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Fun Publications also published a serial comic distributed as part of the official Transformer's Collector's Club magazine. There were six pages to the comic in each magazine, which together "make one complete story arc" by the end of the year with 36 pages in six months. The full strips from the
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The 2010 Timelines comic called "Generation 2: Redux" was among the top 25 sold small publisher comics in November 2010. This story featured a new generation of Autobot and Decepticons made on Earth led by the Autobot Spark and the Decepticon Clench.
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A sequel to the Marvel Comics Generation 1 story called "Games of Deception" was the centerpiece for the 2007 comic. The story centered on the Decepticon Bug Bite's attempt to take over the Decepticon forces of Megatron. This story features the
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In 2017, it was announced that 2018 would be the last year that the company would run the G.I.Joe Collectors Club, and at the 2018 convention employees told fans that the company would cease operations at the end of the year.
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to the Sunbow animated series. This story featured the Autobot veteran Kup in early days, as well as the club membership exclusive figure Dion. The text story "Eye in the Sky" was released, set on Shattered Glass Earth.
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The Timelines Landquake toy proved extremely popular. Critics of the comic have said that the stories play directly to the fans of the Transformers conventions and stories center on the toys being introduced each year.
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Botcon 2015 featured "Cybertron's Most Wanted", a story taking place in Axiom Nexus and involving a team assembled from the inhabitants of various alternate Transformers universes.
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The story released for Botcon 2014 was "Hoist the Flag", set in the G1 Wings universe. "A Common Foe", the sequel to "Termination", was also released online.
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is hurled into an alternate reality where the Decepticons are heroic while the Autobots are evil tyrants. The text story "Gone Too Far" was also published.
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series has also produced prose stories, licensed toys and video media. However, 2016 was announced as the final year in which Fun Publications would hold
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Botcon 2012 featured the comic "Invasion", a crossover between the G1 Classics universe and the Shattered Glass universe.
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The company presented the last G.I.Joe Collectors Club Convention in Chattanooga Tennessee at the end of June.
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After the Transformers convention license was acquired by Fun Publications, they issued a new series called
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The story released for Botcon 2009, called "Wings of Honor", was set millions of years ago on Cybertron, a
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2016, the final year for the convention under Fun Publications, featured a commemorative story for the
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Transformers: Timelines Fall Special Generation 2 Redux, Review by BW Media, Thursday 2 December 2010
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20th Anniversary entitled "Dawn of the Predacus." This storyline, set thirty years after
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Botcon 2013 featured "Machine Wars: Termination," a story involving a force led by
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The story released for Botcon 2011 was "The Stunt-icon Job", a sequel to the
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Their 2006 BotCon tale, "Dawn of Future's Past", acts as a prequel to the
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toy line as well as this year's Botcon exclusive toys. The text story
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In addition to releasing comic books and magazines Fun Publications
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and several of their fellow Predacons engaging the Maximals.
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"#BotCon 2016 - Last Transformers Convention from Fun Publications"
Transformers: The Fantasy, The Fun, The Future
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"Fun Publications "Descent into Evil""
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