The AllSpark Almanac Addendum

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Written by	Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster
Continuity	Animated cartoon continuity

“	Welcome to the BotCon edition of The AllSpark Almanac, kids! Enjoy the show and never, EVER grow up!	”
—David Kaye, the foreword of The AllSpark Almanac Addendum

The AllSpark Almanac Addendum is a glorious sign of a blissful and wonderful life after death. The first installment was printed as an extra in the BotCon 2011 exclusive comic "The Stunti-Con Job", and it became a regular column in the Collectors' Club magazine starting from issue 43.

The Stunti-Con Job (Diamond Edition)

Publisher	IDW Publishing
First published	November 10, 2011
Page count	16
Price	$7.95 USD (Member's price), $9.95 USD (Non-member's price)
Packaged with	The Stunti-Con Job

Contents

• Foreword, by David Kaye
• Part 1: Season 3.5
• Part II: BotCon

Part 1: Season 3.5

Part 1 covers all of the new characters, events, and locations to have appeared in the comic.

• Cheetor by Ironfist
• Ironfist by Swindle
• Sideswipe by Ransack and Crumplezone
• Depth Charge by Cheetor
• Ransack by Depth Charge
• Crumplezone by Sideswipe
• The Motor Master by Wildrider
• Wildrider by Drag Strip
• Drag Strip by Breakdown
• Breakdown by Dead End
• Dead End by Toxitron
• Toxitron by The Motor Master
• "Moving Violations" as a police report by Depth Charge
• "The Stunti-Con Job" as Strika's Internal Log
• Trypticon Prison by Sideswipe
• Reachout
• Grindor
• DUCK-E
• Leader-1
• Sureshock
• High Wire
• Cell Block 456
• The Arena

Transformers References

• Pg 32 - Ironfist describes some of his inventions, such as Phase Displacement Armor, the Transmetal driver patch, and an energon Aqua Saw (the weapon of choice of Pretender Gilmer).
• Pg 34 - Breakdown mentions how his equilibrium chip has been "on the fritz."
• Pg 35 - Toxitron struggles to pronounce the word "dismemberment", a memorable term used by Unicron to refer to Cybertron's destruction by his hand in The Transformers: The Movie.
• Pg 37 - An "out of date" image of Sideswipe shows his body (but not with his own head) in a color scheme based on that of his Generation 1 counterpart (whereas his present day colors are based on those of Generation 2 Sideswipe).
• Pg 37 - Strika mentions how Motor Master was on spark support since the Great War before his being transferred into his new Autobot based body. This is a nod to his rather different design as seen in the "Bots of Science" children's book.
• Pg 38 - Trypticon Prison is located in Kaon.
• Pg 38-39 - All the Mini-Con guards that run the prison are based on Armada Mini-Cons (except for DUCK-E, who's based on another influence).
• Pg 39 - Mudflap as an Autobot criminal is a reference to Cybertron Mudflap switching sides from Autobot to Decepticon. His alias of "Sawtooth" references the originally intended name for 2007 movie toyline Mudflap, who was also a redeco of Cybertron Mudflap. He is affiliated with Triple M, and his association with Skids recalls how Revenge of the Fallen Mudflap and Skids were twins. Among the crimes he has committed is the "possession of Simultronics."

Real-world references

• Pg 33 - Depth Charge describes Ransack as being "rotten to the spark, " a play on the casual phrase "rotten to the core."
• Pg 36 - There is an Interrobang as a design element on Depth Charge's report.
• Pg 37 - There is a line of text, hidden in Decepticon, saying "You're so meta, you probably think this song is about you," a reference to the Carly Simon song "You're So Vain."
  • This lyric is probably about us.
• Pg 38 - Sideswipe claims that, at Trypticon Prison, no cases of "they lived happily ever after" ever happen.
• Pg 38 - In addition to the aforementioned bath toy, DUCK-E is an homage to the titular character of the 2008 Pixar movie WALL-E.

Part II: BotCon

Part II covers the convention events and exclusives of BotCon 2011.

• BotCon 2011
• Exclusive Toys
• The Script Reading
• Hall of Fame
• Customization Class
• Tech Specs

Notes

• Yes, the first part uses the Arabic number "1" while the second part is labelled "II", using Roman numerals. Sound familiar?
• A section in the back used teased more installments of the Addendum in the Transformers Collectors' Club magazine and teased appearances for a bunch of characters, including: Shattered Glass Optimus Prime, Shattered Glass Bumblebee, Nemesis Prime, Manatronatee, Dark Rodimus, Shattered Glass Sari Sumdac, Shattered Glass Isaac Sumdac, Sky-Byte, Blot, Mindwipe, Flashpoint, Chromia, Road Rage, Grinder, Bugly, Venom, Stampy, Longrack, Stungun, Air Raid, Scrounge, Jackpot, Excellion, Strongarm, and Moscardo. In the end, some of these characters would appear in the Addendum, some would have to wait for The Complete AllSpark Almanac.

Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #43

Swindle was scalping in the parking lot.
Publisher	Fun Publications
First published	February, 2012
Page count	2
Packaged with	Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #43

Contents

• Road Rage by Lockdown
• Chromia by Rattletrap
• Flashpoint by Minerva
• Rosanna Live

Transformers References

• Rattletrap cites Chromia as being "tougher than Tetrinite", which originates from the Kid Stuff storybook "Jaws of Terror".
• Chromia reports to Decimus Quadrillions, named for Generation 1 senator Decimus, originating in the 2005 IDW continuity.
• Furnacia comes from the Marvel UK story "Firebug!".
• Flashpoint's Hydro-Pack is a callback to Inferno's Action Master weapon.
• The Rescue Patrol name was originally a Micromaster team. The Animated Rescue Patrol was established in Minerva's toy bio.
• Adding to the Inferno homages, Minerva claims Flashpoint's motto is "the hotter it is, the better I like it." Which is also the motto of G1 Inferno.
• Opening Rosanna's concern are the Choirs of Anduria, which originate from IDW's "Pax Cybertronia".
• Rosanna's album uses the The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack cover with the CDs themselves being the Voyager and Vok Golden Disks from Beast Wars.
• The Fractal Amphitheater appeared in the club story "A Team Effort", and here is spelled "Fractyl" after the BotCon 1997 toy.
• The ampitheater's location is given as "Tomaandi st., Perihex". Tomaandi originates from the Marvel Comics, Perihex comes from Risk: Transformers — Cybertron Battle Edition, Marxsol is named for Christy Marx and Zetcaneon is named for Zetca.

Real-world references

• Rosanna's concert is a "Synergy Production", referencing the computer from Jem.

Notes

• Another of Rosanna's pets is introduced, Manatronatee, who was previously featured on Derrick J. Wyatt's blog.

Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #44

Publisher	Fun Publications
First published	April, 2012
Continuity	Animated Shattered Glass
Page count	2
Packaged with	Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #44

Contents

• The Sumdacs (Mirror Universe) by Optimus Prime and Bumblebee
• Bumblebee (Mirror Universe) by Sari Sumdac
• Optimus Prime (Mirror Universe) by Isaac Sumdac
• Diary entry written by Sari Sumdac to Isaac Sumdac

Transformers References

• Prowl's clone army, Ratchet's experiments and Bulkhead's power appear to be callbacks to Starscream, Blackarachnia and Lugnut's doings.
• Sari's diary entry describes adventures paralleling "Sound and Fury", "SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy" and "Human Error".
• Sari writes on "So Long Inumimi Rock-Star" paper, a dog-themed inversion of the Hello Nekomimi Pop-Star stationary from the first The AllSpark Almanac.

Real-world references

• The Terrordrome originates from G.I. Joe, but has previously appeared in Transformers fiction.
• The big purple technorganic dinosaur is an obvious reference to Barney, via Beast Wars Megatron.
• "Stingers rock!" is a reference to rival Jem band, The Stingers.
• Another doodle appears to be an evil My Little Pony and is probably an evil Rainbow Dash, given the fact underneath it says Rainbow Dark.

Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #45

Publisher	Fun Publications
First published	May, 2012
Continuity	Animated
Page count	2
Packaged with	Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #45

Contents

• Sky-Byte by Strika
• Mindwipe by Megatron
• Blot by Starscream
• Decepticon Weaponry report by Ironfist, covering Blot, Strika, Mindwipe and Oil Slick.

Transformers References

• Operation: Distant Thunder is from the Binaltech fiction, and is used here to explain away the absence of half of the original Team Chaar during the events of "The Stunti-Con Job" comic.
• Strika sports Reverse Higgs Nitronium Missiles, a form of weapon from the text story "Flames of Yesterday".
• Oil Slick has a Giga-Techvolt cannon, otherwise known as Sixliner's groin.
• Ironfist is keen on the idea of using Mini-Cons as Autobot partners.

Real-world references

• The Maximal Cybertronix beside Blot is a quote from a Saturday Night Live parody of Jeopardy!: "Turd Ferguson. It's a funny name."
• The Predacon Cybertronix behind Oil Slick are the lyrics to "Want You Gone", the closing theme for the video game Portal 2.
• The hexadecimal code down the right-hand side of the second page is from Sherlock, from an email illicitly obtained by Irene Adler and decoded by Sherlock Holmes as referring to seat numbers from an airline flight in the episode "A Scandal in Belgravia".

External links

• Chris McFeely's Annotated AllSpark Almanac Addendum.