Sunbow and Marvel Script/Storyboard Archive (TF sections)

[Greebtron]

With thanks to turbobluestreak for his hard work and to the man himself for his permission, the Sunbow Marvel Archive now hosts part of Paul Davids' collection of Transformers cartoon production material, saved from his time as episode writer and Production Coordinator on seasons 2 and 3.

The current collection consists of

Chaos

• Outline, depicting a far different story to the one that made the screen
• First draft script
• Final script, further reworked and cut down
• Full storyboard
• Models and background layouts

Return Of Optimus Prime, Part 2

• The eight pages missing from the previously available version of the script, reintegrated along with Sunbow memos detailing changes required for Parts 1 and 2 of the story.
• Models and backgrounds, including the Solaris and Jessica Morgan's full exo-skeleton, not used in the show

Misc.

Also included are recap scripts for 20 episodes of the cartoon that aired on the Bozo the Clown Show in 1986. These were written by Michael Charles Hill and gained him membership in the Writer's Guild of America.

These are in addition to the various items Paul Davids has sold off over the years, which have come to the Archive via deals with private owners. Such as the Cosmic Rust full script and storyboard, as well as the 186 page 1986 character binder revealed earlier this year.


To view the new items, head to: The Transformers, Part 2

 

[Greebtron]

The Sunbow Marvel Archive now hosts storyboards for G1 episode The Immobilizer, which marks the debut of Carly to the franchise. The 12th full set and the 21st episode overall to have storyboards showcased at the Archive, they include art by Vincenzo Trippetti, Peter Chung, David Russell, Gregg Davidson and others.

To view in gallery form, head to: The Sunbow Marvel Archive: The Transformers: 700-21 The Immobilizer storyboard gallery

Or for a downloadable copy, along with all of the existing Transformers material at the Archive, head to: The Sunbow Marvel Archive: MP 700 The Transformers, Part 1 1984 - 1985 (Sunbow Productions/Marvel Productions)

 

[Sabrblade]

Carly's only 16? And an MIT graduate? Boy, the show really wasted her potential as a super genius.

 

[Greebtron]

Thanks to Ryan King and originally owned by contributing artist Peter "Aeon Flux" Chung, the Sunbow Marvel Archive now hosts full storyboard sets for The Ultimate Doom, Part 3 and Countdown to Extinction.

These storyboards see the moment FIRRIB was born as Frenzy makes his cartoon debut, as well as Jetfire's adventures in his original toy-based design.

To view these sets as galleries, head to: https://sunbowmarvelarchive.blogspot.com/p/storyboard-viewing-gallery.html

Or for downloadable versions, alongside the virtual library of material for seasons 1 and 2, head to: https://sunbowmarvelarchive.blogspot.com/p/mp-700-transformers-part-1-1984-1985.html

 

[Greebtron]

The Sunbow Marvel Archive now hosts scripts for all 65 episodes of seasons 1 and 2 of The Transformers.

The 16 remaining episodes added today are:

Autobot Spike
Changing Gears
City Of Steel
Attack Of The Autobots
Traitor
The Immobilizer
The Autobot Run
Atlantis, Arise!
Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2
The Key To Vector Sigma, Part 1
The Key To Vector Sigma, Part 2
Aerial Assault
War Dawn
Trans-Europe Express
Masquerade
B.O.T



The three partial scripts that came from the Ron Friedman auctions in 2010 (Enter The Nightbird, A Prime Problem and The Core) have been supplemented by full versions, 18 episodes which previously had a revised or finalised script now have first drafts available.

Additional material includes Marvel Productions' internal correspondence, story editor inserts as the team tried to fix the myriad problems with Megatron's Master Plan and finally, scripts for 10 planned Public Service Announcements.

Read them all at https://sunbowmarvelarchive.blogspot.com/p/mp-700-transformers-part-1-1984-1985.html

 

[D.M]

Wait... those memo's are same one that were bundled up at TFarchive with the series bible. Nice to see those in original form.

 

[Greebtron]

With thanks to Michael Resor for his hard work and to the man himself for his permission, the Sunbow Marvel Archive now hosts more of Paul Davids' collection of Transformers cartoon production material, saved from his time as episode writer and Production Coordinator on seasons 2 and 3.

The latest additions center around his final episode of the series: Grimlock's New Brain

• The initial premise, submitted at the beginning of Season 3 in March 1986 and resubmitted in the summer, with accompanying memo to his Sunbow counterpart Elise Goyette
• Autobot Park, an initial premise to bring the Technobots into the series
• Creation Of The Technobots, which combines ideas from the above two premises. There are four revisions of the full outline document, with feedback from Roger Slifer and Marv Wolfman
• The first draft and final scripts for Grimlock's New Brain
• Full storyboards (currently the pages are each scanned in two parts).
• Series update memo from late September 1986 showing progress on the latter half of Season 3
• Early, more toy-based character models for Computron, Nosecone, Afterburner, Strafe and Lightspeed

View the whole package at: https://sunbowmarvelarchive.blogspot.com/p/mp-700-transformers-part-2-1986-1987.html

For original artwork by Paul Davids, visit: www.pauldavids-art.com/shop-art

 

[Jackpot]

"Autobot Park" is nuts. I love how the Technobots are actually from the future (in a story already set in the future) despite being no more "futuristic" in design than many of the main characters. Also, how did Davids miss the part where Galvatron destroyed Thrull right after having been revived from its "plasma baths where [he] gained great strength"?

 

[Greebtron]

"Autobot Park" is nuts. I love how the Technobots are actually from the future (in a story already set in the future) despite being no more "futuristic" in design than many of the main characters. Also, how did Davids miss the part where Galvatron destroyed Thrull right after having been revived from its "plasma baths where [he] gained great strength"?

Similar things in the development of Chaos. There are a lot of callbacks to FFOD in all of his season 3 writing, whether or not they were chosen wisely or implemented smartly (at some unknown point, the material from Thief In The Night is still to come).

 

[Greebtron]

The issues with the Grimlock's New Brain storyboards are fixed and the gallery is up: https://sunbowmarvelarchive.blogspot.com/p/the-transformers-700-110-grimlocks-new.html

 

[Blot]

Interesting to see the original storyboards have Hun-Gurrr also doing the "two bickering heads" gimmick that winds up being exclusively Sinnertwin's thing in the fiction proper. Also, that the storyboards have Sinnertwin as the one calling the order to combine.