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JB0

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  1. That's gonna be so awesome!
  2. Stop being such a lying Macross purist. Harmony Gold OWNS Macross, and can do whatever they want with it. The only reason the live-action movie hasn't already come out and made BILLIONS is that they refuse to be responsible for a mediocre film, even if it would sell well. They're waiting for a script and director that can actually do the saga justice. Big West has to license Macross from HG to make their low-budget, creatively-bankrupt cashgrab sequels. Pity they lack the integrity and passion that Harmony Gold carries.
  3. Honestly, if they didn't see a problem with Bumblebee 2, I'm pretty sure they're going to push forward with Arcee. At least she's not a complete mess in both modes, and the backpack is on a character that is SUPPOSED to have one. And she's a new MP instead of a redesign of a previously-visited character(a character with notoriously poor reputation in the line, at that). Hmmm... I wonder if MPRC wasn't rushed in after TakaraTomy saw a bunch of legally-distinct converting robots that turned into pink cars come out and sell well. She doesn't really align with the current state of the line(not season one), and she doesn't show the attention to detail one would expect from the current MP line's humanoid modes(which are all designed to look EXACTLY like the cartoon from a specific angle). I think they decided she was a "now or never" option, and banged something together to get some of that sweet sweet Arcee money before the well dried up.
  4. You're not wrong. I actually laughed when I saw that "car".
  5. Big Firebird's Nicee or GTFO. I am a man with some specific interests, and everyone's just gonna have to deal with it. In all seriousness, Takara has a distinct advantage in vehicle mode since their designers are leaning hard into the "alt mode is a cocoon around the humanoid mode" approach. Once you remove the need for the vehicle parts to even be a part of the robot(and just throw them all into a giant backpack), it makes life a lot easier. Doubly so for a character like Arcee, who was designed for animation instead of based on an existing toy.
  6. Not until after Optimus 3 white repaint, Optimus 3 black repaint, a couple of Optimus 3 licensed tie-in repaints, and the first edition of the Optimus 4 mold.
  7. Damning with faint praise, that is. But yeah, it is nice to see a version of THE Enterprise that's a little more detailed than a 60s TV model.
  8. Starfleet has an overabundance of tailors, and they gotta do somethin'. Apparently "radically redesign the uniform on an annual basis so no one's ever wearing the same outfit twice" is how they keep busy.
  9. As I recall, it was usually more along the lines of "lying Macross purist". In that we were fabricating tales of what Macross was doing and how bad Robotech, internationally renowned epic saga, was performing. I mean, the Robotechies were claiming the creators of Macross preferred the RT take on things and were steering their own franchise in that direction("ripping off Robotech"), and somehow WE were the liars.
  10. Last I'd heard, he'd just ate Moonbase 2.
  11. Captain Protoculture disagrees. And I think he knows more about the invids than you. Seriously, are we going to grammar-nitpick a post that was blatantly making fun of the entire franchise? I thought we were better than that.
  12. Well, I mean there was no reason for the Combiner Wars Sky Lynx to not turn into two separate creatures either, and here we are.
  13. Jean-Luc Picard, anime protagonist
  14. I think my dogs have read the Book of Chip. He's a cutie. On-topic, I kinda love Gold Lightan. He's ugly and boxy, but on the other hand... giant robot cigarette lighter is too ridiculous to hate.
  15. Hold on a second! That is completely wrong! Those aren't supposed to be androids, they're supposed to be holograms! ... Wait, never mind. The decommissioned EMH Mk 1 programs wound up in mining, not construction. CARRY ON. Seriously, though, Trek's brought out the "are artificial lives even really people" story about once every three years since Data was introduced. Only being taken off the air could stop the cycle.
  16. Dog: "Is that a box of cookies? That looks like it might be cookies!"
  17. I would think they could extrapolate to some degree what form the ship's owners took by the equipment present on it. Just looking at the dimensions of doors, hallways, and control placements will carry some implications. My assumption would be that they knew they were roughly human-shaped(two arms, two legs, similar proportions), but not "just like humans". I'm sure the resident experts will have an astonishingly comprehensive level of detail on this later.
  18. "By your powers combined, I am Captain Protoculture!"
  19. That's mentioned in the first episodes of SDF as well. Focker notes that the battroids were built to fight giants, but they didn't know the giants were so human.
  20. What other reason does a man need?
  21. There was Robotech Remastered, which used previously unused scenes from the source cartoons to create an extended Robotech. But yeah, Remix is the current comix.
  22. I think the miniature PPB was new for Project Supernova, so the VF-19 & -22 should be it for production models.
  23. No, that's just the miracle of ZOR prime and his "unique" posting style.
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