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Generation Mechs - a favour

Sorry for being AWOL for a while:

Gen Mechs, my new book about the earliest days of Transformers fan culture, is going to print in a few weeks. It’s all new content. Part critique, part reference guide, part oral history

I’ve interviewed over 50 creators, industry execs and fans (especially fanzine editors) and dug up very rare new info about the early days (83 to 99). I’m really happy with how it’s turned out.

I’ll be selling and signing copies at @tfnationltd, and then later in the year I’m going to make it available to order, as I’ve done with the MTMTE notebooks

Normally, I do a small run of notebooks for the cons then wait until I’ve taken people’s orders before doing a second print run. That way, I know exactly what the global demand is and I don’t over-order

I’m doing things differently with Gen Mechs. It’s a large format, 500 page hardback book with glossy inserts, a dust jacket and an embossed spine. It’ll be expensive to produce. The cost-per-book is greater the smaller the print run, to a more pronounced extent than the notebooks

For this reason, I’m only going to do a single print run. Gen Mechs will therefore be a limited edition (I *may* do a softback second printing in a few years, depending on demand). Thing is… I’ve no idea how many copies to get printed. And this is where you come in

I’m not inviting pre-orders/payment, but I’d appreciate it if those of you who intend to buy a copy would let me know by liking this post. I say “intend to buy”, but there’s no obligation. If you change your mind, fine. I just need a rough idea of demand

I’m still waiting on final costs (which will of course be determined in large part by the size of the print run), but I think I’ll be selling each copy for around £40 (plus shipping). I’ll be signing them and sending them out in bespoke packaging

So if you think you’ll be ordering a copy or picking one up at TFNation, please like the first post. “RTs” (or tumblr equivalent) to maximise the sample size are also appreciated.

I’ve posted a similar message on BlueSky, Insta, Facebook and Tumblr — **please do not Like more than one**. Thanks x

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Hiii

Just a reminder that ALL the books are available for a few more days. Email mtmte.books@gmail.com and I’ll send you the “deets”. No obligation for you to order…!

(Sad there’s no MegMags hashtag)

I think this is my first Tumblr post? Thought I’d check out this white hot new app

(It’s James Roberts — just realised that my username gives nothing away)

There may be some MTMTE fans on here who (wisely) avoid Twitter etc and so may not know about the MTMTE Notebooks and Scriptbooks that I make available once a year

These exclusive behind-the-scenes books are essentially creator journals chronicling the evolution of the series, containing pitches, concepts, character thumbnails etc that I worked on ahead of and during the comic’s run

If you’d like to find out more, email mtmte.books@gmail.com and I’ll send you the details

Oh, and I have zero reach on here, so I’d be grateful if anyone who finds this and is a MTMTE fan could repost, or whatever the Tumblr term is

Thank you!

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Thanks for making me feel so welcome, everybody.

And what an unmitigated *pleasure* it has been to explore the #mtmte and #lostlight tags and discover an absolute treasure trove of funny, heartbreaking, thought-provoking and staggeringly creative content riffing on Roddy, Megs and Co.

You’ve warmed this jaded old heart

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J, darling, I must implore you to change your user icon and add a short description to your header. You look like a bot right now and on tumblr that gets you blocked quickly.

Thank you! Done 👍

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Mr. Roberts i want you to know that while I do love your work, you are my greatest one-sided enemy. Anyways welcome to tumglr

I thought I was my own worst enemy - glad someone else has got the job

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Welcome to the tumblr corner of the TF fandom, Mr. Roberts!

May I direct your attention to this lovely archive of your MTMTE tweets?

Thank you! I’ll check it out (when I’m feeling brave)

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I think this is my first Tumblr post? Thought I’d check out this white hot new app

(It’s James Roberts — just realised that my username gives nothing away)

There may be some MTMTE fans on here who (wisely) avoid Twitter etc and so may not know about the MTMTE Notebooks and Scriptbooks that I make available once a year

These exclusive behind-the-scenes books are essentially creator journals chronicling the evolution of the series, containing pitches, concepts, character thumbnails etc that I worked on ahead of and during the comic’s run

If you’d like to find out more, email mtmte.books@gmail.com and I’ll send you the details

Oh, and I have zero reach on here, so I’d be grateful if anyone who finds this and is a MTMTE fan could repost, or whatever the Tumblr term is

Thank you!