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Sounds good. There were a few small things in the first episodes that may or may not be my bad memory (mostly with Roy and some of the establishing conversations he had with Aires and the chief mechanic about the zero), but the one that stood out was the beach scenes as the Anti-UN forces are invading the island. The female marine that Shin had previously wrestled had a few moments of focus I didn't remember and there was more flow and dialog to flesh out what was happening than I recalled. No idea if it's actually new or not, but nice little things that added to my enjoyment of it.

Another update: color corrections to bring it closer to the screen appearance of the VF-171 in Frontier and added a Gerwalk mode to the scene. Panel lines and detailing are next. Don't know if it's any good or not, but it's looking like my intent when I started out at least. I'll take the win.

Project update: Cleaned up the design a bit (though I still think I'm overusing the black) and adapted some of the stuff I found in the Macross 30 archive to make a Battroid version using the same maps. I'm liking it so far, but more fiddling to come. Any thoughts, suggestions, or feedback would be welcome.

@reaper7092 Oops, never mind. After a bit of internet spelunking and fiddling around over the weekend, I managed to stumbie into what I needed and get it to work. Thank you again for making this resource available, it's amazing! Really looking forward to poking around in it and seeing what I can do with it.

Just got my copy and was able to sit down with it over the weekend. Looked great to me and really liked having subtitles that weren't gibberish. It might just be me, but it felt like there were some extended scenes and moments that weren't in the previous versions I've watched. Could just be the result of "non-official" sources or my aging memory. Either way, well worth the buy!

@reaper7092 Thank you very much for posting these resources, this is fantastic! I'm a bit late to the party, but am really enjoying messing with these models. Do you still have the instructions for how to extract content from Macross 30? The link you posted on the previous page no longer seems to be active. I'm happy to do the work to get what I'm looking for out of the data, but don't currently know where to start. Any guidance you can give would be greatly appreciated.

Didn't think this deserved its own thread since I'm using someone else's models as my base, but wanted to share this and get feedback from anyone who is interested. Always loved the NUNS VF-171s from Frontier, really a unique and good looking paint scheme. Since the VF-25 was on track to become the mainstay fighter for the Frontier fleet, thought I'd give a try at coming up with a Frontier NUNS livery for it. This is my first try at it. I think I may have overdone it on the black highlights, but am still messing with it. Let me know any thoughts, suggestions, etc. Thanks!

No fancy backgrounds or lighting, was just fiddling with my most recent purchases and came up with something I liked the looks of and thought I'd share here. Don't think I'll ever be up to the level of some of the talented folks in this thread, but these are fun toys to play with and are really capable of looking awesome in a bunch of neat ways. Thanks for the inspiration!

Hello, I'm relatively new to collecting and just bought my first DX valkyries this year (a pair of 25s and a pair of 31s). Both of the VF-31s (they are a 31C and a 31J) have an issue with the right hand wing where the folding end part does not snap into the "fully up" position and leaves a gap. I read through this thread and much of the 31 DX thread and saw a few mentions of this issue, but no definitive solutions. It's clearly interference from something "bottoming out" and not letting the wing snap home, but I've not been able to localize it so far (and not seen any sign of extra glue or sprue burs that are causing the problem). I'm not averse to shaving and sanding, but want to make sure I go after the root cause and am not just trial-and-erroring it. Since it's come up a few times here (and on both my items), it seems like there might be a common cause and it was worth asking about before I got out the knives and files. Any input anyone has would be appreciated.

Just my opinion, for what it's worth. Overall, I agree with the general criticisms of the movie, but on the issue above....

Not sure if anyone is in the DC area, but apparently Kawamori and Tenjin will be giving a presentation on Macross's 40th anniversary and global roll out of stuff. at Otakon 2pm on the 28th of July. Otakon 2023 :: GrowTix

I'll mostly just be happy to have new Macross in whatever form. it might not be what I personally want, but a lving franchise is better than nostalgia for a dead one. If I'm wishing for stuff, though, I'd like a series with lower stakes this time around. Something like Macross the Ride or Macross Plus where it's more of a perssonal story than a galaxy ending threat. Looking forward to it either way, though.

Got my Alto out over the weekend and zoomed it around in all its forms. I get all the shade thrown for quality issues (the right arm of mine is super floppy) on such an expensive toy, but at the same time in terms of anime accuracy, both in looks and transformation mechanics, it's really hard to beat these things. Color me happy. Funny enough, the thing that made me smile the most was the english translations in the instruction manual. Not particularly necessary, but a nice touch that says "hello to our friends in the US".

Got mine from Kappa Hobby yesterday as well. First time dealing with them, but have no complaints. $255 delivered, which seemed competitive to slightly better than other venues, packaging was solid. Haven't messed with the toy itself yet, but plan to give it some attention over the weekend.

Delta question: I don't have access to the Master File for the VF-31, so I apologize if this is something obviously covered there, but is there any functional difference between the VF-31F, J, and C variants? In Frontier, the 25S, F, G, and RVF all have specialized roles in a mixed arms group, and that's shown on screen in multiple examples, but I don't recall ever seeing any difference in the roles of Hayate, Messer, and Mirage in combat other than Messer's the only one allowed to scissor. I assume the 31F is still meant to be the striker and analogous to Alto in the 25F, but what do the 31J and 31C bring to the game other than giving each main character an ace custom with a unique head?