
There's so much wrong with that sentence that I don't even know where to begin. Then again 'blob' as a coloquialism is probably just a Brit thing.
The Blob was an M-day victim, rolls of skin, hanging off a skinny body basically.
The mysterious bot kind of looks like Dreadwind to me.
That Blob/M-Day statement is the coolest thing I heard all day!
Posted by Tigertrack on July 9th, 2007 @ 8:46pm CDT
Liege Evilmus wrote:tigertracks 24 wrote:waaaaghlord wrote:Hotrod wrote:The Blob wants to feel some love?
There's so much wrong with that sentence that I don't even know where to begin. Then again 'blob' as a coloquialism is probably just a Brit thing.
The Blob was an M-day victim, rolls of skin, hanging off a skinny body basically.
The mysterious bot kind of looks like Dreadwind to me.
That Blob/M-Day statement is the coolest thing I heard all day!
I read it, saw a pic, in one of the recent recaps in X-Men, Endangered Species maybe..?
X-Men all just runs together for me.
Posted by Liege Evilmus on July 9th, 2007 @ 9:04pm CDT
tigertracks 24 wrote:Liege Evilmus wrote:tigertracks 24 wrote:waaaaghlord wrote:Hotrod wrote:The Blob wants to feel some love?
There's so much wrong with that sentence that I don't even know where to begin. Then again 'blob' as a coloquialism is probably just a Brit thing.
The Blob was an M-day victim, rolls of skin, hanging off a skinny body basically.
The mysterious bot kind of looks like Dreadwind to me.
That Blob/M-Day statement is the coolest thing I heard all day!
I read it, saw a pic, in one of the recent recaps in X-Men, Endangered Species maybe..?
X-Men all just runs together for me.
Dam, call me stupid, but I tough M-Day was something from a (real) war.
But on the note of Marvel, growing up, I'd only buy Marvel, now it ALL runs together for me. All their stories have the implication of consiquence, but nothing ever lasts long enough for the meaning to hit.
And once they started letting the movies dictate the art (Spider-Man back in his black suit now, hmm wonder why) I was just out.
I have very recently(like this weekend) started buying some new TF TPBs and I have to say, although they seemed rushed, they are really good. The only thing I got and realy didn't like was the Galvatron Spotlight. I don't like the change they made to him by seperating him from Megatron, and I kinda thought the tie-ins to the other stories out there right now(although maybe meaningful) took away from the rampage I was hoping for.
But otherwise, real good stuff!
Posted by Bass X0 on July 9th, 2007 @ 9:35pm CDT
Posted by skeletal13 on July 9th, 2007 @ 9:39pm CDT
Liege Evilmus wrote:tigertracks 24 wrote:Liege Evilmus wrote:tigertracks 24 wrote:waaaaghlord wrote:Hotrod wrote:The Blob wants to feel some love?
There's so much wrong with that sentence that I don't even know where to begin. Then again 'blob' as a coloquialism is probably just a Brit thing.
The Blob was an M-day victim, rolls of skin, hanging off a skinny body basically.
The mysterious bot kind of looks like Dreadwind to me.
That Blob/M-Day statement is the coolest thing I heard all day!
I read it, saw a pic, in one of the recent recaps in X-Men, Endangered Species maybe..?
X-Men all just runs together for me.
Dam, call me stupid, but I tough M-Day was something from a (real) war.
But on the note of Marvel, growing up, I'd only buy Marvel, now it ALL runs together for me. All their stories have the implication of consiquence, but nothing ever lasts long enough for the meaning to hit.
And once they started letting the movies dictate the art (Spider-Man back in his black suit now, hmm wonder why) I was just out.
I stopped buying Marvel back around the early 90s when Chris Claremont and Jim Lee left X-Men. The books were focusing too much on the art, and less on the story. At least with DC, even if the art was crappy, you were usually getting some decent writing.
Posted by Liege Evilmus on July 9th, 2007 @ 9:55pm CDT
skeletal13 wrote:Liege Evilmus wrote:tigertracks 24 wrote:Liege Evilmus wrote:tigertracks 24 wrote:waaaaghlord wrote:Hotrod wrote:The Blob wants to feel some love?
There's so much wrong with that sentence that I don't even know where to begin. Then again 'blob' as a coloquialism is probably just a Brit thing.
The Blob was an M-day victim, rolls of skin, hanging off a skinny body basically.
The mysterious bot kind of looks like Dreadwind to me.
That Blob/M-Day statement is the coolest thing I heard all day!
I read it, saw a pic, in one of the recent recaps in X-Men, Endangered Species maybe..?
X-Men all just runs together for me.
Dam, call me stupid, but I tough M-Day was something from a (real) war.
But on the note of Marvel, growing up, I'd only buy Marvel, now it ALL runs together for me. All their stories have the implication of consiquence, but nothing ever lasts long enough for the meaning to hit.
And once they started letting the movies dictate the art (Spider-Man back in his black suit now, hmm wonder why) I was just out.
I stopped buying Marvel back around the early 90s when Chris Claremont and Jim Lee left X-Men. The books were focusing too much on the art, and less on the story. At least with DC, even if the art was crappy, you were usually getting some decent writing.
Yeah, right about then, maybe a year into the start of IMAGE is when I gave up.
I remember all the die-cut covers and polybaged editions that made you wanna get doubles just killed it for me.
As for DC, I can respect the characters, but outside of some one shots like "The Killing Joke" or "Kingdomcome" I just couldn't get into the continuities. DC characters always seemed to perfect to me.
Marvel at least had character flaws and things like that which made them seem more real.
But yeah, thats when I stopped. I had a brief revival when I worked in a Barnes & Nobels and was able to steal them, but that ended quick.
My friend Jing always kept me in te loop, and to this day I still write and draw my own(any backers out there?). But fanatical collecting is something I now reserve for TF toys.
I am looking to get as many TF TPBs as possible now though as the stories are good. I know they come out in monthly issues, but I'd rather just get the stories in one shot nowadays.
Posted by jgilkinson on July 9th, 2007 @ 11:32pm CDT
Posted by Hairball178 on July 9th, 2007 @ 11:36pm CDT
I'm betting on him being Punch/Counterpunch.
Posted by steve2275 on July 10th, 2007 @ 2:01am CDT
Posted by Dark Ops on July 10th, 2007 @ 2:48am CDT
waaaaghlord wrote:I take it that the bot between Skywarp and Blitzwing is the new character that IDW's pushing with this book and a forthcoming Spotlight. Did he get introduced in #1 or will this be the first appearance? I'm not generally that enthused with crossover titles, but since Chris Ryall's said that this fits into the main IDW continuity I guess I'll be giving it a look at some point.
That bot between Skywarp and Blitzwing sure looks and awful lot like Twin-Twist to me.
Posted by Repugnus on July 10th, 2007 @ 3:11am CDT
Hairball178 wrote:I'd say the new Transformer turns into a car. I don't think it could be Doubledealer, but he is already a part of the IDW-verse in the Hot Rod spotlight. I doubt it'd be Dreadwind because more often than not, wherever he is there is also Darkwing.
I'm betting on him being Punch/Counterpunch.
Yeah, I'd say it's a safe bet it's not Doubledealer since he looks nothing like he did in the Hot Rod Spotlight. But then again, they're using a (thankfully) different design for Bumblebee than EJ Su's redesign, so who knows. But still, I'm gonna say no.
My first gut instinct when I saw it was Darkwing, but then I noticed he didn't have the wings on his head. And he also looks completely different than his awesome DonFig design in Stormbringer, so unless that's some crappy Earth-mode they gave him, that's another no on that one.
Is it wrong that I don't like the idea of it being an all new character? I mean, we've got hundreds of G1 characters to choose from (not to mention G2 since the Galvatron spotlight seems to have opened up that door), so why not use a character who already exists rather than make a new one. Seriously, everytime I see an "all-new" character, all I can think is "cannon fodder."
Posted by waaaaghlord on July 10th, 2007 @ 5:06am CDT
Posted by Bass X0 on July 10th, 2007 @ 7:10am CDT
There's no reason for 'redshirt' generics to exist any more - just do what Spotlight Galvatron did and use G2 characters - they may as well be completely new characters to some people but those who know who they are will appreciate it more.
Posted by MYoung23 on July 10th, 2007 @ 10:20am CDT
Down_Shift wrote:MYoung23 wrote:IDW loves them some Runabout and Runamuck.
I guess Im one of the few Stunticons fans.
I'm confused by this statement. Do you think that the mucks are Stunticons or are you just pronouncing your love of the Stunticons
Im just pronouncing my like of the Stuntacons. They keep recycling Runabout and Runamuck while they 5 perfectly good crazy Stuntacons in storage.
Posted by King Henrik on July 10th, 2007 @ 11:48am CDT
Posted by waaaaghlord on July 10th, 2007 @ 12:34pm CDT
MYoung23 wrote:Down_Shift wrote:MYoung23 wrote:IDW loves them some Runabout and Runamuck.
I guess Im one of the few Stunticons fans.
I'm confused by this statement. Do you think that the mucks are Stunticons or are you just pronouncing your love of the Stunticons
Im just pronouncing my like of the Stuntacons. They keep recycling Runabout and Runamuck while they 5 perfectly good crazy Stuntacons in storage.
Since this is supposed to fit into the main continuity they're keeping it pretty much to the bots that have already been established as being on Earth. Runabout and Runamuck were in Starscream's infiltration unit in Infiltration so it makes perfect sense that they're still around. It's a shame that there's not as much continuity in the art, to my mind now that EJ's redesigns have been established they should be consistant with them. I'm sure that the Stunticons will show up somewhere down the line.
Posted by MYoung23 on July 10th, 2007 @ 4:01pm CDT
We've seen the entire Starscream Infiltration Unit
Posted by dragons on July 10th, 2007 @ 9:20pm CDT
Posted by Creature SH on July 10th, 2007 @ 10:22pm CDT
Posted by Jazz-935 on July 14th, 2007 @ 6:36pm CDT
I got it in the uk for like £4 inc. delivery, hardly a bank breaker.
haha, Fast food costs more in a average meal.
Posted by waaaaghlord on July 15th, 2007 @ 7:55am CDT
Jazz-935 wrote:I got it in the uk for like £4 inc. delivery, hardly a bank breaker.
£4, are you mad? You're in London, there's hardly a shortage of comic shops in the area and you've paid more than twice the going rate for a current comic that every comic shop in the country's stocking. If we were talking about a title from one of the smaller comic houses like Avatar or an incentive cover that was in something like a 1 in 25 ratio then I could understand. Even if it was a fairly common comic that had been out for a while and you'd missed at the time that would be understandable. End of the day this is a current Marvel book and not worth anything like four quid.
Posted by Jazz-935 on July 15th, 2007 @ 8:29am CDT
Its was actually more like £3.49
Posted by waaaaghlord on July 15th, 2007 @ 9:30am CDT
Posted by Jazz-935 on July 15th, 2007 @ 9:40am CDT
Posted by waaaaghlord on July 15th, 2007 @ 9:56am CDT