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Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe
TRANSFORMERS shift, change, and rise to battle in this spectacular interactive pop-up adventure by bestselling paper engineer Matthew Reinhart. Open each page to explore a different part of the vast Transformers universe-then pull the tabs to watch the pop-ups change into entirely new paper creations!
Watch as the planet Cybertron changes into an epic battle on Earth. Then look out for the mighty Autobot Omega Supreme -- Reinhart's tallest pop-up ever -- as he rises off the page to smash Decepticon foes. In this epic pop-up experience unlike any seen before, only you hold the power to make the Autobots and Decepticons turn from vehicles to robots, and back again.
Starring more than 35 iconic Transformers characters, including Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, Starscream, and more, Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe offers fans new and old a pop-up experience they won't ever forget.
This special edition features a beautiful hard cloth case and an exclusive extra pop-up built into the cover. Here's a book that's truly more than meets the eye!
Watch as the planet Cybertron changes into an epic battle on Earth. Then look out for the mighty Autobot Omega Supreme -- Reinhart's tallest pop-up ever -- as he rises off the page to smash Decepticon foes. In this epic pop-up experience unlike any seen before, only you hold the power to make the Autobots and Decepticons turn from vehicles to robots, and back again.
Starring more than 35 iconic Transformers characters, including Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, Starscream, and more, Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe offers fans new and old a pop-up experience they won't ever forget.
This special edition features a beautiful hard cloth case and an exclusive extra pop-up built into the cover. Here's a book that's truly more than meets the eye!
- GenresKidsScience Fiction
10 pages, Hardcover
First published October 29, 2013
32 people want to read
About the author
Matthew Reinhart
94 books117 followersMatthew Christian Reinhart was born September 21, 1971 to Gary and Judith Reinhart in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The son of a farmer, his father Gary joined the Navy and so the family moved around the country, from Florida to Texas to Illinois to California to Virginia and then South Carolina. Judith and Matthew followed along, and soon to be joined by his little sister, Erin.
Art was always a huge part of Matthew Reinhart’s young life. Drawing pictures and making crafts were his favorite activities, in school and out. Matthew drew whenever and wherever he got the chance; in fact, school notebooks often had more drawings than notes! He loved drawing and reading about all creatures and animals so much, he drew them everywhere!
After high school, chose to study biology in preparation for medical school, thinking a career in art was too far-fetched. College life at Clemson University in South Carolina was busy for Matthew, but he was never really satisfied. Medicine was not his true calling, so along with his required science classes, Matthew took various art courses to build up his portfolio.
After graduating college, moved to New York City for a year before starting medical school. There, he met acclaimed children’s book author Robert Sabuda doing volunteer work together for a local community center. Robert's book, Christmas Alphabet had just released to rave reviews, and he convinced Matthew to follow his true calling. The following year, Matthew attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. as an industrial design major (concentrating in toy design).
Pratt was fantastic experience for him, but his initial dreams of being a toy designer soon transformed into paper engineer. After working with Robert on books like The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, A B C Disney and Movable Mother Goose. Matthew made his first big break into the pop-up world with The Pop Up Book Of Phobias. Many books collaborations have followed, including a trilogy of New York Times best-selling Encyclopedia Prehistorica and the following series Encyclopedia Mythologica with Robert Sabuda, along with Mommy?, co-authored with the renowned Maurice Sendak and Brava Strega Nona with the ageless Tomie DePaola. His solo pop-up books include The Ark, Animal Popposites, The Jungle Book, Cinderella, The Pop-Up Book of Nursery Rhymes, and STAR WARS: Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy. He continues to work and live in New York City, cutting, taping and folding paper into pop-up masterpieces.
Art was always a huge part of Matthew Reinhart’s young life. Drawing pictures and making crafts were his favorite activities, in school and out. Matthew drew whenever and wherever he got the chance; in fact, school notebooks often had more drawings than notes! He loved drawing and reading about all creatures and animals so much, he drew them everywhere!
After high school, chose to study biology in preparation for medical school, thinking a career in art was too far-fetched. College life at Clemson University in South Carolina was busy for Matthew, but he was never really satisfied. Medicine was not his true calling, so along with his required science classes, Matthew took various art courses to build up his portfolio.
After graduating college, moved to New York City for a year before starting medical school. There, he met acclaimed children’s book author Robert Sabuda doing volunteer work together for a local community center. Robert's book, Christmas Alphabet had just released to rave reviews, and he convinced Matthew to follow his true calling. The following year, Matthew attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. as an industrial design major (concentrating in toy design).
Pratt was fantastic experience for him, but his initial dreams of being a toy designer soon transformed into paper engineer. After working with Robert on books like The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, A B C Disney and Movable Mother Goose. Matthew made his first big break into the pop-up world with The Pop Up Book Of Phobias. Many books collaborations have followed, including a trilogy of New York Times best-selling Encyclopedia Prehistorica and the following series Encyclopedia Mythologica with Robert Sabuda, along with Mommy?, co-authored with the renowned Maurice Sendak and Brava Strega Nona with the ageless Tomie DePaola. His solo pop-up books include The Ark, Animal Popposites, The Jungle Book, Cinderella, The Pop-Up Book of Nursery Rhymes, and STAR WARS: Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy. He continues to work and live in New York City, cutting, taping and folding paper into pop-up masterpieces.
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August 25, 2019
Excellent popups, utter drivel for text. As a fan of 3D popup books, I knew I would get any new book designed by Matthew Reinhart. However, even as a kid I was never a fan of Transformers, as the whole concept robots from outers space all conveniently designed to turn into pedestrian vehicles from Earth felt completely ludicrous to me. I was also more of a Masters of the Universe / He-Man fan as a kid and the more recent movies by Michael Bay haven't helped matters either. Thus I was braced at best not to care for the accompanying texts - and not care I did. I started out reading the book to a child but soon enough we agreed that it was just not worth it. There is no coherent narrative and no storyline, just entries of sorts. It all feels like the texts are there just to fill some space on the paper which is not occupied by popups. On the other hand, the popups are just as excellent as you would expect from Reinhart. Also the art in the book is fantastic and in true comic book style. Five stars for the art and popups and one star for the texts amounts to an overall three stars from me.
June 14, 2015
One of the best pop-up books I've seen. Some highlights include a fully 3D Optimus Prime who transforms from a truck as a tab is pulled, Omega Supreme who is significantly taller (with an upraised arm) than the book is wide, and a quarter globe of the planet Cybertron which turns into an amphitheater for an action scene.
The idea of transformation is inherent to paper engineering: some of Ernest Nister's books, (like Here and There, from 1894) are actually subtitled "transformation pictures." Matthew Reinhart clearly loves both Transformers and pop-ups, and it really shows through in the way this book goes beyond what was required. In both the toys and pop-ups, it is really the cleverness of the mechanism that fascinates. In several instances-- the Autobot/Decepticon symbol comes to mind-- he forgoes a more obvious solution for one that has more beautiful motion. It's reminiscent of Alex Kubalsky's choices when designing transformations for some of the second generation toys.
All the designs in the book are based on the old toys, not the new movies (though Bumblebee does transform into a Camaro, which I think started with the movie. His face and overall form are more the older style). I think the movie designs would be harder to do well in pop-up form, since they have fewer large coherent forms.
The idea of transformation is inherent to paper engineering: some of Ernest Nister's books, (like Here and There, from 1894) are actually subtitled "transformation pictures." Matthew Reinhart clearly loves both Transformers and pop-ups, and it really shows through in the way this book goes beyond what was required. In both the toys and pop-ups, it is really the cleverness of the mechanism that fascinates. In several instances-- the Autobot/Decepticon symbol comes to mind-- he forgoes a more obvious solution for one that has more beautiful motion. It's reminiscent of Alex Kubalsky's choices when designing transformations for some of the second generation toys.
All the designs in the book are based on the old toys, not the new movies (though Bumblebee does transform into a Camaro, which I think started with the movie. His face and overall form are more the older style). I think the movie designs would be harder to do well in pop-up form, since they have fewer large coherent forms.
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