Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II
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 This is where Hasbro's planning to ultimately release Blackout. | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | June 30, 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Transformers Animated | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | ISBN 1600106838 ISBN 978-1600106835 | ||||||||||||
| Page count | 220 | ||||||||||||
| Price | $19.99 USD | ||||||||||||
| “ | Now listen up all you palookas out there! Yer gonna shell out yer dough, yer gonna buy this here book and yer gonna like it. Capish? | ” |
—Dirt Boss, the rear cover of The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2 | ||
Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2 is proof of a loving, nonspecific deity that poises on shattering readers' pants/trousers. Again.
Contents
- Foreword, by Matt Youngberg
- Introduction by the Authors
- Chapter 1: Autobots
- Interstitial A: Size Comparison Charts
- Chapter 2: Decepticons
- Interstitial B: Animated in Japan
- Chapter 3: Events
- Interstitial C: Style Guides
- Chapter 4: Culture
- Interstitial D: Shorts
- Chapter 5: Cybertron
- Interstitial E: Deleted Scenes
- Chapter 6: Settings
- Interstitial F: The Video Game
- Chapter 7: Project Omega
- Interstitial G: The Arrival
- Foreword by Eric Siebenaler
- Section I: Toy Design
- Section II: Animation
- Section III: Season Four
- Section IV: Toy Gallery
- Section V: Packaging Art
- Section VI: The Cast
- Afterword, by Aaron Archer
- Acknowledgments
Notes
- Jim Sorenson confirmed this project on his blog after the book was solicited on Amazon.com.
- Cover artist Marcelo Matere recreates some of his own package art on the cover. That's probably a first.
- The cover depicts Bumblebee playing with Roll Out Command Optimus Prime, but the box beside him is that of Prime's Voyager-sized toy.
- It also depicts the Leader Class Bulkhead's buzzsaw on the wrong arm.
- Unused Season 4 content is included.
- It includes season 3 content and info on merchandise.
Chapter 1 - Autobots
Transformers references
Real-world references
Chapter 2 - Decepticons
Transformers references
Real-world references
Chapter 3 - Events
Transformers references
Real-world references
Chapter 4 - Culture
Transformers references
Real-world references
Chapter 5 - Deleted Scenes
Transformers references
Real-world references
Chapter 6 - Settings
Transformers references
Real-world references
Chapter 7 - Project Omega
Transformers references
Real-world references
Chapter 7 - Project Omega
Transformers references
Real-world references
Section I - Toy Design
Section II - Animation
Section III - Season Four
Section IV - Toy Gallery
Section V - Packaging Art
Section VI - The Cast
Interstitials
Literary elements
Transformers references
Errors
- On the back cover with the quotes, the one for Hiroyuki Otoboto should've technically been written as 「小さい頃、『超ロボット生命体 トランスフォーマー』の本この本に等しかったない。懐かしいな... 思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」, rather than 「小さい頃、超ロボット生命体 トランスフォーマーの本この本に等しかったな。懐かしいない... 思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」
