The Hybrid Technologies building from the Transformers episode "The Girl Who Loved Powerglide" (1985):
The Stark/Avengers Tower from Marvel Avengers Assemble (2012), and later films:
(Yes, that's what it's called here, probably because of the other Avengers.)
One of these buildings is the headquarters of a high-tech corporation under attack by aliens in a Marvel production, and the other is, um...
That explains how Tony was able to get real estate in downtown Manhattan.
ReplyDelete"Skyscraper for sale. Only one owner. Some laser damage. Central heating and air. Machine lab-friendly."
"Minor alien invader infestation."
DeleteThis is an impressive catch! I had a VHS edition that had The girl Who Loved Powerglide and Call of the Primitives. Have a strong memory of pretending to hate the ending of the Girl Who Loved Powerglide (Powerglide opens up his chest to reveal a glowing, stylised pink heart). Secretly (of course) I loved it.
ReplyDeleteI had the very same VHS! It was nostalgia for that old tape that had me track down the episode to watch again. I discovered that Hasbro has put some of the old episodes online, including this one.
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