Optimus prime on Ebay!

[optimus234 at hotmail.com (Kevin S)]

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 Frenzy 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 character 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-Peterbilt_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ63743QQihZ013QQitemZ230181106980QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW> > > >> > > > Sweet.> > > >> > > > GP> > > >> > > > --> > > > "Fatal mistakes rarely happen, but funny things often do"> > > > _______________________________________________> > > > Scirocco-l mailing list> > > > Scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l> > > >> > >> > >> > > --> > > 80 Scirocco Callaway Indiana Red> > > 87 Scirocco 16v Tornado Red> > > 04 R32 Reflex Silver> > >> >> >> >> > --> >> > "Fatal mistakes rarely happen, but funny things often do"> > > -- > 80 Scirocco Callaway Indiana Red> 87 Scirocco 16v Tornado Red> 04 R32 Reflex Silver> > _______________________________________________> Scirocco-l mailing list> Scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l
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