Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 24

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Animated Obsidian, when? What do you mean, never?!
Publisher	Fun Publications
First published	mid-December 2008
Cover date	Dec08/Jan09

A whole NEW season... a whole NEW set of adventures!

Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue #24

Editor-In-Chief: Brian Savage
Editor: Pete Sinclair
Associate Editor: Benson Yee
Research Editor: Karl Hartman
Lead Writer: Rik Alvarez
Creative Director/Layout: Lanny Lathem
Columnist: Rob Meyer
Columnist: Scott Marble
Columnist: R.M. Eljay
Head Proofreader: Heather Choplin
Proofreader: Mark Baker-Wright
Resident Cartoonist: Jesse Wittenrich
Resident Colorist: Drew Eiden
Resident Artist: Evan Gauntt
Staff: Greg Sepelak, Trent Troop
Featured Artists: Alex Milne, Josh Perez

Contents

• On the cover: Animated Strika and Rodimus Prime in anticipation of Season 3 of the cartoon (p. 1)
• Inside cover: "Brian's Bytes and Bolts", "From the Editor's Desk" (p. 2)
• "Transformers Animated: Looking back... Looking Forward!," an interview by J. E. Alvarez with Eric Siebenaler and Derrick Wyatt, along with Animated character development sketches (pp. 3 & 6-7)
• Transformers Animated Tech Specs:
  • "The 'Bots" (p. 4)
    • Rodimus Prime
    • Ironhide
    • Red Alert
    • Hot Shot
    • Brawn
  • "The 'Cons" (p. 5)
    • Strika
    • Cyclonus
    • Blackout
    • Spittor
    • Oil Slick
• "The world of... TRANSTECH" bios:
  • Transtech Optimus Prime (p. 8)
  • Transtech Megatron (p. 15)
• "Transcendent: Part 6" - comic story (pp. 9-14)
• "The Back Cover..." (p. 16)
  • Around Cybertron
  • "Rob's Hot Pick! Blitzwing Baby!"
  • Mini Mayhem!

Notes

• Twelve profiles in one issue! That's gotta be some kind of record, right?
• Characters mentioned in the Animated tech specs include: Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Megatron, Lugnut, and the Omega Sentinels.
  • The Animated tech specs are all modeled on the original Transformers Tech Specs, complete with decoder-pattern, with some characters sharing their mottos and functions with their counterparts. Much of the information in them would be expanded upon in the "AllSpark Almanac II", including the idea that Lugnut is the consort of Strika; that Cyclonus appeared out of nowhere after the war; and that Blackout destoyed several Omega Sentinels in the war.
  • Strika's functions is "General of Destruction," in reference to the Japanese title for the various Decepticon leader's, Emperor of Destruction.
• Characters mentioned in Optimus Prime's bio include: Megatron, the Liege Maximo, and Sentinel Prime.
  • Optimus Prime's history is based on Barack Obama. His motto paraphrases Obama's keynote speech at 2004's Democratic National Convention.
  • Like his Dreamwave Generation One counterpart, Prime used to be an archivist. He worked at Tyger Pax, a city introduced in The Age of Wrath.
• Characters mentioned in Megatron's bio include: Optimus Prime, Shockwave, and the Liege Maximo.
• This instalment of Around Cybertron ties into the prose story "I, Lowtech". Read that story to discover the diabolical significance of the plush lizard!