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    I hadn't thought of it before he said it, but sketchley makes a good point. The island is under VASTLY different geological circumstances after the fold than before. It's gonna stretch out and relax now that the Earth's gravity isn't pressing down on it, and it isn't going to be particularly stable for a while until it works out its new situation.
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    I just want to note that the Lancer's a cool-looking little ship and I'm sad that it's kinda rubbish.
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    The ones in my area dedicate minimal shelf space to Transformers, and don't even regularly stock the little space available.
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    I was under the impression that they rapidly stripped much of the useful stuff before they left, once they realized it was gonna be a long trip in the slow lane. Regardless, even if the island wasn't stripmined, and managed to hold itself together... most of the buildings and infrastructure were not designed to accomodate deep space. They aren't airtight, and they aren't well-insulated*. Be easier to knock it all down, dig it all up, and rebuild from scratch. * Pluto's orbit is cold enough that for most of the plutonian year, the world's favorite KBO has solid nitrogen on its surface. When the local weather forecast is "frozen air", you need REALLY good insulation.
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    Imagine that! Who knew that if you never stock a product, people won't buy it?
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    That... that's somethin' else right there.
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    It is worth noting that passage through the asteroid belt was likely little different than empty space. The asteroid belt is not very dense at all, and we send space probes through it with fairly low levels of care. The Pioneer 10 and 11 became the first to pass through the belt in the 1972(essentially to find out if it was safe to throw the larger and more expensive Voyagers through), so that had been known for about a decade when Macross came out. This is likely reflected in the ship's passage being too uneventful to warrant an episode. (Their stopover in Saturn's rings is... well, let's say "scientifically implausible", but that was learned much closer to when the show came out and it would've been difficult to find accurate reference material.)
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    Probably true, it makes sense. But the zentradi bombardment would've been harsher than anything they were designed to deal with, both in terms of yield per blast and in number of blasts.
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    A world without dogs?! Truly horrible.
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    Metallic hydrogen's a liquid, much like metallic mercury.
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    Oh, hey, I got a cool thing from this brand the other day! Some kind of car kit... I didn't think they sold models?
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    I'm not really sure what purpose the variable Monster actually serves. It's a Monster that transforms into a jet, sure. But it isn't aerodynamic enough to make sense in atmosphere, and you can just boost around in artillery mode in space, so... why? It is a Monster with more points of failure for no gain.
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    It... it's beautiful.
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    ... is because people lack VISION.
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    Precisely. People that come to Metroid 1 now are expecting a game that plays like Super Metroid, when it is a very different beast.
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    I really like that the rodan legs can be configured for toon or toy accuracy. Pity the stand blade isn't clear plastic, or at least detailed to look like something.
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    United Chase looks really cool, which isn't something I ever thought I'd say about a Rescuebots toy. Meanwhile, my local Target has nothing of interest. The only robot from the current subline is Armada Megatron, who just isn't doing it for me. What they do have is FOUR PEGS OF REACTION FIGURES. Who even wants these? Why do they exist? And why is Target dedicating so much shelf space to them? The world may never know.
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    Yessss. Do iiiiiiiit.
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    Man, that is almost really cool. I understand the limitations of the cost target, but so many of these lowest-end toys would be really cool if they had just one or two more dollars to spend in production.
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    The VF-1 is for diplomacy. The Monster is for gunboat diplomacy.
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    That is almost exactly as cool as I expected. Definitely gonna add this sucker to my shelf at some point.
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    I love seeing a photographic example of how friggin' BIG Gunbuster is.
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    That assumption wound up being convenient for policing post-war Earth, though. They already had the needed equipment ready to go.
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    Headcanon accepted. The odd proportions kinda make me wonder if this might not have begun life as an (admittedly ill-guided) attempt at making a new Ratchet/Ironhide mold that had more of the original toy in it.
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    The holy trinity of military equipment. B-52 bombers, M2 machine guns, VF-17(1) transforming fighterbots.
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