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  1. JB0
    Well, it can plug into any hole, but the hole on top is actually located such that the "armor" rests in roughly the same place as the powermaster engine would insert on the original toys in jet mode, though it is clearly the wrong size. It really is the only reason to mention the armor at all, but it is also one of the very few times* in the line I thought the armor was more than an annoyance to be ignored and forgotten. *The other two instances were Moonracer's vehicle mode, where the armor module actually looks like an integral part, and Counter/Punch, who in my world wears a fist-shaped jetpack on his back/spare chest to complete the disguise. And I guess Jazz, who was just so abysmal that the footfist was the best part of the package.
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    There's one important detail you missed. The prime armor module that came with them is molded to resemble their powermaster engines, and can plug into the hole on top of the jet using the wrist/ankle peg. Other than that, I'm kinda glad I skipped the CW aerialbots since it made the blatant mold reuse far less obvious. I kinda like the two, for no really good reason.
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    "You can still write when you're drunk!" - Roy Focker, author
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    Had like two lines before he was murdered, too. My dog would later re-enact the scene, using a "Reveal the Shield"* Jazz that was apparently on display too low. *Why can't I just call it Classics Jazz like I want to?
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    I'm of two minds about that. On the one hand, yeah, it could use some paint. On the other... it IS canon. Also, he wasn't sold standalone. He's an accessory bundled with Trypticon.
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    I didn't mind the two parts having robot modes, I just felt they were too small for the concept. Ideally they would've been larger toys, but at the size I'd've preferred two modes.
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    I've got Battletrap. That he was two small toys forced to be triple-changers made for an unenjoyable transformation full of small fiddly bits. It doesn't make me any less pleased to own him, just... unlikely to ever decombine him.
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    As someone who always thought the Duocons looked like an awesome idea when I saw them in the catalog... I'll buy these.
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    What? But that's completely insane! I mean, if that was all it took to be a toy designer, then I've got some old notebooks from when I was little... BRB, applying to MAAS.
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    I think it is a blackmail attempt. They wrote their own mess, and told Furman they'd put his name on it unless he paid up.
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    Oh ye of little faith.
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    Man, you ain't lyin'. I'm not even always on the right side of "WE". I just want another show as dedicated to believable characterization and growth as SDF was. A show about people, rather than events and merchandise. Characterization and growth fueled by angry-but-misguided space aliens, empowered by transforming robojets, and underscored by a nice soundtrack, of course.
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    So did I. That is very much a graduate of the "robot laying on its face" school of transformation. Certainly, the toy could use a little magic too.
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    Isn't that gonna be like the size of a GI Joe?
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    Hooray!
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    I've noticed that before. In this case... they shoulda cheated just a little bit.
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    If nothing else, it will do better than Ghost in the Shell's farce of a movie did. One reason: James Cameron is a long-time fan of Alita. It's going to bypass a lot of the usual design-by-committee that ruins MOST Hollywood movies(Ghost included), just because it's a passion project and he's using his name to force it through the studio's gauntlet unmolested. This is a movie that's being made because Cameron wants to watch it and has the clout to make it happen. I'm not saying it will be GREAT, just that it will try to stay faithful instead of taking the first right turn into crazytown like Bayformers, or Ghost In Name Only, or Doom, or Godzilla Takes New York, or... you get the idea.
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    I'd say not enough anime magic going on there, actually. Yeesh. Be really interesting to see how this Kickstarter plays out. Smart of MAAS to not simply trust the people telling them there's a rich and vibrant SDC Southern Cross market just sitting there untapped and waiting for them, though I'm surprised HG isn't forbidding Robotech kickstarters outright.
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    CBS: The Final Frontier.
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    You ain't lyin'. Somewhere along the line they went from "title" to "one-sentence summary" and then on into "back-cover paragraph."
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    Duo. Star Trek Beyond wasn't an Abrams film. You're not wrong. It is the most Trek that Trek has been since Next Generation ended. Unfortunately, I absolutely cannot stand Seth MacFarlane's sense of humor, and it brings the entire thing crashing down around me. Every time I've seen Orville, I get into what appears to be a show that can stand with the best Star Trek has to offer... and then someone tries to be funny.
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    I just want you to know that this naming scheme is perfect, and I think I'm going to start referring to EVERY anime this way.
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    Nah. Not everything has to be a slavish perfectly toon-accurate toy, though that is definitely where the money's at. There's plenty of room for reimagined homages. Heck, all this Optimus love lately's had me fishing out Classics Prime. He's still a fun toy, though the arm-shields are no smaller a wrinkle now than when he was new. I still think the exhaust pipe gun is awesome.
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    Exactly. It was a bad time to be a Nintendo game.
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    Every time I see Buster Stealthwing, I think "That is a cool robot", but also "I swear I saw that in Dancouga." Not that this is a bad thing at all. Dancouga had some cool mecha designs. I just can't NOT see it as a buffed-up version of the Eagle Fighter, is all I'm saying.
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