[Jester]

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Originally Posted by firmpulse

I just looked up stills from the 89 film. I think you are right. They are 30s not 50. Full barrel coolers show that clearly. Never realized that.

To be fair, the aircraft-mounted version of the .50 had a full-barrel cooling jacket, but yeah, I don't think there's any way they could have fit two of those monsters inside the movie's Batmobile chassis.

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Originally Posted by firmpulse

Funny enough I found a ton of Rayner figs. Freaking Wal-Mart.

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

Sheesh, hopefully we will start to create new cliches so we can retire the antiquated ones like, “nothing new under sun…yadda, yadda.”

Truth hurts.

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

You know what’s new under the sun? Gene therapy – that’s new under the sun. Quantum computing - when it actually happens, we aren’t there yet despite what’s been pitched to angel investors on Wall Street, but it will be new under the sun once it happens. Cold fusion - considering recent breakthroughs in nuclear fusion, we seem remarkably close, which would be very new under the sun.

Right, because those apples are so relevant to a tantrum about the oranges of pop culture nostalgia and fashion design.

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

While I’m a fan of nostalgia, my thinking remains flexible.

My dear fellow, you are perhaps the most inflexibly-minded person on this entire forum.

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

Rigidity of thought leads to intellectual dead ends and is antithetical to evolution.

Ah, I see you belong to the "Threshold" school of evolutionary theory.

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Originally Posted by firmpulse

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

He means the target gold label kyle where he was dressed in his classic black outfit when he first became gl ( and consequently his current outfit again ).

OH! Well, I saw a lot of that one too.

Well...crap.

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Originally Posted by Black Arbor

Preorders for KF Batman already sold out on Bigbadtoystore, really hope Todd takes notice and makes more!

Indeed. I really don't want to miss out on that one.

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Originally Posted by lowsugar

There are still way too many batman or batman variant figures being released. Way too many DC dudes and not enough DC ladies represented. It seems like 60 dudes to 1 lady in the McFarlane DC figure lines.

Doesn't seem to be hurting the line, or his relationship with DC/Warner Brothers...

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

Todd is starting to follow the hasbro trend of rereleasing bafs after suckers have already bought a wave to complete said baf.

Wouldn't most Nolan!Bat-fans have bought that wave anyway? It's not like Hasbro's character-selection practices where you're forced to buy Z-list randos like Orb or Blue Marvel to complete the BAF.