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  1. JB0
    I just can't abide that shuttle, man. I mean, it isn't the worst of the legally-distinct convertible robots(or the Classics thing), but... It isn't any better than the original toy, either. Surely we can get a decent STS orbiter out of a triple-changer with 21st-century toy engineering.
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    Man, Astrotrain... 'S amazing how many really bad shuttle modes have come out of him. After all the attempts, official and unofficial, at all sorts of price points, you'd think there'd be at least one or two hits.
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    In fairness, the Decepticons had all the GOOD molds.
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    I think so, yeah. Conventional wisdom was that badguy toys don't sell, so there were more autobot toys early on.
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    Instead of Excalibur, it should've entered service with the name Reaper.
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    As I recall, a few had crashed, at least one fatally. The YF-19 was a bloodthirsty little jet.
  7. JB0
    You can still fight get dressed when you're drunk.
  8. JB0
    It raises the LCF* of the class if it can transform. *Look-Cool Factor
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    I think you are missing the important thing. FT included THREE energon cubes instead of one. That is triple the value right there. THAT'S why they command a premium.
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    I don't think it is nostalgia. He looks very technically sound, and the extra girth doesn't hurt here near as much as it did on Kickbutt. Not-Shrapnel doesn't really do much of anything to disguise the arms(in fairness, neither did the original, but it was a lot cheaper), and the rear deck doesn't line up the way it should. Technically-speaking he's probably the worst of the three, but he's Shrapnel and slavishly toy-styled so I give him a huge pass. Also, the headgun swap at transformation is super-clever of them.
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    Quite understandable. Protection of colony fleets and planets should be a very high priority. There's no sense in leading an antagonistic force with the firepower to glass an entire planet in seconds to your front door, even if the chance to wipe all humanity out of the universe has long passed. Though.... it seems a fleet with a suitably tactical commander could go on a good-sized rampage if they gained access to the galaxy network broadcasts. I admit that falls in the realm of Clarke's sufficiently advanced technology, but it is hard to imagine that one can't extract or extrapolate broadcast locations from the GN datastreams and generate a hit list of cultured planets, making the potential damage FAR greater than a single lost fleet or planet. Another good reason to keep non-assimilated zentradi in the dark. (Aaaand now I'm trying to work out how one would obscure spatial origins while operating a reliable and maintainable network infrastructure. I think I just nerd-sniped myself.) I second this.
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    Are the MMC ones chromed with amber chestplates? ... Looks like chrome yes, amber no. But Shrapnel's gun is as close to the toy as you can get without clipping onto the forearm(Missed it by a hair, guys!). Insecticons are toy-canon in my mind, so if the MMC versions ever ship, having "the right" guns is a big deal. On the other hand.... the Badcube clones are here now. And MMC may have decided two almost-perfect sets of insecticons was enough and they'd never turn a profit on their's.
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    As a kid, Kickback was the insecticon I wanted, Shrapnel was the insecticon I had. Nothing left but the rest. Those two look so much like the toys they're based on, and it makes me really happy. Just need chrome guns. Pity Kickbutt is so chunky. (Shrapnel's forearm-clip is an iconic part of his gun to me, but I do realize that's a decidedly minority opinion.)
  14. JB0
    Autographs are the right of all sentient beings.
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    Every time I see that picture, I think he's been decapitated.
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    I never took it as pejorative, really. Basically, someone was getting out of Transformers, one of the reasons was toys of new characters they didn't care about(back when we talked about Classics/Generations instead of MPs and expensive clones), they couldn't remember Drift's name and called him Peg, some of us thought it was amazing for some reason, and Peg took on a life of his own after that. For most of us the hype died down after a while, but it will live forever in my heart. I suppose it could have pejorative connotations. Drift was generally considered a terrible character that belonged in a bad fanfic, and Peg eventually took on the persona of "dumb anime fanboy". But that was why I bought the toy. A serious version of Drift was dumb and boring, but our parody Peg character was awesome. Hell, in my headcanon Drift is actually Peg's self-insert fanfic character, not a "real" Transformer. Movie Drift is just a fan of Peg's work and has styled himself after the character. And without Peg, Drift would be completely forgotten by me instead of one of my favorite characters(his alter-ego, anyways).
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    True story: In my mind, he's Peg. More than once, I've had to stop and go "Who is this Drift character people are talking about?"
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    Ditto. Except I was gonna say Peg instead of Drift.
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    You gonna make a four-foot resin model of the SDF-1? That'll be a build thread for the ages.
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    And now we know why they didn't show it lit up! Blinking lights crammed into the ends of the gun barrels... just what were they thinking? *shakes head in disbelief* Man, if they'd gone all-out and done it up like in the christmas episode with lights strung across it... I would at least give them points for courage.
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    I honestly suspect that toy was Hasbro testing the waters, using a limited-run toy to see how close they could get to the VF-1 before Harmony Gold took offense. Alternatively, they figured that for a limited-run convention exclusive, it didn't matter if they took offense because the entire batch would be sold before the lawyercannon was loaded.
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    Honestly? I thought the lighting was so you had a choice of "opaque" visor or visible character face without having to swap parts. Seemed a silly solution to me, but...
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    Agree 110% there. If you're gonna brag about having 200 lights, you should show them all lit up.
  24. JB0
    The smoke effect in this case is PROBABLY an ultrasonic humidifier. Just think of how awesome that'd be on those dry winter days! They only need to find a few takers to turn a profit. Though those 800 units may be kicking around for a bit. I do agree, though. It's pretty cool, but just too big. I'm also generally cynical about "limited to xxx pieces" productions. In this case, that's probably taking the fact that they won't move many and turning it into a selling point.
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    Heh. Looking at the trailer and freeze-framing the technical specification gibberish that flashes up during several shots... Gipsy Avenger is apparently equipped with a "reality diffusion array". And is describned as a "pilotable god" (41 and 45 seconds, respectively)
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