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REVIEW: Voltron: From Days of Long Ago: A Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration




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Battle Cossack



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 12:31 pm Reply with quote
Wow, at this point it sounds like I'm more interested in this book than watching the show itself. I've certainly got nostalgic feelings for the show but honestly it hasn't aged very well. That's a neat idea, documenting old series instead of owning them outright. Consider me sold!
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Sailor Star Dust



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 4:33 pm Reply with quote
Immediately sent this link to my brother. He helped me get into anime via Voltron/Robotech/etc (and by extension/unaware to him, Sailor Moon). Very Happy

Sounds like a really interesting read. I'll have to keep an eye out on this one!
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notrogersmith



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 8:30 pm Reply with quote
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I was pretty happy to learn this, since Vehicle Voltron is the Good Voltron. (I am aware that this is the dissenting opinion, but the Lion Voltron lacks enough pilots to form a rugby team. I see this as a big strike against it.)

Ah, another one who preferred the Vehicle Voltron!

(For what it's worth, in my opinion, the anime off of which Vehicle Voltron was based, Dairugger, holds up a bit better than Go Lion does. It still has a lot of what I'd call Super Robot Logic -- which of course has little to do with actual logic -- and I think that its protagonists are kind of bland, but I appreciate that its antagonists were not all one-note villains who were bad for the sake of being bad.)
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 11:40 pm Reply with quote
After reading the review, I have a feeling that this book is created just to make money off from nostalgia of people who watched Voltron during the 80's.
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Drac



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 12:05 am Reply with quote
I just don't care for the design of GoLion/Voltron itself. You'd think that all the sad and far uglier US reboots would have killed off what ever interest there was left in this brand but baffling enough it still thrives according to this book.
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