Well, Secrets and Lies did explain it...
I didn't get those, so... are they the same recolorings? Or truer to the original?
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Define "those".
Yeah, I've learned to ignore IDWs stuff. Again, if you like them, fine, but trying to say they "fit" is the kind of forcing of pegs I described earlier. It's not a clean fit at all.
One could say the exact same thing about "Plight of the Bumblebee!"
Fair enough, although it, at least, isn't trying too hard to fit things that don't go together. It largely stands on it's own.
But perhaps I should have included it when I mentioned included the cartoon crossover (besides the UK stuff). It's obviously going to be included in the set, and no one (including myself) is going to suggest it shouldn't be there.
I'm confused. What in "Man of Iron" is trying to fit things together? It's largely a standalone story likewise stands on its own... which is a large part of why it doesn't fit where "Robot War" claims it takes place (among other problems it has taking place at that point).
Moving it to after "Prime Time!" allows it to exist at a much more inoffensive, non-intrusive point in the story where its events can happen without interfering with the comics' main narrative, which it most certainly does interfere with in its "Robot War" placement. "Prime Time!" is the conclusion of the Shockwave arc, while "Rock and Roll Out!" marks the beginning of the next arc, with "Shooting Star!" creating a lull in activity between the two, as there's a long time-gap of multiple weeks during that story and Megatron is the only Transformer character to feature in it. The present-day events of "Man of Iron" take place across only three days, allowing it to easily slot in during the time of "Shooting Star!" as a side adventure a few Autobots, the Seekers, and the Condors had while Megatron was stuck in gun mode with Joey Slick.
I think you're misunderstanding my intentions. I was simply saying that certain stories were never originally intended to fit into the main US continuity ("Man of Iron," in fact, differs from most other UK material in this regard). I only brought up the "not really trying too hard" bit after both the IDW stuff and Plight of the Bumblebee were brought up later. It's not really relevant to my main point. I don't care enough. I was simply describing my thoughts on the make-up of a theoretical Vol. 2 that would match Vol. 1 for having 50 issues.
Everything about continuity is a rabbit trail. If you want to include stuff, or find ways for forcing the differently-shaped pegs to go into the holes, go right ahead! It simply doesn't mean I'm likely to. I'm pretty comfortable with having multiple continuities that exist alongside each other. Not everything has to fit together.
IDW Classics or the Hatchet jobs.
I mean, fair, but sometimes Marvel's stuff didn't even fit with Marvel's stuff. And I'm not even including the UK stuff in that statement (that just makes it ten times worse)!
I thought I mentioned it, but maybe that was somewhere else.
I’m VERY interested in the “Til All Are One box set which weaves the US and UK series together using the UK edits to the US stories”
I’ve wanted an easy way to read the premiere run of Marvel UK and this seems like it’ll be it.
I’m envisioning $300-$500 given it’s 332 issues but it is nice this is one and done.
I’ve wanted an easy way to read the premiere run of Marvel UK and this seems like it’ll be it.
I’m envisioning $300-$500 given it’s 332 issues but it is nice this is one and done.
I'm very eager to see more details on this one. I wonder if they'll include the G2 annuals as well? I saw a rumor claiming the G2 comics would be in this too but no mention in the video makes me doubt they'll be there.
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There was only one G2 annual.
332 issues but generally each one was half as long as a US issue, right? So hopefully not that much, though I guess anything that had to go through Kickstarter rather than regular press is gonna have a bump in price too (so it's not as easy as looking at the Compendium price and saying, $65/50 issues, so ~$430 for 332 issues.)
Still, I am definitely intrigued. I've collected some bits and pieces of the UK stuff over the years but like you I'm very interested in having the whole run in a one and done.
I meant the UK annuals