Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 71

	; Only a little mad that we never got Season 4? Get ready to be as angry as Megatron looks here.
Publisher	Fun Publications
First published	mid October
Cover date	Oct/Nov 2016
Contributors	Derrick J. Wyatt; Greg Black; Jim Sorenson; Karl Hartman; Richard Chang; Colin Betts; Josh Perez; Benson Yee
Editor	Pete Sinclair
Associate editor	Jesse Wittenrich
Creative Director	Lanny Lathem
Editor-in-chief	Brian Savage

Season 4 REVEALED!

On the cover: Transformers Animated Marauder Megatron by Derrick J. Wyatt and Josh Perez (p. 1)
Inside cover: "Bytes and Bolts", "From the Editor's Desk" (p. 2)
"The Secret Origin of the G2 Powermasters!" by Colin Betts (pp. 3)
Transformers Animated Tech Specs:
- "The 'Bots And 'Cons" (pp. 4-5)
- "...And Minicons!" (p. 5)
"Transformers Animated Season 4 Preliminary Episode Guide" (pp. 6-7)
Of Masters and Mayhem: "Pandora's Gift" (pp. 8-13)
"Sari Sumdac Upgrade" artwork for Sari Sumdac when merged with Blurr (p. 14)
Bio in the style of More than Meets the Eye:
- Transformers Animated Headmaster Jrs. (p. 15)
TFA SDSG (p. 16)
"Make sure to grab your Transformers and G.I. Joe Crossover figure set TODAY!" advertisement (p. 16)

Notes

All the Animated tech specs were published previously: Ironhide's and Strika's were published in #24; Dirt Boss' was published in #28; Cosmos' was published in #30; and Rattletrap's, Slipstream's, Optimus Prime's, Bumblebee's, Isaac Sumdac's, and Sari's were published on the BotCon 2011 lithograph of Animated tech specs.
Artwork and functions for Reachout, Sureshock, Leader-1, Grindor, DUCK-E and High Wire are included with the Tech Specs, previously given in The AllSpark Almanac Addendum.
Characters mentioned in the Animated tech specs include: Starscream, the Seekers, the Constructicons, Megatron, Lugnut, and Shattered Glass Animated Megatron.
Derrick J. Wyatt provides art of Sari Sumdac's merged form with Blurr, seen in the BotCon 2015 script reading "The Return of Blurr", with Sari's role in the story being recapped in the accompanying text. Characters mentioned include: Megatron and Arcee.
Characters mentioned in the Headmaster Jrs'. profile include: Sentinel Magnus, Arcee, Kup, and Sari Sumdac.
- The profile for the Headmaster Jrs. has a slightly different design, based on the packaging of the Animated toyline. One of the background drawings of Detroit from the Animated cartoon is visible in the background.