Comments on: SP!@TNI #228 http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/sptni-228/ Toys are serious business. Sun, 19 May 2013 08:07:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: gwalla http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/sptni-228/#comment-24156 gwalla Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:58:12 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=4601#comment-24156 Little Green Footballs is thattaway ---> Little Green Footballs is thattaway —>

]]> By: Grimwing http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/sptni-228/#comment-24144 Grimwing Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:44:10 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=4601#comment-24144 So kup's laser musket fires laser propelled hydrocloric Acid shells. The impact and acid just preps the wound for the immediate laser damage. Perhaps that sounds over the top but considering the great long standing past time of shooting at robots that skirmish and destroy machines of your faction daily over millions of years. Its not overkill to pack something bigger than a M-16. So kup’s laser musket fires laser propelled hydrocloric Acid shells.

The impact and acid just preps the wound for the immediate laser damage.

Perhaps that sounds over the top but considering the great long standing past time of shooting at robots that skirmish and destroy machines of your faction daily over millions of years.

Its not overkill to pack something bigger than a M-16.

]]> By: Kamino Neko http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/sptni-228/#comment-24139 Kamino Neko Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:28:47 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=4601#comment-24139 God, I love G1 TF weapons. Especially when it's the good guys who get things like an acid shooter or a gun that turns people (at least Cybertronian people) breakable as glass. God, I love G1 TF weapons.

Especially when it’s the good guys who get things like an acid shooter or a gun that turns people (at least Cybertronian people) breakable as glass.

]]> By: Alden http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/sptni-228/#comment-24138 Alden Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:55:11 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=4601#comment-24138 Maybe it has a laser sight. so... uh... you can hit the target with the acid. Maybe it has a laser sight. so… uh… you can hit the target with the acid.

]]> By: RaijinK http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/sptni-228/#comment-24131 RaijinK Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:18:28 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=4601#comment-24131 Well, if the narrowed beam of photons from a laser is considered the equivalent of rifling...would the smoothbore analogue be a flashlight? All I know is late-night power outages would be more interesting if I had to go digging around for the musket lasers. Well, if the narrowed beam of photons from a laser is considered the equivalent of rifling…would the smoothbore analogue be a flashlight?

All I know is late-night power outages would be more interesting if I had to go digging around for the musket lasers.

]]> By: Steve C http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/sptni-228/#comment-24115 Steve C Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:20:20 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=4601#comment-24115 No point having rifling on the barrel of a laser, and cartridges wouldn't even make sense in this context. Really, every laser should be a musket. No point having rifling on the barrel of a laser, and cartridges wouldn’t even make sense in this context. Really, every laser should be a musket.

]]> By: Stephen Bierce http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/sptni-228/#comment-24110 Stephen Bierce Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:11:45 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=4601#comment-24110 A musket is a smoothbore weapon with loose (as opposed to cartridged) ammo. A weapon that shoots acid might qualify as a musket...but what good would having a laser involved do for it? A musket is a smoothbore weapon with loose (as opposed to cartridged) ammo. A weapon that shoots acid might qualify as a musket…but what good would having a laser involved do for it?

]]> By: David Willis http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/sptni-228/#comment-24094 David Willis Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:33:34 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=4601#comment-24094 (Btw, Kup's musket laser shot hydrochloric acid.) (Btw, Kup’s musket laser shot hydrochloric acid.)

]]> By: David Willis http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/sptni-228/#comment-24093 David Willis Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:31:41 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=4601#comment-24093 All of the characters introduced in the 1986 movie had lasers that reflected their personality. Their tech spec bios gave them an "X laser," where X=something thematically appropriate. Kup's was a "musket laser," because he's old, and so are muskets. I love the ridiculousness of "musket laser." Because that's what kind of laser it is! It's a MUSKET laser! All of the characters introduced in the 1986 movie had lasers that reflected their personality. Their tech spec bios gave them an “X laser,” where X=something thematically appropriate. Kup’s was a “musket laser,” because he’s old, and so are muskets.

I love the ridiculousness of “musket laser.” Because that’s what kind of laser it is! It’s a MUSKET laser!

]]> By: Cholma http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/sptni-228/#comment-24092 Cholma Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:07:15 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=4601#comment-24092 The ironic thing is that "Laser Musket" is the more appropriate term. "Musket Laser" is akin to "Gun Gatling" or "Rifle Repeating". :) The ironic thing is that “Laser Musket” is the more appropriate term. “Musket Laser” is akin to “Gun Gatling” or “Rifle Repeating”. :)

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