Shortpacked! by David Willis

Discussion (14) ¬

1. 
   BlueNight

   April 12, 2010 at 11:58 pm | # | Reply

   Magical metal golems or sentient computer-based robots; victorious slaves vs shiny new gladiators or decadent bureaucrats vs underclass laborers; trukk or munky; always awesome.
2. 
   Jabberwocky

   April 14, 2010 at 9:22 am | # | Reply

   What, No Energon/Cybertron/Machine Wars?
3. 
   HippieJoe

   July 19, 2010 at 7:24 pm | # | Reply

   may 8th was my Birthday. I never realized Transformers came out on that day. Holy CRAP.

   • 
     MikeFromAlbany

     August 1, 2010 at 8:00 pm | # | Reply

     So, when is it now?

     • 
       Lesharo

       February 6, 2011 at 11:04 pm | # | Reply

       *sigh* Would you like your cigar now or later, Mr. Marx? And could you comb those eyebrows, please?
   • 
     Yoto32

     December 19, 2010 at 3:15 am | # | Reply

     High five for May 8th birthdays. I was so stoked when the Star Trek movie came out.
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     Aron

     January 10, 2011 at 7:00 am | # | Reply

     *high five*
     Taurons frakkin rock!
4. 
   ilvos01

   March 21, 2011 at 8:01 pm | # | Reply

   Dude, I remember animorphs! They had the little flip thing on the bottom, and the scorpion dude, ax.

   • 
     Wackd

     April 4, 2011 at 10:53 pm | # | Reply

     He was an Andalite.

     Heh. Ax.

     “You do not know me, but I am a juvenile delinquent. I do not trust authority figures, I probably will not graduate from high school, and statistics say my present rowdiness and vandalism will likely lead to more serious crimes. I am a dangerous fellow, and I am causing mayhem in this store.” He reached behind her and pulled three jars of baby food from the top shelf. Shoved them behind a box of macaroni. Shuffled the Cheez Whiz in front of the Marshmallow Fluff. Tossed a bag of lady’s shavers onto a bag of hamburger buns. “There. I have now shamelessly destroyed the symmetry of this shelf, undoing hours of labor by underpaid store employees. If you could see me, you would be frightened.”
5. 
   Wackd

   April 4, 2011 at 10:51 pm | # | Reply

   Freaking Animorphs, man. I still have all my copies of the books, except #2, which I can’t find anywhere. I always want to go back and archive binge them and then I remember that I can’t because I’m missing #2. Thank god for the reprint this summer.

   I had the toys, too. I didn’t love them, but they were pretty cool. Except for the Hork-Bajir; that thing was awesome.

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     JW

     September 2, 2012 at 10:12 pm | # | Reply

     …were the Hork-Bajir in the book supposed to be that bizarre, wasp-themed yellow and black? o.O

     Since they eat tree bark, I kind of assumed they’d be… sort of brownish. Like those brown anoles.

     I have to say other than the colors, they do look pretty awesome, and pretty close to what I pictured. But I could be picturing it wrong.

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       JW

       September 2, 2012 at 10:18 pm | # | Reply

       Ya know, never mind, I looked it up; according to Wikipedia at any rate, they’re apparently described in the books dark green in the books, and one of the book covers has them a light brown )… so… black and yellow!? WTF?

       I would be tempted to get one if they weren’t those bizarre colors. Or I’d be tempted to try and paint it, I guess…

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         Wack'd

         October 6, 2012 at 11:41 pm | # | Reply

         I’m not a toy person. I don’t care about “toy accuracy”. The Hork-Bajir was friggin’ awesome and that’s all I care about. (Granted, the fact that it turns into Visser Three makes the color choice more baffling, but whatever.)

         Mine broke when I was thirteen. I got a French one off eBay mint-in-the-box a few months back. It was $80 and worth every penny.
6. 
   sivern

   August 9, 2011 at 1:57 pm | # | Reply

   @BlueNight You are my hero at the moment!