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  1. JB0
    The only immediate complaint I have with Bike Prowl is the head.
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    Also, many had a uranium casing that would undergo fission when the fusion reaction pumped it full of neutrons, making them fission-fusion-fission bombs, which were very powerful for their size and also EXTREMELY dirty.
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    I've been told one of the contractors explained that the reactor vessel didn't really need to be welded shut to prevent radiation leaks. And they asked him what he'd do if it was his son on the ship, and he said "I'd weld it shut". So they did. US naval reactors aren't refuelable, but the seals are as good as can be made. Meanwhile, I saw an anecdote earlier about US intelligence wondering what sort of advanced reactor the soviets were using to get such high speed out of some of their subs. When we finally got the answer, it was "same as the americans, but we made them bigger and lighter by omitting radiation shielding". And that... that's something. Edit: Aaaaaaaaaaand that's apparently a well-known myth. While soviet nuclear vessels had no shortage of issues, there's no actual evidence they skimped on shielding.
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    A fusion reactor can POWER weapons, but is not itself readily weaponizable. It might ENABLE some weapons technology, like various long-suffering railgun projects, if the power density winds up better for a naval fusion reactor than a fission one. Or if they're compact enough to safely install in, say, tanks.
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    It is also worth noting that US naval reactors have a pretty good safety record, but they are also expensive. Crew safety is at the top of the priority list, even when it makes the reactors larger, less efficient, or harder to service. Soviet-designed naval reactors were lighter and cheaper, but there were several, umm, crew safety problems.
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    I mean, yeah. New power sources are always interesting. Nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers are a thing today, of course.
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    Same place it does any other time you toast bread: inside the smoke detector.
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    Did Dreadwing ever show up in the cartoon? There might be a problem if they only do extremely toon-accurate(from a specific viewing angle) versions.
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    One thing I really liked about the original Windblade toy that hasn't carried over to future iterations is the novelty of the robot being predominantly red and the jet being predominantly black. This is, admittedly, possible because most of the jet hangs off her back in robot mode and most of the robot hangs off the bottom in jet mode. But that's just expected of a Transformers plane at this point, sadly. Headmaster Windblade was a waste of a perfectly good opportunity, with it's chunky hard-edged design. The arms especially just make me mad with the massively thick upper arms and the dainty pencil-thin lower arms.
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    YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! ARMORED CORE IS BACK!
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    https://screenrant.com/young-indiana-jones-chronicles-old-indy-cut-reason-canon/ Apparently that goes back to George Lucas being George Lucas.
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    In the words of Spider-Man(PS1): "Sure it breaks the laws of physics, but so does everything else I do."
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    I enjoyed Crystal Skull... right up to the final scene where aliens warp in and steal the loot.
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    I did not know that! ... Or once knew and forgot. I know it is too much to hope Hasbro will just use the toy they already have designs and molds for. Aggressive cost reductions, whoo!
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    And this is why original toy accuracy is important.
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    Same. Maybe even get that armored Prime they had in the finale. Toy was designed but never produced, and it still stings.
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    The only thing that will surprise me is seeing any of them in stores.
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    Indiana Jones and the Wheel of Fortune, maybe? I think it has a nice ring to it.
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    Imagine Weird Al in the Macrossverse. "Sir, he's broadcasting on all genres! We don't know how to stop him!"
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    Better to watch the roundhouse than receive the roundhouse.
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    Zero also showed the more direct countermeasures with the VF-0's head turret gunning down incoming missiles.
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    I think they're retiring the Frenzy name. There's just Rumble (Red) and Rumble (Blue) going forward.
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    Honestly, I was already thinking Galactic Empire sounds more accurate just based on how many superweapons they made.
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    So they just call it a republic because it sounds good? Or is it a case of not knowing if it was a republic or a "democratic people's republic"? Truth in advertising is admittedly hard to find at times.
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    I mean, in fairness, that particular twist has been telegraphed so heavily for so long that the only thing actually surprising about it is that it didn't happen in the final episode of the TV series.
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