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Shortpacked!: This is why we can't have good things.

Hey, look! That original art has DIALOG on it! How can this be? The answer, after the break, may surprise you.

Preorder Shortpacked! book 2 now!

Vote for Cobra Commander!

No, seriously, vote for Cobra Commander.

Maggie had the genius idea to print out dialog balloons on our handy new sticker maker. Then we adhere them to the original art, and when people buy original art, they can have the dialog, too! It'd be sweet!

First, though, I gotta test how durable these stickers are. They're printed on high-quality paper, but the adhesive worries me a little. I'm gonna roll this up, simulating me mailing it in a tube to some lucky reader, and in a few days, I'll see how well it holds up. Then I'll auction this bad boy. See you on Monday.

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From:(Anonymous)
Date:May 9th, 2008 03:18 am (UTC)
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What? I thought this news post would be pure NERDRAGE over Destro from the live action film.
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From:[info]sonictail
Date:May 9th, 2008 03:20 am (UTC)
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The doctor has gone evil and now he's selling advanced technology to the highest bidder. There's a problem?
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From:[info]sonictail
Date:May 9th, 2008 03:19 am (UTC)
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Wow, you got some rage going on there don't you? This a case of Ethan mirroring your own opinions?
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From:[info]sonictail
Date:May 9th, 2008 03:22 am (UTC)
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Addendum; It's apparently ok to post transformers animated spoilers if you're American, since nowhere else in the world exists... ever.
From:(Anonymous)
Date:May 10th, 2008 01:59 am (UTC)

In your FACE, Willis!

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That's what you get for watching Teen Titansformers in the first place! HA!
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From:[info]lbd_nytetrayn
Date:May 9th, 2008 03:22 am (UTC)
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Well, I do have to agree with Ethan on this one, though luckily it hasn't been beyond my capabilities to skip past the posts on the front page of the Allspark...

--LBD "Nytetrayn"
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From:[info]shortpacked
Date:May 9th, 2008 03:28 am (UTC)
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I wouldn't try tformers or TFW2005 either. Hooray screencaps on the frontpage!
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From:[info]everflow
Date:May 9th, 2008 03:25 am (UTC)
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why can I go to comic con OH I am broke and live on east coast *slams head on desk* I want a cobra commander for Pres figure.
From:(Anonymous)
Date:May 9th, 2008 04:02 am (UTC)
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I'm broke and live in Ohio. That President Cobra Commander will look nice on my wall next to my unopened Pimp Daddy Destro. Now all we need is Vice President Mindbender, Secretary of Defense Storm Shadow, and Lady of the Evening Baroness, and the Crime and Corruption in DC set will be complete!
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From:[info]danihana
Date:May 9th, 2008 03:44 am (UTC)
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Fans find the silliest things to whine about. :D
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From:[info]general_tekno
Date:May 9th, 2008 04:33 am (UTC)
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If you're serious about anti-spoilerness, check the entry on "Black Friday" (assuming it's still up) on the Transformers wiki.

Myself, I couldn't care less. But you're the guy who runs it after all.
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From:[info]shortpacked
Date:May 9th, 2008 04:47 am (UTC)
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That episode was shown at BotCon, and it's really easy to not read those spoilers by not clicking on the article for that episode. If you click on a page for a certain episode, you can't be angry if you learn about it.

But we're not, for example, putting up screencaps of spoilery things on the wiki's frontpage.
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From:[info]tehsongsong
Date:May 9th, 2008 04:37 am (UTC)
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I liked it when Cartoon Network and YTV were synced up and aired the same new episode every week. While the prospect of Canada being ahead of the US was novel for a little while, I'd rather go back to being on par. There's more people to talk with about the episodes that way.
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From:[info]general_tekno
Date:May 9th, 2008 04:51 am (UTC)
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Speaking as a Canuck, I am in complete agreement.

Not to mention that when we were in sync, I saw episodes sooner. In the MT timezone, I would get Dark Prime's torrent before it aired on YTV.
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From:[info]jen_aside
Date:May 9th, 2008 05:28 am (UTC)
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I DEMAND BACKORDER DIALOGUE FOR PRIOR ORIGINAL PURCHASES *shakes fist*
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From:[info]shortpacked
Date:May 9th, 2008 01:30 pm (UTC)
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That can be arranged!

No, seriously. We can mail you stickers.
From:(Anonymous)
Date:May 9th, 2008 06:10 am (UTC)
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How about printing the dialogue on transparency sheets? Overlay it on the original artwork and you can read the comic.
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From:[info]jin_saotome
Date:May 9th, 2008 07:51 am (UTC)
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That's totally a perfect idea too! Because animation cells have that kinda thing going. Sometimes there's 3 sheets of transparencies and the background. People pay more for that kinda thing. But damn Maggie, you had a brilliant idea!

And David, if you have a sticker-maker, time to start printing out TF stuff! BTW, sending you the sheet of decal paper tomorrow.,
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From:[info]creature_sh
Date:May 9th, 2008 06:15 am (UTC)

Dumb suggestion

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Maybe this is an entirely idiotic idea, but why not ship the word balloons pre-cut WITH the art without adhering it first ? That way, the buyer gets to decide if they want the art with or without the dialogue.
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From:[info]interlocutron
Date:May 9th, 2008 01:31 pm (UTC)
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You know, for only a few hundred dollars, my lab can run a battery of tests on those stickers to simulate rolling them up and shipping them.

And for an extra $75, we can perform a 30 second density test that is the same thing you did in high school, but it's acredited now.

Think about it.
From:(Anonymous)
Date:May 9th, 2008 01:40 pm (UTC)

TLDR

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See subject.
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From:[info]andrusi
Date:May 9th, 2008 02:13 pm (UTC)
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First there was that poll at the Allspark, now this. With the timing, I can't help but feel like I've accidentally detonated some kind of nuclear spoiler bomb.
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From:[info]seiberwing
Date:May 9th, 2008 02:34 pm (UTC)
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Is that where it's been coming from? At least the people at [info]tf_animated have had the courtesy to put them under lj cuts.
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From:[info]b_phil
Date:May 10th, 2008 07:32 pm (UTC)
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David, I dunno if you've seen this or not:

Batman Vs Iron Man
From:(Anonymous)
Date:May 10th, 2008 08:22 pm (UTC)

CC for Prez.

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And why do I feel safer with a known tyrant than a possible tyrant? Maybe too much waffling in the White House the last 20 years. With CC you know we are going to try to take over the world, not just pretend we are trying to keep the peace. With something to do, even the Joe's might like him if he keep's military spending and moral high.

Ithekro
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