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  1. Same. The Spacejet Winnebago and Orguss Tank modes fall into the "so bad it's good" category for me.
  2. Among other things, he was the first person to have Superman and The Flash race each other. 10/10, greatest comix writer of all time.
  3. I think Nekkimus Prime is kinda awful. The Optimus chest and abs looks terrible on the Fire Valkyrie, and Space Winnebago mod looks hilariously bad(I kinda love it). The "truck cab" mode is... it's just embarassing. I was happier when I thought they just backed the Gerwalk into the camper. I wish they'd drawn more design cues from Rodimus Prime instead of forcing this to be Optimus Prime. The Space Winnebago makes it clear SOMEONE thought he should be Rodimus. ... I still think he should really be hybridized with Armada Starscream, though.
  4. I still say they should give up and recast Silverbolt as an XB-70, where a big block on the plane's underside is RIGHT.
  5. It was briefly against the rules to mention it here, due to the flood of threads about it.
  6. Didn't everyone say that's what Stealth was?
  7. Yeah, I wish the trailer was designed to look like a generator or a portable office building or something. Even a giant portapotty!
  8. I'm personally disappointed the airplane propeller doesn't become his butt, so he could spin his tails like a propeller.
  9. I'd be okay with a 4:3 presentation. My concern is actually that it might not be. Scrolling shooters adapt uniquely poorly to changes in aspect ratio, in my opinion, and I'd rather it be framed than cropped or stretched.
  10. More to the point, they assumed that any possible war would be over territory and resources. These unknown aliens had no beef with humanity, they would be coming to reclaim their missing starship or to lay claim to the Solar System's resources. This makes sense if you are not specifically aware that the zentradi fleets are roving around looking for "the enemy" with no real strategic goals, like the planet eater in that one Star Trek episode. No one expected "you are an existential threat that must be erased from existence", because there was no reason to expect it. And it should be noted that for a time, an alliance seemed viable. The zentradi were very surprised by the capabilities demonstrated by people who very much weren't the enemy they were hunting. They wanted to get busted hardware fixed and replaced, and a new supply of reaction weapons. Humans could do both of those things. The humans, meanwhile, wanted to not be exterminated like space roaches. It seems like a small ask in exchange. ... And then the culture virus hit the zentradi ranks, causing a rapid and near-total collapse of discipline, the chain of command, and essentially destruction of zentradi society. NOW humanity is not a potential ally, they're the most dangerous thing the zentradi have seen in several millennia.
  11. Also the final battle of the war, with the Macross Attack.
  12. They're probably supposed to be, in that no one thought much about the exact details of interstellar shipping and just put "normal shipping containers" in(it makes it very readable for the audience if you don't reinvent the wheel needlessly, after all). But that would actually be a little strange since ISO and the entire shipping industry was destroyed in Space War I. Granted, when the industry was rebuilt the primary initial concern would be compatibility with the equipment aboard the Macross/Daedalus/Prometheus, so there's definitely room for ISO to reach out from beyond the grave. But it also creates room for new formats to establish themselves as the industry is rebuilt and expanded, so there may very well be two active container standards(to the consternation of dock workers everywhere).
  13. I think the US toy gun laws suck too. Particularly as it's an inconsistent patchwork and no one wants to deal with every state being different. I gather that's the biggest issue, several states have restrictions beyond the federal ones and they aren't consistent with each other. Making a single toy gun sellable in all states is very difficult, and fans won't like the results. Folks were upset enough about Classics Megatron, and I don't believe he's CA- or NY-legal these days, so they'd have to go even farther. I don't think Wal-Mart can outfit a SWAT team, though. SWAT gets the fun switch burst-fire and full-auto, and Wal-Mart can't sell that kind of rifle.
  14. I was already thinking "a glue Valkyrie's probably canon already", but you've got the receipts.
  15. So the best-case here is "no one in the history of the franchise has ever cared about scale and it is wildly inconsistent"? Seems odd to take a firm stand about accurate numbers when that's the starting point. But what do I know?
  16. Kirishima is best bear boat!
  17. I really like the new base mode's use of the silver matrix and blue blast as a water fountain. Gives it a little dash of charm.
  18. Got his doctorate in mad science at this point. Well, chemistry, but close enough.
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