Talk:Transformers Vault
The Australian version is published by Ice Water Press and features a different cover (slipcase has a bit Autobot logo, and on the cover itself is a Decepticon logo.) --FFN 05:21, 29 May 2011 (EDT)
Is there any point in saying the images of G1 Prime and Megs are from the Shout factory DVDs? Because they're just stock Hasbro licensing images. Also, how did we know Andrew Griffith drew them? --FFN 14:22, 5 June 2011 (EDT)
- You know, I was going to say "because he drew all the covers to the Shout Factory DVDs", but I've just checked his DeviantArt and he actually doesn't credit himself with the first season set. I've asked him about the artist behind the Prime and Megs images. - Chris McFeely 15:51, 5 June 2011 (EDT)
- Ah, you are quite right sir, they weren't Griffith's - they are indeed Hasbro stock images used for the first season DVD cover, which he then emulated for the subsequent sets. They're by Don Fig - which actually was what I originally speculated before looking up the DVDs, because of those stupid motherfucking "high heels" he's been insistent on giving G1 Prime since DW's MTMTE. - Chris McFeely 09:17, 7 June 2011 (EDT)
Page name
[edit]Why isn't this just "Transformers:Vault"? To me that long rambling mess looks less like a subtitle of the book than a hype blurb. Kind of like the "the world's greatest comic mag" on the cover of Fantastic Four. --Khajidha 09:46, 7 June 2011 (EDT)
- It is a subtitle, just look at the Abrams page. - Starfield 10:55, 7 June 2011 (EDT)
- Even so. It remains a rambling mess that's just unnecessary to have as a full title. - Chris McFeely 10:58, 7 June 2011 (EDT)
- The Abrams page has "Transformers Vault" for a page title (the one that appears in the browser title bar). --abates 16:38, 7 June 2011 (EDT)
- I don't particularly mind the title and would like to point out that we have Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron and The Ark: A Complete Compendium of Character Designs. —Interrobang 16:46, 7 June 2011 (EDT)
- And yet we don't have Ghosts of Yesterday: The Official Prequel to the Upcoming Blockbuster Film or Transformers Legends: The First Ever Collection of Transformers Stories. --abates 16:54, 7 June 2011 (EDT)
- Ah, well. Pick either style and be consistent, I guess. —Interrobang 17:06, 7 June 2011 (EDT)
- Do have to say, I did always think Exodus and The Ark's article titles were overlong. - Chris McFeely 17:41, 7 June 2011 (EDT)
- The official title of The Ark is, indeed Transformers: The Ark. The subtitle isn't part of the title and probably shouldn't be in the article title.--Jimsorenson 22:55, 8 June 2011 (EDT)
- Do have to say, I did always think Exodus and The Ark's article titles were overlong. - Chris McFeely 17:41, 7 June 2011 (EDT)
- Ah, well. Pick either style and be consistent, I guess. —Interrobang 17:06, 7 June 2011 (EDT)
- And yet we don't have Ghosts of Yesterday: The Official Prequel to the Upcoming Blockbuster Film or Transformers Legends: The First Ever Collection of Transformers Stories. --abates 16:54, 7 June 2011 (EDT)
- I don't particularly mind the title and would like to point out that we have Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron and The Ark: A Complete Compendium of Character Designs. —Interrobang 16:46, 7 June 2011 (EDT)
Other Errors
[edit]I don't have the page number offhand, but the Energon incarnation of Arcee is referred to as a car rather than a motorcycle on whichever page covers Energon and the 20th anniversary.--MCRG 11:48, 29 June 2011 (EDT)
- I also noticed a minor error, that somewhere at the first pages, There is a Prototype Soundwave G1 toy wich editor referred to as Blaster. --Rustyscraplet 00:00, 7 July 2011 (EST)
- No, that really was a prototype Blaster. It has Soundwave's head, but look at the altmode and transformation steps. --Thylacine 2000 18:51, 7 July 2011 (EDT)
- I also noticed a minor error, that somewhere at the first pages, There is a Prototype Soundwave G1 toy wich editor referred to as Blaster. --Rustyscraplet 00:00, 7 July 2011 (EST)
Also, can someone tell me if this is an error? Pg. 28 consists of this image. The caption for it reads "Concept art for a MicroMaster deluxe vehicle transformation sequence." Clearly this isn't a Micromaster and the year on the image is '86, but the image is included next to the page mentioning the introduction of the Micromasters. Bwah? EShadowP 01:05, 8 September 2011 (EDT)
Request
[edit]Unreleased toy mentions a Decepticon Headmaster Manta Ray being revealed in this book. Would anyone please write it a page or note on the Headmasters page? Pretty please? Geewunling 17:26, 14 August 2011 (EDT)
- The Stingray? I don't trust it. Here's a picture. Now, tell me how exactly that is meant to be a Headmaster? The tail folds down and reveals a head with no clearance to be removed and there's no place for his tech spec readout. (Don't get me wrong, I like him and wish we had received the toy, but I just don't buy the Headmaster tie-in.) EShadowP 00:46, 8 September 2011 (EDT)
- Aww, it's not a Headmaster?... Though that does not take away, since Decepticons with animal alternate modes are specific for certain years, and it is not an Insecticon or Predacon, nor looks like a Pretender... that it looks a lot like a 1987 design. Does the book caontain anything else on the stingray than what is in this picture? Geewunling 09:09, 8 September 2011 (EDT)
- The book's caption for the image is "Concept art for an unreleased and nameless Decepticon Headmaster with a stingray alt-mode." --ItsWalky 12:18, 8 September 2011 (EDT)
- Nothing other than the picture and the caption Walky quoted. I wonder what the "new direction" actually is. I wish there had been a year attached to it.EShadowP 14:29, 8 September 2011 (EDT)
- Given this guy does not appear to have the telltale features of a Headmaster and the supposed Micromaster art in the above section really seems Action Master based instead I think we have to take these labels with a huge grain of salt. However, that said, really lookat the Mantaship's styling it does seem very 1987. It really does have the look of the Headmaster/Targetmasters of that era. The "basic" label almost suggests the smaller 88 masters though. It's nothing like the Seacons style wise, so that's unlikely at least...--76.28.76.206 14:57, 8 September 2011 (EDT)
- To me that "Micromaster art" looks more like MICROMAN. --Khajidha 15:33, 8 September 2011 (EDT)
- Given this guy does not appear to have the telltale features of a Headmaster and the supposed Micromaster art in the above section really seems Action Master based instead I think we have to take these labels with a huge grain of salt. However, that said, really lookat the Mantaship's styling it does seem very 1987. It really does have the look of the Headmaster/Targetmasters of that era. The "basic" label almost suggests the smaller 88 masters though. It's nothing like the Seacons style wise, so that's unlikely at least...--76.28.76.206 14:57, 8 September 2011 (EDT)
- Nothing other than the picture and the caption Walky quoted. I wonder what the "new direction" actually is. I wish there had been a year attached to it.EShadowP 14:29, 8 September 2011 (EDT)
- The book's caption for the image is "Concept art for an unreleased and nameless Decepticon Headmaster with a stingray alt-mode." --ItsWalky 12:18, 8 September 2011 (EDT)
- Aww, it's not a Headmaster?... Though that does not take away, since Decepticons with animal alternate modes are specific for certain years, and it is not an Insecticon or Predacon, nor looks like a Pretender... that it looks a lot like a 1987 design. Does the book caontain anything else on the stingray than what is in this picture? Geewunling 09:09, 8 September 2011 (EDT)
- The Stingray? I don't trust it. Here's a picture. Now, tell me how exactly that is meant to be a Headmaster? The tail folds down and reveals a head with no clearance to be removed and there's no place for his tech spec readout. (Don't get me wrong, I like him and wish we had received the toy, but I just don't buy the Headmaster tie-in.) EShadowP 00:46, 8 September 2011 (EDT)
