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  1. I thought she was a newly laid-down Constitution hull. It would be weird to take a ship with a service history and just go "We're renaming her to Enterprise." Disrespectful to the heritage of both. Even the renaming of the Sao Paulo to Defiant(no -A, though it is there in my heart) was a fresh from the yards ship. New systems were part of the problem, if I recall. The -A was built to the refit spec, and the 1701 refit had stripped her to the bulkheads(LEWD!) and replaced virtually everything inside. But NOTHING on the -A worked out of spacedock when she was launched, and she had to turn right back around and head home for repairs on her first flight(this more than anything else is probably why people hate Star Trek V). I think she was just a lemon of a starship.
  2. Wouldn't be the shortest. Enterprise-A was ten years, though she WAS established as a mechanically-troubled ship.
  3. Dammit, Hasbro! You have two major characters known for turning into a gun, and this isn't either of them!
  4. If the bots can act like everyone else here, let them come. But if they start shilling Robotech, give 'em the old fdisk.
  5. Eh, it's not the first time. But speaking of Enterprises with no history, I think after Strange New Worlds they should do a show about the Enterprise-B, in the same style. Oldschool swashbuckling and exploration, without much risk of "violating canon", since that era's largely a blank slate. As long as they don't lay into the Borg yet again, it'll be hard to do wrong by the canon. And making Actual Star Trek, starring an Excelsior? Yes, please!
  6. The klingon cosmetics change so frequently that I'm more surprised when they DON'T. At this point I'm almost willing to call it intentional, that klingon genetics are canonically unstable and cause major cosmetic differences to manifest within a generation.
  7. That's the kind of thing that makes me think they do it intentionally so the adult market has to upgrade later. There's no reason I can see for the headlights to be in the wrong place, it's just so a slight mold change later can sell the same toy again.
  8. So what you're saying is Geordi's finally become more of a miracle worker than Scotty? The legend would be proud.
  9. Man, Power DoLLs is a weird first release to launch a line with. Not saying it's a bad design or anything, just that it lacks a bit of star power to really bring in attention.
  10. I stand here ashamed at overlooking an obvious inclusion.
  11. It was scarier when it took time. They took you to their ship, fully-conscious, and it was implied that assimilation was a surgical process. Presumably one that took hours(it's a LOT of cutting), without anesthetics(They are borg). Pain is irrelevant. Mercy is irrelevant. Screaming is futile. You will be assimilated. First Contact's introduction of nanomachine-touch assimilation just made them more like garden-variety zombies. They bite you, you're dead, you come back as one of them. Whoo.
  12. Source:- ttps://trekcentral.net/yes-the-enterprise-d-is-back-for-picard-season-3/ Not to mention: why is Picard giving Data helm orders when it's Geordi who's at the helm console? I know it was a lot harder, but it makes me sad that they nailed the original bridge for Relics for a single scene, and years later they stumbled on recreating the -D bridge for two episodes.
  13. Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise?
  14. In fairness, I get the impression Dr. Soong skipped Ethics 101... or took it in the mirror universe accidentally. He's got a long history of morally dubious decisions.
  15. Maybe they'll end it like Enterprise and accidentally retcon the entire series into a holodeck episode.
  16. Yeah, but the pineapple was seriously wounded going in.
  17. Basara vs that immovable mountain.
  18. Kirk: And how many giant space amoebas from another dimension have YOU killed before they could multiply and consume the entire galaxy? Shaw: None! They don't exist! Kirk: You're welcome for that. Now, about the neutronium-clad doomsday device...
  19. Wow. That's most of what I want in a Shrapnel, and winds up on my must-have list. I lucked out here in that the cartoon and toy aren't very different(wrong shade of purple, grays that should be silver). The black fists and biceps don't bug me. Not in robot mode, anyhow. Might paint a red band around them to simulate the arm sticker on the original, though. I do wish his new chunkier arms tucked in somehow for beetleborg mode, and that his armblasters were smaller. But minor gripes.
  20. In fairness to DS9's writers, the concept was supposed to be incredibly repugnant both in-universe and out-of-universe. And probably intended to make people think a little harder about real-world organizations that are only slightly less secretive. Unfortunately, those same writers overestimated their audience. Though fairly heavy with the "this is incredibly bad and wouldn't be tolerated by any decent being if they knew" angle, a large chunk of the audience still managed to come away from it going "this is sooooo cool!" and it's become a big stupid thing.
  21. Obviously they have plans to settle the "best captain" debate with genetig engineering. Captain James Tiberius Picard has a nice ring to it. In fairness, when you're Riker that's an awful lot of people to remember.
  22. Short and fat... I dub thee Mall Cop Prowl!
  23. If we're gonna rag on Machine Robo naming sensibilities... He also gave us names like Ratchet, Hook, and Thrust. There's a lot of Transformers with just a random noun for a name, and Blue Jet would be right at home.
  24. Same. I dropped into the Tower last night and joined the memorial procession. Everyone's walking up to Zavala to pay their respects. Not many more voices that've been with the game that long. Amanda, Shaxx, and Eva are it, I believe. That's actually really cool! Well, no one's perfect. Everything I've heard is that he was just one of the nicest guys you could work with, and the world is darker for his passing. Even if he DID main warlock.
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