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CyclonusArmada · Transforumer Joined: 17 Jan 2012 Posts: 2471

Astrotrain is a Bullet train now??? Is that his third altmode change now? Good to read the Bombertron body is being given the boot too.
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Aesir-Cookies · Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 5:54 am Post subject:

Those guys could all be acting though remember, I mean Prowl's very good at acting it seems, after all he did in LSOTW and other things that he claims to not believe to be wrong etc. They could have all been playing a part, just in case they were being monitored in some way
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red dave prime 360 · Slayer Joined: 02 Feb 2013 Posts: 65

Acting when there is no-one you need around to see it doesnt make a lot of sense though, does it? I havent read all of this issue yet but I really hope it all makes sense (well, 90% at least) on reflection.

As it stands if Arcee is in on the plan, the whole attack on the decepticon bunker made no sense.

Soundwave · Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:42 am Post subject:

Looks good! Wednesday is much to far away.
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Throttledbot · Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 12:32 am Post subject:

I must say I'm really liking the idea of giving all these Decepticons beefed-up bodies / alt modes. It's a neat way of making them into a credible threat again, and it works despite being blindingly obvious. Increasing the power levels of characters is a move that can grow pretty stale if it's overused (see Dragonball Z), but Barber has played his hand well. Making a street-level thug like Astrotrain scary? Good stuff!

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Focksbot · Transforumer Joined: 13 Nov 2009 Posts: 1449

I'll reserve judgement on how the plot all hangs together until I read the full issue.

As far as the preview goes, it's nice and pacey, but drives home yet again the mysterious absence of so many Autobots. Who needs Megatron to stage a coup against this tiny ragtag band?

Also, the Astrotrain/Blitzwing interventions strain credulity - no one heard a bullet train approaching at high speed? Or had time to react to a tank wheeling around a corner? Much better if Blitz had shot from a solid position some distance away or if Astrotrain had been detected approaching, shocked them with his 'return from the dead' and then taken advantage of their horror by transforming and ramming Swindle/Dirge.
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Focksbot · Transforumer Joined: 13 Nov 2009 Posts: 1449

Oh yeah, it is indeed Blurr.

I dunno though - they're just standing around in a fairly open space, tensed for danger (notice how they're all looking this way and that), and Metalhawk has just landed, having had an aerial view of the region. That seems to give Asto and Blitz ninja-like powers of stealth, to my eye. Astrotrain is at least two carriages long and can hardly have a tight turning circle!
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Kingoji · Transforumer Joined: 05 Aug 2011 Posts: 1031

A bit nit-picky, eh?

Thing about trains, bullet trains no less? They can be fricking fast. Turn around and they hit you fast. You haven't got a prayer fast.

Blitzwing? Again, tanks can move at a hefty clip. Besides, who's to say he wasn't waiting in robot mode and transformed the instant he heard Astrotrain hit?

Like I say... nit-picky.
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