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And then there was the Jazz reissue, with the mangled twisted face. Hasbro doesn't always have quality standards.

I see no reason it can't be a computer. Particularly as it's not shown to have any cognitive ability(though the PC should certainly be capable fo artificial intelligence, if their computers are up to par with their biotechnology). OR! It could have been intended to be accessible by redeemed zentradi. "Well, I guess those dang zentradi finally realized they ain't worth nothin' and settled down so we could do what we wanted with 'em..." Of course they have a god complex. Let's look at the evidence... The zentradi were an entire race of beings created explicitly as slaves, so that the PC wouldn't have to do their own dirty work... and supplied with enough firepower to sterilize entire planets. They were altering the genome of native animals on planets to cause them to evolve into something resembling their own species... probably so they'd have slaves when they got around to colonizing the planet. Heck, they named themselves "first culture." That's exceptionally vain for a species that never made it out of their home galaxy. Seems like a pretty open-and-shut case to me.

Sadly, it's not likely we'll ever see an official release of any of the anime crossovers here. It's just too much of a nightmare to work out all the licensing rights. Even without Harmony Gold having a reason to stick their noses in, it's a mess. Hmmm... I wonder if there's a Gaogaigar/Golion tag team attack... 6 robot lions are better than 5, right?

Courtesy of Insert Credit http://www.insertcredit.com/archives/001492.html Title: Super Robot Wars W Release date: March 1. Mech list: linked to a japanese list. I think I see Gaogaigar and Getter Robo. I KNOW I see Gundam Wing Endless Waltz and a few Seed spinoffs. But they're labelled in english. The only one actually translated by IC for your viewing pleasure is GOLION! You may now praise Banpresto for adding Voltron to the roster.

REgarding MacPlus: IMO, the movie is a far more cohesive story than the OVA. The scenes added to the OVA to extend it and generate cliffhangers* leave a few points where my suspension of reality failed, and I was just left going "What the hell? That's insane! It makes no sense!" Pity the movie DVD sucks. The OVA transfer is good... except it's way too dark. *Yes, I know the OVA came out first. But the movie is the story as originally written. The OVA was created to generate hype for the movie. http://macross.anime.net/fallacies/index.html#Story

You've been greatly mislead. The "invisible cloth" was basically a projector screen. There were cameras behind the people feeding projectors in front of the people. We're still a long way away from real cloaking devices.

Yeah, but there were some physical issues with that relationship. If you can use her bra as a bathtub, they're a bit too big.

And yet, MOST of the anime fans from my generation seem to start talking about Robotech at some point. And, of course, there's the modern toy market. The superposables wound up damn near everywhere. SOMEONE thought they'd sell. I remember it as being moderately successful. But then... I wasn't exactly old enough to judge. Marketing failure certainly didn't hold true long-term, though. And I'm not praising RT as a pioneer or anything of the sort. I'm just saying it was a generation's first real exposure, much like Sailor Moon or Dragonball Z(neither of which is exactly great company to be keeping). Indeed. I COULD go on(I loved MASK, didn't care for Spiral Zone, have memories of Bionic Six as "that show that was on after Robotech went off", to name a few), but... why? Which I never argued against. I didn't say "Speed Racer sucks, Robotech rules!" I was saying "Robotech is relevant because it introduced a specific generation to anime, and it's already being exploited, so no one needs to be told it has any historical significance." It's no more niche than Evangelion is, and there's a movie based on THAT in production. So clearly Hollywood DOES see that niche as large enough to exploit.

Because kewl is too X-treme for the board.

Because they'd been married for 40 years, raised 7 kids, and were starting to annoy each other just a tad.

And? I must've missed the 80s broadcast. And given how many cartoons I watched at the time, that was pretty hard to do. I watched HeMan, Mario, Captain N, Smurfs, Voltron, Robotech, Transformers, Ghost Busters, Mister T, SheRa, GoBots, Centurions, Thundercats, SilverHawks, GI Joe, Scooby Doo, metric buttloads of Hanna-Barbara, disney, and WB shorts, and God knows what else... but I never saw Speed Racer until the 90s. Speed Racer was one of the 2 relevant animes of the early 80s? That was my entire argument.

I'd have to argue, much as it pains me, that Robotech is historically significant to the US market. Yes, Speed Racer, Starblazers, GForce, AstroBoy, etc. came first. But then they fell off the air. As someone born in 1981, there were only 2 "animes" on TV of any significance: Voltron and Robotech. Robotech, for all the crap it takes, was by far the better show. Similarly, my younger sister's introduction to anime was the Sailor Moon dub. Fortunately, no lasting damage was done. And may God have mercy on the kids that came in with DBZ and Pokemon. Macross is the most popular part of Robotech, of course. But as a show of it's own, it's got far less recognition. And serious legal snarls for US exploitation. Robotech has a movie coming. Albeit a direct-to-video one. Due to legal issues, it's based on MOSPEADA instead of Macross. But most of the generation won't understand what that means. They'll just complain because Rick Hunter looks funny. And it's not live-action. At least HG did something right.

But she was still hot!

I figured kids set them on the floor, then stand on them and spin. Something like that.

I like it too, actually. Well, I'm not sure on the helmet. It seems to make his head out of proportion with his body. I've also been varying the wing position in robot mode. He's just so darn versatile! Oooohhhh... Methinks it's time to do a raid! ... Not that I'll find a Grimlock. But I can pretend.

Ah yeah, forgot about the hard coatings... Pity they haven't rolled them onto other disks too. Be neat to have indestructible CDs, DVDs, etc.

That's more or less my take. If I wanted something fancier, I'd buy Masterpiece Starscream, or a Yamato. Jetfire's smaller, simpler, and cheaper. Aside from the limp laser, the only thing I really think needed adding at this price point is solid inner walls on the rifle. ... Well, and retractable fists, but the arm packs hide those fairly well.

Actually, the only real hold-up is that at least one of the groups refuses to license dual-format players. One of the manufacturers stated this publicly. If I had to bet, I'd say both groups are refusing to license dual-format players.

I got Classic Mirage from one of my sisters. And Primus from the other.

Ooooooohhhhh... Ah. There's always a catch. As far as no one using the DVD side... they would if there wasn't a standalone DVD release. No choice in the matter. Makes sense. I haven't gotten any of the incoming generation yet. And my PC isn't really up to HD, so getting one that way(the 360 HD drive works, and it's reasonably priced) isn't an option.

The "still" in there is a bit out of place, as they were originally created explicitly FOR Star Wars.

Ooooh, PS3 has a bitrate indicator? That's awesome! Anyways... The one thing I really don't get is this. You can make a dual-mode HD-DVD/DVD disk. It seems to me that that would be the best way to sell an HD format fast, at least for the HD-DVD crowd. Start shipping everything you make as HD/DVD. Then come back a year later and say "Ya know, you own like 2 dozen HD-DVDs... isn't it time you bought the player?" It also has an advantage for format war considerations. If BluRay wins, the consumer's investment is only partially lost, since the HD/DVDs will still work in BluRay players(albeit only at standard-def). But almost no one does it. I think there's something like 6 HD/DVD releases. Personally, I'm waiting for a format to come out on top before I commit. I don't have any strong opinion either way, but HD-DVD has a slight edge due to durability. And the prettier box by far(BluRay boxes are UGLY). And yes, it is close enough in my eyes that packaging matters.

Single-layer. It was their last release with their old authoring house(who weren't equipped for dual-layer), presumably because they didn't want such a high-profile release to be used as a "test" for the new dual-layer guys.

And only part of the TV series at that. They skip something like half of the show.