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|seriesissue=[[Ladybird Books]] | |seriesissue=[[Ladybird Books]] | ||
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|date=1986 | |date=1986 | ||
|coverdate= | |coverdate= | ||
|ISBN= ISBN 9780721410098<br>ISBN 0-72141-009-X | |||
|adaptation by=[[John Grant]] | |adaptation by=[[John Grant]] | ||
|designed by=[[Howard Matthews]] | |designed by=[[Howard Matthews]] | ||
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*[[Auto-combatant]] (37) | *[[Auto-combatant]] (37) | ||
*[[Allicon]]s (38) | *[[Allicon]]s (38) | ||
*[[Kranix]] (39) | *[[Kranix (G1)|Kranix]] (39) | ||
*[[Sharkticon ( | *[[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s (40) | ||
*Judge-type [[Quintesson]] (41) | *Judge-type [[Quintesson]] (41) | ||
*Prosecutor-type Quintesson (42) | *Prosecutor-type Quintesson (42) | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* | *The "illustrations" in this story are simply stills from the film. | ||
*Transformer deaths are understandably scaled back in this adaptation. For example, when the Decepticons attack [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s shuttle, it simply says, "the Autobot crew had been overcome". | *Transformer deaths are understandably scaled back in this adaptation. For example, when the Decepticons attack [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s shuttle, it simply says, "the Autobot crew had been overcome". | ||
*Unicron is described as "snow-capped" in planet mode. | |||
*The combat drone [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] spars with is called the [[auto-combatant]]. | *The combat drone [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] spars with is called the [[auto-combatant]]. | ||
*Many, but not all, of the spoken lines are direct quotes from the movie. | *Many, but not all, of the spoken lines are direct quotes from the movie. | ||
*As in the Marvel UK stories, the [[Quintesson]] [[Quintessa (planet)|homeworld]] is "Quintesson" rather than "Quintessa". | |||
*Very likely the earliest form that names the Quintesson prosecutor that term. | |||
===Differences with the movie=== | ===Differences with the movie=== | ||
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*In the beginning, when [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] was spying on [[Moonbase One|Moonbase 1]], he is actually hidden in a computer console in tape mode. | *In the beginning, when [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] was spying on [[Moonbase One|Moonbase 1]], he is actually hidden in a computer console in tape mode. | ||
*Nobody says "[['Til all are one]]" at the end. | *Nobody says "[['Til all are one]]" at the end. | ||
*The Dinobots attack on Devastator is not mentioned, instead the books says a barrage is rained down on the Decepticons from the Autobots relief force. | |||
==Errors== | ==Errors== | ||
*A portrait of Rodimus Prime is labeled "Hot Rod". | *A portrait of Rodimus Prime is labeled "Hot Rod". Indeed, the text still calls Rodimus "Hot Rod" even after he opens the Matrix and hears Optimus' voice. | ||
*At Starscream's coronation, the text says Thrust and Ramjet are standing on either side of Starscream, but the | *At Starscream's coronation, the text says Thrust and Ramjet are standing on either side of Starscream, but the still shows Astrotrain and Ramjet. | ||
* | *A still is misplaced. It shows [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s crew and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]'s crew together on the bridge of a ship before they met back up. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.green-ranger.com/stuff/ladybird/00-tftm/ ''Transformers: The Movie'' at green-ranger.com] | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110204164540/http://www.green-ranger.com/stuff/ladybird/00-tftm/ ''Transformers: The Movie'' at green-ranger.com] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Adaptations]] | ||
[[Category:Books]] | [[Category:Ladybird Books]] | ||
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| Publisher | Ladybird Books | ||||||||||||
| First published | 1986 | ||||||||||||
| Adaptation by | John Grant | ||||||||||||
| Designed by | Howard Matthews | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Generation 1 cartoon continuity | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | ISBN 9780721410098 ISBN 0-72141-009-X | ||||||||||||
A retelling of the events of The Transformers: The Movie in an illustrated storybook format.
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans | Others |
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Notes
[edit]- The "illustrations" in this story are simply stills from the film.
- Transformer deaths are understandably scaled back in this adaptation. For example, when the Decepticons attack Ironhide's shuttle, it simply says, "the Autobot crew had been overcome".
- Unicron is described as "snow-capped" in planet mode.
- The combat drone Hot Rod spars with is called the auto-combatant.
- Many, but not all, of the spoken lines are direct quotes from the movie.
- As in the Marvel UK stories, the Quintesson homeworld is "Quintesson" rather than "Quintessa".
- Very likely the earliest form that names the Quintesson prosecutor that term.
Differences with the movie
[edit]- The scene of Unicron attacking Lithone is left out.
- In the beginning, when Laserbeak was spying on Moonbase 1, he is actually hidden in a computer console in tape mode.
- Nobody says "'Til all are one" at the end.
- The Dinobots attack on Devastator is not mentioned, instead the books says a barrage is rained down on the Decepticons from the Autobots relief force.
Errors
[edit]- A portrait of Rodimus Prime is labeled "Hot Rod". Indeed, the text still calls Rodimus "Hot Rod" even after he opens the Matrix and hears Optimus' voice.
- At Starscream's coronation, the text says Thrust and Ramjet are standing on either side of Starscream, but the still shows Astrotrain and Ramjet.
- A still is misplaced. It shows Kup's crew and Springer's crew together on the bridge of a ship before they met back up.
