Desert Island Risks! - Revision history

Saix: /* Cover */clean up, replaced: Flattop (Decepticon) → Flattop (G1)

2024-01-19T21:07:14Z

Cover: clean up, replaced: Flattop (Decepticon) → Flattop (G1)

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	*''The Monstrous Transformers Micromaster Competition, Mark II''		*''The Monstrous Transformers Micromaster Competition, Mark II''
	:*20 top prizes of a Micromaster base - [[Groundshaker (G1)\|Groundshaker]] and the [[ATV]] or [[Skyhopper]] and the [[Helicopter]].		:*20 top prizes of a Micromaster base - [[Groundshaker (G1)\|Groundshaker]] and the [[ATV]] or [[Skyhopper]] and the [[Helicopter]].
	:*100 runners-up prizes of "Micro-Transports" - [[Roughstuff]], [[Overload (G1)\|Overload]] and [[Flattop (~~Decepticon~~)\|Flattop]] are pictured. No sign of [[Erector (G1)\|Erector]]...		:*100 runners-up prizes of "Micro-Transports" - [[Roughstuff]], [[Overload (G1)\|Overload]] and [[Flattop (G1)\|Flattop]] are pictured. No sign of [[Erector (G1)\|Erector]]...
	===Reprints===		===Reprints===
	*'''''[[Transformers: Earthforce]]'' cover:''' [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Grimlock]] thumps a table — crop of the cover to UK issue [[Break-Away!\|#263]], by [[Stephen Baskerville]].		*'''''[[Transformers: Earthforce]]'' cover:''' [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Grimlock]] thumps a table — crop of the cover to UK issue [[Break-Away!\|#263]], by [[Stephen Baskerville]].

Cyberlink420 at 21:09, 6 December 2023

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	===Real-life references===		===Real-life references===
	*The front cover of the issue depicts Bumblebee shouting "There's somethin' moving out here, an' it ain't us!" This is a reference to a line in the [[1986]] film ''{{w\|Aliens (film)\|Aliens}}'', where in one scene Private Hudson (played by Bill Paxton) says exactly the same thing, verbatim.		*The front cover of the issue depicts Bumblebee shouting "There's somethin' moving out here, an' it ain't us!" This is a reference to a line in the [[1986]] film ''{{w\|Aliens (film)\|Aliens}}'', where in one scene Private Hudson (played by Bill Paxton) says exactly the same thing, verbatim.
	*The title is a play on the name of the long-running BBC radio series ''{{w\|Desert Island Discs}}''.		*The title is a play on the name of the long-running [[BBC]] radio series ''{{w\|Desert Island Discs}}''.
	*Ironhide's final line to Devastator—"Come on down!"—was a catchphrase on the [[Television\|TV]] show ''{{w\|The Price Is Right (UK game show)\|The Price Is Right}}''.		*Ironhide's final line to Devastator—"Come on down!"—was a catchphrase on the [[Television\|TV]] show ''{{w\|The Price Is Right (UK game show)\|The Price Is Right}}''.

MistaTee: /* Reprints */ bring in line to other Marvel reprints

2022-07-21T02:32:22Z

Reprints: bring in line to other Marvel reprints

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	:*100 runners-up prizes of "Micro-Transports" - [[Roughstuff]], [[Overload (G1)\|Overload]] and [[Flattop (Decepticon)\|Flattop]] are pictured. No sign of [[Erector (G1)\|Erector]]...		:*100 runners-up prizes of "Micro-Transports" - [[Roughstuff]], [[Overload (G1)\|Overload]] and [[Flattop (Decepticon)\|Flattop]] are pictured. No sign of [[Erector (G1)\|Erector]]...
	===Reprints===		===Reprints===
	*'''''[[Transformers: Earthforce]]'' ~~TPB~~''' ~~<small>~~([[~~December 14~~]], [[~~2005~~]]~~) ISBN 1845760611</small>~~		*'''''[[Transformers: Earthforce]]'' cover:''' [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Grimlock]] thumps a table — crop of the cover to UK issue [[Break-Away!\|#263]], by [[Stephen Baskerville]].
	*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 20: End of the Road:''''' ~~<small>~~([[~~January 10~~]], [[~~2018~~]]~~)</small>~~		*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 20: End of the Road:''''' Bludgeon (art reused from [[Dreamwave Productions\|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profiles) above an interior scene of Grimlock punching through Fangry (from [[End of the Road! (US)\|US issue #80]]), by [[Andrew Wildman]].
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	File:Titan B&W Compilation-Earthforce.jpg\|'''''Transformers: Earthforce'''''~~; cover art by [[Stephen Baskerville]]~~		File:Titan B&W Compilation-Earthforce.jpg\|'''''Transformers: Earthforce'''''<br>(Titan Books, 2005)
	File:DefinitiveG1Collection v20.jpg\|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 20'''''~~; cover art by ??? and [[Andrew Wildman]]~~		File:DefinitiveG1Collection v20.jpg\|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 20: End of the Road'''''<br>(Hachette Partworks, 2018)
	</gallery>		</gallery>

	[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]		[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Shadow XGX-9 at 22:09, 23 June 2022

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	[[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Ironhide]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Bumblebee]] track a [[Transformer]] lifeform to an island in the [[Bahamas]], hoping that it is their missing teammate [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Prowl]]. Instead, they discover the site of a project to reconstruct [[Devastator (G1)\|Devastator]] as a separate robot, since the [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]] have lost the ability to combine.		[[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Ironhide]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Bumblebee]] track a [[Transformer]] lifeform to an island in the [[Bahamas]], hoping that it is their missing teammate [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Prowl]]. Instead, they discover the site of a project to reconstruct [[Devastator (G1)\|Devastator]] as a separate robot, since the [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]] have lost the ability to combine.

	Ironhide penetrates the [[automated defence ring]] protecting the project, and ~~destroys it~~.		Ironhide penetrates the [[automated defence ring]] protecting the project, using skills learnt from designing similar systems as Autobot security chief while Bumblebee looks on. The ring consists of various trivia questions and riddles, which Ironhide negotiates successfully before getting close enough to ram the scaffolding and destroy the Devastator reconstruction.
	{{--}}		{{--}}

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	*Devastator's appearance here is presumably intended to [[to sell toys\|promote]] his [[Action Master]] [[toy]]. No in-story explanation is given as to why the Constructicons can no longer combine; [[Nucleon (substance)\|Nucleon]] is the obvious suspect, but it's never mentioned in the story. [[Ask Vector Prime]] would eventually canonize this theory.		*Devastator's appearance here is presumably intended to [[to sell toys\|promote]] his [[Action Master]] [[toy]]. No in-story explanation is given as to why the Constructicons can no longer combine; [[Nucleon (substance)\|Nucleon]] is the obvious suspect, but it's never mentioned in the story. [[Ask Vector Prime]] would eventually canonize this theory.
	**A popular (but false) [[misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers\|myth]] ties this story to a re-release of the [[The Transformers (toyline)\|Generation 1]] [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicon]] toys in some [[The Transformers (European toyline)\|European markets]], which were retooled and lacked all of the Devastator-related accessories so they could no longer combine. However, the yellow "Euro" Constructicons weren't released until two years after this story came out.		**A popular (but false) [[misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers\|myth]] ties this story to a re-release of the [[The Transformers (toyline)\|Generation 1]] [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicon]] toys in some [[The Transformers (European toyline)\|European markets]], which were retooled and lacked all of the Devastator-related accessories so they could no longer combine. However, the yellow "Euro" Constructicons weren't released until two years after this story came out.
			*Ironhide and Bumblebee reach the Bahamas on nifty branded hoverbikes; the same transportation will reappear in "[[Where Wolf?]]".
			*One of the defence systems mentions the [[Hydrus Four]] system, home of a subterranean lifeform called the [[Axustian]].

	===Real-life references===		===Real-life references===
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	===Other trivia===		===Other trivia===
	*~~TBD~~		*In Dread Tidings, [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] mentions Cybertronian football teams [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]] United and [[Polyhex]] City. Both got relegated. The Cybertronian version involves more attacking of the ball. He also evades rumours that before the war he fronted a band called The Rusty Buckets.

	===Back-up material===		===Back-up material===
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	</gallery>		</gallery>

			*Grandstand "Stop Thief" electronics
			*''The Monstrous Transformers Micromaster Competition, Mark II''
			:*20 top prizes of a Micromaster base - [[Groundshaker (G1)\|Groundshaker]] and the [[ATV]] or [[Skyhopper]] and the [[Helicopter]].
			:*100 runners-up prizes of "Micro-Transports" - [[Roughstuff]], [[Overload (G1)\|Overload]] and [[Flattop (Decepticon)\|Flattop]] are pictured. No sign of [[Erector (G1)\|Erector]]...
	===Reprints===		===Reprints===
	*'''''[[Transformers: Earthforce]]'' TPB''' <small>([[December 14]], [[2005]]) ISBN 1845760611</small>		*'''''[[Transformers: Earthforce]]'' TPB''' <small>([[December 14]], [[2005]]) ISBN 1845760611</small>

Cyberlink420 at 15:19, 1 March 2019

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	\|next2=Once upon a Time...		\|next2=Once upon a Time...
	\|title="Desert Island Risks!"		\|title="Desert Island Risks!"
	\|image=~~Desert island risks~~.jpg		\|image=MarvelUK-264.jpg
	\|caption="And it looks just like a [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]] logo!"		\|caption="And it looks just like a [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]] logo!"
	\|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]		\|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
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	* '''Issue #264 cover:''' Ironhide and Bumblebee in the jungle, by Pete Knifton.		* '''Issue #264 cover:''' Ironhide and Bumblebee in the jungle, by Pete Knifton.
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	File:~~Desert island risks~~.jpg\|'''Issue #264'''		File:MarvelUK-264.jpg\|'''Issue #264'''
	</gallery>		</gallery>

MistaTee: /* Notes */ hachette vol 20

2018-10-30T21:30:27Z

Notes: hachette vol 20

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	===Artwork and technical errors===		===Artwork and technical errors===
			*TBD

	===Continuity errors===		===Continuity errors===
			*TBD

	===Continuity notes===		===Continuity notes===
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	===Other trivia===		===Other trivia===
			*TBD

	===Back-up material===		===Back-up material===
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	*'''Other strips:''' ''[[Action Force (comic)\|G.I. Joe the Action Force]]'' - "Manoeuvring for Position" and ''[[Combat Colin]]''		*'''Other strips:''' ''[[Action Force (comic)\|G.I. Joe the Action Force]]'' - "Manoeuvring for Position" and ''[[Combat Colin]]''

	===~~Covers (2)~~===		===Cover===
			* '''Issue #264 cover:''' Ironhide and Bumblebee in the jungle, by Pete Knifton.
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	File:Desert island risks.jpg\|'''Issue #264'''		File:Desert island risks.jpg\|'''Issue #264'''
	~~File:Titan B&W Compilation-Earthforce.jpg\|'''''Earthforce'''''~~
	</gallery>		</gallery>
	* '''Issue #264 cover:''' Ironhide and Bumblebee in the jungle, by Pete Knifton.
	*'''''Earthforce'' cover:''' [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Grimlock]] thumps a table, cropped from the cover of issue [[Break-Away!\|#263]], by Stephen Baskerville.

	===Reprints===		===Reprints===
	*[[2005]] — ''[[Transformers: Earthforce]]''		*'''''[[Transformers: Earthforce]]'' TPB''' <small>([[December 14]], [[2005]]) ISBN 1845760611</small>
			*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 20: End of the Road:''''' <small>([[January 10]], [[2018]])</small>
			<gallery>
			File:Titan B&W Compilation-Earthforce.jpg\|'''''Transformers: Earthforce'''''; cover art by [[Stephen Baskerville]]
			File:DefinitiveG1Collection v20.jpg\|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 20'''''; cover art by ??? and [[Andrew Wildman]]
			</gallery>

	[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]		[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

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	"Let me. As '''Autobot Security Chief''', I used to design these things. I know how they work."		"Let me. As '''Autobot Security Chief''', I used to design these things. I know how they work."
	:—'''Ironhide''' seconds before tripping a trap.		:—'''Ironhide''' seconds before tripping a trap.


			"Had your fun? Good - now it's '''my turn! Devastator - come on down!'''"
			:—'''Ironhide''' destroys the would-be Devastator.

	==Notes==		==Notes==

PurrElise: /* Quotes */

2018-03-08T21:22:13Z

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	"Well - this is it, '''Bumblebee'''. Not much to look at, is it?"		"Well - this is it, '''Bumblebee'''. Not much to look at, is it?"
	:—'''Ironhide''' on one of Earth's tropical paradises.		:—'''Ironhide''' on one of Earth's tropical paradises.


			"Let me. As '''Autobot Security Chief''', I used to design these things. I know how they work."
			:—'''Ironhide''' seconds before tripping a trap.

	==Notes==		==Notes==

PurrElise: /* Quotes */

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	==Quotes==		==Quotes==
			"Well - this is it, '''Bumblebee'''. Not much to look at, is it?"
			:—'''Ironhide''' on one of Earth's tropical paradises.

	==Notes==		==Notes==

Emvee at 16:36, 29 June 2016

2016-06-29T16:36:13Z

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	*The front cover of the issue depicts Bumblebee shouting "There's somethin' moving out here, an' it ain't us!" This is a reference to a line in the [[1986]] film ''{{w\|Aliens (film)\|Aliens}}'', where in one scene Private Hudson (played by Bill Paxton) says exactly the same thing, verbatim.		*The front cover of the issue depicts Bumblebee shouting "There's somethin' moving out here, an' it ain't us!" This is a reference to a line in the [[1986]] film ''{{w\|Aliens (film)\|Aliens}}'', where in one scene Private Hudson (played by Bill Paxton) says exactly the same thing, verbatim.
	*The title is a play on the name of the long-running BBC radio series ''{{w\|Desert Island Discs}}''.		*The title is a play on the name of the long-running BBC radio series ''{{w\|Desert Island Discs}}''.
	*Ironhide's final line to Devastator—"Come on down!"—was a catchphrase on the [[Television\|TV]] show ~~the~~ ''{{w\|The Price Is Right (UK game show)\|The Price Is Right}}''.		*Ironhide's final line to Devastator—"Come on down!"—was a catchphrase on the [[Television\|TV]] show ''{{w\|The Price Is Right (UK game show)\|The Price Is Right}}''.

	===Other trivia===		===Other trivia===