"Kroot Warsphere and Hulu" Topic

You know, up until today I always assumed this thing

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(jumping catfish, $66?) was derived from a mix of the Death Star, a Perry Rhodan design, and some imagination. Then I went surfing on hulu and found this (many images, the one at 15:00 is maybe easiest to find – pardon the mandatory commercials)

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and now I know what at least one GW staffer used to watch after school. :)

A strange program – I dimly remember it but never really saw it prior to looking for something to play in the background while I paint. There are actually a few cool ship designs scattered around it, and the amusement value of the writers getting a robot named Buzzwang past the censors is pretty high. Certainly not the stupidest American animated series I've ever seen, although it does have a weird fascination with cows.

Never heard of it.

And doesn't the "Warsphere" sort of contradict itself? It's not a sphere…. Even if the two larger sections are pushed together, it's an oval. We know what one staffer watched after school, but I think we also know which subject he failed. Hah!

Never heard of it.

The show, or the overpriced mini? Further research tells me that the show made something of a ripple when it was new – positive reviews for relatively sophisticated plots, character continuity, some decent jokes, and a total lack of annoyingly obtrusive toy tie-ins and reused animation sequences. All pretty unusual features for a kiddie show in the mid-to-late 80s. Written in the US but they used a Japanese animation studio, so not wholly Made In America.

There's a line of decent plastic kits for the Perry Rhodan ships… very big for BFG… space station big… but could probably get all of them for less than one of those Kroot (Faberge) eggs.

I already have, several times, although not for BFG. The one Perry Rhodan kit that looks vaguely like a barbell (the Sol?) has to be one of the most useful part suppliers I've ever seen for scifi scenery. If you can't make a half-dozen tech-things out of it you aren't trying hard enough. The big saucer-shaped one makes a fine 15mm or 28mm UFO – or a dandy alien mothership in 6mm.

"The show, or the overpriced mini?"

The show of course. Though, the thought of the mini is much more insane. For $66 USD it better be made of gold dammit! GOLD! Or at least come with a complimentary back massage.

It is impressively overpriced – easily Forge World levels of gratuitous expense there.

I recognise one of the cartoon characters from Star Rangers icon on Starship Combat News. Thanks for the tip on Perry Rhodan models.

I never noticed that before – Dean would pick Shane Gooseman as his icon. Easily the coolest of the Rangers.

I'll have to address my future emails to him as Shane. :)

hmmm perry rhodan kits eh?

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Yep, that's them. The Sol is a parts mine, Marco Polo is pretty good for that too, and the Blue ship is (obviously) the saucer. Sadly, the market seems to have dried up a lot since the last time I looked for them, ebay is only showing this overpriced wonder:

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although there's this oddball that I'd never seen before – might be a two-pack of the full-sized kits, might not:

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I also see Z-Man has brought us a boardgame, no doubt translated from German:

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@BWS I've a few lying around; I'll keep them in mind in case you can't sell something I want. ;->=

Alas, much of the kewl detail is only in the decals.

RE: Cosmic League

Alas, part deux. Looks to be no toy factor, 'cept cardboard standees.
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It was called Sabre Rider and the Star Sheriffs when I watched it. They made the Mountie and his stupid robot space horse the main character (why even have a stupid space horse?)

The fact that it was produced in the US means there are no heavily edited shower and alcohol abuse scenes…

Beast: That's okay, Z-Man's been pretty good about choosing quality games to translate and import. Probably a safe bet for value even without toys.

Lampyridae: You're misremembering something. Sabre Rider was a completely different (and inferior, IMO – a typical sad Japanese kiddie anime) show – and is also up on hulu

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For those wanting to subject themselves to a trifecta of cowboy scifi cartoons, I see Bravestarr is also available

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Wow, I did inded mix them up. Both of them have robotic horses (still a dumb idea). One of these days I shall have a guilty space-western cartoon trip (I think I have a weakness for them, my all-time favourite anime is Trigun).

EDIT: now that I think about it, the Mass Effect characters, abilities (series 5 implants vs L5 biotics) and storyline do seem a little similar to Galaxy Rangers as well. Probably my imagination.

Can't argue about robot horses being dumb – but robot centaurs, so they can haul a rider or a packload of gear and still have hands to use weaponry designed for human troops or make their own repairs as needed? Now that has some potential. Of course, a robot centaur-motorcycle or -ORV would be faster, and much less of an engineering challenge, but it couldn't manage quite as rough terrain as a walker.

I'm baffled as to why no one ever seems to name their robot horse Silver. I mean, if you have to have one, that seems like the way to go with it.

Trigun was good overall, although the humor's a little weird in spots.

BWS I have motorcycle centaur design that I spent a fair amount of time working with and have it pretty much down now…I did one 1/6th figure but alas I have no pics…lost to the old machine crash and the guy who bought has passed on, so I have no idea if I could or should contact the family about…better to let it go.

Anyway, I have a fun design…I do have plans for a project of Iron Centaurs in 15mm and 28mm, then once cast I will make steam versions of both, zombied/damaged terminator versions of both, and maybe a superhero version of both.

Been on the back burner but that is because I already completed the design…out of my head :)

I actually made one in a temporary 1:1 sculpture but I did not have the right motorcycle to work with, it was too light. But fun.

PM me and I will let you know the details, don't want to give away too much with all them sculptors lurking about :)

Great minds think alike. I should have put this one up on the "most common scifi vehicle on a new colony" thread. Come to think of it, I sort of did, but I was thinking bigger jeep and truck-sized robots, not little one-man versions.

Because really, once you have the tech to make humanoid robots with working arms and enough AI to use them efficiently, every vehicle ought to have hands.