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  1. JB0
    That's sheer craziness. I mean, c'mon... a flying robot with three modes? It's totally a Getter Robo ripoff.
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    You know if you do one lion you have to do them all, right? We won't be happy now until we see you activate the interlocks, connect the dynotherms, and form the head.
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    Ironically, metal content was the death of my MP-01 Optimus. Or rather, too much metal content. Poor guy was top-heavy, did a barrel-roll off the shelf to the floor, shattered his ankles.
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    That'd require a hardware change. Right now, the pads simply don't present as XInput devices(and it's immediately obvious why, when you consider that's a Microsoft-controlled standard). On the other hand, they DO present as HID gamepads, so they work fine as standard gamepads. On the third hand, HID gamepad is poorly-supported by modern games for some good reasons(there's no physical reference in the standard, so default button mappings are wild guesses) and bad reasons(MS will GIVE you the code to do XInput, but not a real standard). In conclusion: I have too many hands, and you're still gonna need a HID->XInput wrapper.
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    Klan.
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    I'm still having trouble getting excited again. I can't ride this on-again-off-again-on-again roller-coaster.
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    Well, R2 implies DVD, since BR has alphabetic regions.
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    Current Humble Bundle has TIE FIGHTER. MOTHERLOVING TIE FIGHTER. Also X-Wing, X-Wing VS TIE Fighter, and X-Wing Alliance. And some other games no one cares about. Night of an Old Republican or something. Whatever. The point is TIE FIGHTER.
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    I'm surprised it got in for anything at all, much less that it won. Not because it's a bad movie, but because it's science-fiction. There's an automatic uphill battle just because of that.
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    You know, being seven and a half feet tall would seem to make hand-to-hand combat instruction difficult. It's just a tad out of scale for normal encounters.
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    You've got a NeoGeo? That's hot, and you are the envy of every child in the nineties right now.
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    That's a really interesting variant of Saber Alter. All the angular faceting on the heavy armor gives her an almost mechanical look. But the flowing hair, bits of exposed leg, and large portions of unarmored torso make her "organic" origins unignorable. The clash is... actually really well-suited to that variant of the character. The open back irritates, me, though. She's so heavily-armored on the front and sides, then the back is just "whoops upskirt lol", with no grace or contrast. It undermines the overall impression the rest of the figure presents.
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    One wonders if his aim would be improved by binocular vision.
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    The head would likely need an indepedent battery to avoid wiring damage during transformation(Unicron is the same way). Running wires through joints isn't a good plan. Same reason the original toy had the now-iconic cable from the back to the left hand. And yeah, in this case the light and sound demand is mostly because it's such a memorable feature of the original toy. No one really cares that Galvatron used the same circuit, or even really that he turned into a laser gun at all. He had a lot of other things going for him that were more memorable. But for Shockwave it's a large part of what he is. Probably 70% of people that love Shockwave love him because they had him as a kid and ran around shooting at things with him(the other 30% read the comics). I'd wager almost no one loves him because of is appearance in the cartoon, because he didn't DO anything in the cartoon on the rare occasion that he showed up.
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    Actually am considering a Quakeblast. Fixes most of the glaring issues Quakewave had. But it still lacks sounds when you pull the trigger. I would prefer the MP if they do a toy paintjob(it is the best mold by far), but right now...
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    Me too, but that may be asking too much. It seems like electronic sound effects are a lost art.Heln, let's be honest here. When it comes to Shockwave, I just want the original toy with better legs.
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    Isamu was different. Because... because there weren't any magical girls around him!
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    So you want a toy color version(AKA the RIGHT version) too.
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    Right. Thing is... I'd much rather have toy colors than anime colors. I, too, had an original Shockwave, and have many fond memories of terrorizing the dog with his sweet light-and-sound effects. Though at least the MP isn't garishly offensive. If it's the only color the mold ever comes in, it will be tolerable disappointment.
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    The legal situation is such a quagmire I wouldn't want to wade into it if I were Hasbro. Every state has their own laws. I was really just hoping TakaraTomy had repaint plans. I don't wanna buy anime-accurate colors, then see the RIGHT version come out six months later. But I'd rather have the wrong colors than none at all.
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    Are there any plans for a toy-color version yet?
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    I'm not entirely sure we're talking about the same thing.
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    I was indeed taking the extreme example for effect. They simplified across the line, with the one-step stuff being simply the most obvious. Personally, I think better instructions would've gone a long way towards fixing many of the perceived problems. So many of those complex toys had instructions with unshaded line-drawings at locked right angles and no words, which aggravated the problem greatly. Many of them I STILL don't know what they were actually trying to convey. I only ever got the toy transformed by ignoring the instructions and just manhandling parts until they went where they were supposed to go.
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    Well, patriotism probably factored into it, too. Why would we buy an inferior British product when we could get a REAL AMERICAN machine for less? I grew up on a 99/4a. I've picked up an Atari 800XL since then, and messed with a few C64s. There was a lot in the market, it's just mostly has-beens and also-rans. Easily forgotten, especially in favor of the Apple VS Microsoft narrative people like to paint.
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    They didn't give me a high-quality Monstructor! They seem to be in an over-reacting phase right now. The toys got too complex, so neither kids nor adults could figure out WTF they were supposed to be doing(the complete farce of an instruction sheet they typically include often causing more questions than it answers)... cue kneejerk reaction that if the toys are too complex then they have to be reduced to one-step transformations.
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