Skull Leader

Omg I'm cryin' here! LOL

That was the approach taken in the Robotech novels (dyed blue hair)... though it seems more likely that Mikamoto just wanted to establish him as someone special, without worrying about such trivial details as "why". (I mean that sarcastically... of course the fans wanna know why! lol)

It was about what I expected. Neither 2 or 3 had the artistic depth of the first one (Mickey Rourke's character brought a surprising amount of that, along with Statham's character's struggles with his girlfriend), #2 was still alright, and I did enjoy #3, but it was probably the most stale of the series. It had some moments but nothing worth writing home about. .... and Antonio Banderas needs a fastball to the throat.

I'm also looking for upgrade stuff. I'd really like some resin heads and maybe some recast ostrich or elintseeker parts. I've got one jetfire set aside just for a VF-1D, but can't move forward until I find parts.

I think he's talking about the subtitle... one of the Japanese subtitle translations puts the interrogative before the word when she says it. That isn't the only inflection we use... if we are trying to illicit an explanation from someone, just repeating their last word and trailing off can have the same effect as asking as a question, but when one does not expect or understand the answer Me: "beautiful...." Girl: "beautiful.... (care to explain?)" The last part is implied, but does not necessarily have to sound interrogative.

I believe Milia was more or less asking Max what it meant, as the concept was probably foreign to a Meltrandi. They say the exact same thing ("Utskushi"), and unless there is a difference based on gender (someone more up to speed on Japanese could jump in here), I don't see why she would be ascribing that adjective to him when the concept didn't exist in their culture before then.

also Robotech Tactics... this is a thing now, and I'll be interested to pick up a set when it goes to market (if only to paint them all up in DYRL style)

Well.... I'll be a monkeys bare-assed uncle.... kicking myself for missing that, I really wanted one... and I totally would've footed the bill for it!

oh the lies we were fed....

Oh wow, talk about a trip back!

I remember the fiasco, but I don't remember the kit in question.... was that the club M re-pop?

I was! It went on display in pieces as I recall, lol. It never recovered from that. I wish I had another Yellow Sub kit to build in it's place.

Good to see some of you guys again!

Renato, it is entirely possible I've got you confused for someone else! I'm sorry! (That was a long time ago lol) And stuff is still as expensive as it once was, lol. Except for some of these master file books, I don't have or want much macross merchandise these days (I finally got my bandai 1/55 boxed strike valkyrie and I still have a 1/72 HCM in the box but that's it)

The great battle of our lifetime....

LOL Mickey, I almost forgot you were on this forum too!

Hey Everyone! I dropped back to "lurker" status somewhere around 2006 after being a charter, hardcore-everyday visiting member since 2000. I'd check in every so often to see how things were going and to keep up with the latest news about my most beloved anime franchise. OCCASIONALLY I'd chime in on something, but largely Ive stayed up in the nosebleed section. I was thinking earlier about everything that I loved so much about this place, and now as an old man (I say old... all of 35) I thought I'd give a shoutout and see who all was still around from the original crew. Some of my fondest MacrossWorld memories: 1. The original java-coded message board, it didn't even keep track of membership and you had to write your name in every time you posted... alt.fan.macross refugees unite! 2.The golden age of 1/55 valkyrie modding... Erick Mabrich's custom cockpit/nose sections, Chris Baretta's excellent custom heads (I'm proud to say I got the first VF-1S head), my company's (Alphateam11) Max/Milia marriage sets, Renato's Super Ostritch conversions... and the list goes on 3.Even owning a 3rd edition joons put you on a lucky level of macross collectors... owning the genuine articles made you a mover and a shaker here 4. VF5SS and his "Adventures of Little Valk" comic series 5. Keith and his undying love for Macross 7 (and the membership that always teased him for it.... I was always a silent supporter, Keith!) 6. AgentONE. 'nuff said. (I want to subscribe to your newsletter!) 7. Graham's visits with Yamato when the first MacPlus valks dropped 8. The unending war against the machines (robotech.com) 9. Discussing military aviation with Richard Burney (Apollo Leader), and Dave Hingtgen 10. John Moscato's perfect-detail 1/35 Legioss project, (and the ensuing cease and desist letter from harmony gold, insuring that none of us could buy one from him) 11. If you wanted anything Macross-related, Jerry Tsai and Kevin Lam were the guys to see 12. Watching WM Cheng turn models into masterpieces 13. Long discussions into the night on the relevance of Macross Zero to Macross 7 (support your arguments, show your work, etc) 14. When someone decided to re-pop the Club M 1/48 VF-1 Strike Valkyrie... and the eye-watering price that went with all that resin and white metal (still kicking myself for not getting one) I could probably think of more, but off the top of my head, these are what I remember the most.... how many other old guys are out there? When I stepped back, Roby's joke machine recasts were just coming out.

One has to laugh to keep from crying.

Chie Kajiuras vocals (well, all the fire bomber songs really) were about the only thing I really enjoyed about Mac7. Of the entire franchise, I felt her vocals were strongest behind Iijimas stuff.

A while back, me and one other guy from this site (I can no longer remember his name, this was back around 2002) had a pair of macross fan fictions we were writing.... his was called "Macross: Victory Skies" I think... Mine was simply "Skull Leader VFX", both centered around small, independent-action VFX squadrons. Our stories even crossed over at one point where a pair of VB-6 pilots from his story saved the team in my story during an extraction. I wish I still had all that somewhere, I'd repost it again. I'll have to look on some of my old external hard drives and see if I squirreled anything away.

Just finished watching this, I'm pretty bowled over! The dub team did an excellent job for the most part (I had issues with Roy... it sounded really forced, but otherwise well done!) I loved it! A few constructive comments: -The voice audio track is considerably louder than the background noise/music/SFX track... there were one or two points where I had to adjust the volume dependent upon whether or not someone was speaking (usually involving Roy early on) -The new voice tracks don't always jive with where the characters are.... (no reverb effect based on the size of the room they were standing in, etc), they kind of sound removed from what's going on around them -The new SFX added fit perfectly! You did an incredible job with this. I *really* wish I had it on disc, but I can stream youtube through my PS3 onto my HD tv, which is almost as good. Thanks for all your hard work!

That's what I was thinking... A bootleg with Chinese and english subtitles is bound to appear eventually. I just wanted something that I knew would have a good translation

Ok, so I'm old enough (membership wise) to know better... but nothing came up when I searched "DYRL 30th annversary blu ray subtitles", and a few pages of searching haven't turned up what I'm after.... so at the risk of ridicule from my peers, I'm gonna claim internet defeat and ask: has anyone put together a subbed version of the DYRL 30th anniversary blu ray? If so, is there any way to acquire it without having to burn it ones self? (I don't have a blu-ray burner). I'd really like to own the original for the video quality, but the prohibitive price and lack of subtitles are a major no-go for me (I speak Japanese like a 3-year old) please tell me I'm not stuck with my perfect-edition knockoff DVD... the video quality is nice enough, but the subtitles are wretched!

As much video as they re-did for that game, they may as well do the entire series (please?) That footage is effin' incredible.

I've been waffling back and forth on whether or not I want to get this.... sounds like I need to bite the bullet and order