Zobovor's Updates Archive (2000)

I am constantly making minor modifications to various pages (correcting spelling mistakes, adding a few new bloopers here and there, scraping gum off the seats, etc.) but they don't warrant an update in the archive; you won't find those here.  Also, keep in mind that some of these links may no longer be active as I shift, change, and rearrange the good ol' ZMFTS.

(10/1)

• I've been spending a couple of months dead for tax reasons... wait, that was somebody else.  Actually, I've been working some long hours, sleeping too much, and dealing with a couple of sick toddlers.  I've also been having some problems with my latest kitbashes, but with any luck I'll have those done soon, as well as a couple more episodes' worth of bloopers, possibly the latest installment to the encyclopedia, and a surprise or two.

(8/11)  This month marks the biggest update in the history of the ZMFTS.  Bigger than the biggest update ever, and then some!

ENCYCLOPEDIA:

• Uploaded the "E's" to the Transformers Television Encylopedia.  Everything you ever wanted to know about Elita One, electrum, and energon cubes!  Exciting!
• I also got rid of that obnoxiously large image on the home page and replaced it with a banner for the encyclopedia, which will be used on all its sub-pages.  I'll probably put some smaller pictures up on the home page later.

KITBASHES:

• Moderately crappy scans of my Action Master Starscream repaint and Action Master Jazz repaint are now up on Zobovor's Kitbashes Page.
• Not only that, immensely crappy scans of my customized G1 Starscream toy are also on the kitbashes page.  I'll eventually replace these with actual photos.  (Maybe I'll forget about Supreme Cheetor and get me a digital camera...)
• Die-cast vehicles in the likenesses of the Generation 2 small Autobot cars (Axelerators), and Color Change cars have been added to the Hot Wheels Repaints page.  I also added Nightbeat and a new and improved Tracks.
• Also added the new and improved (and totally conjectural) Star Wars: Episode II Unfinished C-3PO to the aforementioned kitbashes page.

STATIC IMAGE THEATRE:

• The "Lost" Archives now has several never-before-heard, almost-authentic sound clips featuring the Autobots and Decepticons of Transformers: the Movie, both in and out of their character roles.  (Well, I thought they were funny, at any rate.)
• Images from the Parker Brothers Beast Wars Mutating Card Game and the three Milton-Bradley Beast Wars puzzles are now showing at the Static Image Theatre.

MISCELLANEOUS:

• Added Hauler to the TRANSFORMERS UNIVERSE II.
• My reviews of the current nine Transformers videos released by Kid Rhino have been wedged into the Toy Reviews Page.
• Finally, I added a few pictoral icons to some of the sub-pages (Bloopers, Kitbashes, TRANSFORMERS UNIVERSE II, ZobTrivia and especially Fanfics) in an attempt to make them a bit more visually interesting.

(7/16)  It's the Big Summer Update!

• Uploaded the "D's" to the Transformers Television Encylopedia!  Read all about the Decepticons, the Dinobots, and the Dweller in the Depths!  As a reminder, we are looking for any and all donated screen shots from the U.S. cartoon, existing or custom-captured.  E-mail us if you are available to help.
• The images of my second Transmutate kitbash are finally on my kitbashes page.  Many thanks to ViceGripX for the most supremely excellent scans.
• Added about 50 new items to the Transformers: the Movie Bloopers, as well as a few new points of interest about the film.  Also cleaned up the page layout a bit.
• There are some fun new pictures up at the Static Image Theatre, including the new Transformers as Holiday Decorations page and the infamous live-action Circuit Breaker.  (Who needs summer blockbusters when you've got Christy Margolis in a tin-foil bikini?)
• Uploaded a few new Hot Wheels Repaints--the Throttlebots, Hot Rod, Windcharger, and Generation 2 versions of Jazz and Sideswipe.

(6/5)  Uploaded 25 new Hot Wheels Repaints!  Highlights include the Aerialbots and Constructicons.  The blueprints and design concept drawings for my Arcee kitbash are also up if anyone wants to see them.  I also moved a mess of Star Wars kitbashes from Webjump to FortuneCity.

(6/3)  Added my latest creation, the Arcee Transforming Kitbash, to Zobovor's Kitbashes page.  I've got the new and improved Transmutate finished as well, but you'll have to wait until I send it to ViceGripX so he can take some digicam shots of it for me.  

(5/28)  Moved the Many Faces of Optimus Prime page and created its arch rival, the Many Faces of Megatron!

(5/24)  

• Uploaded the entry for the "C's" to the Transformers Television Encylopedia.  Many thanks for your patience; I plan to be working on the encyclopedia more consistently from this point onward.
• Created the Many Faces of Optimus Prime page, which is a comparison of the various "Convoy"-style Autobots and Maximals.  Well, that's just Prime's... head.  
• For those of you who aren't checking the page regularly (even though I update it almost every night), I've got reviews up for almost every single U.S. Beast Wars toy on Zob's Toy Reviews page.  

(5/8)  Um...  Uploaded a picture of a spider.  And accidentally replaced the home page.  Oops.  

• (4/24) Finally got around to moving all the Transformers Episode Bloopers and Episode Synopses to a new server.  Now I've got room to update them again!  I also put up the bloopers for four--count 'em, four new episodes: "The Dweller in the Depths," "Only Human," "The Face of the Nijika," and "The Burden Hardest to Bear."  Happy Easter!
• I've also got some Animorphs toy reviews up on Zob's Toy Reviews page.  Yes, I paid money for them.  Find out why.

(4/13)  I've got some fun new kitbashes uploaded for your perusal, and a few other oddities.  Here's the latest batch:

• My Micromaster Optimal Optimus is finished!  Thank you, Blue-Jackal, for the idea.  Thank you, assorted Micromasters, for donating your lives to this project.  Thank you, Maximals, for the protoform gift.
• I've created all five of the Astromech Droids of the Marie Celeste as shown in The Phantom Menace, including some extensive modifications to R2-D2.
• Also added my Super Deformed C-3PO and R2-D2.  Even I have to admit they're pretty silly.
• Added a few new tidbits to Zobovor's Fun With Kitbashing Guide.
• Wrote a short humor fanfic called "Dinobot vs. Worf."  (This has actually been on the site for a week or two, I just forgot to mention it here.)
• Added my Beast Wars reviews on Epinions.com to Zobovor's Toy Reviews page.
• Finally, I put the Cute Fuzzy Bunny Page back up since some people have asked for it.  Don't say I didn't warn you.

(3/20)  One of the things that's kept me so busy lately is writing product reviews for Epinions.com.  (Hey, it pays the rent.)  I've gathered most of the relevant ones together on a new Toy Reviews page for your reading pleasure.  I'm not too proud to ask that you join as a member of Epinions (it's free, no obligations) because I earn a few cents each time one of my reviews gets a page hit from a member.  The more my reviews earn for me, the less time I need to spend writing them and the more time I can get back to working on the ZMFTS.

I'd also like to direct your attention to Radio Free Cybertron.  It's a Transformers Internet radio show home to the RFC Transformers: the Movie Parody, an all-new show with original scripts and voice acting by the staff.  I did most of the voice work and dubbing for the first part, and I'm rather proud of it.  Check it out when you get a chance.

(3/7)  Played around with the links page a bit, which is now Zobovor's Trans-Links Express.  Catchy, huh?

(2/24)  Uploaded the Episode List and Writer Credits for the Transformers Television Encyclopedia, which is complete except for some of the writer credits for Transformers season one and the Beast Machines episodes that have not aired yet.

Also tweaked the Constructicons image on the home page a bit.  

(2/11)  Added my G.B. Blackrock Kitbash to Zobovor's Kitbashes Page.

(2/10)  The new and improved ZMFTS Guestbook 2000 is up.  You all were very naughty.  Except those of you who weren't.

(2/8)  Created the one, the only, The Transformers Dance!  Accept no substitutions!

(2/2)  Here's what's new for the month of February:

• I am proud to announce the birth of the Inspiration Studios Home Page.  It's my massively revamped drawings page, featuring an entire issue of my ZOBOVORS comic book; some neat stuff from my portfolio; and yes, some new Transformers drawings!  I've been working hard on this one (oh, I do so hate FTP), so please come and have a look.
• Two Beast Wars repaints, Transmetal 2 Grimlock and Transmetal 2 Cyclonus can be found on Zobovor's Kitbashes page.  Cyclonus is due for a  forthcoming fanfic appearance, incidentally.
• I've also finished two more Star Wars kitbashes: Electronic R2-D2 with Sound and Lights, and Lego Boba Fett.  They're also on the kitbashing page.
• Added a link button to my Epinions.com Affiliate Site.  I've been spending a lot of time on Epinions, so if you'd like to see some of the reviews I've written, head on down and have a look-see, why dontcha?
• Added some page anchors to make the Fanfics Page and Links Page a little easier to navigate.

(1/1/2000)  For those of you just joining us, welcome to Zobovor's Multi-Faceted Transformers Site!  And for all you happy people who have been awaiting the latest update, I deeply apologize for keeping you waiting.  I hope that the new features and additions will have made the delays at least somewhat worth it.  I've got a lot planned for the site in the coming year, so remember to check back!  In the meantime, here's what we've got for ya:

Brand-Spanking New Stuff

• The Transformers Television Encyclopedia (295K image on the home page)  is available for previewing.  (I fully expected to have the data entry finished before the new year, but working a 40+ hours night shift tends to suck up a lot of my energy.)  While I will be doing the data entry myself, if you wish to contribute to the Encyclopedia, screen shots of characters from the episodes are always wanted.  I require very specific shots of a number of characters, so please e-mail me if you'd like to help, and we can exchange notes.  (And pics!)
• Created the Transformers Pop Culture References page, which includes scans of Transformer appearances in the comic strips Marvin and The Family Circus.
• Created the Catalog Gaffes page, featuring the evil Percodons!
• Added an almost-Beast Machines fanfic called "Bombastic."
• And finally, the ZobTrivia Archives are born!  Marvel at the obscurest of the obscure; boggle your mind with Transformers minutae from all aspects of the fandom; wonder how in the blazes I came up with some of these.  (I don't know either, truth be told.)

Updated Old Stuff

• New logo for 2000.  Like it?  (Aah, who asked you anyway?)
• New pictures of Ethan and Becca, the two craziest little kitties in the world.
• Added some more of Zob's Thoughts, including my Beast Machines episode reviews.
• Confirmed about 35 new Transformers: the Movie bloopers with submissions from fans (and a few new ones I spotted), including tidbits from the new Kid Rhino release.  A special thanks to Vicken Aghazarian for encouraging me to get off my butt.
• Added a whole crapload of Wacky Shelf Tags.  Snicker again.
• Scanned in the newest batch of photos for Static Image Theatre, including the infamous Decepti-Pumpkin and a little something I like to call Beast Skirmishes.
• Did some general rearranging, particularly on my links page, which also has a new link button.