TheTransformers.net Readers!
FREE
Transformers Promotion from Action-HQ.com!

Why get it anywhere else when you know that Action-HQ.com will bring it to
you FIRST and at one of the lowest prices online! Schedule to ship around the
week of August 22nd is the long awaited SoundWave & LazerBeak G1 re-issue
from Takara. Please note that Hasbro will NOT re-issue this as part of the ToysRUs
exclusives so don’t be left out; order yours NOW! Exact date to be confirmed.
Please check our bulletin board for updates.

And as a Promotional gift for TheTransformers.net readers, you will get a RANDOM
figure of 1 of 12 (6 colored and 6 chaser figures) SCF Act-9 Armada PVC figure
($5.95 value) for FREE with your purchase of this item. All you have to do is
add the Promotional Code provided by TheTransformers.net and AHQ will MANUALLY
add in one of these cool 3" figures. Availabe are Convoy, Rachet, HotRod,
Megatron, StarScream and IronHide.

No other online store can make you an offer as good as this
1) Get it FIRST and weeks ahead of anyone else!

2) Get it at a price that is up to $20 less than other online store!
3) Get a gift valued at $5.95 for FREE!

You can’t beat this deal anywhere! ORDER
NOW!

This offer is exclusive to readers of TheTransformers.Net!

It appears that the Dinobot Grimlock is the latest attraction of the Natural
History Museum in London, well, sort of. Apparantly there’s a G1 Grimlock toy
in the museum as part of their Dinosaur exhibit, and there are parts of his
instructions on a mural on the wall.

Thanks to Guy (Defensor) for the update.

I’ve had all I can stands, I can stands no more!

I’ve set up a poll to gauge opinion among the TF community on the
two new Transformers PlayStation 2 games, The G1 version being released in Japan
in September and the Armada version in the US and UK later this year and next
year respectively.

Japan will get Transformers
TATAKAI, a Generation One game with literally hundreds of G1 Transformers
that you can control. The USA and UK will get Transformers
Armada Prelude to Energon. I know which one I’d prefer, and I want you
to tell me too. The poll is on the right of the page, just above the ‘reviews’
box. Let us know your views by voting, and giving us your comments. When we
have collected enough votes, or the server crashes – whichever is sooner, the
results will then be presented to Atari in the UK, and to GAME, Europe’s leading
retailer of video games.

So get voting, your vote counts.

Webmaster
TheTransformers.Net

ActionFigureXpress
are now taking pre-orders on the busts of Shockwave, Jazz and Ultra Magnus.

Click here for Shockwave

Click here for Jazz

Click here for Ultra
Magnus.

IN
STOCK! The latest assortment of MyClone mini figures are here. Each box of twelve
(12) may include Wreck-Gar, Bumblebee, Grimlock (beast mode), Rodimus Prime, Galvatron,
Soundwave, and 2 or 3 secret characters. Subject to change without notice. Each
figure measures 2.36 Inches, with 14 points of articulation, and 15 individual
parts. Includes a stand for each figure and mini-book.

Price $49.95, 2/$94.98
Link BUY
NOW!

Nicap of TheTF.Net forums posted this link, and we were sent it by Brian Fitzpatrick so we thought we’d share it with everyone. Seems some chap, I think his name is Optimus Prime, is off to Iraq. Yes, Optimus is part of the US army, and here’s his story…

I know Specimen-17 has already posted a story about this, but he didn’t give this link… check out the story!

ALLEGIANCE: DECEPTICON

FUNCTION: WARRIOR
FIRST APPEARANCE: TRANSFORMERS # 17

“My engines’ roar is my enemies’ song of doom!”

Profile: Rattling the very air with the roar of his jet engines, Thrust
is one Decepticon who cares little for the ways of deceit. He believes that
half the battle is won if he can “psych out” his enemy by his mere
arrival, and so he makes no attempt to be sneaky. His ability to suddenly and
powerfully accelerate can literally shake apart a nearby building, and he delights
in the havoc that ensues. He is a loud-mouthed braggart who is prone to pompously
claim certain victory before a fight has barely begun. But in truth, his courage
is as much bluster and noise as his actions and words: a strong counterattack
by an opponent usually results in a view of Thrust’s tailwings as he recedes
into the distance.

Abilities: In jet mode, Thrust can fly at speeds of Mach 2.5, but can
accelerate in 20 seconds to twice that speed, which he can maintain for up to
two minutes. He carries two concussion bomb missile launchers and two compressed
air rifles, each of which can shoot a hole in

ALLEGIANCE: AUTOBOT
SUB-GROUP: POWERMASTER

HUMAN COMPONENT: LUBE
FUNCTION: INTERCEPTOR
FIRST APPEARANCE: TRANSFORMERS # 41 (Slapdash), TRANSFORMERS # 42 (Lube)

“Sometimes, if you wait long enough, problems solve themselves.”

Profile: Slapdash is not a good team player. He is typically disorganized,
neglectful and sloppy. He is rarely knowledgeable of any strategy that he’s
supposed to follow since he usually forgets to enter it into his memory banks.
He’s been known to plunge into battle without his weapon, or worse, with an
empty fuel tank. Sometimes he even forgets to bring Lube along. Without his
binary-bonded partner, Slapdash loses the ability to transform. It usually falls
upon his Autobot comrades to pay the price of his mistakes. They’re the ones
who have to cover for him when he’s unarmed or haul him back to the Autobot
base camp when he’s out of energy. Slapdash is lucky that they’re as willing
to do these favors for him as they are. If he weren’t such an easy-going, generous
and good-natured fellow, his friends might have stopped acting so friendly a
long time ago.

At the Hi Q Industrial Research Complex on the planet Nebulos, Lube specialized
in fuel technology. Under the direction of the Complex’s director, Hi Q, it
was Lube who made the research breakthrough that led to the tainting of all
Nebulan fuel sources. This prevented any Transformer from coming to Nebulos
and ingesting that planet’s fuel without poisoning himself. Soon after, the
Decepticons Darkwing and Dreadwind arrived and threatened the planet. A team
of Autobots eventually tried to chase the deadly duo away, but without access
to a non-toxic fuel source to supply their needs, they were unable to do it
on their own. Ironically, this turn of events persuaded Lube to help the very
beings he had endangered. He underwent the Powermaster Process and became binary-bonded
to Slapdash so that he could assist the Autobots in their fight against the
Decepticons. Lube is known for his meticulousness and short temper, characteristics
that usually put him at odds with the slovenly Slapdash.

Abilities: Slapdash transforms into a ground racing vehicle. In this
mode he can reach a maximum speed of 600 miles per hour and has a maximum range
of 1800 miles… when he remembers to fill up his tank. In both robot and vehicle
modes he is armed with a powerful electro-magnetizer gun, which has the ability
to neutralize and drain the power supply of almost any machine its beam hits.
He reserves its usage almost exclusively for enemy Decepticons. Lube has the
ability to transform into Slapdash’s engine. In this mode he acts as Slapdash’s
power source and can process almost any fuel source into usable form.

Weaknesses: Virtually all of Slapdash’s weaknesses are self-inflicted
and easily preventable. His careless nature is his greatest problem by far.