My brother and I would draw detailed diagrams of his schematics and tried to figure out exactly how those jet-boots collapsed and fired (our dad was a Sr. Engineer at IBM -- so we were geeks from early-on). And now, after about 50 years, I'm enjoying it all again, and it's even better than I remember (I'm especially impressed with the Pluto manga I'm currently reading).
Your forum is WONDERFUL. Looks like people of all ages, and from around the world. Have been planning to join, so figured -- TODAY IS THE DAY
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I've been on my break at work, so I've got to get back to business -- but I'm so happy Astro/Atom is still out there (he's always be "Astor Boynton/Astro Boy" to me, but it seems only fitting to acknowledge his real, Japanese, name). Too bad my husband is learning Mandarin -- I want him to switch to Japanese!