Thanks to Newsarama.com we have a preview of Transformers issue #43 and Transformers RID issue #1.
Transformers: Robots in Disguise Animated #1
GO TEAM ’BEE! Bumblebee leads an all-star team of Autobots to Earth to find rogue Decepticon but, in this all-new story based on the hit Cartoon Network animated series, they find more than… they bargained for!
This comic will also include a shield that you can scan with a mobile device which will unlock an exclusive character for the Transformers: Robots in Disguise App.
Transformers #43
COSMOS UNLEASHED! A misunderstood Autobot, a Decepticon space station. Cut off from their allies, SOUNDWAVE and COSMOS come face to face, alone.
Transformers #43 will bring two fan favorite characters together for the very first time as well as have a variant cover by James Biggie.
Autovolt 127
Yes Just Yes!
Uniclonus
That was my exact thought when looking at the preview. Glad someone else was thinking it too
ZeroiaSD
Blackrock did. The cons think he's an idiot.
Thundercracker would've gotten it…
SMOG
Although it's kind of funny to see them hanging out together (I think there was an old comic strip that featured two vultures hanging out on a branch as recurring characters, but I can't remember what it was now), I think that as long as they are together, neither one will really emerge as a distinct character. It's like, a plotline has to feature just one as a regular character. Personally I vote for Buzzsaw, not just because he's alwys under-represented, but because his brooding elitist-artist personality has always had potential, where Laserbeak is just a cruel, sycophantic coward.
zmog
Coffee
Yeah, I would like to see some more to distinguish the two as well.
Also did they seriously just pull a meme?
SMOG
Well, that is how Barber likes to write them.
I got that vibe too. I'm just glad to see Buzzsaw getting lines… though it would be nice to see them distinguished a bit as distinct characters, rather than treating them as the "bird twins".
zmog
Maximo Prime
And yeah the muppets nod is awesome.
Maximo Prime
That's not a matter of being bright or not. They are not used to that definition of gold. Misconstrued cultural reference.
janeDoe001
I know right? He looks like he studied Crazy Faced Blitzwing from Animated.
jD001
ZombehDino
I am more than okay with this becoming a thing.
Sockie
Oh my God, that's exactly what they are, isn't it? That's great.
Chris McFeely
Geez, Laserbeak and Buzzsaw are kinda doing a Statler and Waldorf routine with that whole "perch up on high and deliver insult comedy" thing, ain't they?
More of that, then, please, because that is FANTASTIC.
GokaigerGoldran
does anyone know which shield to scan in rid comic cause i really want to know who the exclusive character is
Thelonicon
I wasn't expecting much from TF:RID Animated, but those preview pages were a lot of fun and really nailed the tone of the series. (Although I probably could have done without the Bee leadership angst, but that is also in line with the show.) I'm much more excited for it now than I ever expected. Hopefully the rest of the issue is just as good.
Kudos to Barber for the ICP magnet joke and corresponding reaction.
Fallout
fire water gold n dirt
fuckin magnets, how do they work?
soundwaverulls
The main thing I got out of the preview for notRID is a reminder that I'm really disappointed the inevitable Titan Wars Soundwave won't use that awesome design.
Wheeljack_Prime
Gold joke is Gold
Haywired
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This exchange with Buzzsaw and Lazerbeak. I knew that 'Cons usually are not the brightest ones, but this group is really dense. But then, I don't expect a lot from a bunch of thugs.
SPLIT LIP
That was a funny bit about ferrous and gold.
Megastar
I missed that because I was focusing on his crazy faces.