Well then they need to re-release Vector Prime. Of course I would accept Vector Prime Headmaster with Alpha Trion as the head.

That said, the bendy sword is ridiculous.

I dunno, the old one is still pretty good by modern standards and the clunkiness is somewhat in-character.

We need a new vector prime

just don't leave Cybertron Vector Prime out in the sun or his wings will melt.

@Nevermore Duly noted.

I have three Cybertron Vector Primes, wouldn't throw them around though. I love that design too much,

I'm just picturing someone throwing a pile of Vector Prime toys around. I don't know why.

Multi Vector Assault mode is what they go into when they think anyone's even slightly infringing on their IP.

They MIGHT have done it for Star Trek Online ships, but even if they have that'd be a fairly specific category.

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So only if Viacom/Paramount has actively trademarked the term "multi-vector assault mode", offered goods or services under that name and has been offering those goods and services in recent years, Hasbro cannot offer goods or services under that name in the same category.

And they need to be consistently used on top of that.

Even if they are trademarked.

Words and terms used in dialogue shouldn't be affected.

Also, the trademarks only apply in commerce. You use them to identify goods and services.

Yeah, you also need to apply for it. They might've never bothered to trademark that.

Trademark affects titles and product names, not every word in writing. For example, DC called their character "Captain Marvel" as recently as 2014.

You missed my point. I was addressing the usage of the phrase in dialogue. Hence the quotation marks.

Well, they can anyway, they might just not be able to call it that...

It would be awesome for Transformers to have the likes of Overlord and Sky Lynx "engage multi-vector assault mode!"

It is a shame that "multi-vector assault mode" is probably trademarked for Star Trek.

Only if they manage to boomer-proof it

(and would that really be a bad thing?)

Wouldn't a cybernetic singularity actually remove one or more of the top levels of Maslow's hierarchy?

Tomy made some strange selections on their first wave of Tomica releases for the US

Resistance is futile.

I would be down for a nice cybernetic singularity if it meant we could actually reach the top of maslow's hierarchy.

I'm pretty sure the origin of the villains in GaoGaiGar was a computer being told to reduce the stress of the population and it's answer was to assimilate everyone.

Executions then followed by nano reanimation then cryonic suspension until everyone you know is deactivated for good so you can build happiness in a future society.

As opposed to the ones that lie already? As a civilization: we're emotional and socially broken. Might as well have the society that at least wants us to be "happy".

Or you'd have a lot of people lying about their emotional state to avoid being executed.

That would actually be a massive step up: since there's a LOT of stuff needed to quantify happiness, and it could only be an improvement over the existing governments which actually don't care if you live or die, never mind if you're "happy".

Happiness is mandatory, citizen. Failure to be happy is treason. Have a nice daycycle!

Maslow's hierarchy of needs

Humanity is pretty forgiving if you take care of its basic needs. "Freedom" and "Privacy" don't have much hold when you can't afford food, shelter, or medicine.

Something something peace through tyranny.

You probably will have a house, AI overseers will crack down on stress, poverty, homelessness and human administration.

The bad news is they'll probab;y be made and operated by Amazon so will record every single thing you do and transmit it to their datacenters so theycan have human operators sift through it and laugh at footage of you dancing in your socks or having intercourse.

What if I don't have a house by then?

If the robot will do the cleaning, I don't care if it's mandatory. I'm sick of moping floors.

humanoid service robots, one for every house in the west. ETA: 2050. household robots will be mandatory.

All I know is it'd be tragic if those evil robots win. I know she can beat them.

Big ones? Small ones? Ones as big as your head?

The robots are pink. Someone call Yoshimi!

Yeah, could you maybe be more specific? Are they good robots? Bad ones? Do they just want to take our jobs? We need more information to work out how we feel about them.

which ones?

Robots are coming....

my nephew showed me the cuphead rap, and now it's stuck in my head...

Hershey squirts. AKA diarrhea