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Transformers, Vol. 5: Breakdown (Paperback)

by Bob Budiansky (Author), Don Perlin (Author), Ian Akin (Illustrator), Brian Garvey (Illustrator)
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  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Titan Books; illustrated edition edition (23 April 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1840237910
  • ISBN-13: 978-1840237917
  • Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 16.5 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 319,093 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The stories that laid the groundwork for the entire Transformers Universe continue, as the Autobots mourn the death of their leader -- Optimus Prime! Things go from bad to worse for the Autobots, as new adversaries step up to rock their world. From the human threat of the Mechanic, to the giant menace of Trypticon, to the all-consuming plague of the Scraplets. Who will lead them in their darkest hour? Prowl? Blaster? Grimlock? And if you think it's all a bed of roses for Megatron and the Decepticons -- think again! Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the phenomenon that is Transformers with these classic collections!

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3.0 out of 5 stars The wilderness years begin., 13 May 2004
By Mr. J. R. Coupland (Somewhere on Earth) - See all my reviews
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With Optimus Prime out of the way in the previous volume, 'Showdown', Bob Budianski wastes no time here in getting rid of Megatron and starting things afresh... to the detriment of the stories. For the first couple of years, the two leaders stood supreme (despite being temporarily beheaded and lost, respectively) but now they are gone. Permanently. Well, for a couple of years.

Grimlock is quickly named the new Autobot leader and it is in these stories that the characterisations given by Bob Budianski and Simon Furman most jar. While Furman's interpretation of the new leader is of a likeable, rebellious anti-hero who reluctantly accepted that he was one of the good guys, Budianski's is of a completely unlikeable, almost psychotic tyrant with a speech problem who would really fit in better with the Decepticons. I know which I prefer.

In truth, 'Breakdown' isn't too bad a US volume, although it's largely downhill from here until Simon Furman's debut in the already published 'Primal Scream'. Okay, so the Mechanic isn't the best of the human supporting cast (why does he constantly wear welding goggles...?), but he's fun enough. The Scraplets, whose presence disrupts the lives of the on-the-run Blaster and Goldbug in the later stories here, are a fantastic creation (a Transformer disease!), and while Blaster comes across as almost suicidal at some points, the things he's experienced in the past few months give this plausibility. Even Trypticon works a lot better than he might. But overall it's not hard to see that Budianski was quickly running out of ideas, which will be confirmed in 'Treason'...

Overall, then, a worthwhile read for Transformers fans, collecters of the books and nostalgia freaks like me... but newcomers may be wondering why the Transformers are still revered after twenty years...

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