- Hardcover: 69 pages
- Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley); Mti edition (4 July 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0756630134
- ISBN-13: 978-0756630133
- Product Dimensions: 30.7 x 21.1 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,934,436 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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First off I really love the cover of this book! Its a lenticular image of Optimus Prime and the Autobot logo so as you tilt it they change from one to the other. The book has a quality feel and look to it immediately. It spotlights each character in transformed and robot form with excellent large two page pictures. It very interesting to read that you can read it in bits and keep going back to. Defiently recomended to anyone who it a Transformers fan or just likes the film.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
From the write up on the listing I was expecting a comprehensive, detailed movie souvenir. Instead all this book offers is a few of the CGI promotional shots that have been released through various websites for about half of the robots in the movie. The foldout spread mentioned is not included either.
All in all, very disappointing and only really for the completist who'll be buying all the TF movie merchandise.
All in all, very disappointing and only really for the completist who'll be buying all the TF movie merchandise.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Furman is back with another in the DK range of Transformers books. Obviously this book contradicts everything Furman has ever written, but as ever he has found a way of adding his own back story to the mix and has in essence spiced up the fairly straightforward movie script and added a little more depth to the characters.
The striking lenticular cover of this book draws you in right away, morphing from Autobot logo to Optimus Prime.
Unlike Furman's Ultimate Guide there is no way to link these characters to the longstanding Transformers mythology, however he makes more subtle links to the G1 era so that the story can be considered to be sympathetic to Transformers history, albeit an alternative history.
The layout is in the usual Ultimate Guide format, with some striking images of the movie Autobots and Decepticons various poses in their robot and vehicle modes.
The book begins with an explanation of the Allspark, the mysterious cube which gives Transformers the power of life. Furman suggests further mystery about the symbols embedded on it, and this tickles the imagination. We then go into detailed analysis of Optimus Prime and Megatron. Optimus is very much the Optimus we all know and love. Fact boxes scattered around the various illustrations of him build up a clearer picture of his abilities. Megatron is a different ball game. He is almost unrecognisable and not only appearance. It is hinted he may even be alien in origin. Perhaps he and the Allspark are more closely related than is given away in the film. It's all interesting conjecture.
We then look at Bumblebee, Barricade, Frenzy, Blackout, Scorponok, Jazz and Ratchet. A nice close up of Frenzy's disc weapons reveal an engraved decepticon insignia, not dissimilar to a Batarang.
Considering the fact that information would have been extremely limited when this book was in production the makers have done a fine job of putting it together. It is disappointing that the book only runs to 74 pages, and considering the £12.99 price tag it's a little thin, however any Transformers fan will want to collect this edition, and rightly so.
The striking lenticular cover of this book draws you in right away, morphing from Autobot logo to Optimus Prime.
Unlike Furman's Ultimate Guide there is no way to link these characters to the longstanding Transformers mythology, however he makes more subtle links to the G1 era so that the story can be considered to be sympathetic to Transformers history, albeit an alternative history.
The layout is in the usual Ultimate Guide format, with some striking images of the movie Autobots and Decepticons various poses in their robot and vehicle modes.
The book begins with an explanation of the Allspark, the mysterious cube which gives Transformers the power of life. Furman suggests further mystery about the symbols embedded on it, and this tickles the imagination. We then go into detailed analysis of Optimus Prime and Megatron. Optimus is very much the Optimus we all know and love. Fact boxes scattered around the various illustrations of him build up a clearer picture of his abilities. Megatron is a different ball game. He is almost unrecognisable and not only appearance. It is hinted he may even be alien in origin. Perhaps he and the Allspark are more closely related than is given away in the film. It's all interesting conjecture.
We then look at Bumblebee, Barricade, Frenzy, Blackout, Scorponok, Jazz and Ratchet. A nice close up of Frenzy's disc weapons reveal an engraved decepticon insignia, not dissimilar to a Batarang.
Considering the fact that information would have been extremely limited when this book was in production the makers have done a fine job of putting it together. It is disappointing that the book only runs to 74 pages, and considering the £12.99 price tag it's a little thin, however any Transformers fan will want to collect this edition, and rightly so.
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