The first version of Voltron was 5 robotic lions that combine to form a giant humanoid robot.
The second version of Voltron was 15 land, sea, and air vehicles that combined to form a giant humanoid robot.
The third version of Voltron was 45 industrial devices, drones, and vending machines that combined to form a giant humanoid robot.
The fourth version of Voltron was 135 power tools, household cleaning devices, and kitchen appliances that combined to form a giant humanoid robot.
The fifth version of Voltron was 405 12-inch die-cast voltron toys and action figures that combined to form a giant humanoid robot.
The fifth version of Voltron was 1215 Voltron branded toys, trading cards, and playsets that combined to form a giant humanoid robot. The transformation sequence was 81 minutes long, so there was no TV series, only two feature-length motion pictures.
(Okay, ha ha, obviously what I just posted isn’t 100% accurate. That last one was the sixth version, not the fifth, and the transformation sequence was 243 minutes. It saw limited release on boxed sets of seven laser disks per episode.)
After piloting robotic lions, the “Paladins” had to cooperate to assemble and work the big Voltron robot.
Not too bad an analogy to elicit cooperation, considering that Aimee could have fallen back on a “Friendship is Magic” meme (which would have been a hoot, coming from Misty’s unicorn body).
She’s acting like a real she-Nick…even cussing a bit in frame 3.
I’ve got nervous laughter
And nervous tears.
If my stomach copes,
I’ll suppress my fears.
I can speak if I dare.
If we just learn to share,
We’ll be stronger after all.
We’ll be stronger after all,
We’ll be stronger after all,
We’ll be stronger after all,
We’ll be strong, strong, ger.
There’s a lot of goons,
And they’ve all got guns.
We must join together like that Voltron.
When we learn to abide
From the clockworking side,
We’ll be stronger after all.
We’ll be stronger after all,
We’ll be stronger after all,
We’ll be stronger after all,
We’ll be strong, strong, ger.
—from, well, “It’s a Small World After All,” Richard and Robert Sherman.
If I were piloting the drones, I’d be delighted that Aimee called all the robots together! I presume Unity must be keeping them at bay – that target-rich environment is just too tempting…
I mean… at this point, couldn’t they basically start climbing each other until they can drop-kick the drones out of the sky? As long as everyone agrees on an arbitrary and easy-to-calculate method of deciding who climbs who… say… greatest mass goes on the bottom, for example, it should be pretty much trivial for them to form a self-correcting robot pyramid.
Learning to walk as a bipedial robot is hard. Transitioning from bipedial locomotion to standing perfectly still on a metal structure that’s also standing perfectly still? That’s easy!
In an oft-quoted survey (most notably on an episode of “WKRP,” it’s been said that American’s greatest fear is speaking in public—fear of death only came in third.
Man, that “Violates the laws of thermodynamics” bit is why I still read skin horse.
Just recently read a sci-fi book where there is an robot powered by motion capture power in it’s own joints. The worst part is, they even have a bit where the robot can EAT, but it can’t digest so it serves no purpose and is only for social blending. Going to casually violate the laws of thermodynamics and the next paragraph explain a way it could have been designed so as to NOT violate the laws of thermodynamics.
I had to look up Voltron. I recognized the image I got as the Power Ranger Megazord. I don’t know how to feel about that.
A lot of anime copies other anime, anime fans don’t let it bother them.
Why does their symbol looks like a Franco-italian monarch-fashy symbol?
What symbol? Are you looking at the drones? I don’t get it.
I do believe they’re referring to the Voltron’s symbol.
Read https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CombiningMecha for a long list of shows with combining robots
I won’t be happy until all the mecha on that list form up together into one even bigger mecha
Now there’s only the tiny detail of getting the clockwork guys to think that this is a good idea. ^_^
*tries to leave all trace of irony out of voice when saying this* ^_~
Maybe Monstro could help here.
Explain to the clockwork that many gears together make one greater machine. That will appeal to their mindset.
“The first thing you need to understand about the Gear Wars is that it was never actually about the gears…”
I didn’t learn there were non-lion Voltron variations until I was a post-university adult. I still feel a little brain-broken at the idea.
The first version of Voltron was 5 robotic lions that combine to form a giant humanoid robot.
The second version of Voltron was 15 land, sea, and air vehicles that combined to form a giant humanoid robot.
The third version of Voltron was 45 industrial devices, drones, and vending machines that combined to form a giant humanoid robot.
The fourth version of Voltron was 135 power tools, household cleaning devices, and kitchen appliances that combined to form a giant humanoid robot.
The fifth version of Voltron was 405 12-inch die-cast voltron toys and action figures that combined to form a giant humanoid robot.
The fifth version of Voltron was 1215 Voltron branded toys, trading cards, and playsets that combined to form a giant humanoid robot. The transformation sequence was 81 minutes long, so there was no TV series, only two feature-length motion pictures.
(Okay, ha ha, obviously what I just posted isn’t 100% accurate. That last one was the sixth version, not the fifth, and the transformation sequence was 243 minutes. It saw limited release on boxed sets of seven laser disks per episode.)
So, Voltron is an AI that uses whatever it has available. Got it.
Oh, no. Each Voltron needs VERY specially designed proprietary hardware in order to work.
And a highly trained crew.
And basically the resources of a globe-spanning civilization’s entire space program.
And sometimes princesses.
After piloting robotic lions, the “Paladins” had to cooperate to assemble and work the big Voltron robot.
Not too bad an analogy to elicit cooperation, considering that Aimee could have fallen back on a “Friendship is Magic” meme (which would have been a hoot, coming from Misty’s unicorn body).
She’s acting like a real she-Nick…even cussing a bit in frame 3.
I’ve got nervous laughter
And nervous tears.
If my stomach copes,
I’ll suppress my fears.
I can speak if I dare.
If we just learn to share,
We’ll be stronger after all.
We’ll be stronger after all,
We’ll be stronger after all,
We’ll be stronger after all,
We’ll be strong, strong, ger.
There’s a lot of goons,
And they’ve all got guns.
We must join together like that Voltron.
When we learn to abide
From the clockworking side,
We’ll be stronger after all.
We’ll be stronger after all,
We’ll be stronger after all,
We’ll be stronger after all,
We’ll be strong, strong, ger.
—from, well, “It’s a Small World After All,” Richard and Robert Sherman.
Unofficial upvote!
Official upvote! Double-plus good! I’d have a huge smile if I wren’t nebulizing right now.
Voltron?
Oh, you mean GoLion?
…yeah, i also more aware with Voltron than its original Japanese iteration. But i imagine a snob would proudly say that.
The only reason anyone cares about GoLion is because of Voltron.
I suspect if she were talking to a crowd of Japanese robots, she’d invoke either Getter Robo or Combattler V. Maybe Voltes V.
If I were piloting the drones, I’d be delighted that Aimee called all the robots together! I presume Unity must be keeping them at bay – that target-rich environment is just too tempting…
I mean… at this point, couldn’t they basically start climbing each other until they can drop-kick the drones out of the sky? As long as everyone agrees on an arbitrary and easy-to-calculate method of deciding who climbs who… say… greatest mass goes on the bottom, for example, it should be pretty much trivial for them to form a self-correcting robot pyramid.
Learning to walk as a bipedial robot is hard. Transitioning from bipedial locomotion to standing perfectly still on a metal structure that’s also standing perfectly still? That’s easy!
They could literally improv a voltron.
The problem is that the drones could easily keep out of kicking range.
They would do better to use each other as projectiles to try to knock the drones out.
If neural networks can teach a hinged box to jump, imagine what a few fully bipedial robot gymnasts could do if they Blue Bot Group’d it up…
In an oft-quoted survey (most notably on an episode of “WKRP,” it’s been said that American’s greatest fear is speaking in public—fear of death only came in third.
I still wanna know if they realize this is Nickette or if they still think this is Broncorn talking to them?
I mean, either way, I guess Voltron was the perfect analogy to use for Robot Unity…
“What?”
No, not you, Unity.
Man, that “Violates the laws of thermodynamics” bit is why I still read skin horse.
Just recently read a sci-fi book where there is an robot powered by motion capture power in it’s own joints. The worst part is, they even have a bit where the robot can EAT, but it can’t digest so it serves no purpose and is only for social blending. Going to casually violate the laws of thermodynamics and the next paragraph explain a way it could have been designed so as to NOT violate the laws of thermodynamics.
What the… I posted this in tomorrows comment how’d it get here.
Science!
Madness!!
Inaccurate time clocks