From: cpd@cat.pan.net   
      
   "RT"  wrote in message   
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   > Steve Silverwood wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 5 Feb 2011 07:39:09 -0500, "David Milligan"   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >        Last year I got the BSG box set with the Cylon "action figure"   
   >> > (but   
   >> >it doesn't do anything except stand next to my computer monitor and hold   
   >> >a   
   >> >rubber band with an out-stretched hand).   
   >>   
   >> Cool.  I bought them as they came out, so I didn't need the box set   
   >> for the entire series.  Didn't know I was missing out on a cool desk   
   >> toy or I might have waited. :)   
   >>   
   >> >    And the more I looked at it the more I realized how poorly designed   
   >> >Cylons are. First of all the hip and knee joints are completely   
   >> >exposed -   
   >> >one well-placed shot and they go down like a sack of wheat. But the   
   >> >ankles,   
   >> >shoulders and to some extent, the elbows, are protected. But the neck is   
   >> >also too exposed - nothing a well-placed Adamantium  ascot couldn't   
   >> >protect.   
   >>   
   >> The neck isn't ALL that exposed, but it IS somewhat vulnerable.  I   
   >> remember in the show that any centurion not taken out with an   
   >> explosive round to the head was still partially combat effective.   
   >> You'd have to shoot off both arms and both legs to put it down but   
   >> still have it "aware" of what's going on around it.  The only true   
   >> KILL shot is right into the brain pan.   
   >>   
   >> >    And why such long fingers? It's not like they have to reach into   
   >> >crevasses (or their noses) to dig stuff out.   
   >>   
   >> I thought the centurions were the workhorses of the Cylons -- not just   
   >> combat soldiers but in other tasks as well.   
   >   
   > Like gardening...   
      
   And serving drinks.   
      
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