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Frankly I don't know why Hasbro would care. The continuity the Binder's for has been over for years now. And most of it, or at least a refinement of its ideas, got published in the Covenant.
I've had a copy of it for months now, and there's nothing in there that's particularly new or exciting.
I've had a copy of it for months now, and there's nothing in there that's particularly new or exciting.
Come up with any petty, money-grubbing, penny-pinching, illogical reason, and that's all they need.
Even if it's just "That's my binder, I don't know you!" before delivering a swift kick to the lugnuts.
Even if it's just "That's my binder, I don't know you!" before delivering a swift kick to the lugnuts.
Their lawyers insist. That's the reason. Whether the lawyers have a reason or not is another question.
This has been true for almost 20 years, but it still bemuses me to see Transformers be so mainstream…
AMD’s upcoming Zen 7 CPU/APU architecture is being codenamed…GRIMLOCK
AMD’s upcoming Zen 7 CPU/APU architecture is being codenamed…GRIMLOCK
Because "Grimlock" is a name that suggests high-speed data processing.
Grimlocks are also D&D monsters that have been around since at least the First Edition Fiend Folio (1981).
(Also not something that would suggest high-speed processing of data. Or anything else for that matter.)
(Also not something that would suggest high-speed processing of data. Or anything else for that matter.)
Okay, stuff like "Optimus" and "Prime", those make sense to me. Those are actually words.
Isn't Grimlock like, a name? A trademarked name of original creation?
I feel like this would be like trying to name your CPU "Batman" or "Pokemon" or something.
Internal codenames aren’t trademarked or used in marketing. It’s purely insider/internal stuff. Zen7 architecture will be marketed as “Ryzen AI Max 550 Plus Extreme” or some other unintelligible garbage since they dropped the 4xxx, 5xxx, etc type naming.
Okay, stuff like "Optimus" and "Prime", those make sense to me. Those are actually words.
Isn't Grimlock like, a name? A trademarked name of original creation?
I feel like this would be like trying to name your CPU "Batman" or "Pokemon" or something.
Notably, nVidia’s Tegra SoCs famously uses assorted comic book derived codenames. The original Switch hardware was the Tegra X1 (codenamed Erista, named after Wolverine’s son because the X1 was derived from the K1 “Logan”). The revised X1 was given the operating name “Mariko” (Wolverine’s love interest).
The current Switch 2 uses a customized Tegra from the “Orin” (aka, Ocean Master) line, referred to internally as “Drake” (as in, Tim Drake aka Robin)
Considering the Zen 5 or 6 series are codenamed “Medusa”…this might be the more “logical” source. It’s all nerd stuff anyway
Whoops, I missed the "codenamed" part.
To be fair, he did create the Technobots.
Nothing replacing the O-ring won't fix. Just unscrew the back, and split it open like an old school G.I. Joe.
Why didn't the Decepticons just buy the glasses from eBay? Are they stupid?
I think that while they could conceivably create a fake email account from which they could create an eBay account, they might be screwed when it comes to the payment part.
Maybe they could beat up a bunch of different teenagers that weren't being protected by the Autobots and steal their money.
One of my friends has been saying for years that if Swindle and Ratbat had been in the movie it would have only lasted as long as it took to arrange for the human (for a reasonable fee) to just mail the plot device to their PO Box to save them the trouble of having to find it. Even less runtime if they paid extra for expedited shipping.
I think it would actually run a bit longer, due to Swindle after receiving it filling a 'not as described' claim when it doesn't immediately lead them to Megatron, seeing as he was at a dam at the time and the glasses were etched in the Arctic, so the map would have been way off.
I think it would actually run a bit longer, due to Swindle after receiving it filling a 'not as described' claim when it doesn't immediately lead them to Megatron, seeing as he was at a dam at the time and the glasses were etched in the Arctic, so the map would have been way off.
It's just like when filming Armageddon, Ben Affleck asked Michael Bay why that movie was about drillers being taught how to be astronauts when wouldn't it have been easier and made more sense for already-trained astronauts to be taught how to drill instead, and Bay basically told Affleck in response, "Shut the (*bad word*) up!"
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He's gonna need you to get all the way off his back about it.