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ZeroWolf wrote:Problem is he was superseded as predakings rival in the headmasters as Raiden took that role. So a titan sky lynx (which I think was an idea when we were pondering who could be made in the class all those years ago) would be a hard sell to Japan. Much as a titan Raiden would be a hard sell to the rest of the world. Also the supreme class is gone, and unless hasbro does a complete one eighty, isn't coming back. Best make peace or forever be disappointed. If worse came to worse, I could see hasbro consolidating to just leader Class for a while.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Not when the "Rai" part of his name is pronounced like "Rye" instead of "Ray".ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Raiden = Thunder and Lightning. Could double as a possibly-bilingual portmanteau pun. Rai(lway?) + Densha ("Densha" being the Japanese word for an electric train)
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Tekka wrote:What she doesn't realize is that Springer actually loves Rodimus.
ThunderThruster wrote:Someone was after pics of Siege Sideswipe with some older CHUG deluxes. I hope these are sufficient:
Galvatronian wrote:o.supreme wrote:Galvatronian wrote:A few people have said that this line doesn't lend itself well to combiners. All the micromasters so far combine to make weapons. Skytread,
It was pretty heavily implied we were discussing large combiner teams, I know anything made up of "parts that combine" can be considered a combiner, but lets just use some common sense.![]()
I said I realised people were refering to scramble city type, and just wanted to point out that other combiners like the duo-cons are perfect for this line.
On another note, the idea that hasbro would find it hard to sell Raiden in the american market seems odd to me. I know he was in the japanese caretoon and not the american. Don't kids in america like trains? I don't want a Raiden because I'm into the japanese cartoons, I've never seen them, I want them because transforming trains is an awesome concept. I have loads of cars and planes that transform, but only one train, and referring to TR astrotrain as a train seems almost wrong anyway.
Hasbro didn't seem to think so in the 1980's to the point that Raiden never received any release outside of Japan. In fact, I'd dare say if Astro Train weren't a triple changer, he probably wouldn't have been released either.Galvatronian wrote:Don't kids in america like trains?
o.supreme wrote:
Hopefully however, the lack of enthusiasm about trains by kids in the U.S. would not prevent a modernization so desperately needed.
wilcosu35 wrote:o.supreme wrote:
Hopefully however, the lack of enthusiasm about trains by kids in the U.S. would not prevent a modernization so desperately needed.
Which is probably also the reason Power Rangers never did an adaptation of Ressha Sentai Toqger, because it's entirely train-based.
Sabrblade wrote:Not when the "Rai" part of his name is pronounced like "Rye" instead of "Ray".ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Raiden = Thunder and Lightning. Could double as a possibly-bilingual portmanteau pun. Rai(lway?) + Densha ("Densha" being the Japanese word for an electric train)
It's not said like "Ray-den", nor do the Japanese pronounce the English words "rail", "railway", "railroad", etc. as "ryle", "ryle-way", "ryle-road", etc.
It's more like "Ridin'", like "I'm ridin' a train."
ThunderThruster wrote:Someone was after pics of Siege Sideswipe with some older CHUG deluxes. I hope these are sufficient:
wilcosu35 wrote:o.supreme wrote:
Hopefully however, the lack of enthusiasm about trains by kids in the U.S. would not prevent a modernization so desperately needed.
Which is probably also the reason Power Rangers never did an adaptation of Ressha Sentai Toqger, because it's entirely train-based.
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:ThunderThruster wrote:Someone was after pics of Siege Sideswipe with some older CHUG deluxes. I hope these are sufficient:
Thank you! Would also appreciate shots of Siege Optimus amongst the same. And also with Prime Wars deluxes.
Wolfman Jake wrote:Nice! Thanks for taking those. Looks like Siege Sideswipe is a bit taller than Generations Wheeljack, but much shorter than Reveal the Shield Jazz, which isn't unexpected, as RtS Jazz is a BIG Deluxe. I'd like to see Siege Sideswipe next to Universe Hound, Combiner Wars Sunstreaker, or Power of the Primes Jazz if you're able.
Tekka wrote:What she doesn't realize is that Springer actually loves Rodimus.
Thing is, while the "den" 電 part of both "Raiden" 雷電 and "Densha" 電車 are indeed the same, it only refers to "lightning"/"electricity", as it's the "-sha" 車 part of "Densha" that denotes the train aspect, as most words that refer to trains in Japanese feature "-sha" 車 as the shared commonality, such as "Ressha" 列車 (the standard word for "train"), "Kisha" 汽車 ("steam train") and "Kidōsha" 気動車 ("diesel train").ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Yes, I know the pronunciation. Okay, but that only eliminates the "possibly bilingual" part. It could still be Rai+densha.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
ThunderThruster wrote:Universe Hound is a figure I really like, so it was nice to see him at side of Siege Sideswipe.
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Just an aside since it's been brought up; Classics Sideswipe drew more from the Alternators design than G1, whereas Siege Sideswipe draws heavily from G1, almost to the point of being a $20 Masterpiece
Emerje wrote:
I had mentioned Unicron (and Primus) as potential Titans back when we got those Siege hidden messages over the summer.
Yes. He narrated a lot of the toy commercials in-character as Optimus.william-james88 wrote:Is that Peter Cullen in the advert?
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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