Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)
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"Shattered Glass" is the catch-all name for the fictional universe and associated toys begun in conjunction with BotCon 2008. It is a "mirror universe", where the bad guys are good, the good guys are bad, and (mostly) everyone has different paint schemes. The story is a Transformers take on the old sci-fi warhorse of an evil alternate universe, a concept previously seen in stories such as Star Trek's Mirror Universe and DC comics' Earth-Three.
It comes complete with a time-lost character from "our" world and facial hair for the evil versions of certain good guys.
Shattered Glass is a Negative Polarity Universe, located at universal stream Primax -408.24 Epsilon.
On a world known as Cybertron, a ruthless and cruel tyrant prepares his army for an all-out attack. Their destination: a planet rich in resources, known as Earth! Only a small band of rebels stands between this evil warlord and his plans for universal conquest. If these brave soldiers are unable to stop the attack, then there will be nothing to prevent this shattered universe from falling victim to the maniacal Optimus Prime and his evil legion of...Autobots?
This is a truly malformed universe, where the Decepticons are heroic and the Autobots are evil!
Coming this spring, the battle lines will be drawn and a new champion will emerge. A young and noble Decepticon will stand up and fight for freedom, the freedom which is the right of
all Transformers! Advising him will be his trusted lieutenant Starscream and his fellow virtuous Decepticons. They will fight to the very last to stop the spread of Optimus Prime's tyranny!Introductory blurb at BotCon.comFranchise Components
- A "virtual toyline" consisting of a combination of officially-released toys made especially for the line, repurposed toys, and potential redecos of other toys.
- A series of comics and text stories, most of which form a single storyline.
- A lineup of dozens of good and evil doubles of characters from other storylines - currently mostly from various continuities of Generation 1, with a few individuals from the Unicron Trilogy and one from Robots in Disguise.
Trivia
- The title is similar to Marvel's "Fragile Glass", a story about the Mirror universe from the Star Trek franchise as mentioned above.
- The Shattered Glass poster (as seen above) bears a strong resemblance to one of the first Transformers posters, right down to the characters' positions and actions: Megatron in Optimus Prime's place, the evil second-in-commands (Starscream and Rodimus) more in front of the battle than their respective evil leaders (Megatron and Optimus Prime).
