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Re: Robots in Disguise... a good day for mecha
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Sat, 21 Jul 2001 05:17:24 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Erik L. Knopp writes:
> Jay Jacinto <manjingo@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > <GASP!> I love the toys, and Beast Wars had some great stories. I
> > especially liked it when Ravage came back! There was one line that made
> > me crack up. Two bots were talking to each other after they had
> > discovered the Ark. They were attempting to break in to it because they're
> > enemies had just gotten in. They found it exceedingly difficult to break
> > in, and one bot remarked
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> > "That thing is die-cast!"
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> > To which the other replied
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> > "They don't make 'em like they used to!"
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> > An inside joke referring to the way the old tranformer toys were made.
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> The exact dialogue, from the Beast Wars episode "The Agenda, (Part III)"
> is :
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> [Referring to the Autobot ship, "The Ark"]
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> Rattrap: "Oh man, that ship wasn't built, it was poured!"
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> Optimus Primal: "Die-cast construction." [facing the camera] "It's a
> lost art."
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> Erik
> (Who attended BotCon 2001 (the 8th annual TransFormers convention) in
> Durham, NC this past weekend.
Awwwww! How was it?
Thanks
Jay
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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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| (...) 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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