notquitefodder

I think it's perfectly reasonable that one Macross-class warship was enough to bust the entire Windermere fleet with its wave motion gun. We're shown its defenses were strong enough to tank a blast from a Protoculture warship. Full power or not, I think it would be foolish to assume seven warships would be an overpowering force for a ship of that class. The SDF-1 took on odds like that every episode.

It's seems like both sides are simply reacting and pushing through their plans as fast as possible. Windermere has no chance outside of Protoculture relics, so they've doubled down on that hard. Likewise NUNS doesn't even really seem to particularly care about this conflict outside of those same relics. This is referring to a few episodes ago.

The interesting thing about Delta is that, thus far, the stakes have been actually quite minor. The Kingdom of the Wing has been objectively the weakest "villain" antagonist yet seen. Zentradi, Protodevlin, Vajra, all were orders of magnitude more dangerous to human life and liberty than the Windemerians. Their standing military is shown to be a single Protoculture battleship and several wings of highly skilled and technologically advanced fighters. A single pilot might down 20 VFs, but for each loss they'd take it would be unsustainable. They have no invasion troops, no reserves, and their backup forces are limited to whatever they can subvert via the Song of the Wind. Even WITH the Protoculture ruins so far, their influence is limited to the far frontier of NUNS territory. Because of their insistence they are "better" than their enemies, they've thus far caused no extreme damage to conquered planets. That's not to say they aren't responsible for many civilian deaths, they are, but they thus far haven't resorted to orbital bombardment or concentration camps or the like. Interestingly, their whole strategy has hinged on "culture shock" and should that fail, they have absolutely no recourse. Their society seems fairly unadvanced prior to being uplifted, and should their corporate backing fail, they'd be in even worse shape. One battle with a Macross class ship nearly crippled their whole scheme. Against a more formidable force? They wouldn't have had a prayer. This doesn't make the battles any less exciting or the stakes worse for our main characters, but it's interesting that this is one of the lowest intensity conflicts we've seen yet. All of their Var infected support base could (and most certainly will when Walkure recovers) disintegrate before their eyes. Simply put, the Windemerians are children lashing out at the big boys, and what seems to be clear from their wounded pride is that they know it. They're also terrible strategists driven in part by their impatience, and all of their short term gains can just as swiftly be rolled back. They also haven't demonstrated any of the inspiration or improvisation the SDF-1 did when it was fighting similar lopsided odds, and have no reaction weaponry. It's either SONG OF THE WIND, or nothing. Simply put, I think they're going to run out of steam fairly quickly.

Are the 1/72 models a viable alternative?

What about the first release is so terrible? https://www.amazon.com/Chogokin-Macross-Frontier-Armored-Valkyrie/dp/B001UFVJZO/ref=sr_1_11?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1466895099&sr=1-11&keywords=macross+vf+25 I mean, if it's awful it's awful. But are they THAT bad? Or is it just the new ones are much better?

Andddd cool ace guy is dead and I just started watching this series! The VF-31 is cool and all, but it looks too similar to the VF-19 and Durandal. That said, what action I have seen so far is really cool.

Appreciate the quick feedback. Hmm, is there any rational reason why armor from previous versions can't be used? It just boggles my mind that a few missile pods and gun hardpoints cost double the price of an actual transforming fighter. I'm thinking of primarily using it for display if that helps.

So to pick up a VF-25 Armored, what would be the most practical option at this point? On Amazon, it seems like they have a Renewal fighter with Ozma's colors, but not the armor. Does this look legit? https://www.amazon.com/Chogokin-Messiah-Valkyrie-Renewal-Bandai/dp/B005QXBLQ8/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1466710273&sr=8-4&keywords=macross+chogokin Totally new at this, I have some patience and some cash. Even waiting for a re-release if it comes to it. I really want to find one, but want to make sure I can do the smart thing. Even if it means buying armor from another set.