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    It is, but it is also very unlikely. It has virtually no use outside of bragging rights... and apparently semiconductor manufacture, because of course it is. Anything nasty enough to have no legitimate use seems to always find a home in semiconductors.
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    The weirdest part is that it isn't the first time they've had giant robots.
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    Honestly? They've been digging the hole for like twenty years now. Back when the anime boom hit and they suddenly "realized" they owned everything Macross-related, they made a lot of ill-advised moves that served mostly to make people mad at them. The end result was to drive a wedge between Robotech and the anime community, and a lot of Robotechies being put off the kitbashed rewrite and steered into the glory of 100% pure Macross. And every time it looks like HG's gonna make things right, they turn around and do something else monumentally stupid or transparently spiteful.
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    Oh, that brings back memories! I had one of those as a kid!
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    You're probably right. I enjoyed the first film. It had problems, but it was fun, and reasonably okay. But Into Darkness was a horrible trainwreck, and not the "so bad it's good" kind. I had no desire whatsoever to see anything more after Into Darkness, and I got the impression a lot of people skipped Beyond for similar reasons.
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    It is also why Whoopi Goldberg was immediately waved away from Next Generation's auditions, and she had to explain to them that she didn't expect pay representative of her status as a popular Hollywood actress because being in Star Trek WAS the pay. Sort of an inverse Chakotay gambit.
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    Ahhhh. Makes sense why they painted them black. Keeps them subsonic, since shockwaves are decidedly unstealthy.
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    Story I heard is it was supposed to be painted kinda light-reddish, for low visibility during dawn and dusk operations. It wound up black due to statements that "real men don't fly pink jets."
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    Apparently it is somewhere past "intentionally kills his own men during an operation" , since Britai defended his record in the friendly-fire incident(to his almost immediate regret as a victim of "intentionally causes a massive shipwreck on entrance to the theater of operations"). Maybe military discipline was handled by the protoculture and there's just no one left who can fire him? I suppose it is likely that these, umm, endearing personality quirks evolved over the years after he was birthed. That would at least partially exempt the original programming from fault. And if no one alive can fire him... he's just gonna be everyone's problem until he's put out of everyone's misery.
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    Honestly, it really raises questions about zentradi programming if he was considered a functional troublemaker instead of hopelessly defective.
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    In season 2. Or possibly never, but the plebes STILL think Robotech is the same thing as Macross.
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    All the comments about how off-model the VF-1 is, but not one about the "Macross Hovertank"?
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    Also giant wine bottles. As I recall, he is introduced gambling alcohol rations.
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    I picked up 2018's Transforming Bullet Train Robot Shinkalion, out of a desire to have something lighthearted and predictable. It looked like a competently-produced genre piece, about young boys entrusted with way too much responsibility and authority, shouting about friendship and courage, and a plot that's traveling some well-worn rails. And it has delivered all of that, being both entertaining and predictable at the same time. Slightly odd in that it is sponsored not only by TakaraTomy, but also the Japan Railway Corporation. So our hero is a train otaku, and he might be allowed a little more time to share his love than one would expect. But still... predictable and enjoyable. Like macaroni and cheese, only with sword-wielding robots. ... And then Hatsune Miku showed up, my brain derailed, and I spilled my mac&cheese all over my lap in confusion. The Vocaloid mascot is a recurring guest character/train-robo driver. For some reason. I don't even know. And then the next episode featured a one-minute Evangelion parody as our hero goes train-watching and catches the arrival of a then-real Evangelion-themed bullet train(which the episode helpfully reminded viewers was scheduled for final departure later that month). And a brief bit of internetting after being very confused by the Miku mechu tells me there's a couple more guest appearances in store that just leave me wondering how they got the various licensors to approve this crossover. I'm just saying... this is still a predictable show about children fighting giant monsters with robot trains, but it is a fair bit weirder than I expected. I don't regret riding this train in the least.
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    "Gypsy's analog. Nuclear."
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    That's been "no one" since Next Generation. Not a new change.
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    Man, I wish the toy-style toy was the one that made it to retail. I like the mold, I like this a lot better than "flat lavender", but I don't think I need two of this mold. Had I been given the option, I would've happily bought this instead of TV-style. But I wasn't.
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    That pretty much sums up fifteen years of Robotech movie discussion in less than two dozen words.
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    That would be absolutely glorious, and I trust Disney to lack the heart to do it.
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    I'm gonna guess it is because it is a much more expensive toy, and the semi-opaque canopies are cheaper in some way. ... Also possible those cheaper toys are based on earlier revisions of the art.
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    True story: My first Transformer as a grown-up was Alternators Shockwave. I still really like most of the Alternators. Though some, like the Dodge Ram mold, were just kinda junky? (Also, if I recall, the Ram was meant to be Ironhide before Takara went "But wouldn't Optimus sell better?")
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    Taking jokes seriously and offering thorough analysis: a MacrossWorld tradition.
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    It also apparently makes the plastic prone to fracturing, and in a way that leaves sharp edges. Since these are nominally children's toys, and kids these days are big babies I never choked to death on a plastic rocket or put my eye out with a broken wing...
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    "17 years later..." Not the most impressive bump I've seen, but it is up there.
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    I wonder if this mold wasn't originally pitched for the Titanmaster line. Because I was thinking at the time that an insecticon chest was perfect for a headmaster saddle, and that would explain the chestplate having a hinge pin. Late revision to seal the chest, no one thinks to add a tab and slot to remove the need for a pin. "The original toy, but with more joints" sure seems a fair summary. And that's okay, really. It isn't gonna light the world on fire, but not every toy needs to.
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