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Transformers-Mosaic — Machine Wars
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Story & Art by:Dennis Chacon
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these were actully released as toys? i never saw them.
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This feels like a pack in comic, only better. I have a small handful of Machine Wars toys, and now I wouldn't mind getting the rest!
All in all, great Mosaic. Someone should do a short 22 page comic based on Machine Wars.
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Some of the dialogue is a little weird (the Matrix has activated my warning circuits? I think "i have a bad feeling about this" would have sufficed) and the giant autobot symbol is..heh..well its funny. Heh tagging on a grand scale I guess. Not bad.
All in all, has the potential to be good if some mores strips were thrown in.
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Is Hoist's Tarantulas-esque appearance an inside joke on the fact that the Machine Wars toyline was released while Beast Wars toys were still in stores? Or was Hoist's Machine Wars toy a modified repaint of one of Tarantulas' toys? I'm guessing it was a coincidence.
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Actually, that is what his Machine wars Toy looks like.[link]
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The only thing that bothers me is saying "we are about to enter the Machine Wars". Looks cool on paper but that's like saying "We are entering World War II". Other than that, really really cool!
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Nice! About time someone did a mosaic on this era. Great dialogue!
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Now I'm all hyped up! Classic G1 trash talkin' dialogue! Excellent!
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Love it when the Mosaics step outside the main continuity. Art here is superb! Neat colours, too.
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cool idea, like how you work the face plate back on OP.
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i like this,but i always felt like machine wars was a splinter reality created from the events of beast wars season 2 finale
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Hey, that's a sweet idea! I like it!
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There should have been a machine wars cartoon. I could never have enough TF cartoons. I feel bad I passed on this line, but back then I only collected Beast Wars stuff.
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Machine Wars was a very short-run toyline that followed Beast Wars, prior to the development of Beast Machines. It featured some repaints of UK-Exclusive toys, along with four new molds (each getting two repaint schemes). It had no real fiction attached to it, and disappeared just as quickly as it arrived. A shame, too, since it seemed like it could be a nice 'reboot' of G1 Continuity... odd character selection aside (at least on the Autobot side). Think of it like the beta version of Classics.
Very clever use of a all-but-forgotten piece of the Transformers Multiverse!
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Emerald Beacon is wrong.
Machine Wars was not between Beast Wars and Beast Machines, it was released concurrently with the second or third wave of Beast Wars, near the end of the first year or the beginning of the second, testing whether or not robots that converted into vehicles could be successfully marketed again.
The test failed.
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I wouldn't say that I was outright WRONG, persay... just mistaken. You're right about the timeline, though... more info can be found here: [link]
That particular test DID fail, mainly because of a poor marketing strategy on Hasbro's part (the line was exclusive to KayBee Toys, as I recall). Obviously, the robot-to-vehicle model WAS used successfully in later years.
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Well, no you weren't outright wrong... but the implications of your timeline were different than the implications of mine. But most of the reasons for the failure were the lack of marketing, the fact that the toys were just watered-down neutered European molds, and.... the designs I reckon were a bit of a letdown compared to the new standards of articulation... the last part is probably more conjectural than objective fact.
You are also entirely right about the KayBee, I cannot recall myself which store they were rooted to.
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Ah, the test failed that time you mean. I think the return of vehicle transformers has done pretty well since the demise of Beast Machines.
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A failed test is a failed test. Doesn't matter how many times I retook the class....
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Machine Wars could definitely use more exposure, glad to see this Mosaic gives the idea its due.
Someone should get IDW on this, as a mini or something.
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Ace, nice to see the Machine Wars get a look in.
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What a awesome intro to an lesser-known series!
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Why does Hoist look so much like Tarantulas?
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Why does tarantulas look so much like hoist? Hmmm?
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Hmm. This would have made an excellent intro for a cool series, methinks. The huge Autobot symbol on the side of the planet is a little strange, but that's a minor quibble. Good art and great colors!
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