Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 34

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Publisher	Fun Publications
First published	early August 2010
Cover date	Aug/Sept 10

BotCon Rocks the Sunshine State!

Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue #34

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
Contributor: David Willis
Resident Colorist: Drew Eiden
Resident Artist: Evan Gauntt
Staff: Greg Sepelak and Trent Troop
Featured Artists: Casey Coller and Derrick J. Wyatt

Contents

• On the cover: a collage of images from BotCon 2010 (p. 1)
• Inside cover: "Brian's Bytes and Bolts", "From the Editor's Desk" (p. 2)
• "Did you miss BotCon?" an ad for leftover BotCon 2010 merchandise (p. 3)
• "BOTCON 2010: In the Land of the Mouse!" an article about BotCon 2010 (pp. 4-5 & 8)
• Bios in the style of More than Meets the Eye:
  • Deathsaurus (p. 6)
  • Metalhawk (p. 7)
• "And the Fifth Inductee to the Transformers Hall of Fame is..." Dinobot, as this article explains (p. 9)
• "The Coming Storm: Part 4" - comic story (pp. 10-15)
• "The Back Cover..." (p. 16)
  • Around Cybertron
  • "Featured Fan Art!" with "Shockwave" by Farfie Kins
  • Recordicons

Notes

• Characters mentioned in Deathsaurus' profile include: Megatron, Falcon, Vanquish, and Lyzack.
  • Falcon and Lyzack were shown to be subordinates of Deathsaurus in "Flames of Yesterday".
• Characters mentioned in Metalhawk's profile include: Magnum, Sentinel Major, Onslaught, Gigantron, Powerflash, and Over-Run.
  • Prior to joining the Elite Guard, Metalhawk served on the Starduster, named for the G.I. Joe character.
  • Metalhawk's "Shining Arrow" attack from the Masterforce anime is mentioned, presented as coming from his Jet Rifle.
  • Gigantron is the callsign of Halonix Maximus, as revealed in "A Team Effort", a prose story released a month later. Gigantron was a possible alternative name for Halo behind the scenes, according to writer Jesse Wittenrich, and is included here as a reference to the unused name.
• "Brian's Bytes and Bolts" mentions the upcoming "Transtech Cheetor". That would be Transformers Animated Cheetor.
• The back cover ditches the short-lived Mini-Con profiles in favour of Recordicons, a new comic strip by David Willis featuring Shattered Glass Ravage.