Ioannis, Jairo and Deborah of the Space Ape Games team scored another interview with IDW Transformers talent, this time with Galaxies Constructicons Rising author Tyler Bleszinski, as part of their Seek & Destroy event live stream.
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Tell us about how you got started in comics.
“I started a company a long time ago called Vox Media, it started out basically as a sports blogging company then morphed into something else… I wound up leaving that company in 2015 and decided that I wanted to get involved with the Transformers franchise somehow. I started banging on IDW’s door, I went to a lot of conventions, basically pressed the flesh as they say and met as many people as I could. That’s honestly the best way to get involved with it, obviously you need some good ideas to get their attention as well.
I always dreamt of being able to tell a Constructions origins story, since “The Secret of Omega Supreme” cartoon [episode]. It always bugged me that the Robo-Smasher turned them and they didn’t have any say in their turn to be Decepticons, so I always had an idea in my head to write stories about the Constructicons and tell their story about how they became Decepticons.”
What’s your best advice for anyone who wants to write comics?
“You need to put yourself out there. The artist that wound up working on my comic is Livio Ramondelli, who [completed a commission for my son] a long time ago and that’s how I met him at WonderCon. I got him on board with the idea of [Constructicons Rising]. If you get an artist on board with your idea, and you get [them] passionate about it, that helps a lot too.”
What was it like when you first saw your comic printed?
“Amazing, I actually got emotional about it. I’m going to reveal this here: the planet the Constructions are trapped on, [Mayalx], is a combination of my two kids’ names, Maya and Alex. In issue #4, if you’re eagle-eyed, there’s also an homage to Transformers Earth Wars. I actually had Livio put “I225U” in one of the panels, which is something that we say in Scorched; when we perfectly run through another alliance, we say [that] in the chat.”
Do you have any other stories planned for the Constructicons?
“I’ve been talking with my editor at IDW about taking the Constructicons story to the next level; I would love to tell the story of how they get fully into the Decepticon fold.”
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Buzzclaw
I think they're saving the G1 Seacons for an actual team later. 6 Seacons would be an easy re-skin option for 6 Trainbots. I think even doing the weird Timelines colors Skalor would have made some wallets open.
What's funny is I decided to do a lil googling and the skin is based on the tfwiki pics of the toy:
Looks blue, right? Well . . .
He's not blue on every site besides tfwiki
Sigmalock
They should’ve given Coelagon a G1 skin (aka Skalor from the G1 Seacons).
Unless that was the intention?
PS I’d love to see God Neptune get a G1 Piranacon skin!
Doom Slayer
Honestly, I don't care for any of the G2 skins. But the skin for Coelagon… I don't know and it could be me, but I can hardly tell the difference.
Buzzclaw
Honest question: Has there ever been a worse set of Season Pass skins than "Beast Wars 2" Coelagon and Bad Blue Warpath?
Mechman42
I can't say for sure but I'd guess it's just flavor text and it simply increases his weapon damage.
Chocwave
According to Red Alert’s ability description, his ability deals more damage with his friction rifle. Since I have a 5* fire drive equipped to him currently, may I ask whether firedrive replaces his friction rifle? I will unequip him from Reddie if so. TIA.
Ephland
Good lord
Doom Slayer
97k to be exact.
Chocwave
No worries, mate. Get some rest first. Also, I too fancy warpath more most times. I use LOP occasionally because said situations sometimes pop up.
Goose24
I have a high level LOP. Problem is that those situations never arrive for me anymore. Seaspray will do a better job of clearing IMO. Or I could use Skids and Optimal Optimus. Or if I just need a little pathing – Warpath.
I just have no use for him honestly.
And my apologies as I had the workday from hell and didn’t get on the test server. I’ll try to tonight. I’m sorry to you and @Ephland
Ephland
you have 100k 5* shards?!?
Doom Slayer
I have the 4* but I can't find a good use for him.
I have close to 100k shards
Ephland
I'm curious about him, I like that he's Special Class, I don't have the 4*, and mostly I had the shards to burn and was antsy LOL
Doom Slayer
I'm still on the fence about him.
Ephland
new batch out, pulled Brawn on first roll.
Chocwave
Try him out more, LOP is kinda situational but he’s powerful in said situations; namely, when against a cluster of defenses.
Ephland
LOP is my lead war team bot, if Brawn goes with him well, that's a guaranteed chase for me.
Goose24
It should. I’m not a huge LOP fan but I’ll try to hop on the test server and test it out.
Chocwave
I was thinking the same thing, maybe they could tag-team and destroy defences really well?
Ephland
I'm reading the newsletter and specifically Brawn's SA description… am I mistaken, or does it sound like he would work with Laser Optimus really well?