Panini Armada issue 9 - Revision history

Chris McFeely at 12:24, 8 October 2025

2025-10-08T12:24:57Z

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	\|publisher=[[Panini]]		\|publisher=[[Panini]]
	\|date=[[December 4]], [[2003]]		\|date=[[December 4]], [[2003]]
			\|coverdate=[[December 31]], 2003
	\|writer=[[Simon Furman]]		\|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
	\|pencilers=[[Andrew Wildman]] ("Dawn of Destruction!" only)<br>[[Simon Williams]] ("Counter-Strike!" only)		\|pencilers=[[Andrew Wildman]] ("Dawn of Destruction!" only)<br>[[Simon Williams]] ("Counter-Strike!" only)
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	* "Who on Earth is UNICRON? Doesn't look like much to me,"		* "Who on Earth is UNICRON? Doesn't look like much to me,"
	:- Starscream responds to a piece of reader art.		:- Starscream responds to a piece of reader art.


	~~==Notes==~~
	* While the issue is cover dated December 31st 2003, it actually went on sale on December 4th.

	[[Category:Panini Armada issues]]		[[Category:Panini Armada issues]]

Wasp-shot23: /* Quotes */

2023-01-26T22:08:30Z

Quotes

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	"Huh? No."<br>		"Huh? No."<br>
	"'''Payback''' time!"		"'''Payback''' time!"
	:—'''Dualor''' and '''Buzzsaw'''		:—'''Dualor''' and '''Buzzsaw''' set up a one-liner.

	=== Errors ===		=== Errors ===

Wasp-shot23: /* Quotes */

2023-01-26T22:07:14Z

Quotes

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	=== Quotes ===		=== Quotes ===
	"Well~~, well~~, well, well. ''Cyclonus''. Know what ''time'' it is, team?"<br>		"Well, well, well. '''Cyclonus'''. Know what '''time''' it is, team?"<br>
	"Huh? No."<br>		"Huh? No."<br>
	"''Payback'' time!"		"'''Payback''' time!"
	:—'''Dualor''' and '''Buzzsaw'''		:—'''Dualor''' and '''Buzzsaw'''

Wasp-shot23: /* Contents */

2023-01-26T22:06:15Z

Contents

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	* Mini-con Marble Madness!		* Mini-con Marble Madness!
	* Data File #17: Jetfire		* Data File #17: Jetfire
	* Dawn of Destruction! Puzzle Page		* Dawn of Destruction! (Puzzle Page)
	* Cyclonus Upgraded! Power Poster		* Cyclonus Upgraded! Power Poster
	* Megatron's Grotto! Christmas themed prize draw		* Megatron's Grotto! (Christmas themed prize draw. Artwork by Simon Williams previously used for a poster of Megatron has been edited to show him dressed as Father Christmas!)
	* Cyber Space! Details on upcoming toys and TV broadcasts		* Cyber Space! (Details on upcoming toys and TV broadcasts)
	* Data File #18: Commetor		* Data File #18: Commetor
	* Tales of the Mini-Cons... Counter-Strike! (comic, 6 pages)		* Tales of the Mini-Cons... Counter-Strike! (comic, 6 pages)
	* High Wire's Festive Fun Factory! Christmas themed things to make and do (including suggesting you make Megatron into an angel to go atop your tree!)		* High Wire's Festive Fun Factory! (Christmas themed things to make and do, including suggesting you make Megatron into an angel to go atop your tree!)
	* Starscream's Hate Mail!		* Starscream's Hate Mail!
	* Colouring Contest!		* Colouring Contest!


	===Free Gift===		===Free Gift===

Wasp-shot23 at 17:56, 22 January 2023

2023-01-22T17:56:41Z

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	===Free Gift===		===Free Gift===
	* '''Marble Shooters'''		* '''Marble Shooters'''
	A plastic cut-out with a sticker of ~~a character~~ on the front with a pressure launch mechanism for firing a marble from between ~~say, Demolishor's~~ legs~~. The full range of character variants is currently unknown~~. The mag's Mini-con Marble Madness! feature supplied some targets you could cut out for a game to play with it.		A plastic cut-out with a sticker of either Hot Shot or Demolishor on the front with a pressure launch mechanism for firing a marble from between their legs. The mag's Mini-con Marble Madness! feature supplied some targets you could cut out for a game to play with it.

	==Dawn of Destruction!==		==Dawn of Destruction!==

Wasp-shot23 at 17:54, 22 January 2023

2023-01-22T17:54:16Z

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	\|caption=Giant squidhead! Run away!!		\|caption=Giant squidhead! Run away!!
	\|publisher=[[Panini]]		\|publisher=[[Panini]]
	\|date=[[December 31]], [[2003]]		\|date=[[December 4]], [[2003]]
	\|writer=[[Simon Furman]]		\|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
	\|pencilers=[[Andrew Wildman]] ("Dawn of Destruction!" only)<br>[[Simon Williams]] ("Counter-Strike!" only)		\|pencilers=[[Andrew Wildman]] ("Dawn of Destruction!" only)<br>[[Simon Williams]] ("Counter-Strike!" only)
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	* "Who on Earth is UNICRON? Doesn't look like much to me,"		* "Who on Earth is UNICRON? Doesn't look like much to me,"
	:- Starscream responds to a piece of reader art.		:- Starscream responds to a piece of reader art.


			==Notes==
			* While the issue is cover dated December 31st 2003, it actually went on sale on December 4th.

	[[Category:Panini Armada issues]]		[[Category:Panini Armada issues]]

Wasp-shot23 at 17:50, 22 January 2023

2023-01-22T17:50:43Z

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	===Contents===		===Contents===
	* Dawn of Destruction! (comic, 8 pages)		* Dawn of Destruction! (comic, 8 pages)
			* Mini-con Marble Madness!
	* Data File #17: Jetfire		* Data File #17: Jetfire
			* Dawn of Destruction! Puzzle Page
	* Cyclonus Upgraded! Power Poster		* Cyclonus Upgraded! Power Poster
			* Megatron's Grotto! Christmas themed prize draw
			* Cyber Space! Details on upcoming toys and TV broadcasts
	* Data File #18: Commetor		* Data File #18: Commetor
	* Tales of the Mini-Cons... Counter-Strike! (comic, 6 pages)		* Tales of the Mini-Cons... Counter-Strike! (comic, 6 pages)
			* High Wire's Festive Fun Factory! Christmas themed things to make and do (including suggesting you make Megatron into an angel to go atop your tree!)
			* Starscream's Hate Mail!
			* Colouring Contest!


	===Free Gift===		===Free Gift===
	* '''Marble Shooters'''		* '''Marble Shooters'''
	* A plastic cut-out with a sticker of a character on the front with a pressure launch mechanism for firing a marble from between say, Demolishor's legs. The full range of character variants is currently unknown.		A plastic cut-out with a sticker of a character on the front with a pressure launch mechanism for firing a marble from between say, Demolishor's legs. The full range of character variants is currently unknown. The mag's Mini-con Marble Madness! feature supplied some targets you could cut out for a game to play with it.

	==Dawn of Destruction!==		==Dawn of Destruction!==
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	===Items of note===		===Items of note===
	* Mirage is explicitly shown being experimented on by the Decepticons while also being a player in the events of the attack on the Autobot base, implying he escaped their clutches. However, he isn't one of the group shown cheering on Dualor's scheme and is more sympathetic to Sparkplug's moral dilemma.		* Mirage is explicitly shown being experimented on by the Decepticons while also being a player in the events of the attack on the Autobot base, implying he escaped their clutches. However, he isn't one of the group shown cheering on Dualor's scheme and is more sympathetic to Sparkplug's moral dilemma.

			==Starscream's Hate Mail!==
			* "Who on Earth is UNICRON? Doesn't look like much to me,"
			:- Starscream responds to a piece of reader art.

	[[Category:Panini Armada issues]]		[[Category:Panini Armada issues]]

Wasp-shot23 at 17:34, 22 January 2023

2023-01-22T17:34:25Z

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	===Free Gift===		===Free Gift===
	* Marble Shooters		* '''Marble Shooters'''
			* A plastic cut-out with a sticker of a character on the front with a pressure launch mechanism for firing a marble from between say, Demolishor's legs. The full range of character variants is currently unknown.

	==Dawn of Destruction!==		==Dawn of Destruction!==
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	=== Errors ===		=== Errors ===
	* ~~N/A~~		* Starscream is consistently drawn with his wings still flat in their vehicle mode configuration.

	===Items of note===		===Items of note===
	* ~~N/A~~		* Megatron mentions the [[Punishment Cube\|Punishment Cube]] in relation to chastising the disobedient Cyclonus.

	==Counter-Strike!==		==Counter-Strike!==
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	=== Quotes ===		=== Quotes ===
	* ~~N/A~~		* "I don't buy Dualor's claim that they're as bad as each other. I... '''believe''' in Optimus Prime!"
			:—'''Sparkplug''' doesn't believe in Dualor's scheme.

	=== Errors ===		=== Errors ===
	* ~~N/A~~		* Smokescreen is seen firing his Mini-con activated crane cannon defending the base, but his partner Liftor is among the group happy to see him blown sky high.

	===Items of note===		===Items of note===
	* ~~N/A~~		* Mirage is explicitly shown being experimented on by the Decepticons while also being a player in the events of the attack on the Autobot base, implying he escaped their clutches. However, he isn't one of the group shown cheering on Dualor's scheme and is more sympathetic to Sparkplug's moral dilemma.

	[[Category:Panini Armada issues]]		[[Category:Panini Armada issues]]

Abates: /* Featured Characters */

2018-04-15T07:46:47Z

Featured Characters

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	** [[Buzzsaw (Armada)\|Buzzsaw]] (10)		** [[Buzzsaw (Armada)\|Buzzsaw]] (10)
	* [[Sparkplug (Armada)\|Sparkplug]] (11)		* [[Sparkplug (Armada)\|Sparkplug]] (11)
	* [[Sky Blast]] (12)		* [[Sky Blast (Armada)\|Sky Blast]] (12)
	* [[Ransack (Armada)\|Ransack]] (13)		* [[Ransack (Armada)\|Ransack]] (13)
	* [[Liftor]] (14)		* [[Liftor]] (14)

Geewunling: /* Counter-Strike! */

2012-09-29T12:42:29Z

Counter-Strike!

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	==Counter-Strike!==		==Counter-Strike!==
	=== Synopsis ===		=== Synopsis ===
	Millions of years in the past, the Decepticons are ravaging Mini-Con villages and capturing their inhabitants for their own use. Dualor assembles a number of Mini-Cons and presents them with a plan: they will use "leaked" false information to lure Megatron to the Autobot headquarters, where they have planted explosives to take out the Decepticon leader and hopefully end the war. The Mini-Cons cheer for the plan... with the exception of Sparkplug.		Millions of years in the past, the Decepticons are ravaging [[Mini-Con Sector\|Mini-Con villages]] and capturing their inhabitants for their own use. Dualor assembles a number of Mini-Cons at the [[Mini-Con Emergency Bunker]] and presents them with a plan: they will use "leaked" false information to lure Megatron to the Autobot headquarters, where they have planted explosives to take out the Decepticon leader and hopefully end the war. The Mini-Cons cheer for the plan... with the exception of Sparkplug.

	Some time later, the Decepticons attack [[Autobot Command HQ]], while Dualor's team plant [[magno-web]] charges in the area. Sparkplug is still opposed to the plan, and tells Mirage that sacrificing the Autobots to kill Megatron just isn't right. As the Decepticons close in on the explosives, Sparkplug can't take it anymore and warns Optimus Prime, who pulls his troops out of the area. Megatron turns to follow, and the sudden explosion fails to harm him. Dualor is furious, and promises that whoever warned the Autobots will "wish they'd never been formatted!"		Some time later, the Decepticons attack [[Autobot Command HQ]], while Dualor's team plant [[magno-web]] charges in the area. Sparkplug is still opposed to the plan, and tells Mirage that sacrificing the Autobots to kill Megatron just isn't right. As the Decepticons close in on the explosives, Sparkplug can't take it anymore and warns Optimus Prime, who pulls his troops out of the area. Megatron turns to follow, and the sudden explosion fails to harm him. Dualor is furious, and promises that whoever warned the Autobots will "wish they'd never been formatted!"