The Transformers Sticker Book (1986)
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| The Transformers Sticker Book | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Figurine Panini | ||||||||||||
| First published | 1986 | ||||||||||||
| Page count | 32pp | ||||||||||||
The Transformers Sticker Book was a children's activity book published internationally by Panini in 1986.
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[edit]Published in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Denmark, France, Poland, Germany, Greece, and Italy, this album was designed to hold 256 collectible stickers. These stickers were used to retell a number of season one episodes of The Transformers cartoon as well as add visuals to a number of profiles. The profile pages each featured two foil stickers of the Transformer in question in both robot and vehicle mode.
Overview
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The full checklist of stickers is as follows:
- #1 - #2: Autobot and Decepticon faction stickers (on foil paper)
- #3 - #11: Mural artwork from year two
- #12 - #42: "The Beginning" featuring More than Meets the Eye episode scenes
- #43 - #50: Optimus Prime profile
- #51 - #82: S.O.S. Dinobots episode scenes
- #83 - #90: Megatron profile
- #91 - #121: War of the Dinobots episode scenes
- #122 - #129: Slag profile
- #130 - #137: Snarl profile
- #138 - #169: Fire in the Sky episode scenes
- #170 - #177: Thrust profile
- #178 - #208: The Heavy Metal War episode scenes
- #209 - #216: Inferno profile
- #217 - #248: Fire on the Mountain episode scenes
- #248 - #256: Swoop profile
Notes
[edit]- Identifies the Ark by name.
- Luisa's name was first revealed in this book.
- The highly truncated retelling of the first 3 episodes identifies the Decepticons' fuel-gathering mission as Operation Energy, and says that their plan was to construct a superweapon, not a space shuttle. Operation Energy is foiled because the humans learn to work with the Autobots and anticipate the Decepticons' attacks, setting the stage for the stalemate of the ongoing series.
- Spike is a genius! He's credited with designing the Dinobots and building Sky Spy.
- Panini let you buy stickers directly! No doubt they're out of number #174.
- Character art from the toy boxes is used for the robot modes on the profile pages, and illustrations of the toys are used for alternate modes.
- Although this book depicts events from cartoon continuity, Skyfire is referred to as Jetfire throughout.
- The French/Dutch version of this stickerbook gave a handful of characters alternate French-language names (the Dutch portions staying unchanged). These names include: "Bonnebille" for Bumblebee, "Starscrim" for Starscream, "Stacar" for Soundwave, "Ferro Métal" for Ironhide, "Infernal" for Inferno, "Swarp" for Swoop, "Smarl" for Snarl, and "Trust" for Thrust. Whether these names were used in any other media made for French-speaking regions is unknown.
- Curiously, the album makes use of the same film prints that were used years later by Rhino Entertainment for their infamous DVD releases.
