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  1. JB0
    They look a lot less like crap, and we've lowered our expectations low enough that that's worth celebrating. ... What is UP with Shockwave's thighs, though?
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    That... looks fantastic. Best evil clone since Captain Kirk.
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    Realistically, they could go after them regardless of whether the law is on their side or not. There's plenty of cases of the bigger company suing the smaller one into oblivion without ever proving a thing. If they wanted to shut someone down, their lawyers could make an assemblage of accusations carefully constructed to be expensive to defend(Atari vs Jeff Minter), and generate a new case with similar, but legally distinct. accusations every time a case is dismissed(Sony vs Bleem!). It becomes a case of who has deeper pockets, and that's almost always going to be Hasbro. ... Also realistically, most of the legally-distinct converting robot toys are from companies in China. It'd be hard to run them down, and it seems like whenever one does close their doors, another one springs up with the same staff the next week. It'd just be pissing away money and the fans' good will for the most transient of gains. And I'm not saying there is no copyright on physical objects, just that it isn't as strong as it is for more traditionally copyrightable material. There's more wiggle room. While a "third-party Transformer" might not pass the standards of plagiarism that printed word or music is held to, it is most likely different enough to be considered a legally-distinct converting robot toy. Though woe unto the company that publishes comic books about their- wait a second! Seriously, I can't actually think of a good reason KFC hasn't been sued. Their comic books are just begging for trouble even if the toys can slip through the cracks.
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    If the "third-party" toys directly used Hasbro's trademarks, Hasbro would be legally required to go after them. If you don't defend your trademarks, you lose them. But copyright gets vague when you aren't directly reproducing someone's work exactly, and plagiarism isn't really a concept in physical goods. I'm not saying a case can't be made, but it isn't an easy case as long as they avoid using original names and logos. All that said, they haven't even managed to stop the direct bootleggers making unlicensed reissues.
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    The franchise also shows that they're using highly unconventional tactics. It is also implied that some of those tactics have been intentionally ignored by the top brass to protect the Objects' reputation of invincibility. But mostly, it is the Death Star problem. Once you've determined starfighters can't get to the thermal exhaust port, you get sloppy in protecting it.
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    I'd've thought Aquaman was doing bad because A. Aquaman's popular perception is "the joke character whose superpower is swimming" and B. DC has a track record of making absolutely awful movies at this point.
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    You... you're seeing other sites? How could you?!
  8. JB0
    Transformers x Centurions: Power Xtreme!
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    I like the 1D, especially the head. 'S just weird to see it tricked out to the nines.
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    I think we might have watched different versions of Macross.
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    The perfect Valk package. ... Wait, a super 1D? That's... weird.
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    I think that the VF-1 should be packaged in GERWALK mode. It is distinctive and unique, even if it is the absolute worst for packaging efficiency.
  13. JB0
    If there's one thing I've learned from video games and movies, it is that Earth is basically an interstellar Rome, in the sense that all roads lead to it. I can hardly think of a better place to search for extraterrestrials.
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    I'm very tempted. I love me some Huckebeins. I love 'em more in deep purple, but... teal isn't a BAD color. It is a darn shame the MetalSaga Vanishing Trooper was a turd, though, as I prefer the original vanishing trooper to the Mk II. ... Actually, that sentence raises a question. This toy seems to be going out of its way to avoid connection to the source material, to the extent of actually being the wrong color. Did they get an angry letter from Bandai after calling their obviously-a-Huckebein by its canon nickname?
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    I think that was the movie, and him and Emilia managed to cause an avalanche. Mostly Emilia.
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    We need more unlicensed not-Ruinations. Not because I have any soft spot for him, but because I want more Movor clones. I WILL HAVE ALL THE SPACE SHUTTLES, AS LONG AS THEY ARE WHITE! ... Well, all the ones with decent vehicle modes.
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    One of the worst parts of World War 2 is that it made it easy to paint these things in absolutes. Much of what people know about the reasons for war in general begins and ends at "Hitler was evil. Like, cartoon super-villain evil." It lends the pereception that EVERY conflict is a righteous crusade against supervillainy, which wasn't even really true for WW2(with most of the stuff Hitler is known for today being unknown or disbelieved during the war). Hell, we allied ourselves with STALIN in WW2. If Stalin is on the side of pure unalloyed justice and righteousness, then something is profoundly wrong with the world.
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    Can't do Prime without a trailer. The truck cab is just so sad and lonely.
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    In fairness, the F91 is pretty cool for a Gundam.
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    Last I heard, Paramount was still insisting every aspect of Discovery was a unique creation and that it is sheer coincidence that they happen to have developed giant blue psychic FTL tardigrades just like a video game. ... And somehow, they genuinely expect people to BELIEVE that "giant blue psychic FTL tardigrades" is something that accidentally collides. (Or more likely, they expect their legal team to be able to bury any accusation of wrongdoing and are still trying to figure out what to do when the guy didn't back down)
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    It isn't just embarrassing. It is also hilarious.
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    I'd watch it.
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    Honestly, at this point, G1 reissues generally don't do a lot for me. Once I get past nostalgia, the toys just ... well, they usually feature anywhere from two to zero points of articulation, and that leaves more than a little to be desired. Learned that way back when Generation 2 was a thing. Got Prime and a couple of Constructicons, and then just went "Is that all they can do?" ... And if the missile launcher isn't a choking hazard, there's no point! THAT SAID, I'd buy a few reissues. Shockwave, Sky Lynx, a nice set of Dinobots... maybe Blaster and Soundwave... assuming ANY OF THEM ever showed up within a hundred miles of me. The whole "Toys R Us exclusive" thing for the last set of reissues killed it for me, as they never hit my store and I wasn't interested in paying scalpers.
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    Exactly! Heck, pose the figure firing the gun and I can play with my dolls again!
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    Be that as it may... just sayin' it IS the most memorable sidearm he used in the series.
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