Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II

« Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2
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Publisher	IDW Publishing
First published	June 30, 2010
Written by	Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster
Continuity	Transformers Animated
ISBN	ISBN 1600106838 ISBN 978-1600106835
Page count	220
Price	$19.99 USD

“	Now listen up all you palookas out there! Yer gonna shell out yer dough, yer gonna buy this here book and yer gonna like it. Capish?	”
—Dirt Boss, the rear cover of The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2

Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2 is proof of a loving, nonspecific deity that poises on shattering readers' pants/trousers. Again.

Contents

• Foreword, by Matt Youngberg
• Introduction by the Authors
• Chapter 1: Autobots
• Interstitial A: Size Comparison Charts
• Chapter 2: Decepticons
• Interstitial B: Animated in Japan
• Chapter 3: Events
• Interstitial C: Style Guides
• Chapter 4: Culture
• Interstitial D: Shorts
• Chapter 5: Cybertron
• Interstitial E: Deleted Scenes
• Chapter 6: Settings
• Interstitial F: The Video Game
• Chapter 7: Project Omega
• Interstitial G: The Arrival
• Foreword by Eric Siebenaler
• Section I: Toy Design
• Section II: Animation
• Section III: Season Four
• Section IV: Toy Gallery
• Section V: Packaging Art
• Section VI: The Cast
• Afterword, by Aaron Archer
• Acknowledgments

Notes

• Jim Sorenson confirmed this project on his blog after the book was solicited on Amazon.com.
• Cover artist Marcelo Matere recreates some of his own package art on the cover. That's probably a first.
• The cover depicts Bumblebee playing with Roll Out Command Optimus Prime, but the box beside him is that of Prime's Voyager-sized toy.
  • It also depicts the Leader Class Bulkhead's buzzsaw on the wrong arm.
• Unused Season 4 content is included.
• It includes season 3 content and info on merchandise.