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==Contents==
==Contents==
*Openers: Editor's Letter; letters; Fact File on {{TF|Hound_(G1)|Hound;}} advertorial for [https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/264241/mandala Mandala]; article on [https://au.linkedin.com/in/john-billingsley-4b98643a John Billingsley] of Portsmouth Polytechnic's competition to create a robot that can play table tennis (like "Bjorn Roborg and John Machineroe"); recap of last issue's Weetabix computer competition advert
*Openers: Editor's Letter; letters; Fact File on {{TF|Hound_(G1)|Hound;}} advertorial for [https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/264241/mandala Mandala]; article on [https://au.linkedin.com/in/john-billingsley-4b98643a John Billingsley] of Portsmouth Polytechnic's competition to create a robot that can play table tennis (like "Bjorn Roborg and John Machineroe"); recap of last issue's Weetabix computer competition advert
*'''''The Transformers:''''' {{TF|Power_Play!|Power Play!}} part 1
*'''''The Transformers:''''' {{TF|Power_Play!|"Power Play!"}} part 1
*Competition: The Great Transformers Give-Away, wherein 100 lucky responders get a free Mini-Vehicle for listing their three favourite items in The Transformers (notably, Cliffjumper is pictured and called out by name – ''yellow'' Cliffjumper!)
*Competition: The Great Transformers Give-Away, wherein 100 lucky responders get a free Mini-Vehicle for listing their three favourite items in The Transformers (notably, Cliffjumper is pictured and called out by name – ''yellow'' Cliffjumper!)
*Public Service Announcement: Be a Bright Spark, Teach Your Family The FIREWORK CODE
*Public Service Announcement: Be a Bright Spark, Teach Your Family The FIREWORK CODE
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*Poster: [[Optimus Prime]], as seen in {{TF|Commercial/Generation_1#Comic|''the'' early commercial}}
*Poster: [[Optimus Prime]], as seen in {{TF|Commercial/Generation_1#Comic|''the'' early commercial}}
*Advert: Hasbro advert for Transformers including {{TF|Sideswipe_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Sideswipe,}} {{TF|Ratchet_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Ratchet,}} {{TF|Hound_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Hound,}} {{TF|Mirage_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Mirage,}} {{TF|Bluestreak_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Bluestreak,}} and {{TF|Jazz_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Jazz}}
*Advert: Hasbro advert for Transformers including {{TF|Sideswipe_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Sideswipe,}} {{TF|Ratchet_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Ratchet,}} {{TF|Hound_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Hound,}} {{TF|Mirage_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Mirage,}} {{TF|Bluestreak_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Bluestreak,}} and {{TF|Jazz_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Jazz}}
*'''''[[Machine Man]]:''''' [[Byte of the Binary Bug!]] part 3
*'''''[[Machine Man]]:''''' "[[Byte of the Binary Bug!]]" part 3
*Feature: Robot Round-Up, featuring comments from [[w:Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking|Kenneth Baker]] on the likelihood of robots to clean floors, cut grass, shop in supermarkets, and even perform surgery ("How long, I wonder, before we have the first robot Prime Minister?" asks the feature writer); [[w:Robert Williams (robot fatality)|Bob Williams]]' death by robot; Tomy's [[w:Omnibot|Omnibot]], pictured alongside [http://www.theoldrobots.com/verbot.html Verbot] and [http://www.theoldrobots.com/dingbot.html Dingbot]; [[w:Edward Ihnatowicz|Edward Ihnatowicz]]'s [[w:Senster|Senster]], a robotic sculpture that reacts to movement and noise, paired with an anecdote that it would be found first thing in a morning looking straight down at the gurgling central heating pipes under the floor, before focussing solely on the feet and legs of the girl walking around to open the exhibition; the very vague "company in Long Island, New York [that] designed a completely robotised hamburger bar" that closed after the machinery produced fast food at a quicker rate than the sole human employee could bag it up (the only task the robots could not perform); and a similarly vague "Californian company [that] has now built a robot drinks bar", again with one human barmaid to take orders and serve the robot-prepared drinks
*Feature: Robot Round-Up, featuring comments from [[w:Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking|Kenneth Baker]] on the likelihood of robots to clean floors, cut grass, shop in supermarkets, and even perform surgery ("How long, I wonder, before we have the first robot Prime Minister?" asks the feature writer); [[w:Robert Williams (robot fatality)|Bob Williams]]' death by robot; Tomy's [[w:Omnibot|Omnibot]], pictured alongside [http://www.theoldrobots.com/verbot.html Verbot] and [http://www.theoldrobots.com/dingbot.html Dingbot]; [[w:Edward Ihnatowicz|Edward Ihnatowicz]]'s [[w:Senster|Senster]], a robotic sculpture that reacts to movement and noise, paired with an anecdote that it would be found first thing in a morning looking straight down at the gurgling central heating pipes under the floor, before focussing solely on the feet and legs of the girl walking around to open the exhibition; the very vague "company in Long Island, New York [that] designed a completely robotised hamburger bar" that closed after the machinery produced fast food at a quicker rate than the sole human employee could bag it up (the only task the robots could not perform); and a similarly vague "Californian company [that] has now built a robot drinks bar", again with one human barmaid to take orders and serve the robot-prepared drinks
*Advert: SPIDEY WATCHES – [[Spider-Man]] watches are now available in two different styles!
*Advert: SPIDEY WATCHES – [[Spider-Man]] watches are now available in two different styles!