Optimus prime on Ebay!

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http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/live-action-robotech-movie-in-the-works/



On 10/18/07, Kevin S <optimus234@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> 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"> > > >
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