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    Looks like the disappearing legs is just straight-up anime magic to me. If it's possible at all, it'll require a lot of creative engineering. Since it "can't be done", I say own it. Make 'em bright shiny chrome and rock the 80s diecast look. ... Which, incidentally, is the Toynami solution. They hew very close to the oldschool toy in general, from the looks of things. Design goal was likely "sleeker, more posable version of the 80s diecast" and not "anime accurate to the max". Though based on the pics I'm looking at, they made him positively anorexic. Please note that at present, the only Voltron I own is the 80s one with pilot seats for the action figures. To say it is not anime accurate is roughly akin to saying water is a little bit wet. It fails to capture the essence of the situation. So I AM relying on internet photos for this comparison.
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    Oh sh!t, what're we gonna do now?
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    As I recall it, Tracker had two masks, but not two Spectrum masks. Ultrabrite looked like a gas mask and shot beams of blinding light. Spectrum did... whatever was called for by the scene, often more than one thing per episode. It also looked cooler, making any episode with Ultrabrite a disappointment all around.
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    Tracker's mask could do everything any of the other masks did. That's why it was called Spectrum. Spoilers: I did not know the word 'spectrum' when I was young enough to appreciate MASK. MASK hijack successful. This is no longer the Transformers thread.
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    Hey, at least I can still WATCH Transformers. MASK is just painful. They aimed for a higher quality, so it loses the camp appeal without actually being good enough to watch on it's own merits.
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    But quite a few more are very clearly based on, and sold with the intent of being identified as, a recognized Transformers character. Not that I find anything wrong with that whatsoever. I'm just occasionally amused by the lengths they sometimes go to to pretend red&blue semi with bunny ears and a mouthplate isn't Optimus Prime. ... Also, still bitter that Citizen Stack is an Ultra Magnus homage and not a Stacks homage. It's like no one ever loved the GoBots...
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    As another kid from the 80s, I disagree with your disagreement. The show's kinda awful, albeit that special kind of awful that falls out the other side and becomes self-parody.
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    It makes a lot of sense, really. If I were in their position, I'd be watching these other "totally original" convertible robot sales closely. It gives them a lot of data about the high end of the market at near-zero risk. And of course, lets them know if they should rearrange the Masterpiece schedule a little bit to stave off some competition.
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    Just looked it up. The evil Constructicons built Megatron. Megatron then brainwashed the good Constructicons to be evil. And then Megatron et al traveled to Earth and built the Constructicons.
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    Don't the Cosntructicons have three conflicting origin stories in the cartoon?
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    I don't think it actually IS possible, as it requires someone to have never heard of Dracula. The number of people that have not heard of Dracula AND have access to modern cinema is... rather slim. There may be one, but I wouldn't bet on it. Anyways, a story is a lot less fun if you already know how it ends, and just about everyone knows how this one ends.
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    I kinda feel bad for Isolation, stuck as it is in the Colonial Marines thread.
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    I know more than I should about Castlevania, but nothing about Lords of Shadow. So that's two of us. But "not as bad as I thought it was going to be" sounds like damning with faint praise to me.
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    I believe the expression is "quoted for truth" Absolutely. Man, is there any part of Inferno Cop that ISN'T fantastic? (Answer: animation frame count)
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    And Inferno Cop. Best anime ever. A YouTube original series.
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    I don't think that's true in the end. In the conclusion, the protodeviln become spiritia-creating lifeforms just like humans. Implication: she is no longer an energy vampire, as there is no longer a need to drain spiritia. I think it's just a case of being better off with her own kind. There would've been a LOT of explaining to do if she'd stuck around on Seven Fleet. And really, while more PERSONAL, their relation wasn't a whole lot DEEPER than Basara and Flower Girl.
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    I would assume the tuna was not iced in because a lot of water sublimated and dissipated before it had a chance to freeze. In fact, what did freeze would subsequently undergo the same process. Nature abhors a vacuum, and the water the Macross brought with it would attempt to fill that void, though it may just be pissing in the ocean.
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    Other dumb places to take a stand in this movie: Galvatron. If he has no spark, he shouldn't be sentient. Though he was right when he said "that is why I have no fear", it should also preclude a whole host of other things he has in spades.
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    So you're saying Targetmasters are now built to the same engineering standards as Leader-class toys? What a world we live in.
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    Because daishogun Durifuto-san is chou very sugoi! He deserved better! Or something. Naw, the big stuff's already been beaten to death. This is just the most blatant of the small stuff. Like Grimlock having horns, only less awesome.
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    Nope. Not me. It seems an obvious complaint, though. I mean, I know Japan doesn't make a lot of cars, but there must be SOMETHING thematically appropriate for him.
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    Just saying Rin won't be starring as of next episode, but this entire season is all about Archer regardless of who the official star is, and Archer is always awesome. It's one of the rules of the Grail War: The Archer servant must be the coolest.
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    Of course! How could I have missed it? No wonder the animation in the old toy ads is so much better than the actual cartoon was! Your point is well-taken. I see now flaws in the argument.
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    I choose to view it as two triangles sharing point Basara. Which, of course, means Mylene was competing with Sivil and didn't know it.
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    You make an excellent point. I would counter with the argument that while suckitude is multiplicative with runtime, a movie with 17 sucks and 1 runtime is still worse than a movie with 8 sucks and 2 runtime. And the first movie was WAY worse than the rest of them. It's one of the worst movies I have ever seen. And the "skillful" Jazz will always be remembered as "waz crackin', bitches" and "ripped in two by Megatron" , because it was the sum total of his contributions to the first movie. Indeed, to the entire live-action franchise. Minimal appearances just makes the scant screen time a character DOES have that much more important. And the movies have been big enough to define the characters for a generation. Frightening, isn't it?
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