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    That's it, we've hit the peak. No Macross story can ever top this one.
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    AND it involves saving a dog! Automatic +50!
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    I do love how it makes it look kinda like he's driving himself around. Even makes a good case for why all the windows are transparent, which is usually a bad idea when there's robot crammed into the car cabin. I'd be lying if I said there was much more to love about this, but let's see if we can't find something! The translucent panels on the legs are always a plus for me... I kinda like how the chainspears look attached to the car... ummm... yeah, I'm out. It's a pretty rough toy of a Bayformer design, and I never liked the aesthetic to start with.
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    I hope it gets delayed a year, so it comes out on the thirtieth anniversary of the original movied
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    Hey, the REAL problem is the shot is sideways! We can only see one dude's face! These are important dudes! Seriously, though, it baffles me that they'd go to so much effort to set a 1:1 remake shot up, and then completely flub camera placement. Not angry about this, just confused.
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    So you're saying The Matrix is actually just a Megazone prequel? I'm fine with that.
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    For what it is worth, my Fangry wasn't loose. Bad sign that your's was, though. And he shoulda come with a dang gun. I can't complain about the transformation being lazy, really. The original was every bit as lazy. I really did pay eighty bucks just for a Fangry toy, though. And not even a great Fangry. *sigh* Having already picked up this mold as Cliffhjumper, I didn't really care about Bumblejumper or Hubcap or whatever name this particular variant carries these days. I didn't want Blackarachnia at all, and still don't care about this mold. (Odd, really. I usually like "sexy ladybot" designs.) And... I passed on Monkey Prime when it was the cartoon design and this package actually makes me think that was a mistake. Nemesis Monkey is a pretty cool mold, though the chest plate is kinda slapdash and looks incomplete no matter what you do. I actually spent a while trying to find the step I missed there, but there was no step. ... So in the end I paid eighty bucks for Fangry... and Optimus Primal after a bad day on the paintball range. I GUESS that's better?
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    Meanwhile, the TF:Animated fans are still wondering when they get THEIR ship that DOES transform. ... It actually wouldn't surprise me if this toy was proposed as Animated Omega Supreme, and then reworked into the Ark.
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    It was 80 when I looked earlier. Guess The Algorithm™ decided it was too popular.
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    Seems to be authored by James Kirk himself. I trust our favorite captain to dramatize things suitably for maximum impressiveness.
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    While it is not my one true film, Super Mario Brothers is probably in my top five if I had a small stack to watch for life...
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    Oh dear. Good luck.
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    Lotta good choices in here. We are clearly a community with excellent taste in cinema.
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    I think I'm gonna get Mocha and pose her near Nicee, but with different loadout. Huge backpack on one and huge longbow on the other, or something.
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    Pacific Rim, no question.
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    Because the way the Daily Mail wrote the article makes it sound like something important was lost instead of one of many prerelease copies.
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    You know, what strikes me the most here is how much more they GET He-Man than the show that is a sequel to the actual He-Man. That transformation sequence is not Generic Magical Girl Henshin #7. It is a thing of power and violence, and while it leans too far towards Hulk(there is a sense of uncontrolled violence to it that rings false), it still feels like THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE UNIVERSE is arriving, not "Genderbent Sailor Moon". And just as I was getting ready to complain that they forgot the reverb AGAIN, the transformation sequenced finished off with him repeating the final phrase with suitably thick amounts of reverb. They REMEMBERED. With what they were going for, I'd make some tweaks, but I don't feel like the entire thing is totally off-base. Mostly, I feel like the timing of certain events is off. I'd have distant thunder when he first unsheathes the sword. The wind and clouds moving in wouldn't happen until after Adam says "Grayskull", as the magic starts to take hold in earnest. It isn't what I feel is truly an important change, but I'd also add reverb a little bit at a time as he progresses through the words, and have the glowy gold light effect around the sword start dim and suddenly flare up to blindingly bright at the end of the words. This this is a seizing of destiny, the moment Adam stops being a prince and starts being a hero. I think these minor tweaks would emphasize the importance of what's happening(and make the glowing holographic scroll look less silly). ... I'd also change the art style COMPLETELY, but... that's less a minor tweak and more "the show's character design is stupid and ugly".
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    He ABSOLUTELY did not have the only copy. He didn't even have the master copy.
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    Agreed, but it is a common issue. Star Wars and Transformers are among the very few franchises where the enemy toys consistently sell in any appreciable volume.
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    Robotech: Giving the fans what they want since... ummm... hang on, we'll get back to you. Seriously, it is completely inexcusable that they're pulling a Star Wars and refusing to release "real Robotech" and forcing people to settle for the version with scenes that weren't there and sounds that weren't used.
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    Discotek only has so much money, and to be frank they're the only probable licensee. I can't guess as to what Big West's lioensing engine looks like, but I can think of lots of reasons that it would take more than four months from conclusion of the legal saga to release of BluRays.
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    Sorry, I just threw up a bit reading that.
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    Only consideration for the band's fans holds her back.
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    That explains Ed, but why is Ein on a leash? Edit: Okay, serious talk. That picture of the yellow couch... there's a frickin' CAGE behind the couch. They have a kennel cage for Ein(with a record player atop it, for some reason). The ONLY way that is going to work is if as soon as everyone turns around Ein flips the latch and saunters out, and there's a running joke where people keep being mad at other people because no one in this crew can remember to LOCK THE DOG CAGE.
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    It seems like the point of those was actually "Volkswagen ordered us to double our sales, so I guess we need to make cheaper and rore practical cars" I firmly believe all Countaches are robots in disguise, so we stayed on-topic!
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