intwenothor
Well-Known Hunter
Very good. I defer to Raf, who is far more knowledgeable in these matters than me.
The big question marks are around the Banzai, which is how it has always been. Some things about it make me lean towards it being direct from the ESB but the inconsistencies, particularly around that ear platform, make me wonder if it came from the stunt. I had always thought that the stunt helmets were much smaller than the hero due to the soft material they were made in. That is probably the best indicator of the Banzai heritage; it shouldn't be bigger than a stunt if it were derived from one. If it were pretty much ESB sized with little shrinkage then this might be a strong indicator.
There was the 'unseen stunt' theory/rumour. I am unaware of the basis for that theory, unless it was purely put forward to try to explain the Banzai. Again, so many inconsistencies. That's why the Banzai continues to fascinate me.
For all of the grey area around the later recasts of Machine's 2nd generation cast we do know, broadly, where they came from. The thing we cannot definitively pin down is how many intermediaries, and thus generations, are involved but, on a basic level, we know what they are.
The big question marks are around the Banzai, which is how it has always been. Some things about it make me lean towards it being direct from the ESB but the inconsistencies, particularly around that ear platform, make me wonder if it came from the stunt. I had always thought that the stunt helmets were much smaller than the hero due to the soft material they were made in. That is probably the best indicator of the Banzai heritage; it shouldn't be bigger than a stunt if it were derived from one. If it were pretty much ESB sized with little shrinkage then this might be a strong indicator.
There was the 'unseen stunt' theory/rumour. I am unaware of the basis for that theory, unless it was purely put forward to try to explain the Banzai. Again, so many inconsistencies. That's why the Banzai continues to fascinate me.
For all of the grey area around the later recasts of Machine's 2nd generation cast we do know, broadly, where they came from. The thing we cannot definitively pin down is how many intermediaries, and thus generations, are involved but, on a basic level, we know what they are.