Transformers Mix & Match

Sweet Zombie Primus!!!!!

Vital Statistics

ISBN 0794412866
ISBN 978-0794412869
Writer: David Roe, based on the screenplay and story of the 2007 Movie
Illustrator:
Pagecount: Twelve, divided into three cut sections each.

Major characters:

• Barricade, Bonecrusher, Blackout, Brawl, Bumblebee, Frenzy, Jazz, Ironhide, Megatron, Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Starscream, "Autobot Drone".

Originally published: Reader's Digest, 2007

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.

Items of note

Behold, Divescreamimus!

• This is another book using Energon characters and art from the early mock-up phases.
• Either by error of model sheet or coloring, Bonecrusher is apparently drawn without eyes.
• 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.