Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 41

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For the last time, one exclamation mark is enough.
Publisher	Fun Publications
First published	early October 2011
Cover date	Oct/Nov 11

CLUB FIGURE FIRST LOOK!!!

Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue #41

Editor-In-Chief: Brian Savage
Editor: Pete Sinclair
Creative Director/Layout: Lanny Lathem
Associate Editor: Ben Yee
Associate Editor: Jesse Wittenrich
Research Editor: Karl Hartman
Columnist: Rob Meyer
Head Proofreader: Heather Choplin
Proofreader: Jeremiah McNatt
Contributor: David Willis, Jim Sorenson
Resident Colorist: Drew Eiden
Resident Artist: Evan Gauntt
Staff: Greg Sepelak, Trent Troop, Rosemary Ward
TCC SD Side Burn Design: Richard Chang
Featured Artist: Casey Coller

Contents

• On the cover: Dan Khanna's art for Runamuck, the 2012 Membership Incentive Figure (p. 1)
• Inside cover: "Brian's Bytes and Bolts", "From the Editor's Desk" (p. 2)
• "Screamers Retro-Views", an interview with Dan Gilvezan (p. 3)
• "Hasbro at... New York Comic Con" interview (p. 4)
• "Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club FIRST LOOK!" with Runamuck, Runabout, and SG Drift (p. 5)
• Bios in the style of More than Meets the Eye:
  • Gyronian Sentry (p. 6)
  • Sprocket (p. 7)
• "Gone But Not Forgotten, Part One by Jim Sorenson" with a look at Techno-X (pp. 8–9)
• "Battle Lines, Part 5" - comic story (pp. 10–15)
• "The Back Cover..." (p. 16)
  • "Word Search"
  • "Featured Fan Art!" with "Optimus Prime" by Nathaniel Underwood
  • Recordicons

Notes

• Characters mentioned in the Gyronian Sentrry profile include: the Cobalt Sentries, the Autobot Sentry Team, and Megatron.
  • The Gyronian Sentries are based on a generic robot (now revealed to be just one of many with the same body type) seen in Transformers episode "The Secret of Omega Supreme". The profile makes note of Megatron's robosmasher, who turned the generic/Sentry seen in that episode into a Decepticon, and this issue's chapter of "Battle Lines" would confirm that all of the Gyronian Sentries were turned into Decepticons.
  • The Cobalt Sentries were an exclusive e-HOBBY release, redecoes of Laserbeak and Ravage using alternate colors from the original Microman toys. The Autobot Sentry Team, based in the Sonic Canyons (originally mentioned in Siren's tech specs), are a reference to James Roberts' fan-made novel Eugenesis.
• Characters mentioned in Sprocket's profile include: Straxus, Rest-Q, Powerflash, and Bruticus.
  • Straxus was noted to be one of the Decepticon warlords in "A Team Effort".
  • Sprocket was blasted by a "Static Shock Pistol", named for DC Comics/Milestone Media superhero Static and the television show he appeared in, Static Shock.
  • Sprocket is revealed to be responsible for the survival of himself, Ironfist, Big Bang, and Rumbler, after Bruticus attacked the Elite Guard base in "The Coming Storm: Part 6".
• We get to find out what Around Cybertron has been replaced with. It's... a word search? The word bank includes: Action, BotCon, Crossblades, Devastator, Drift, Prime, Runamuck, Sephie, Shattered, and Wings.

Errors

• In Brian's Bytes and Bolts, "possible" is misspelled as "posible".
• Yes. A word search.