Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 54
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 Say you don't hear it in Garry Chalk's voice. | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Fun Publications | ||||||||||||
| First published | mid December | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | Dec/Jan 14 | ||||||||||||
| MTMTE Profiles | Evan Gauntt | ||||||||||||
| Contributors | David Willis Greg Black Jim Sorenson Bill Forrester Derrick J. Wyatt S. Trent Troop Greg Sepelak Richard Chang Benson Yee | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Pete Sinclair | ||||||||||||
| Associate editor | Jesse Wittenrich | ||||||||||||
| Creative Director | Lanny Lathem | ||||||||||||
| Research editor | Karl Hartman | ||||||||||||
| Editor-in-chief | Brian Savage | ||||||||||||
RATTRAP!
Contents
[edit]- On the cover: Transformers: Generations Rattrap (p. 1)
- Inside cover: "Brian's Bytes and Bolts", "From the Editor's Desk" (p. 2)
- "Remembering the Raging Beast - A Transformers Prime Interview" (pp. 3 & 13)
- "The Transformers Menagerie, Part 5: The Predacons (pp. 4-5)
- "Transformers Generations 2014 Preview" photos of Rattrap, Tankor, and Crosscut
- "Shattered Destiny" - comic story (pp. 7–12)
- Bios in the style of More than Meets the Eye:
- TransTech Rhinox (p. 14)
- Classics God Neptune (p. 15)
- "The Back Cover..." (p. 16)
- Transformers I.Q.
- Recordicons
- Transformers I.Q. Trivia Bonus
Notes
[edit]- Characters mentioned in Rhinox's profile include: Ultra Magnus.
- Rhinox's alt-mode is depicted as a "virtual redeco" of Generations Darkmount, with the towing hook of Generations "Thrilling 30" Hoist replacing the main cannon as a sort of crane boom.
- Rhinox has been witnessing the multiverse reactions to Ultra Magnus' machinations ever since "Invasion Prologue".
- Rhinox's information seeking is compared to the activity of a "Trastegian Ornoflux" (Transtegian is derived from the Spanish word "transegar," meaning "to move around", while Ornoflux is derived from ornithology, the study of birds. Thus, "migratory bird") from Xobitor 286.0 Gamma (the world of the single-issue Marvel Robotix comic.)
- Rhinox's strength levels are measured in both kilo-units (from Animated episode "Rise of the Constructicons") and decihics (derived from hics, a form of measurement from Marvel UK annual story "The Magnificent Six!").
- Characters mentioned in God Neptune's profile include: Tentakil, Nautilator, Piranacon, Megatron, Scylla, and Snaptrap.
- God Neptune is clarified to not simply be a renamed Piranacon, but a separate being of his own. Thanks to Scylla's addition, he is far more focused, and Snaptrap has removed the timer that forced Piranacon to separate, as originally mentioned in his The Transformers Universe profile.
- International members were hit hard with this issue: the printers both failed to mail out their issues and somehow lost the issues in question, requiring a reprint. This problem was only noticed and addressed by the club seven weeks after the fact, at the end of January 2014; despite assurances that the issues would arrive "in two weeks", it was mid-March before the issues finally reached members.
Errors
[edit]- Bill Forster's last name is spelled "Forrester."
