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  1. F-ZeroOne
    The amazing thing about the return of the working class champion of British retro gaming is that its retailing (in the UK at least) for almost the same price as the original product!:
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    A fond favourite of mine; back in the day when finding anime in the UK was something of a treasure hunt, it was possible on the British satellite TV receivers that existed at the time to receive certain European channels, and I stumbled across a number of anime that I would otherwise never have encountered, with the slight drawback that they were all in German. To this day, the German version of the "Sailor Moon" theme is the one that springs to my mind first. Here is the German opening and its rather literal title:
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    If you walk without rhythm, you won't attract the nuclear-engined asteroid fortress?
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    Hi, this may help. Note that there was an earlier incarnation of this toy, in different colours and with different play features, in the Palitoy "Action Force" line before it was re-purposed for the Red Shadows (the initial "Action Force" figures were essentially smaller incarnations of the 12" "G.I. Joe/Action Man" toys and did not initially have an enemy faction to fight other than what you could provide from your toy box). And I am yet again feeling my age because I remember reading the comic in which Baron Ironblood became Cobra Commander when it was released in the UK...!
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    If you're referring to what I think you are, its the AIM-174B - essentially a naval SM-6 missile adapted for air-to-air use. Its basically the new Phoenix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-174B
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    I'd also prefer the original, though TBH I didn't overly notice the changes until they were pointed out. It says something about how good the original design was that it still looks great to this day.
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    Thanks, for a moment there I thought someone had found an old stash of paint they used for P-61s lying around... 😄
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    The Tomcat couldn't do that if I recall, at least not the early ones with six Phoenix(es?) due to carrier weight landing limits. I know the missiles are getting all the attention, but thats not a Hornet colour scheme one sees often is it?
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    What can one say? The voice of arguably the most iconic movie character of all time.
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    An amazing artist; he illustrated probably my favourite story featuring The Dark Knight Detective, "Night on Earth".
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    Oh, good grief, I feel old. I saw that at the cinema!
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    I'm not sure if theres any external distinguishing features between the A and B, the main difference is that the B has 32K RAM as opposed to 16K. I always thought the Model type was labeled on the front but apparently not.
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    Yes, as far as the British computing scene of the 80s goes, the Spectrum - the humble "Speccy" - is essentially our NES. In fact, its arguable that its impact was even greater here because it was an actual computer and inspired a good many industry figures of the day to get their start in coding (even if for the vast majority of users, games were the main use). There were other rivals, like the BBC Model B (roughly comparable to the Apple II in terms of cultural impact because it was, for a long time, the school computer here), the slightly more upmarket Amstrad CPC464 (often bought down to the Speccys level due its hardware being similar enough lazy ports that failed to take advantage of the Amstrads abilities were commonplace) and representing AMERICA! of course - much more so than the Apple II - the Commodore 64, the computer your friend down the road always had. Atari had a presence, but more through their arcade games than their computers which were relative rarities. As with many things here, even the retro computer scene can be argued to have an element of class rivalry - the BBC was the upper class, establishment offering and the Speccy the humble working class hero that could punch above its weight. How true that is in actuality, though... most owners choices were probably more dictated by what they, or in many cases, their parents could either afford or were talked into buying by a salesperson in "Dixons". The BBC did a fairly good comedy docudrama on this era called "Micromen" a while back. Its worth seeing just for Alexander Armstongs portrayal of Sir Clive Sinclair as a kind of low-rent Bond villain (not to mention the famous opinion on "Jet Set Willy"... ). As far as Oasis goes, I'm not a big music person but at the height of their fame they were pretty much inescapable.
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    There were a number of toys that famously didn't start as "Transformers" but were co-opted into the line later; Jetfire is of course the most famous but there was also the toy that eventually became Omega Supreme and also Shockwave. Not sure if that fits your definition or not. It might be quite hard to find now, but slightly obscure anime-inspired puppet show "Star Fleet" - "X-Bomber" in its original Japanese form - had a toy line which featured at least one version of the Big Dai-X mecha (the "DX" toy) that could transform, kinda, into a sort of space-fighter thing (the actual mecha from the show, whilst a combiner, couldn't). Not sure if you'd count "Gundam", either, there have been a number of transforming mecha from that show over the years, though most representations of them will likely be model kits rather than toys.
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    Lots of headlines in the British press today about some kind of huge comeback announcement, I presume they must be referring to this right? [1] [1] In case you missed it, popular Brit beat combo "Oasis" have announced a reunion tour. No way, sis!
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