I'm not sure if there's ever been official guidance on Xaaron's pronunciation, but for what it's worth, I've only ever used two syllables (either ZAY-ron or ZEH-ron, admitting that it alternates in my own head)
Aw man, I've been pronouncing it "ZARE-RON" like "bear" and I now realize that's an insane way to pronounce it.
Oh thank goodness I'm not alone.
I've been saying it like "XAAH-ron".
Well, that's just bizarre.
I just call him the X-man. Or I would if Disney wasn't ready to throw a lawyer at me if I tried.
Same here, I've always assumed it to be pronounced like "czar on". Apply it directly to the czar.
But he's an "Emirate".
Nah, there's no country for old mechs.
I've not encountered it said aloud, but I've always pronounced it zær-on.
Dropped the ball, Beasties!
Probably doesn't help that the AllSpark Almanac II initially misspelled his name as "Xarron" (it was corrected in the Complete version).
Simon Furman: "Why, yes, exactly. Why do you ask?"
Man, the more I see of the Legacy United G1 Optimus the less I'm impressed. He's WAY too small (shorter than Beachcomber) and from what I hear just feels really light and cheap. I like that there's an affordable alternative to Missing Link, but it feels like they really dropped the ball on this one.
The whole chest has to be hollow. Of course it feels light.
The desgin has always been hollow with the chest, the original had heavier plastic and metal incoperated into it, which is why it was heavier, he just another victim of the lost art of Diecast construction
"lost art"
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