…I got nothin’. If your store ordered any and you’ve got $125 to drop, Diamond is shipping the Last Stand of the Wreckers Red Label edition to shops, but that’s the only Transformers book shipping this week. But don’t worry, it looks like August 28th is going to hit like a sledgehammer with MTMTE, ReGeneration …
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Aug 19
MTMTE #20 iTunes Preview Now Online!
Over on Tumblr, our own forum-member Serika Izumi has posted readable images of the MTMTE #20 iTunes preview, which includes the first three pages of the comic. Get on over there and take a look!
Aug 19
“Wreck And Rule” And Maccadams Tees Now Available Online
Have you seen the sweet “Wreck And Rule” and Maccadams tees in this summer’s convention pics but couldn’t make it to a con to pick one up? Now you can finally get them online! The woman behind the tees, Aimee (@ladyofwreck on Twitter and co-host of the Underbase podcast), has opened an Etsy shop to …
Aug 19
TFCC Reveals Nick Roche Turnarounds For Upcoming Chromedome Figure
This morning the Collectors’ Club Twitter account shared some more news on the upcoming Subscription Service toys, specifically the turnaround art for Chromedome – designed by none other than fan favorite Nick Roche! They also revealed that one other toy for next year’s Subscription Service will have a Roche-designed head sculpt. Does this mean another …
Aug 16
More Than Meets The Eye Vol. 1 & 2 For Kindle On Sale
For those of you who’re Kindle-inclined, Amazon has More Than Meets The Eye Volume 1 and Volume 2 on sale for $3.99 each right now. There’s nothing saying how long this sale will last, and Barnes & Noble and comiXology still have it listed for their usual prices, so if you want these digitally, have …
Aug 15
Bot Shots Website Gives Us Another New Lady Predacon!
So the official Transformers: Bot Shots website updated, and the biggest surprise is a redeco of Stormrazor Skystalker named Buzzclaw – who is not only an obvious homage to the Beast Wars Fuzor of the same name, but a brand-new female Transformer! Well… “brand new,” it turns out. Her character bio is in fact Transformers …
Aug 15
Next Wave Of TCC Subscription Service Figures Announced
Over on the Transformers Collectors’ Club Twitter account, they’ve announced three of the toys for the “2.0” version* series of Subscription Service figures: I’m not sure who’s “so out of left field” there – They’ve done two of those characters already, if possibly in different universes, and everybody loves Chromedome right now (and then they …
Aug 14
In Stores Today – 8/14/2013
There are no individual-issue Transformers books out this week, but hitting stores is the TPB collection of the Spotlight one-shots, Spotlight: Megatron, Spotlight: Orion Pax, Spotlight: Bumblebee, Spotlight: Thundercracker, and Spotlight: Hoist, under the title of “Dark Prelude”. Also in stores this week is Jim Sorenson’s Transformers 30th Anniversary Collection, a massive hardcover looking back …
Aug 10
We Have A Tumblr Now!
Okay, I try to keep the horn-tooting to a minimum, but since we’re just warming things up here I’d like to let everyone know that we now have a little annex over on Tumblr, iaconunderground.tumblr.com. In addition to links to our new posts, I (and whatever other staffers get involved) will be reblogging other fun …
Aug 09
Beware the Chartnado
Sitting on my desk is a lanyard and a memo pad. The lanyard, purchased from Five Below is green and has multi colored robots covering it. The memo pad contains a planning list of items to purchase. Both are in anticipation of my upcoming trip to the Transformers convention Charticon (combining Charlotte North Carolina and …