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  1. RavenHawk
    It's always kind of funny to me that these companies seem to think that these little changes actually make a difference.
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    Don't forget BGC. There are tons of references to it, from Priss & the Replicants to Leon (some claim the name is a reference to Replicant Leon Kowalski and his personality and look are influenced by Deckard, but I don't know if I agree), and Largo basically follows Roy's storyline.
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    Gotcha. Yeah, I just assumed that it was delicate right from the start. Funny enough, I'd had some Bandai stuff come in right before these came in, so I was in that mindset.
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    Absolutely. The whole set for pretty much what a single one of the figures cost when they were first released... hard to go wrong. I was REALLY tempted. Then I looked at all of the motorcycle mecha and transformers I have ordered in the last couple months, looked at how full my display cases are, the boxes of models still waiting to be built, the custom designs still in progress... and I went ahead and ordered like 4 other things instead, for merely 4 times as much money. Fiscally responsible I am not.
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    I actually thought that this figure's transformation was fairly intuitive. I'm not genius, and have definitely needed to watch some transformation videos for other figures in the past, but this one seemed pretty fun to figure out on my own. In fairness, I was expecting to have to open the faux gas tank during the transformation, and might have broken it trying if I'd gotten too far, but the first of the figures I was transforming had the gas tank just fall off (due to insufficient glue at the factory) before I got to that point, so that solved that transformation question.
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    Great shot! I was definitely tempted to get the Black Friday deal for the whole set... but I already have 2 of Overheat and just couldn't justify it to myself (plus, I just ordered the reorder set of Crash Hog and Dumpyard).
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    Gotcha. Makes sense. I haven't seen any for Zillion, but I'd definitely love to find one of a good Tricharger cell.
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    Looks like another series I never got around to watching is finally going to be watched! Looking forward to it.
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    Do the cells tend to have backgrounds? I thought the animation process was usually cells of characters placed on top of cells of backgrounds, so it was rare to see both in a single cell. Am I wrong?
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    There were a couple old threads on this topic, but since none of them have had any activity since 2006 (crap, that's 12 years already...), I figured it would make more sense to start a new one rather than resurrect one of those. This show was on my list years and years ago as a "watch it when you get the chance." I'm looking for new-to-me shows to watch, and figured it was time. Any fans of the show on here? The toys are very cool, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of talk out there about the actual show. Does anyone know where it might be available to watch? I've looked for DVDs with no luck. There don't even seem to be any torrents out there that I can find, and the only stuff on YouTube is subbed into other languages. Would love to find an English sub (whether pro or fan made). Thanks.
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    I agree. I think it mostly really came down to the cartoon, as a marketing/branding tool. Transformers was a cartoon that I loved as a kid and loved watching again on DVD with my own kids years later. Even when Transformers episodes were objectively childish and silly, they still felt like the creators were trying to tell a real story, and I think kids pick up on that. There was also at least some continuity between episodes. Go-Bots, on the other hand, had Scooby-Doo level animation (without the fun of Scooby-Doo), and told much more simplistic stories with characters that were very one-sided (even compared to Transformers). I watched the cartoon because it was transforming robots, and not out of any love for the storylines... and never rewatched with my kids.
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    I had mostly Go-Bots as a kid because that's what we could afford, though I eventually got some Transformers too. Actually, let me clarify: I had a few Transformers, a few Go-Bots, and then a bunch of knockoffs of both, but mainly knockoffs of Go-Bots (like an unbranded Jeeper Creeper, an unbranded Block Head, etc.). I loved those figures. The size was perfect for taking a few with you in the car as a kid, the vehicle modes had a lot more realism and detail than the handful of Transformers that I had (except for Trailbreaker... I'll always love that one), and some, like Jeeper Creeper, actually had a lot of detail to the robot modes, too.
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    I guess we all have our favorites, and for the most part feel that the rest is "meh". For you, you like Southern Cross, so liked Rolling Thunder. For me, I like MOSPEADA and New Gen, so liked Invid War.
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    This one was new to me, so I thought that maybe it might be new to you too.
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    With no disrespect, I disagree with you. You can copyright physical objects. Copyrights apply to statues and to architecture, among other things. So, the original creators would have copyright ownership related to their designs, which were likely assigned to Bandai or are theirs as work-for-hire. There were utility and design patents (I remember seeing the Bike Robo/Cy-Kill patent). Of course, those have long since expired, but copyrights would still be live. The copyrights would cover creative aspects which are separable from functional ones, which could get complicated. In my opinion, Hasbro COULD stop a lot of the "third party" toys that are out there. There are registered trademarks likely being infringed, common-law trademark rights arguably being infringed, and copyrights (as these toys would likely be largely considered to be derivative works). This doesn't apply to ALL "third party" toys, of course, but I think it does to a lot of them. As an example, I think that the Toyworld Whiskey Jack is arguably clearly infringing, while Trace and Grindrod are not. Why doesn't Hasbro pursue these companies? Maybe they don't want the bad press, maybe they think it isn't financially worth it, or maybe they think they fill a niche that is good for overall business. As for Go-Bots, I'm pretty sure that Hasbro maintains trademark rights to the character names (thus the various Go-Bot named minicons over the years), and probably owns the rights to the purely cartoon looks of characters, but who knows beyond that? Just my opinions, anyway.
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    Perhaps the quest for the grail has not yet been completed? https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1027715584
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    Not many of them, and not or long.
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    1. I get WHY they did the yellowed whitespace, but I still don't like it. For the money that these issues cost, I guess I want my retro still feeling new, as weird as that may sound. 2. IDW did the same thing with Transformers. It worked out for them in the end, but, as I recall, it took a long time for fans to get onboard. 3. Yeah, that's a bit of a pet peeve for me, too. That didn't really bother me. I mean, it bothered me in the "that is stupid and makes no sense if you think about it for more than a split second, and actually makes things worse" way, but it didn't bother me from the "this is aimed at kids" point of view. I guess we'll see whether they can figure out if their target audience is adults with nostalgia, or bringing in new kids to read comics.
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    Haven't read the TF books in a few years, but definitely always enjoyed Alex Milne's stuff. Solid art, and he seemed to genuinely think his designs through for transformability.
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    In my opinion, Invid War is a high point among the old Robotech comics. Plenty of flaws, but better than a lot of what came before, and significantly better than what came after. The art was solid for its time, up until the last few issues when a different inker took over. From my understanding of general fan opinion, most seem to agree with this (though I think there are plenty who preferred the main Sentinels series). Invid War: Aftermath is completely unrelated. 100% different team working on it, plot that had no relation except for a small handful of character names, and wholly unrelated to the Invid War series the ended immediately before it except for a title that was trying to benefit from the good will associated with its predecessor. For a book set in the Robotech universe (take that for what you will), the original Invid War (and spin-off one-shot Firewalkers) was a solid read. Here are some examples: (Uh... spoiler alert?) Invid War 01 (original inker): Invid War 13 (new inker came onboard): Invid War Aftermath (#5, but it's a pretty decent example):
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    I have to admit that I'm not a big fan of Tom Scioli's stuff. I respect that his style is essentially a direct homage to Jack Kirby, but my experience with his work is limited to the IDW Transformers vs. G.I. Joe, and that did absolutely nothing for me (sad to say, I significantly preferred essentially all of the previous Transformers vs. G.I. Joe series to what little I read of his, even the Deamwave and Devil's Due ones). That said, this looks like it might be a good fit for him: http://www.idwpublishing.com/product/go-bots-1/ There's a free preview there too. I think it fits him better artistically, though I wish he wouldn't insist on doing his own lettering, and that the overall product didn't look quite so fanzine, but I guess this is IDW's idea of '80s retro.
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    "Relative scale"? I know not of what you speak. (This is the one and only non-scale-based shelf out of all my MOSPEADA-related and anime bike stuff. Everything else is organized VERY STRICTLY by scale, since that's honestly one of my biggest bits of displaying OCD)
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    I liked "Invasion" from the Wildstorm run. Wasn't perfect, felt rushed at the end, had a couple ridiculous scenes, but overall was about the quality level of the old "Invid War", which is about as good as it gets for my tastes when it comes to Robotech comics (bring on the faint praise comments, they're deserved).
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    Professionally and ethically, I despise IP infringement... but then I see how gorgeous some of these "third party" toys are, and I just can't resist.
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