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    Actually, my first thought was their "courtship" in DYRL. One mecha duel, and then they're married.
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    Max knows what we want. But since he can't actually make the comic GOOD, he hopes we'll settle for some fanservice.
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    That's where Peg hid his pocky stash.
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    In fairness, that's not so much "PC gamers" as it is "military roleplayers". Or possibly just "roleplayers".
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    Two-off. Powermaster Doubledealer was supposed to be his Decepticon counterpart. I'm glad they did the obvious with that mold, but sad it was a con-exclusive.
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    Man, I thought Counter/punch was a good idea for the Sunstreaker/Sideswipe mold, but they never realized it. I've always liked the idea of a triplechanger "spy", and never for any good reason.
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    Crowds? It wasn't a terrible show, but it had exactly nothing to do with Gatchaman. I don't really know what was going on with that title.
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    That MMC Sky Lynx looks pretty awesome. Or possibly I just think any Sky Lynx looks pretty awesome. Either way!
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    Yeah, that truck is kinda hilarious. Just takin' the over-cab lightbar off would do wonders for it.
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    What? The Justice Department actually gives a crap about monopolies? Color me pleasantly surprised.
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    I meant to post this at the time and forgot, but I folded the "bottom thumb" up parallel to the wrist on Dino-Soar. It becomes the "back" of the fist that way. I actually think it looks better that way than it does removed. He still has ridiculous dainty ballerina feet, though. I am seriously considering buying some third-party feet and hands just because of that. But that's a lot of money for robot shoes, given I'm okay with the existing hands. If it was hands, feet, and a weapon, I'd have already placed the order, but noooooooo. I can get JUST hands and feet. OR I can get hands and feet and a whole bunch of add-on parts for a robot I don't own. ... I am inordinately fond of my non-canon Sky Lynx/Dinobot mashup.
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    I like Redout, because I can play it in VR. F-Zero GX is pretty darn fun, though. I'd say it is a bit of a different flavor than Wipeout, so it doesn't really feel like an apples-to-apples comparison.
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    That makes a lot of sense, too. ... Or Swoop could turn into the sword!
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    Oh hey, my local Target actually refilled the pegs today. I now own Blackwing, who can combine with Dreadwind to make an awesome superjet! Let's try this out right now! ... Ayup, that looks exactly like it did in the 80s. Two planes rammed together mid-flight. I don't know why I expected anything else. Also acquired, Moonracer. Very simple transformation into a space-hotrod/stretch-limo(the simple transformation results in a rather long car), with one really nice thing that is also super-frustrating. There is JUST enough room on the back to fold the armorfist down on its mounting peg, which makes the back of the car not look like robot arms and a combiner peg, and the engine detailing makes it look like a Powermaster engine. It becomes something that BELONGS THERE. So why frustrating? Because in robot mode, she has a hollow backpack. Completely hollow, big flippin' U-shaped piece of plastic with the open part facing out. And there's a peghole in it for a combiner ankle. And it is just ever-so-slightly too narrow to fit the powermaster engine! IF THE DAMN CAR WERE AN EIGHTH OF AN INCH WIDER, IT WOULD BE PERFECT. ... Actually, speaking of almost-there features. The wrist connector is on her front bumper in car mode. It is angled slightly downward. If it rotated up just a couple of degrees, you could insert the peg on the back of her pistol into it and she'd have a bumpergun. Given that the hood and fenders don't line up(I don't consider this a flaw because it looks really cool in an agular sci-fi car way), and there's an ankle swivel that does nothing(there is zero clearance to wiggle it), I am pretty sure the transformation was intended to be more complex, and then they had to rework it to meet the price point. Which also explains the stretch-limo hotrod design. I mean, it isn't Classics Galvatron levels of obvious, but it is still very clear this was scaled back from the intent. For those in need, she looks like she'll make a pretty good combiner arm or leg.
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    Yeah, Grimlock is the only Power Dinobot I didn't buy. He was crap in all three modes. But on the other hand, I'm quite happy with Dino-Soar. If Grimlock had been decent, I never would've used Sky Lynx's torso mode. I also would've liked all the dinobots in a larger scale, but I understand why they didn't(it would've been a tough sale at mass-market). Though really, if we have to have one large and four small dinos(plus Slash, I really like the little deinonychus), I'd rather see Sludge as the torso and Grimlock as a limb. Becuse brontosauruses are SUPPOSED to be bigger!
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    It can be both! I choose to believe!
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    "Magic Square" is the best bootleg Prime name ever. I just wanted to say that.
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    ♫ Hi, we are humanity! ♫ ♫ And resistance is futile! ♫ ♫ Now join us in unity! ♫ ♫ Or be reduced to rubble! ♫
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    He's the one that turns into a tape deck, right?
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    The chubby one in the bottom-right is ADORABLE.
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    Well, the government concealed the disappearance from the public, so the life insurance probably won't pay out.
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    This isn't inherently a residence size thing. Look at the Atari era systems and you see the same issue of very short controller cords... and INCREDIBLY long RF cables. The idea was that you would bring the system out to where you were playing, and put it back when you were done. This made sense for dedicated Pong units and the earliest programmables(like the venerable Atari VCS), because the console contained important controls. But it was a hopelessly dated approach even pre-crash. The Intellivision, 5200, and Colecovision all moved every function to the controllers. The console had nothing but power and MAYBE a reset switch(and not "reset starts the game" like the VCS). There was no reason for the console to come out, but they hadn't yet REALIZED it. So all three systems had very short cables. And really, Nintendo in the west figured it out accidentally. They redesigned the Famicom to look like a VCR and sit on a shelf in the entertainment center to get around the "video games are a dead fad" stigma, not because they suddenly realized the system didn't actually need to move.
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    You can say it, but that doesn't make it true.
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    Seconded.
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    Are you saying Robotech fans are trendsetters, and Star Wars is just ripping off Robotech?
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