Editing Transformers Dark of the Moon Annual 2012

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|title=Transformers Dark of the Moon Annual 2012
|publisher=[[HarperCollins Publishers]]
|imprint=HarperCollins Children's Books
|date=[[September 1]], [[2011]]
|writer=[[Paddy Kempshall]]
|coverdate=2012
|pagecount=64
|continuity=[[Movie continuity]]
|price=£7.99
|ISBN=0007436246<br>978-0007436248
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The '''''Transformers Dark of the Moon'' Annual 2012''' was published in the [[United Kingdom]] by HarperCollins Children's Books to tie in with ''[[Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''. It contained a text adaptation of the movie, scattered throughout the book in parts, and a whole lot of puzzles and games.

==Contents==
*'''The Flight of the Ark''' — adaptation part 1: [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] witnesses the launch and apparent destruction of the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]''.
*'''Data Delivery''' — a DOTM word find.
*'''Bits and Bytes''' — match the pieces of [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] with shadowed-out parts of his stock image.
*'''The Battle for Cybertron''' — Tic Tac Toe.
*'''The Dark Side of the Moon''' — adaptation part 2: [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] land on the moon and investigate the crashed Ark.
*'''Moon Maze''' — a maze. Avoid the craters!
*Optimus Prime Art
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] Art
*'''Patchwork Parts''' — a crazy monster made of part of other Transformers.
*'''Colour Optimus Prime'''
*'''Robo Repair''' — find the wire leading from Megatron's head to his chest.
*'''Double-Crossed!''' — adaptation part 3: [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] deal with [[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]], [[Hatchet]] and [[Crowbar]], only for [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] to turn evil and kill [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]! Then he goes to [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] and begins a [[Decepticon]] invasion.
*'''Colour Bumblebee'''
*'''Do Not Disturb''' — cut up your annual so you can use this "do not disturb" sign!
*'''Matrix Master''' — spot the odd symbol out in each row.
*'''Power Pyramid''' — work out the missing numbers from the pyramid before Sentinel Prime does!
*'''Colour Shockwave'''
*'''Decepticon Deployment''' — NEST Satellite Orion shows possible places on a world map for [[Space bridge|Space Bridge]] [[Pillar]] deployment.
*'''Abandoned!''' — adaptation part 4: [[Sam Witwicky]] tearfully says farewell to the [[Autobot]]s before they leave on the [[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]], and then watches in horror as [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] blows it up.
*'''More Than Meets the Eye''' — optical illusions.
*'''Code Breaker''' — use a code to decipher the message Optimus sent Bumblebee, written in the code of the Primes.
*Shockwave Art
*Sentinel Prime Art
*'''Double Difference''' — spot the differences between these two pictures of Megatron.
*'''Shock and Awe!''' — Having avoided the Xantium explosion, the Autobots enter [[Chicago]]. Optimus destroys the [[Driller]]. Bumblebee is too busy battling [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to spot Shockwave coming up behind him, but Optimus does and beats Shockwave to death. [[Carly Spencer|Carly]] goads Megatron into helping Optimus defeat Sentinel, while soldiers destroy the control Pillar. Optimus accepts Megatron's truce.
*'''Transformers Quiz'''
*'''Colour Megatron'''
*'''[[NEST]] Field Guide to Autobots and Decepticons''' — bios covering Megatron, Bumblebee, Shockwave, [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], Ironhide, Optimus Prime and Sentinel Prime.
*'''Answers''' — the answers to all of the previous puzzles.

==Errors==
*In the adaptation, Ground Control worries that the lander will run out of fuel before it lands, as that would be disastrous. If it has that little fuel left, how's it going to take off again?
*Megatron's alternate modes in his bio are described as "Cybertronian tank or jet"

==Items of note==
*[[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] are featured in the word find and the profiles at the end, though they don't appear in the text adaptation of the film, suggesting it was written after it was clear they weren't in the film.
*The adaptation ends with Optimus accepting Megatron's truce, however.
*At least one piece of non-''Transformers'' photography is included, with a NASA picture of Buzz Aldrin standing on the Moon accompanying the text adaptation.
*Locations pointed to by the Orion satellite: Chicago, Illinois, USA; [[New York City|New York]], New York, USA; [[Mato Grosso]], [[Brazil]]; [[Majnoon]], [[Iraq]]; [[Olympic Dam]], [[Australia|South Australia]]; [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant|Chernobyl]], Pripyat, Ukraine; [[Beijing]], [[China]].

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