Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 49

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Publisher	Fun Publications
First published	early February
Cover date	Feb/Mar 13

BotCon 2013 SNEAK PEEK!!!

Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue #49

Editor-In-Chief: Brian Savage
Editor: Pete Sinclair
Creative Director/Layout: Lanny Lathem
Associate Editor: Jesse Wittenrich
Research Editor: Karl Hartman
MTMTE Profiles: Matthew Armstrong
Proofreaders: Heather Choplin, Jeremiah McNatt
Contributors: David Willis, Jim Sorenson, Bill Forster, David S. Lane, Derrick Wyatt, S. Trent Troop, Greg Sepelak, Richard Chang, Benson Yee

Contents

• On the cover: the first look at BotCon 2013 Hoist (p. 1)
• Inside cover: "Brian's Bytes and Bolts", "From the Editor's Desk" (p. 2)
• "On Shelves NOW!" a gallery of various Fall of Cybertron figures: Sideswipe, Air Raid, Kickback, Starscream and Ultra Magnus (p. 3)
• "A U.S. Transformers fan in Japan!" by Jeremiah McNatt (p. 4)
• "The TCC Overview of the Classicsverse 2007-2012", a recap of the Classics stories prepping readers for Beast Wars Shattered Glass (pp. 5-8)
• "Shattered Time" - comic story (pp. 7-12)
• "The Transformers Menagerie, Part 1: Cassette Technology" (p. 13)
• Bios in the style of More than Meets the Eye:
  • Generation 2 Optimus Prime (p. 14)
  • Beast Wars: Uprising Depth Charge (p. 15)
• "The Back Cover..." (p. 16)
  • Transformers I.Q.
  • Recordicons
  • Transformers I.Q. Trivia Bonus

Notes

• Depth Charge replaces Runamuck as this year's "Where It's At..." mascot.
• Images used in the recap include panels and illustrations from: "Crossing Over, Part 1", "Games of Deception", "Cheap Shots", "At Fight's End", and "Invasion".
• Characters mentioned in Optimus Prime's bio include: Electro, Volt, Junpei, Megatron, and the Convoy.
• Characters mentioned in Depth Charge's bio include: Protoform X, Blackarachnia, Nightscream, Scavenger, Immorticon, a Maximal commander, Alpha Trion, and Topspin.

Errors

• There's an extra "I" at the start of page 15's entry in the contents listing.
• In "The Transformers Menagerie," there's an unnecessary comma after "rhinoceros" and "prove" needs to be past tense.