Comments on: Three words: Jetfire Carnival Glass.

By: Goldsickle

Goldsickle — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:51:33 +0000

That “Jetfire” was ripped off from Macross’s Valkyrie robots (also known as ‘Veritechs’ from Robotech for Americans).
They had to alter his appearance and renamed him Skyfire for the Transformers cartoons back then to avoid legal issues.

By: The Sarge

The Sarge — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:40:48 +0000

Yeah, I thought Jetfire was really cool until I found out he was just a copy of a Robotech toy. Kind of lost his charm after that.

By: kingklash

kingklash — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:29:16 +0000

FyarlGirl-

It depends on if their relationship can get past a near-squishing by the Miniature Killer. I think Lady Heather is more his style, in a Batman/Catwoman kind of way, but only if the opinion of a CSI fan from Oklahoma could carry any weight.

By: Trace

Trace — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:15:08 +0000

Matt,

I just wanted to say your site is more fun then a hornet’s nest in a submarine!

By: Drew

Drew — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:24:24 +0000

robotech, macross! jetfire was a VF-1 from that series.

By: Magic Toy

Magic Toy — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:57:21 +0000

Holy hell, Matt, I think I may have finally thought of something you haven’t covered for this site. If am wrong I will feel the appropriate level of shame for having doubted you. If I am right, and you actually do have interest in the subject (implying that you even feel it worthy of coverage), I will also feel the appropriate level of guilt for having acted like it is even possible to have gotten to every subject yet, therefore some have to be saved for future site updates.

Phew. Ok, here goes.

Does anyone else remember the 1985 movie Gotcha! (starring Anthony Edwards) and the accompanying line of kid-proofed paintball guns?

I remember watching the movie quite a few times during the ’80s and loved it. I don’t really recall why as I haven’t seen it in ages. I actually DVR’d it a day or two ago and am going to watch it with my lady. What can I say? She loves ER so the Edwards connection might get her to watch one of my beloved ’80s gems.

The best part about the movie though are the toy paintball guns that were manufactured a year or two later. I can remember talking to my older brother (seven years my elder), in what must have been about 1987. We both agreed that we were going to save our money until we had enough to buy our paintball guns. I, of course, wanted one of the Gotcha! models. He was going to buy a more adult model. It was a Splatmaster and it was a pistol that adults would actually use to play wargame-type, err, games. We thought we would be able to go out and shoot at each other and it would be great fun.

Only now do I realize that my brother would have been shooting at me with a CO2 powered gun while I would have had a toy. That would have been a bit one-sided. I was a stupid kid I suppose.

Anyway, here is a link to a site that mentions Gotcha! guns and includes a few pictures.

http://www.virtualtoychest.com/gotcha/gotcha.html

Am I the only one that remembers these things? Somehow, on this website, I doubt that quite a bit.

Oh yeah, I never saved enough money to buy my gun. I did however have a gigantic bruise on my right thigh when my brother shot me with his a few months later.

By: FyarlGirl

FyarlGirl — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:05:43 +0000

Oh, thought of another one: Grissom and Sara on CSI. Like they would ever get together! Everyone knows Grissom and Lady Heather are freakin soulmates. He’s so tightly wound, and ya know, she’s a dom. Match made in heaven. But does the show have that? No.