This topic has brought me back lots of memories of my pre-internet days. Back then in the 80's the only anime i could get to see were a few series like mazinger Z, saint seiya, dragon ball, etc. also on some video clubs manged to watch some movies that could not get to see again like hi no tori 2772. the only way i could get any info on new series was by talking with friens in school. also in the early 90's internet rental in mexico was quite expensive (like five dollars an hour back then and it was on dial-up). it was really a small world for my macross in those times.
basically this is how i remember getting hooked with macross:
1985 (fisrt contact): while visiting relatives in the city of lazaro cardenas, michoacan i saw only the latter half of the robotech version of the "good bye mars"episode.
1996: bought the ninja scroll movie, in the previews watched some scenes of macross plus & decided to give it a chance & never regret it. I eventually ended up getting the movie edition & learned about macross II which i also bought, however i ended feeling something was not right until a friend told me about kawamori not being involved in that project.
1997: while in high school a friend showed me an ad on the wizard magazine about an american release of the toycom YF-19. i started to save money & when i was almost set to preorder was enraged to know that a certain studio claimed some copyright BS & felt very
1999: while making a search about macross i ended up here, been a lurker for quite some time until i officially joined some years ago. 99% porcent of all macross things i know are thanks to this wonderful site.
2008: the first time i actually followed a macross series within just a few hours of it being aired
certainly the internet has made the world a smaller place but it also made my macross world so much more vast...