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[[Image:transformers_mix_match.jpg|thumb|250px|Sweet Zombie [[Primus]]!!!!!]]
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==Vital Statistics==
|seriesissue=[[Movie (books)|''Transformers'' book series]]
ISBN 0794412866 <br/>
|prev=
ISBN 978-0794412869 <br/>
|next=Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match
'''Writer:''' [[David Roe]], based on the screenplay and story of the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 Movie]]<br/>
|title=''Transformers Mix & Match''
'''Illustrator:'''<br />
|image=transformers_mix_match.jpg
'''Pagecount:''' Twelve, divided into three cut sections each.
|caption=Sweet Zombie [[Primus]]!!!!!
|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]], [[Reader's Digest]] Children's Publishing
|date=[[May 31]], [[2007]]
|writer=[[David Roe]]
|art by=[[Alex Milne]] and [[Rob Ruffolo]]
|continuity=[[Movie continuity family]]
|pagecount=Twelve, divided into three cut sections each.
|ISBN=0794412866 <br/>978-0794412869
}}


'''Major characters:'''
'''''Transformers Mix & Match''''' is an activity book released to tie-in with the [[Transformers (film)|2007 ''Transformers'' film]]. The book's gimmick is that each page can be flipped over in thirds to reveal a different image and accompanying text segment. Each page features the confrontation between an Autobot and a Decepticon.
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]], [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]], [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Swindle (Movie)|"Autobot Drone"]].


Originally published: Reader's Digest, 2007
The story box on the Decepticon part lines up, so the plot can be read in a mix-and-matched fashion. The art lines up well, though there's a few fudges, and Frenzy's appearance throws off every Decepticon combination. The book advertises more than 200 possible combinations.


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
A bare-bones vague retelling of the movie story. Each page features a confrontation between an Autobot and a Decepticon, and the main gimmick of the book is that each page can be flipped over in thirds to reveal a different Transformer part.  The story box on the Decepticon part lines up, so the plot can be read in a mix-and-matched fashion.  The art lines up well, though there's a few fudges, and Frenzy throws off every Decepticon combination.  The book advertises more than 200 possible combinations.
{{Note|If all the segments for each of the book's seven trisected pages are lined-up with their "correct" counterparts, ''Transformers Mix & Match'' is a bare-bones retelling of the [[Transformers (film)|movie story]] . However, the activity book's nature encourages the shuffling of story elements. Characters can be placed in situations wherein they would not normally be present in other iterations of the film's plot. In doing so, and ignoring the conventional "front-to-back" reading structure if the reader is so inclined, an entirely new version of the story can be created.}}


==Items of note==
{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center"
[[Image:proto_mix_match.jpg|right|thumb|Behold, Divescreamimus!]]
|-
* This is another book using Energon characters and art from the early mock-up phases.
|'''Top Segment'''
* Either by error of model sheet or coloring, Bonecrusher is apparently drawn without eyes.
|'''Middle Segment'''
|'''Bottom Segment'''
|-
|At night, Bumblebee
|transforms to fight against Barricade
|who is trying to capture Sam and Mikaela.
|-
|At dawn, Ratchet
|prepares to face-off against Bonecrusher
|after a highway chase through the desert.
|-
|Within the laboratory inside Hoover Dam, the Autobot Drone
|is avoiding Frenzy's disc projectiles
|while Maggie and Glen attempt to contact the military.
|-
|While Blackout observes atop a building, Jazz
|readies himself to take on Brawl
|as the battle between the Decepticons and Autobots rages on.
|-
|Within the ruins that were once a human city, Ironhide
|intercepts and fights Starscream
|who is trying to capture Sam, carrying the AllSpark.
|-
|The military begins an air strike while Optimus Prime
|must battle Megatron himself
|in a rooftop battle that will ultimately decide humanity's fate.
|}
{{--}}
 
==Feactured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|nonumbering=true
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]]
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]
*[[Swindle (Movie)|"Autobot Drone"]]
|c2=
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]
*[[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]
|c3=
*[[Glen Whitmann]]
*[[Maggie Madsen]]
*[[Sam Witwicky]]
*[[Mikaela Banes]]
}}
 
==Notes==
[[File:proto_mix_match.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Behold, Divescreamimus!]]
* This is another book using ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' characters and art from the early mock-up phases.
* [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] makes a rare appearance in his Autobot form, likely both to pad out the Autobot roster and to give Frenzy someone to fight.
* [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] makes a rare appearance in his Autobot form, likely both to pad out the Autobot roster and to give Frenzy someone to fight.
* The spelling is pretty bad.
* Frenzy's appearance is clearly traced from a pre-existing character model.  
 
==Errors==
* Bonecrusher is drawn with a completely different head.
* On the bottom page-segment featuring Brawl, "Cybertron war" should probably read "Cybertronian war" instead.
* Frenzy is shown to fire CD's instead of the shuriken he possesses in the film proper.
{{--}}
 
==International printings==
'''Brazil'''
*'''Date published:''' [[2012]]
*'''Publisher:''' Vale das Letras
{{-}}
 
'''China'''
*ISBN 9787552505283
*'''Date published:''' [[April]], [[2013]]
 
===Covers===
<gallery>
File:Transformers mix match Chinese.jpg
</gallery>


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://books.simonandschuster.com/Transformers-Mix-Match/David-Roe/9780794412869 Product page at Simon & Schuster]


[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:Movie activity books]]
[[Category:Movie]]
[[Category:Adaptations]]

Latest revision as of 05:08, 7 March 2026

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Sweet Zombie Primus!!!!!
Transformers Mix & Match
Publisher Simon & Schuster, Reader's Digest Children's Publishing
First published May 31, 2007
Writer David Roe
Art by Alex Milne and Rob Ruffolo
Continuity Movie continuity family
ISBN 0794412866
978-0794412869
Page count Twelve, divided into three cut sections each.

Transformers Mix & Match is an activity book released to tie-in with the 2007 Transformers film. The book's gimmick is that each page can be flipped over in thirds to reveal a different image and accompanying text segment. Each page features the confrontation between an Autobot and a Decepticon.

The story box on the Decepticon part lines up, so the plot can be read in a mix-and-matched fashion. The art lines up well, though there's a few fudges, and Frenzy's appearance throws off every Decepticon combination. The book advertises more than 200 possible combinations.

Synopsis

[edit]
If all the segments for each of the book's seven trisected pages are lined-up with their "correct" counterparts, Transformers Mix & Match is a bare-bones retelling of the movie story . However, the activity book's nature encourages the shuffling of story elements. Characters can be placed in situations wherein they would not normally be present in other iterations of the film's plot. In doing so, and ignoring the conventional "front-to-back" reading structure if the reader is so inclined, an entirely new version of the story can be created.
Top Segment Middle Segment Bottom Segment
At night, Bumblebee transforms to fight against Barricade who is trying to capture Sam and Mikaela.
At dawn, Ratchet prepares to face-off against Bonecrusher after a highway chase through the desert.
Within the laboratory inside Hoover Dam, the Autobot Drone is avoiding Frenzy's disc projectiles while Maggie and Glen attempt to contact the military.
While Blackout observes atop a building, Jazz readies himself to take on Brawl as the battle between the Decepticons and Autobots rages on.
Within the ruins that were once a human city, Ironhide intercepts and fights Starscream who is trying to capture Sam, carrying the AllSpark.
The military begins an air strike while Optimus Prime must battle Megatron himself in a rooftop battle that will ultimately decide humanity's fate.

Feactured characters

[edit]
Autobots Decepticons Humans

Notes

[edit]
Behold, Divescreamimus!
  • This is another book using Energon characters and art from the early mock-up phases.
  • Swindle makes a rare appearance in his Autobot form, likely both to pad out the Autobot roster and to give Frenzy someone to fight.
  • Frenzy's appearance is clearly traced from a pre-existing character model.

Errors

[edit]
  • Bonecrusher is drawn with a completely different head.
  • On the bottom page-segment featuring Brawl, "Cybertron war" should probably read "Cybertronian war" instead.
  • Frenzy is shown to fire CD's instead of the shuriken he possesses in the film proper.

International printings

[edit]

Brazil

  • Date published: 2012
  • Publisher: Vale das Letras


China

  • ISBN 9787552505283
  • Date published: April, 2013

Covers

[edit]
[edit]
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