Phoenix

Corrected entry: If the whole idea behind the child "mecha" was for loving couples to be able to have a "child" despite not qualifying for a parenting license, how much sense does it make that all the boys and all the girls made by Cybertronics look alike and have the same name? It would make more sense for child mechas of all different appearances, shapes and races to be made (just like Mattel did with the Cabbage Patch dolls in the early/mid 1980s).

Matty Blast

Correction: That might make more sense to you, but the entire project was driven by William Hurt's pain at losing his son. It only makes sense that the first production run would fit his model, but probably was never sold because of the safety issues that arose with the David prototype. Different appearances would have been mass-produced in future production runs, and even perhaps accessorized like cell phone plates. And of course, parents can name the children anything they want to - David is the name of the product, not every single robot.

Phoenix

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