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    I'd describe him as "low-budget Alternators", if I had to staple him into a category. The fact that most of the black has a matte finish bothers me, and it is made worse by the car roof being glossy. They forgot KITT's molecular-bonded shell! The Pontiac emblems on the wheels, and bright red tail lights bug me too, but not nearly as much. I can even forgive the tail lights, just pop up the headlights and there's now a good reason for them to be "illuminated". Surprisingly, the chin doesn't bother me, though if I had my way it would pivot up and hide in car mode, and swing down to bulk out the torso in robot mode. But that's probably not compatible with electronic lights and sound.
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    That's kind of actually a canon problem for at least one of them. According to the toy bio, the decepticon Misfire has terrible aim, and is considered more of a threat to his allies than the autobots. What's a short-handed decepticon commander to do? Get him a smart gun that can do the aiming for him! Targetmaster process, GO! ... He was paired with Aimless, who is depressed and doesn't care enough to even try aiming, so now Misfire is EVEN MORE of a threat to everyone around him. Good job, guys!
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    Man, every time I think I've heard the dumbest story out of 90s Sega, someone find a new one. If Sega Japan isn't trying to sabotage Sega America to make Sega Japan look good, Sega America's trying to sabotage Sega America to make Sega Japan look bad.
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    Hopefully the delay is because they're expending some effort packing it for shipment.
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    So I got a shipping notice e-mail from Amazon. Weird, since I hadn't ordered anything recently. I'd just forgotten about that one Knight Rider Transformer. ... If I were a mint in sealed box kinda guy, I'd be absolutely livid. They threw it in an oversized box with a single small piece of brown paper. You can probably guess, but... They only BARELY missed crushing the actual toy, and abrasion on the box window at the point closest to the toy tells me they tried really hard.
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    You're thinking completely the wrong era. DVD writers were pretty rare at the time, and no self-respecting publisher would be caught dead using them anyways. They were pressed disks. Single-layer DVD5, just to emphasize the time frame. The company they were using for production hadn't yet upgraded their equipment for dual-layer disks.
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    Understandable, given the protoculture's hand in seeding all those planets. We haven't seen a civilization that isn't built on the protoculture as a foundation, really. The vajra and space whales aren't descended from the Po, and they're too alien to have a human-recognizable civilization.
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    Clearly the most important accessory. MP quality right there.
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    I think you're right. Micromaster shuttle base or something. But hey, Omega turns into a rocket base, so it isn't a completely random packin.
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    I like how Mixmaster looks as a leg, the cab-as-foot is a nice design feature. But yeah, Scrapper's always looked like they just... forgot to put a foot on down there. And getting Scavenger off the arm is a great change, his bucket arm won't just dangle awkwardly off the shoulder now... it'll dangle awkwardly off the shin instead! (Nah, it'll probably secure flat.)
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    I actually find it interesting that they're shaking up which bot forms which limb, and admit to being very curious what led to that decision. I've made my affection for new takes on old characters known in the past, this is just a surprising change to legally-not-Devastator's basic layout.
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    Man, I expected more of a redesign for Dinoking, not just "dinobots in the wrong colors". I no longer hope for a Monstructor version.
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    Man, every time someone puts out a new "Nintendo 64 controller, but better-designed" I am just reminded that what Nintendo 64 fans want is actually just the Saturn 3D Controller. This 8bitdo one is the most obvious yet. Just accept it, guys. Embrace perfection, and quit pretending you actually want what Nintendidn't.
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    It's only been in development for twenty years. That's basically an eyeblink.
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    Yeah...
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    Which still leaves you without the media. Buy disks, watch forever.
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    I'd say it validates the purpose of a streaming service. You don't own it, they can change or remove it at any time, and you have no recourse.
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    Look on the bright side. If you get a fifth to make Metalhead, it will be cheaper!
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    Macross went out to get cigarettes when I was little and never came home. Probably because there's no smoking on the bridge.
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    I wish they'd quit remaking the remake. There were some huge narrative changes in Silver Star Story that make it significantly less interesting than The Silver Star was. I miss my badass triple-crossing Nash.
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    I hope they use a Primal head instead of a Prime head, because this screams Beast Wars.
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    You know, I often use the term "legally distinct converting robots" instead of (the dishonest and misleading IMO) "third-party Transformers", but damn. Fugu does NOT give even a single crap about being "legally distinct".
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    He's got some Guyver vibes to me. ... And that whole series is ALSO "things the Protoculture might have cooked up and then irresponsibly discarded somewhere". It's kinda sad, though. I think Quintesson has a more credible jet than... pretty much any Transformer that is supposed to turn into a jet in the last decade.
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    While smoking an officially-licensed Captain Global pipe.
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    Yeah... it's sad, but in honesty, Anandtech's been dead for years. This is just the period at the end of the sentence. Their owners also own Tom's Hardware, and didn't see a point in paying to staff two tech news sites.
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