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Optimus prime on Ebay!
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=43915&type=0
"Are you Rick Hunter?"
> Sorry to go a little off topic here. Did I read right that there is
> a robotech movie being done??
>
> I love the Transformers and Robotech.
>
> Kevin> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:42:45 -0700> From:
> scirocco16vr32@xxxxxxxxx> To: greg.rocco@xxxxxxxxx> CC: scirocco-
> l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Optimus prime on Ebay!> > LOL Cheech
> and Chong... God love em.> > No... Just a long time fan. Don't get
> me started on Transformers,> Robotech/Macross or Cyberpunk. I have a
> black belt in all three.> > "You want beef?!? You think that I open
> an Chinese restaurant in the> middle of the hood and don't know what
> time it is?!? I will kick your> asses my damn self--word is born."-
> -Fugees> > They could have done alot better with Bumblebee if they
> at least made> him a VW. I mean fine it could have been a Yellow Mk1
> GTI and I think> most people would have thought that better than the
> Camaro. Part of> the reason they went with that is Michael Bay
> attempted to base it on> actual size... Not that Mr. Bay is known
> for his historical facts, or> basics in science. Armageddon is a
> good example of this.> Wholehearted entertaining but the science
> behind it is crap. He and> Spielberg did an interview with someone
> and mentioned the characters> to be in the movie and they said that
> they chose the hog nosed rig for> Prime because the flat nose Mack
> style would have transformed into> something around 22ft tall. They
> wanted Prime to be at least 28 feet> tall so they went with the hog
> nose. Same thing for Bumblebee. A> Beetle would have been too short
> (why this matters I am not sure) in> robot mode. If you notice Jazz
> seemed to be pretty small> comparatively. Again--Jazz was considered
> a medium sized Autobot back> in the day and Bumblebee was a small
> framed scout. This size thing is> why Megatron wasn't a pistol and
> there was no Soundwave. They didn't> want to do the shrinky-dink
> effect the cartoon had. Megatron was like> 30ft+ and became a
> Walther pistol not scaled to human proportions but> to Starscreams?
> Soundwave shrank to something smaller than a boombox> and was one of
> the biggest Decepticons in robot form. "Soundwave can> hear a fly
> sneeze."> > So they compromised and made Frenz! y which could
> transform into a GPX> boombox... I thought that was funny since
> places like Walgreens carry> GPX electronics and they are generally
> thought of as crap. Frenzy> himself was something an oddity as the
> toys and the cartoons had them> mixed up. The Rumble Toy was red and
> in the cartoon he was blue...> and Frenzy the Toy was Blue and in
> the cartoon, red. Rumble was> always the more popular character of
> the two and most often seen in> the cartoon and was the character
> most closely portrayed in the movie> as Frenzy.> > Starscream as an
> F22 was ok... but he was originally based on the F-15> Eagle that is
> still in service. It also kind of bugs me that the> heads and bodies
> of Megatron and Starscream are very similar.> > Now if Toby McGuire
> doesn't screw up the Robotech movie the world will> be a better
> place.> > Broadcasting live from the basement...> > Chris> > > > On
> 10/18/07, Greg Pallett <greg.rocco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:> > Chris..> >
> are you broadcasting live from the basement of the Science building
> on WDRM> > Dorm radio?> >> > However... I admire you passion.> >> >>
> > On 10/18/07, Chris Bennett <scirocco16vr32@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:> > >
> It looks to be an exact replica of that gaudy thing they passed off
> as> > > Optimus Prime in the movie. All the true fans know that
> Optimus> > > wasn't a "hognosed" rig and certainly wasn't sportin'
> flames.> > >> > > Don't get me wrong aside from being mildly stupid
> in the movie Optimus> > > was the shiznit. Yea yea new alien on the
> planet and all that. I was> > > really upset that they did that to
> Jazz as well. They never should> > > have brought him back. Scatman
> Caruthers was Jazz and in my opinion> > > Jazz died with him... some
> may argue in more ways than one but I mean> > > the Autobot Jazz
> (who shoulda been a Porche) This was a completely> > > different
> character. It was bad enough that they dissed the bug in> > > the
> movie... sigh. I think the Camaro thing worked but again...> > >
> Bumblebee was named so because he was a yellow VW Bug. If you named>
> > > the cha! racter based on the Camaro theme... "Mullet the
> Autobot" may> > > not have been very popular. Just my .02> > >> > >
> Chris> > >> > >> > >> > > On 10/18/07, Greg Pallett
> <greg.rocco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:> > > >> >
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Replica-of-Transformers-Optimus-Prime-
>
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> > >> > > > Sweet.> > > >> > > > GP> > > >> > > > --> > > > "Fatal mistakes
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