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They officially have my attention.

Could you do the same thing with duct tape? Because duct tape has many, many more uses than an elastic bandage. Granted, there are more uses for an elastic bandage than wrapping an ankle; it's just that duct tape has more uses.

"Look Into My Eyes--You Wish To Serve Me--You Wish To Obey. . .Obey. . .Obey. . ."

That was pretty much my reaction as well.

While tanks with flame throwers are a part of real-life warfare, never were they as nightmarishly impressive as this. Hugo Gernsback comes through again-- Although this was created in the pulp era, I figure just slap some swastika decals on it and stick the Red Skull in the cockpit and you're ready for the Golden Age. There it is for anyone who's interested.

N-Guns (aka Niceness Guns) (From the Bewitched episode Samantha's Secret Saucer) Used by the canine-like people of the planet Parenthia, the N-Gun is quite possibly the least lethal weapon ever invented. It discharges a beam of coherent energy resembling a shower of sparks, which stimulates the pleasure centers of the brain to induce a state of extreme euphoria in the target, rendering it incapable of committing a hostile action or even thinking a hostile thought. 18pts N-Gun (aka Niceness Gun): Mind Control 12D6 (60 Active Points) Only To Control/Inflict Extreme Friendliness (-1) 16 Charges (-0) Real Weapon (-1/4) OAF (-1) This video demonstrates the N-Gun in action--the scene is at 2:30-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wycRZwD0_4I

Pocket Kitty--Goes Everywhere You Do!

You're talking about Yaya Han, right? Because she has her own TV show-- Heroes Of Cosplay There are other cosplayers on the show, but it's made clear that she's the star, and in the first season only one of the other cosplayers was male; the rest were female. Doesn't get more celebratory than that, I think. It's supposed to return for a second season this year; maybe some cosplayers here might want to get in on it. Any takers?

I'm thinking that "Khan" should be in his name somewhere--he reminds me a bit of Shiwan Khan from The Shadow movie with Alec Baldwin. And like in that movie his subordinates should call him "my Khan" when addressing him or receiving their orders, i.e. "As you command, my Khan." Possible names-- Gorgon Khan Chou-Zhan Khan Tatsujin Khan Fu-Zhan Khan Vhau-Jongg Khan These were chosen because they sound good, not for my command of the Chinese language. Perhaps someone who understands Chinese can come up with something better. Hope that helps.

Wouldn't that make it easier for a nation opposed to the villains to declare war on them, though? That's what I'd do if I were President and Mr. Villain raised up his own Mr. Villain Island--inform Congress of the impending threat and send in the Marines and everything else.

I was thinking Captain Cosmic would be appropriate for this character. Play up the outer space aspect of his origin, give him a spacesuit for his "costume" with a built-in rocket pack and laser weapon. (I know what you're thinking--but I submit there is no character representative of Silver Age space adventure than he.) I would call him VOLTHAK The Magnificent--and yes, his name is always spelled out in bold caps. Very Kirby-esque in appearance, always speaks at full volume, loves to taunt his foes, loves to be the first one into battle and to celebrate when the battle is done. Fiercely loyal to his friends and teammates, he would rather die than abandon them or surrender to the enemy. Hope that helps.

Saw this blog post I found while searching for something else and thought I'd pass it along. While it's intended for police work, it definitely looks like something a mad scientist would bulid. And if you're wondering who in blazes would have thought this up--just check the name of the author.

Then how about fan letters? Requests for autographs (so the fan can cash in after the contestant gets killed) helpful advice (that really isn't) requests for the contestant to kill another contestant (he bet heavily on the other contestant's demise, and promises to split the winnings with the first contestant) and humble requests that if the contestant wins, could he please pay off the writer's credit card bill? Some of them can be sincere wishes for success, but most of them are intended to make it quite clear to the contestant that his--and the show's--fan base is full of idiots. Hope that helps.

Don't forget Champions 3D for 4th Edition, which had a number of well-detailed alternate universes (such as Fantasy World, Horror World and Nazi World) and more than a dozen one-page write-ups to be fleshed out by the GameMaster (such as Cartoon World, Magic World, Mecha World, Mad Viking World and last--but least--Wimp World. )

The Buzz_Lightyear picture has some nifty qualities to it--although I don't think he would have shot and killed a LGM. Perhaps the author has a pathetic hatred of anything and everything cute.

Mention should be made of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman:_Last_Son_of_Krypton'>Superman: Last Son Of Krypton and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Monday'>Superman: Miracle Monday. The former tells the story of Superman (Pre-COIE), his relationship with Lex Luthor, and his battle against an interstellar conqueror. The latter has Superman battling an agent of the Devil himself. Both novels were written by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_S!_Maggin'>Elliot S! Maggin, both were written as tie-ins to the first two Superman movies, and both confirm what most of us already knew-- Superman Is Awesome.

I appreciate the comments, but I think the way I built the weapon is valid, and I'm sticking with it.

Sonic Shotgun (From the movie Minority Report) 28 Sonic Shotgun: Blast 8D6 Double Knockback (+1/2) (60 Active Points) Reduced END (1/2 END, +1/4), Gestures (-1/4), OAF (-1), Real Weapon (-1/4) Employed by most major police forces of the mid-21st century, this weapon utilizes sonic energy to generate a concussive effect intended to momentarily a fleeing perpetrator off his feet without inflicting severe injury. The weapon is unique in that it has its own power supply in the form of a small generator equipped with a winding spring; turning the main body of the weapon at the point where it joins the grip winds the spring and primes the weapon for firing. Pressing the trigger unwinds the spring, which turns the generator and provides power for the sonic discharge.* While this is usually done two-handed, an expert with the sonic shotgun can prime the weapon and fire it one-handed. Slow-motion clip of the Sonic Shotgun in action-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VpLRpcL9CA *This is the basis for the Gestures Limitation.

Tyranian Stim (From Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II) 22 Tyranian Stim: Multipower 60 pts, No Range (-1/2), 16 charges each slot (-0) Real Weapon (-1/4), OAF (-1) 2f Pain Setting: Blast 6D6 AVAD (Power Defense, +1) No Range (-1/2), Real Weapon (-1/4), OAF (-1) 2f Pleasure Setting: Drain END 6D6 No Range (-1/2), Real Weapon (-1/4), OAF (-1) 26 Points Total Cost This non-lethal but potentially torturous device was used by the Tyranians, a race of mutated humans, to maintain control over their population of human slaves. It uses hypersonic emissions to stimulate the nervous system, causing extreme pleasure or extreme pain. The weapon is approximately eighteen inches long and consists of a metallic grip containing the power supply, and a transparent plastic casing containing the emitter unit. An adjustment ring at the base of the emitter controls the power output; the weapon is then applied directly to contact with the target. Usually one attack is sufficient to incapacitate a person--but most Tyranians liked to inflict further applications of the pain setting to "teach a lesson" to the victim. More pictures of the Stim http://www.yourprops.com/Tyranian-Stim-Weapon-1-original-movie-prop-weapon-Genesis-II-TV-1973-YP4941.html Wikipedia entry for Genesis II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_II_(film)

I got yer future space suit right 'cheer-- "To Infinity--AND BEYOND!" Hey--it survived atmospheric entry to land him on a planet, didn't it? Not to mention the cool pop-out wings, an' it glows in the dark, an'. . .an'. . .the Laser! Can't forget about the Laser. . .

Well, there was an online article--it may have been mentioned in this thread, actually--in which marketing was referred to as something of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Games, toys and everything else marketable are targeted to a specific niche audience; therefore only that specific niche audience buys the games, toys and everything else that are marketed for them. It may seem foolish and wrong to us on the outside, but on the inside of this world, it makes perfect sense--and dollars, for that matter, for as long as that paradigm seems to work for them, they will see no reason to change. I don't know what it would take to change things, but every now and again I do notice some attempt to expand beyond a particular niche. I remember during the height of Lynda Carter's popularity as Wonder Woman that there were some 12-inch Wonder Woman figures--not quite Barbie dolls, but not quite action figures, either. http://www.megomuseum.com/wgsh/12/wonderwoman.html There was a commercial for them that showed girls having a mock battle with the dolls, instead of dressing them up or having tea parties or other such things. Then there was the 12-inch Princess Leia doll from Kenner's Star Wars that tried to have it both ways. It came with a plastic hairbrush that could be used to comb her hair into styles other than the Tyrolean double-bun that it came with out of the package--but it also came with a blaster pistol so she could shoot the 12-inch stormtrooper doll. The attempts by TSR to market Dungeons & Dragons beyond the hobby and wargaming stores deserves a bit of mention here. There were commercials, and the game books and modules advertised for sale in the Sears Christmas Catalog and other catalogs. Granted, advertising costs money--lots of it--but no other RPG was trying to reach beyond the hardcore tabletop gamer market. There were no TV commercials for Runequest, or Tunnels & Trolls, or Traveller, or Champions. (Which is a shame, because a commercial with animated sequences based off of Mark Williams' art would have been really nifty.) Nowadays we have the "Rebelle" line of weapons from NERF, which are molded in white with black and purple trim, and feature girls on the package using the weapons. Now I would think that a NERF gamer, male or female, would be more concerned with things like rate-of-fire and ammo capacity than how the weapon looks--but at least it's not colored pink. I don't know what it would take to erase sexism from the geek world. I don't even know if the things I've mentioned above are steps in the right direction to take things away from the isolation that perpetuates the sort of sexism we've seen mentioned in the articles linked in this thread. They seem that way to me. Take them as you will.

That has now become the best depiction of the Powerpuffs as grownups I've ever seen. I still say, though, that they may not be capable of aging.

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm3dm5J5r0A

I've heard worse. Has a sort of retro-SF ring to it. Perhaps he could be a long-time veteran of superheroics, and a founder of the current group. Hope that helps.