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The wishes of Animated fans have been heard, once again., July 10, 2010
This review is from: Transformers Animated: The Allspark Almanac, Vol. 2 (Paperback)
To sort-of quote Yuuto Sakurai/Kamen Rider Zeronus from Toei's "Kamen Rider Den-O", "Let me say this to start..."
...I LOVE THIS BOOK.
Once again, Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster - plus the folks that worked on "Transformers: Animated" - comes through with another almanac that's chock-a-block filled with references to Transformers and non-Transformers materials that many can spend DAYS researching over. Some are rather easy to spot if you know your trivia (that could probably rival "Cash Cab"), while others requires a good deal of working the gray matter to puzzle out.
The first volume,
Transformers Animated: The Allspark Almanac, covers the first two seasons of "Animated" and fans were immediately left clamoring for more. This volume covers season 3 of "Animated", characters that appeared on-show briefly or were planned but never implemented, and expands on things that might've been only mentioned once in the show. In addition, a glimpse at what would've been the thirteen episodes that would've made up season 4 had the show never been canceled, answering some wild-mass guessing questions all the while creating more. In-jokes, obscure references, A BOARD GAME, even a CROSSWORD PUZZLE (that albeit had a few glitches), and more stuff than you can shake a stick at.
It's not just the numerous references that is given, there's also sections that are in a behind-the-scenes fashion, such as storyboards with deleted scenes that never aired and Animated touching shores in Japan, as well box art as done by artist Marcelo Matere. There's segments on the voice actors that give the soul - or spark, in this case - to the characters that make them so memorable or those that were TF voice veterans (such as Corey Burton and David Kaye). One of the cherries on top of this titanic sundae are pictures of figures that never got past the prototype stage and will forever stay there, such as a considered Hot Shot and an early look of Rhinox, and the bigger cherry being how Megatron might have looked like in season 4.
If you haven't been converted into being a fan of "Transformers: Animated" by the first AllSpark Almanac (also written by the same wonderful and wacky duo), then the AllSpark Almanac II will immediately convert you over. If you're already a fan of Animated, consider this a must-have in your shelf next to that shrine of Hot Shot or Ratchet (you know who you are!).
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'Fan'tastic., July 17, 2010
This review is from: Transformers Animated: The Allspark Almanac, Vol. 2 (Paperback)
Transformers Animated was one of the best iteration of the Transformers brand not just a great tv series but also the quality of the toys that were made and there hasn't been anything better since. I have a 3 year old boy and a 2 year old girl who jump into dance and song when they hear the opening credits. Our collection of Transformers Animated figurines has been collecting dust until I received the new Almanac which sparked renewed interest in Transformers Animated in my son who's now playing with his Bulkhead and asking 'Where's the Headmaster?'.
Now about the Almanac, the best parts for me were the bits about actually making the series, the concept toys that were never made and then what could have been for season 4.
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Bill and Jim hit another one out of the park!, July 15, 2010
This review is from: Transformers Animated: The Allspark Almanac, Vol. 2 (Paperback)
Transformers animated Is amazing! With more profiles of the heroic Autobots and evil Deceptions. They a lot give background information on the new characters form session 3, and give names to the characters that where just in the background. Even the ones Derrick Wyatt did for fun! show summers form session 3 tolled in the form of instant reports, personal journals, and news paper articles. There's even a section on how the toy is are made. All in all a great read!
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