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(...) Ultra Magnus made his first appearance in TFTM and appeared in the subsequent cartoons afterward, I think. (...) <GASP!> I love the toys, and Beast Wars had some great stories. I especially liked it when Ravage came back! There was one line (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ok, part of why the beast stuff doesn't appeal to me is... well.. what's the point? The original Transformers were created because the Ark repaired them to be able to fit in with the vehicles and machinery of Earth. So they're in "disguise" (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Actually, yeah... Back in my "younger"(1) days, I watched Beast Wars. When the Maximals and Predicons crashed on prehistoric earth, there was a ton of raw energon everywhere. Their robot forms couldn't handle the exposure, so they used the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Timeframe: Many years after the Great War between the Autobots and Decepticons. The two powers have a peace accord which is fragile at best. Well, all of Beast Wars starts out with Megatron(not old school) stealing an experimental (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ooh totally forgot about that! (...) Jay (23 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The exact dialogue, from the Beast Wars episode "The Agenda, (Part III)" is : [Referring to the Autobot ship, "The Ark"] Rattrap: "Oh man, that ship wasn't built, it was poured!" Optimus Primal: "Die-cast construction." [facing the camera] (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Awwwww! How was it? Thanks Jay (23 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) <discussion of "Diecast construction" dialogue from Beast Wars episode "The Agenda (Part III)" snipped> (...) It was great, they keep getting bigger every year. (The first one, 1994, held in Fort Wayne, IN had an attendance of @175. This years (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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