Skybound just launched itsTransformersKickstarter campaign, and the campaign has already reached over $2.1 million dollars. This new success follows the massive success of last year’sG.I. JoeKickstarter, which currently stands as the most-funded comics project on the platform with a final total of a whopping $3.7 million.
Skybound announced the news viaInstagram, after the project reached its initial funding goal of $40,000 in an astonishing two minutes. As of this writing, theKickstartercampaignsits at $2.1 million dollars after two days, making it more than half the way there to beating therecord-breakingG.I. Joecampaign.
The campaign collects all the classic Marvel Comics and Marvel UKTransformersmaterial across four hardcover volumes into what Skybound describes as the “ultimate reading experience,” including stories by iconic creators like Simon Furman, Geoff Senior, Andrew Wildman, and more.
TransformersKickstarter Set Is Already on a Course to Become the Highest-Funded Comic in Kickstarter History
Fully Funded in Only Two Minutes
By this point, it’s not hard to see theTransformersCompendium set eventually overtaking last year’sG.I. Joecampaign and officially becomingthe most-funded comics project in Kickstarter history. It continues Skybound’s historic revamping of bothG.I. JoeandTransformersin the comic marketplace, with thecurrent Energon Universe offeringsof both Hasbro properties standing as the highest-selling comic books in both franchises’ recent history. By re-releasing all the classic material from the original Marvel Comics run, Skybound is able to pay homage to what came before while also charting a bold, new future.
Skybound also intends to release theTransformersCompendiums individually to mass-market retail, with the first volume set to be released on June 10th, 2025.
The four-volume compendium sets will includeTransformers#1-80,Transformers: The Movie#1-3 andTransformers: G2#1-12 from Marvel Comics, as well as all originalTransformersmaterial from the Marvel UK run. The campaign also has a handsome slipcover set for all four volumes, featuring brand-new artwork fromDaniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicerand available in both “Autobot” and “Decepticon” themes. Several other add-ons include “Tech Spec Cards” that reveal the details of classic Transformers via an included red lenticular “decoder” car, featuring new artwork from luminaries like Senior, Wildman, and Jorge Corona.
New Transformers Compendium Set Promises to Be the “Ultimate Reading Experience”
Perfect for Fans of Any Transformers Era
With plenty of stretch goals to be unlocked, Skybound has givenTransformersfans the opportunity to keep the pledges rolling in (or is that rolling out?). It will be nice for fans to have all that classic material collected together in a fancy set that will likely be the highlight of anyTransformersfan’s bookshelf. The newTransformersCompendium Set seems likely to break a Kickstarter record; the only question now is how high the campaign will get before it closes on May 7th, 2025.
Sources:Skybound (Instagram),Kickstarter
Transformers
Transformers is a multimedia franchise consisting of movies, TV Shows, video games, and comics. The franchise centers on a race of humanoid robots called the autobots who must protect Earth from the Decepticons. Some of the most popular characters include Megatron, Optimus Prime, and Bumblebee. In 2007, the first live-action movie in the franchise was released starring Shia Labeouf.
