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Masterpiece Skids is Coming in 2021

Date: Thursday, December 31st 2020 11:04pm CST
Categories: Cartoon News, Comic Book News, Toy News
Posted by: Emerje | Credit(s): Powered Convoy on Seibertron

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Takara Tomy is kicking off the new year with their first reveal of 2021! Thanks to Seibertronian Powered Convoy for alerting us to a tweet from Takara Tomy's official Twitter revealing Skids as the latest figure from the 1985 lineup to get a Masterpiece figure. This is very early news with only early line art and the 2021 release all we know. Surely in the coming months we'll have something more substantial to share, but for now this might just be the pick-me-up that some of us could use.

Out This Week! Transformers Escape #1 and Transformers Galaxies #12 Mini-Reviews

Date: Thursday, December 31st 2020 10:49am CST
Categories: Comic Book News, Reviews, Site Articles
Posted by: Tigertrack | Credit(s): IDW Publishing

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New this week!

'I don't know what's gnu with you?'-- some joke from my childhood.

Transformers Galaxies Finale - Issue #12



Leading into…

Transformers: Escape - #1


And, finally Transformers War World (ongoing) Issue #26 is available digitally this week, and printed next week! Review by ScottyP coming next week.




You can buy these issues including variant covers like the one above in the Seibertron.com eBay store!

Review for Transformers Back to the Future Crossover Issue 2

Date: Friday, December 25th 2020 11:01pm CST
Categories: Comic Book News, Reviews
Posted by: william-james88

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Ok so two issues in and this series is perfectly fine for what it is: a Transformers/Back to the Future Crossover. The first issue had an extra fun feel since it basically replayed the events of the first film but in a chronological manner in the point of view of someone watching the DeLorean disappear in the 80s, setting up the story brilliantly since anyone who saw the film can just fill in any blank easily, and ending in not one but two great cliffhangers.



I was rather excited to read this one and while the cliffhangers are explained, it takes practically the entire issue to do so, meaning that you are in for flashbacks for 75% of the issue. We learn all about Gigawatt and how the Decepticons became as dominant as they are now and it's fun for the most part. I most especially love how Megatron is portrayed. They strike a nice balance of ruthlessness with an over the top ego, where we even see him sport a regal cape.



Once the backstory is explained, we are back to the present just in time to end the issue on another cliffhanger and that's it. Story-wise, there are no false beats here, it's just fun and anyone liking these two franchises and the idea of having fiction serve as a toy commercial will enjoy this.

On the art front, it does the job but only passably. Megatron, Gigawatt and Rumble are drawn fine but there is a rather big shot of Rodimus Prime (you read that right) that does not look right. The proportions are off, it looks like a failed attempt at a perspective shot, and a dull surprise look serves as the icing on top.



Overall, it doesn't negate from the fun experience of the comic but it doesn't go in the plus column either. If you are a fan of fun crossovers, or G1 Megatron, or the idea of Rodimus being the leader of the Autobots rather than Prime, then I'd recommend giving this a shot.


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Back to the Future x Transformers 2 Five Page Preview

Date: Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 12:07am CST
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: william-james88

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We have a 5 page preview for the second issue of the Back to the Future x Transformers mini series. We will have a review of this book for you as well later this week so keep an eye out for that if you are curious of our thoughts on it.

Here is the summary of this issue:

Great Scott! Marty McFly's woken up to a present where Hill Valley has been enslaved by the Decepticons! And not only that, but when a time machine arrives from the future to help, Marty finds out that Doc Brown isn't the only one with a flux capacitor... Gigawatt, an Autobot, has one built in! To discover the secrets of his present, Marty will have to trust this mysterious stranger on a trip... to the future!
In Shops: Dec 23, 2020

Creator credits: Cavan Scott (Author), Juan Samu (Artist, Cover Artist), Phil Murphy (Cover Artist), David Garcia Cruz (Colorist)

Seibertron Store Holiday Sale: BOGO 40% on Comics + 20% off Transformers toys and more!

Date: Saturday, December 19th 2020 2:11pm CST
Categories: Comic Book News, Toy News, Sponsor News
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The Seibertron Store's Holiday Sale features BOGO 40% off on comic books and 20% off on Transformers toys and more!*

In addition, we continue to feature $4 flat rate domestic shipping if you purchase 2 or more comics!

Over 3,400+ items are currently available in the Seibertron Store on eBay! We've been busy listing new Transformers, comic books and other collectible items which we think might be of interest to you.

New Comics New comic books are available, straight from Diamond Comics. We regularly stock at least 40 different titles including Transformers Galaxies, Transformers A Bold New Era, Transformers '84, GI Joe, My Little Pony, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vampirella, X-Men, Amazing Spider-Man, Immortal Hulk, Thor, Daredevil, Ultraman and many others. We also carry a lot of back issues, particularly with Transformers comic books. If we don't carry a title that you would like to buy from us, please let us know.

If comics aren't your thing, we also have a variety of new and old Transformers toys available. Check out some of the highlights below!

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Transformers War for Cybertron Trilogy and Generations Selects
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Gear up for the next season of Transformers War for Cybertron Trilogy when Earthrise premieres on Netflix on December 30th. Add these exciting Generations Selects, Earthrise, and Siege action figures to complete your collection!

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Transformers Comic Books from IDW
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Get caught up on the latest Transformers comic book series from IDW Publishing. Whether you like to read fun crossover comics like Transformers versus Terminator, relive the vintage years with Transformers '84, or go on galaxy spanning adventures with Transformers Galaxies, we've got you covered. Here are some of the recent highlights that have been added to our store ...

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Transformers Rescue Bots
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Complete your Rescue Bots collection or bring a smile to a kid with these easy to transform Playskool Transformers toys.

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Transformers Cyberverse
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From Warrior Class to Deluxe Class to Tiny Turbo Changers and others, we've got a bunch of exciting Transformers Cyberverse action figures waiting for you or your kids. Check out some of the highlights from our selection below!

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Do you also enjoy other comics? We've got a little of everything from Immortal Hulk, Spider-Man, X-Men, Vampirella, Usagi Yojimbo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Wars, Power Rangers, Daredevil, Thor and many others. Check out what some of our select below. As always, if there's a title you'd like us to carry, please let us know!

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IDW Transformers #25 Review

Date: Monday, December 14th 2020 5:04pm CST
Categories: Comic Book News, Reviews
Posted by: ScottyP

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First off, yes this review is pretty late. Transformers #25 was released last Wednesday, but with nothing coming out for the coming week on 12/16 this review was saved from not being written at all. That's all on that part.

IDW's 2019 reboot of the main Transformers comic universe has reached 25 issues, which like this year itself feels like it arrived in no time flat while also feeling like it took forever to get here. Rather than a grim hurry-to-the-conclusion-due-to-cancellation affair after a dozen issues like the latest failed G.I. Joe reboot, Transformers gets an "Event" book that isn't quite the definition of an "Event" book. Still, it's a double-sized issue to mark the occasion along with the sub-title of "War World" that will presumably grace the next several issues as well, so let's see if this hail mary play ends in a touchdown or just the slow runoff of the clock.


If I ignore my feelings towards issues 1-24 in their entirety and pretend this is issue #1 of a new series, most would probably think that to be a bad idea and a pointless thought exercise. I'm not saying you should do that, but if you want to, it kind of works to be totally honest. Outside of a couple minor references to other events and a necessary familiarity with the general idea of the franchise characters that appear within, this accomplishes the rare feat of being a great jumping on point if you're curious about this new series. If the first 24 issues were the lecture that most students slept through, 25 is the test that somehow got aced by the same students. There's lots of action, a varied cast and very few stretches of walking and talking through hallways/stairwells.


The biggest positive about the book, for me as a longtime Transformers fan, is the number of generally obscure, nobody, D-List non-characters that get use here. It's always fun to see an old favorite that was never more than a toy show up and do something, even if it's still ultimately not much. A fair warning is in order that some of these appearances do end in your favorite old toy getting blown up, but within this issue it feels like it could be in service of something that probably should have happened a long time ago in some Cybertronian war story or another that's in a G1 universe or a derivative of it - the crew members of the Ark and Nemesis/the Autobots and Decepticons that end up crash landed on Earth are shown as survivors of a dangerous war. We'll see if this ends up being a consistent theme as this may be me projecting what I want to see happen onto the plot, but if it is I think this is a good thing, sad as it is to see some cool toys get blown to pieces.


Most of what Brian Ruckley does in this issue was very enjoyable, though one issue that remains is how some of the dialogue could be thrown onto any other character and work just as well. It could be argued that this holds for almost all action-oriented issues of Transformers, which is maybe why it doesn't feel quite as generic here. Or it could be that characters like Ironhide and Brawn feel like characters in this issue, which is promising improvement. Even Hubcap and Strongarm appear to make an attempt at explaining their poorly timed faux-pas from last summer. Hopefully it isn't too little too late, and continued improvement here would still be appreciated.


Anna Malkova handles the lineart for this entire oversized issue, a daunting task that was met with great success for the most part. The panel above with Sentinel Prime and Megatron is one where some constructive criticism can be levied, because while for the most part her work on characters, alt modes, backgrounds and particularly faces on characters with faceshields is solid, I look at Megatron here as an example of something that isn't working for me. While not a theme overall, his nose is too big here, and while that beats the creepy giant lips of Polygon's Megatron on the Netflix show, the proportions are off just enough for me to have a tough time reading his tone. As previously stated, the line work is generally very good throughout, so don't let my words here be too much of a detractor. Joana Lafuente's colors elevate the visual appeal in the issue as well, even serving to help in the transition of scenes from page to page in a way that I didn't notice until a third read through. Jake M. Wood handles the letter work just fine, which is another way of saying that while sometimes the word bubbles can get in the way during action heavy comics, in this case, they do not.

There's a bit of an editorial crediting change for this issue, with David Mariotte and Riley Farmer still listed as editor and assistant editor, respectively. Tom Waltz is now listed as a "Supervising Editor" and while I can't admit to knowing what that means, I'll (irresponsibly, sorry) speculate that maybe the path of the story has been shaken up a bit? The last page of this one had me internally screaming "Finally!", whether or not this has anything to do with that though, I have no idea.

Angel Hernandez and Joana Lafuente handle the art and colors for the "A" cover which is featured in this review's news story thumbnail, and it's nice to see a small dose of Hernandez again for this mini-milestone issue even if I wasn't his biggest fan on interiors. Malkova's "B" cover is inspired by actual events of the issue, with Fico Ossio and Lafuente working on the 10-copy retailer incentive cover that thankfully features 0 characters from Hasbro's Visionaries franchise. As always, you can find all the cover images, full credits for the issue through our Transformers #25


If issue 26 is a big let down I'm going in on it with no mercy. That said, in a vacuum issue 25 is probably my favorite of the main Transformers series since this reboot started. There's action, character work, plot progression and just a fun read in store.

The things that happen here feel significant and were very exciting, but it must be stressed that these probably should have happened a dozen issues ago on books priced at $3.99 and not $7.99. That will be something entirely forgivable if the series can carry this momentum into its next run, which will hopefully be one where it finds its own identity while being an interesting read month after month. So far it has not been able to do this at any turn, but today I'm choosing optimism.

With the big disclaimer that this score is with a lot of hope that this is a turning point and not the bang before a let down, here's the tally:


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Colour Pictures of Flame Toys Furai IDW Rodimus Model Kit

Date: Thursday, December 10th 2020 5:26pm CST
Categories: Comic Book News, Toy News
Posted by: ZeroWolf | Credit(s): Flame Toys Social Media

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Greetings Seibertronians! Fellow Seibertron users, Powered Convoy and -WonkoTheSane-, we've learned that Flame Toys have taken to their social media accounts to show off the first coloured image of their Furai IDW Rodimus model kit!



Through the post, they've also announced that preorders will open for this kit on December 12th, at 12 p.m. (Hong Kong time)!

This design, as the name suggests, originates from the IDW Transformers comic series, More Than Meets The Eye (later rebranded Lost Light).

Will you be picking this model up? Have you made many of Flame Toys output so far? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

IDW Transformers Comics Solicitations For February 2021

Date: Friday, November 20th 2020 1:23pm CST
Categories: Comic Book News, Press Releases
Posted by: ZeroWolf | Credit(s): IDW Publishing

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Greetings Seibertronians! It's that time of the month again where IDW reveals what comics they'll have to offer for the 2nd month of 2021! There's some good treats in store for people this month, with the crown jewel being the launch of IDW’S new Beast Wars comic!

Check out all the solicits below!

Transformers #28

Cover A: Casey W. Coller
Brian Ruckley (w) • Anna Malkova (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
“War World: Hunt”. As the Decepticons take over important facilities in Iacon, it opens up an opportunity for a jailbreak! But, will Bumblebee, Swindle, and Trickdiamond be able to escape—and is it really better for them if they do? Meanwhile, Starscream and Megatron scheme and Cyclonus returns with a grudge.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Cover B: Adam Bryce Thomas
Brian Ruckley (w) • Anna Malkova (a) • Adam Bryce Thomas (c)

*Retailer incentives:
Order 10 copies and get one free variant cover by Thomas Deer!

Transformers ‘84: Legends & Rumors

Bill Mantlo & Ralph Macchio, Steve Parkhouse, Simon Furman (w) • Frank Springer & Kim DeMulder, John Ridgway, Mike Collins, Guido Guidi (a) • Guido Guidi (c)
Some events in history are so incredible, that they’ve gone down in legend—epic tales of epic heroes and villains. Others remain shrouded in mystery, only surfacing as snippets of the real story. Transformers ’84: Legends & Rumors is the perfect companion book to the Secrets & Lies mini-series, representing the classic stories that inspired the series: “The Transformers” (Transformers #1), “Man of Iron” (Transformers UK #9-12), and the Transformers ’84 #0 one-shot!

FC • 100 pages • $7.99

Transformers: Beast Wars #1

Gem of the Month—Cover A: Josh Burcham
Erik Burnham (w) • Josh Burcham (a & c)
Celebrating 25 years of Beast Wars! In the future, the planet Cybertron belongs to the scientific-minded Maximals and the action-oriented Predacons! When a crew of Predacons, led by the successor to the Megatron name, steal a golden disk and a ship capable of traveling through time, it’s up to Optimus Primal and his Maximal crew—Rattrap, Rhinox, Cheetor, and new character Nyx—to catch them! A brand-new Beast era begins in an oversized first issue by Erik Burnham (Ghostbusters, Transformers/Ghostbusters) and Josh Burcham (Transformers, Transformers Galaxies), yesssss!

FC • 48 pages • $5.99

—GEM OF THE MONTH—Cover B: Fico Ossio
Erik Burnham (w) • Josh Burcham (a) • Fico Ossio (c)

*Retailer incentives:
Order 10 copies and get one free variant cover by Dan Schoening!
Order 25 copies and get one free variant cover by Nick Brokenshire

Transformers: Escape #3 (of 5)

Cover A: Beth McGuire-Smith
Brian Ruckley (w) • Beth McGuire-Smith (a & c)
As preparations for the escape ships continue, Wheeljack and Hound work to move what remains of the A’ovan population and habitat to a safe location for evacuation. Unfortunately, the Insecticons are insatiable and a caravan full of Cybertronian and organic life is too good a meal to pass up.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Cover B: Umi Miyao
Brian Ruckley (w) • Beth McGuire-Smith (a) • Umi Miyao (c)

*Retailer incentives:
Order 10 copies and get one free variant cover by Jeffrey Veregge!

Collections

Transformers/Back To The Future

SPOTLIGHT
Cavan Scott (w) • Juan Samu (a & c)
Great Scott! Pop-culture juggernauts collide in the ultimate 1980s (and 1950s and 2010s) showdown! Things are getting heavy–and nothing's as heavy as a Transformer! Marty McFly has just returned from the adventure of a lifetime to a new, better Hill Valley–everything's looking up for him! That is, until Marty and his friend Doc Brown's time machine attracts the attention of the Decepticons! With one small mistake, Marty finds himself once again thrust into an adventure to stop the Decepticon plot in the past, present, and future... all with the help of a new time machine... the Autobot Gigawatt!
TPB • FC • $15.99 • 96 pages • ISBN: 978-1-68405-801-3

Bullet points:
Available in April.

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Hasbro Announce Transformers x Uncanny X-Men Collaboration

Date: Monday, November 16th 2020 12:14pm CST
Categories: Comic Book News, Toy News
Posted by: ZeroWolf | Credit(s): Official Transformers Instagram

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Greetings, and salutations true believing Seibertronians! Hasbro have used their Official Transformers Instagram account to tease the next Transformers collaboration line for next year, and it seems like the turn of an eXtraordinary team of heroes, the Uncanny Xmen! It is unclear yet what the figure will be but there could be a hint within the logo shown as the X-Men's jet, the Blackbird, is prominent.



Thanks to fellow Seibertron user, Sabrblade, for passing this information on to us!

What would you like to see in this line? Maybe a transforming Sentinel? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

Check out this 20% off sale on new comic books from the Seibertron Store

Date: Friday, November 13th 2020 2:52pm CST
Categories: Comic Book News, Toy News, Sponsor News
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Seibertron Store Fall Sale! We are currently having a new sale at the Seibertron Store on comic books. If you buy 3 or more comics, you get 20% off! Plus if you live stateside, you can also take advantage of our $4 flat rate shipping if you buy 2 or more comics.

Over 3,200+ items are currently available in the Seibertron Store on eBay! We've been busy listing new Transformers, comic books and other collectible items which we think might be of interest to you.

New comic books are available. We regularly stock at least 40 different titles including Transformers Galaxies, Transformers A Bold New Era, Transformers '84, X-Men, Amazing Spider-Man, Immortal Hulk, Vampirella, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Wars and many others. If we don't carry a title that you would like to buy from us, please let us know. We also have many back issues for Transformers and other titles. You never know what you will find!

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If comics aren't your thing, we also have a variety of new and old Transformers toys available. Check out some of the highlights below!

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New Transformers Comic Books
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The newest Transformers comic books are in-stock at the Seibertron Store. Get the latest issues of IDW's Transformers Ongoing, My Little Pony + Transformers, Transformers Galaxies, Transformers '84 Secrets & Lies, Transformers + Back to the Future, and more. Check out some of our listings below or click the link above to view other Transformers comics.

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Check out our selection of new Transformers toys that we have in stock at the Seibertron Store. We've got new War for Cybertron toys, Rescue Bots, Studio Series, Cyberverse and more!

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The newest GI Joe comic books are in-stock at the Seibertron Store. Get the latest issues of GI Joe here! Check out some of our listings below or click the link above to view other GI Joe comics. Many Marvel back issues will be posted soon!

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Some of the most popular new Marvel comic books are in-stock at the Seibertron Store. Get the latest issues of Hulk, Spider-Man, Wolverine, X-Men, Star Wars and many others from the Seibertron Store! New Marvel comics added weekly!

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