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You forgot to say "1 Toynami MPC" *runs*

No offenes, but... Since when is the Spartan an aircraft?

The Minicon Leader-1 comes with Megatron, not Optimus Prime. Prime's Minicon partner is named Sparkplug. The confusion arose due to the English dubbing of the Armada anime. The Japanese name for Minicon Sparkplug was named Leader-1 while Minicon Leader-1 was named Barrel. Since the scripts were written in Japanese, the English translators slip up in converting the Japanese names into English equivalents, such Starscream's Minicon partner sometimes called Grid instead of its real name Swindle. Optimus Prime's Japanese name, Convoy, sometimes show up. Oh. I didn't keep real close track of it. I just got Leader-1 associated with Prime by virtue of being good guy leader.

I still think the best use of the GoBots stuff is Leader-1 being the minicon that comes with Optimus Prime.

Can you find a link explaining the YF-12, which is by far a more common story?

Remeber the PS1? And the constant "newer better" chip releases as software started being designed to detect mod chips? Yes, they do think of ways to counter mod chips.

Or, in typical fighter-jock-bravado-style, he just figured: "It's just a scratch. . . i'm going to get laid!" Which, to my mind, is more the Foker style. DEFINATELY the Focker mindset.

I think it's supposed to have been shot down in the game Macross M3(not sure though).

The Macross was a gunboat. It existed solely to haul the big cannon around. It's overpowered for it's size because that's what gunboats ARE. You may recall it had almost no other weapons. That's because a gunboat isn't supposed to operate solo. It should've had other ships defending it. You don't get to see Zentradi gunboats in-show, because, according to Macross Compendium's entry for a zentradi gunboat... Programmes: This medium-scale gunboat is used in planetary bombardment and large-scale fleet-to-fleet engagement. . So you're left comparing apples and oranges. I assume the Supervision Army and Zentradi are of similar tech levels, as there is no evidence to disprove the notion.

1. Not a clue. Assume it will be obsolete later, as companies start thinking up new ways to detect mod chips. BTW, I was looking around, nd are you sure it's not a Matrix MESSIAH chip? 2. Dunno. Doesn't look like it does. 3. No.

I've just had an epiphany. Soundwave is bad-ass. ... Now why didn't I realize this when I was a kid?

President Johnson DID mangle the YF-12 when he announced it to the public. He called it the A-11. It's believed he misread AMI, which stood for advanced manned interceptor.

GULD RAPED ISAMU!

Wasn't that Deep Space 9?

Continuity? In Star Trek? Where? Seriously, I think that was the point behind making Enterprise take place before the original Star Trek.

SR was surveillance/reconnaissance, if I recall. If I had to guess, the M in M-21 stood for mothership, or something similar. The M-21 was another Blackbird variant, this one built to launch an unmanned drone designated the D-21(I'd bet money that D stood for drone). Only 2 M-21s were built(And under 40 D-21s), and one was destroyed when the D-21 failed to launch correctly and crashed into the fuselage of the M-21 under it(if I recall, the accident killed both the pilot and the launch control officer*). The remaining M-21 was retired immediatly after the accident. Dunno what the A in A-12 stood for. I meant perhaps the Mig-25 was built as an anti-surveillance plane(countering the threat of the A-12). Ditto for U(from the U-2?) * On looking the data up, both ejected safely and landed in the ocean, but the launch officer accidentally opened his helmet visor in and drowned.

I stand corrected--I was fooled by the "A" into thinking the A-12 was a light bomber (like the A-20 Havoc or A-26 Invader). Nevertheless I seem to remember reading that the MiG 25 was developed in response to the "A"-something-or-other. Maybe it WAS the A-12. Anti-surveilance. ... In which case they were born purposeless too. Anyways, teh A-12's designation is because it was a CIA plane, not an Air Force one.

Did you really play Dark Forces 2? Do you remember we actually get the lightsaber on the beginning of stage 3? I remember it. I remember thinking it was really cool. I remember finding out it didn't work like it did in the movies(cleaving anything in 2 with a single blow). I remember finding it thoroughly useless for anything other than blocking blaster fire or fighting the dark jedi.

I AM a Trekkie, and I enjoy Enterprise. It's a nice throwback to the old Captain Kirk style of show. I loathe the serial nature of the current season though. The "planet of the week" format that some people are complaining about is part of what made Star Trek Star Trek in the first place. I'm very disappointed to see them 180 back from the old-school "pick a direction, pick a star, and let's go look at it" format. On the other hand, I love seeing the captain on away missions again. That was something Next Generation blew completely. The captain should be on the ground leading the away team, not on the bridge staring at a viewscreen while sitting in the comfy chair.

I may have to try it, ginve hte positive reviews. I skipped downloading it last time because it wasn't a shooter and I don't spak japanese.

Only after everything else in the Mcross universe is made. It's not like there's a shortage of Tomcat toys from other manufacturers.

Star Trek fans are also notorious for trying to generate a coherent timeline from a series that never concerned itself with continuity and is self-contradictory in many places.

Man, now I REALLY wish the YF-12 had made it to production. Granted it could only haul 3 missiles, but ...

Awww... Well, we'll file it as a relative. "We're space troopers!" Ummm, you're on a planet. "Well, yes, but we're space trooopers!" And what would be the point to being down here, besides giving me some diversity in white-armored cannon fodder? "Ummm... we're space troopers?" Screw it... *boom* ... Okay, that sucked.

The A-12 was designed as a replacement U-2. It carried no armament. It also predates the SR-71, which was developed due to the U-2 that was shot down, and the subsequent treaty between the USA and USSR banning manned overflights. By the time the A-12 was ready, it had no purpose(since it's cameras could only look straight down). So they made the SR-71, which had side-view capabilities. The YF-12 was the only Blackbird capable of shooting anything. It was intended for bomber and interceptor tasks. Only the interceptor was ever built, and only 3 prototypes. Seems no one wanted to foot the bill for the 93 F-12s that were needed to protect North America from enemy bombers, and the bomber variant was competing with the Valkyrie(which no one wanted to admit was obsolete before it ever left the ground) so the project was killed. Looking at dates, the Foxbat COULD have been birthed as a counter to the A-12, but it's doubtful. I think countering the Valkyrie was more likely.