Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 42

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Those lights cut right through darkness.
Publisher	Fun Publications
First published	early December 2011
Cover date	Dec 11/Jan 12

The Toys Are HERE!

Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue #42

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
Proofreader: Jeremiah McNatt
Contributor: David Willis, Jim Sorenson
Resident Colorist: Drew Eiden
Resident Artist: Evan Gauntt
Staff: Greg Sepelak, Trent Troop, Rosemary Ward
TCC SD Side Burn Design: Richard Chang
Featured Artist: Casey Coller, Dan Khanna

Contents

• On the cover: Transformers Prime Wheeljack (p. 1)
• Inside cover: "Brian's Bytes and Bolts", "From the Editor's Desk" (p. 2)
• "Screamers Retro-Views", an interview with Michael McConnohie (p. 3)
• "It's 'Prime' Time!: A look at 'Transformers: Prime' First Edition Toys and Generations 2011 Wave 5!" (pp. 4-5)
• Bios in the style of More than Meets the Eye:
  • Hauler (p. 6)
  • Devastator (p. 7)
• "Gone But Not Forgotten, Part 2 by Jim Sorenson" with a look at Action Masters (pp. 8-9)
• Proposed Generation 2 Thundercracker character bio (p. 9)
• "Battle Lines, Part 6" - comic story (pp. 10-15)
• "The Back Cover..." (p. 16)
  • "2011 membership drive 'Fun Pub Photo Contest' winners!" with "Objects in Rear View Window May Be Larger Than They Appear" by Jim Kinsey and "G1 Car Brothers" by Josh Castillejos
  • Recordicons (p. 16)

Notes

• Characters mentioned in Hauler's profile include: Omega Supreme, Hook, Scrapper, Scavenger, Bonecrusher, Mixmaster, Long Haul, and Optimus Prime.
  • Hauler's alternate mode is described as a "binary loadlifter", a class of droid C-3PO claimed to have worked with in Star Wars: A New Hope.
• Characters mentioned in Devastator's bio include: Hook, Scrapper, Scavenger, Bonecrusher, Mixmaster, Long Haul, Megatron and Bruticus.

Errors

• "Long Haul" is incorrectly given as "Longhaul" in Hauler's profile. Devastator's profile on the facing page gets it right.
• On page 9, Axer's second toy is noted as being from the "Robots in Disquise" toyline.