XPost: alt.toys.transformers, rec.toys.action-figures, rec.arts.   
   f.starwars.collecting.misc   
   From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com   
      
   In article <_trbi.106867$vG3.5569@fe12.news.easynews.com>,   
   ewhardingnot@comcast.net (Eric Harding) wrote:   
      
   > In article <120620071845519474%anybody@anywhere-anytime.com>, Anybody   
   >  wrote:   
   > >In article <1181543671_50411@sp6iad.superfeed.net>, "maxmike!!"   
   > > wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> Just for fun...an explanation of the Star Wars Transformers toys   
   > >>   
   > >> The History of the Transformable Starfighter in the Star Wars Universe   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >Geez, that's the long-winded answer ... here's the shorter version:   
   > >   
   > >    Hasbro makes Star wars toys. Hasbro makes Transformers toys.   
   > >    Some Hasbro big cheese came up with the "good" idea to mix   
   > >    the two and con money out of collectors of both types ...   
   > >    of course they failed to realise that the toys are butt-ugly   
   > >    in robot mode.   
   > >   
   > >;-)   
   >   
   > So, basically, the same idea behind the movie toys...   
   >   
   > :)   
      
   Well, basically the same as Transformers in general ... they're all   
   butt-ugly in robot mode.    ;-)   
      
      
      
   Now waits for humour-impaired readers in alt.toys.transformers to not   
   see the winking smiley and start whining.   
      
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