ThunderCats Magazines Review Thread

Cartoons ThunderCats (2011)
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I thought I’d give a closer look at the ThunderCats Magazines! The magazine is published every four weeks by Panini Comics and is only available at newsagents and supermarkets in the United Kingdom.

First off, ThunderCats Magazine Issue 001

I’m not gonna spoil the main 13 page story/comic ‘Safe Haven’, but there is a lot more to this magazine.

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Every issue of the magazine comes with a free gift; the first one being the Sword of Omens! Well, kinda…

For some (legal?) reason the Sword doesn’t look much like the “real” Sword of Omens, but it’s a cool (free) item. It has its own packadging, which is kinda cool. It comes with 5 orange disks which can be loaded into the sword and “fired” from the front. Why they chose to make it a GREEN sword is beyond me… and ofcourse, the sculpted details on the back are not painted.

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So, the cover features art that was also used on the cards and boxes of the (new) BanDai toy line. Actually, the magazine is filled with this art, even a dubble sided poster!

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I wont spoil what’s on the other side :slight_smile: The magazine also contains “facts” pages. This issue has one about the ThunderTank and something called “Legends of ThunDera” featuring Lion-O.
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Although the main comic/story isn’t, the other features in this magazine are clearly aimed at a younger audience with puzzles, something called Scratching Post where you can send in your best ThunderCats art and contests were you can win BanDai toys! Thats old-school yo!

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And ofcourse a tiny preview of next month’s issue’s free gift: the Thunder Bow!

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So that’s about it for ThunderCats Magazine - Issue 001. I didn’t cover everything, there are more pages like “Meet The ThunderCats” and other stuff like that.

And don’t forget the main 13 page comic/story ‘Safe Haven’ which is very well done and feels like part of the journey that’s been started in the animated show!

All in all, I think this is awesome! If you can get it, get it! At GBP 2.99 it’s not expensive and well worth it!

Issue 002 will be on sale from all good supermarkets and newsagents on april 19th!

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All it needs is a Doctor Who and you’d have kids and older fans jumping up the walls in excitement.

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This is so awesome. I want it now. to bad i’m in the US.

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I’ve not seen the magazine anywhere :frowning: I might pick it up if I do eventually see it though. Thanks for the close look! :wink:

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Cool, thanks for sharing TRG. I wasn’t that interested about the magazine before when it was announced, but after seeing your look inside I think I might pick up at least the first issue. If I can find it.

(Although the Thunder Bow actually looks kinda fun :stuck_out_tongue: )

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That there’s another issue of Panini’s ThunderCats Magazine coming up this month is a nice thing.

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I just ordered this from somewhere in the UK on ebay. Loved the old magazine but this one looks so much better. No stories of nature turtles and other nonsensicle stuff, just 100% Thundercats! Oh and I love the free toy sword, can’t wait for the bow, and wonder what’s next!!

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The ThunderBow would come in handy for another ThunderCat.

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Nice one,i’d like to buy it! The ebay price is GBP 5.95 excluding shipping, a bit more expensive
The artwork is great!

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Issue 2 has a great bow on it. Haven’t opened the comic yet!

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Just picked up the 2nd issue today :slight_smile: Issue 2 seems to have been much easier to find this time around as a few places had multiple copies! I can only assume the first issue sold so well, that newsagents ordered more copies of issue 2?

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That’s what I’m assuming. My local newsagent told me as much when I asked if it sold well, I know I cant apply that to all places, but its a safe bet it did well enough to warrant more. I know my local larger supermarkets all seemed to have more copies when it was released a few days back.

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Only in the UK. That sucked for us.

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Update to my last post, when the issue was released there were good numbers on the shelves. This week my local asda and morrissons have all sold out, as has my local newsagent. Asda in the next town from me (a much larger store) has 1 left. Doing pretty well in this area it seems.

Oh, and there were quite a lot of Ben 10 and Transformers comics amongst others left on the shelves despite having similar stock levels when the issues came out! Go Thundercats!

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None in my local Tesco where I got Issue 1. Bought Issue 2 today at Martins newsagents and I love the bow and arrows (will save them to hit my brother when he annoys me.) Will pick up tips from Pumyra lol

Issue 3 comes with a gun and foam pellets so cannot wait for that either!

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Issue 002 has a similair content to issue 001; Prizes, posters, puzzles etc. And once again a great comic titled “Captured”. Some spoiler free pictures:

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This great image on the cover is also one of the posters in this issue!

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The AWESOME Free Gift: The ThunderBow! It has a similair design to bow included with the Grune the Warrior figure… And it’s aprox.12 inches!

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As stated, issue 003 comes with a (Tygra-style) gun; the Thunder Blaster!

Issue 003 will be on sale from all good supermarkets and newsagents on may 17th!

(BTW: Mods, was this thread moved to the 2011 cartoon section? I though I posted it in the 2011 collectables & merch. section, which is more fitting… :))

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I got Issues 1 & 2, cant wait for more!

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If only Panini Comics’ “ThunderCats™ Magazine” were to cross over to the U.S. sigh

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Don’t worry you guys get more than enough to make up for it!!! We have to put up with toys at double your prices, no wave 2 yet, no DVDs!!! (Which is insanity!) Etc. Oh well.

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Those look really cool. I might have to bite the bullet and grab those off of eBay sometime.