JB0 Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Am I the only person that LIKES the AnimeIgo box? I do admit that the individual disk cases needed some reworking, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewilen Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 I don't have the 9 box set but I think the art on the three miniboxes is okay. Even though the DVD cases aren't much to write home about, I don't find them hideous. They could be much worse. (But then again, one of my other big hobbies is board wargaming, and there have been some truly atrocious boxes even from major companies there.) Ultimately, it's what's inside that counts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB0 Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 I don't have the 9 box set but I think the art on the three miniboxes is okay. It's the same art from what I've seen(haven't had a chance to look at all 3 boxes, but I assume they're the same). UN Spacey logo on one side(my favorite side), Macross and specs on another, disk case art on the 3rd(least favorite side). Even though the DVD cases aren't much to write home about, I don't find them hideous. They could be much worse. (But then again, one of my other big hobbies is board wargaming, and there have been some truly atrocious boxes even from major companies there.) The neon is what really killed it for me. If it'd all been rendered in black and white, it would've looked better, IMNSHO. Ultimately, it's what's inside that counts. Agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 18, 2004 Author Share Posted February 18, 2004 As i live in eurpoe and have a pal tv i think ill be getting it, know any good isites by nay chanceHybridchild Of those online retailers that are willing to ship outside Australia... Ezydvd.com.au Macross Ultimate Collection entry: http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/226180 DeVoteD Macross Ultimate Collection entry: http://www.devoteddvd.com.au/shop/product_...oducts_id=10167 Family Box Office Macross Ultimate Collection entry: http://www.fbo.com.au/movie.asp?ID=11341 DeVoteD offers the cheaper pre-order price, but EzyDVD is much more professional and prompt but not as cheap, where FBO falls between them. Cyc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J A Dare Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Am I the only person that LIKES the AnimeIgo box?I do admit that the individual disk cases needed some reworking, though. I like it. Simple, subtle, and elegant. I usually have the UN Spacy logo showing. Or the hologram showing (i.e. shrinkwrap cut only on DVD spin side, so I slip the hologram on the backside where the Animeigo and HG logos are located). Am I the only one who thought about doing that? FYI, looks really nice. That Aussie box doesn't fit my taste, too bright and what's with Roy's valk coming out of Hikaru's eye! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybridchild Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 As i live in eurpoe and have a pal tv i think ill be getting it, know any good isites by nay chanceHybridchild Of those online retailers that are willing to ship outside Australia... Ezydvd.com.au Macross Ultimate Collection entry: http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/226180 DeVoteD Macross Ultimate Collection entry: http://www.devoteddvd.com.au/shop/product_...oducts_id=10167 Family Box Office Macross Ultimate Collection entry: http://www.fbo.com.au/movie.asp?ID=11341 DeVoteD offers the cheaper pre-order price, but EzyDVD is much more professional and prompt but not as cheap, where FBO falls between them. Cyc Thanks mate Hybridchild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent ONE Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Am I the only person that LIKES the AnimeIgo box?I do admit that the individual disk cases needed some reworking, though. I like it. Simple, subtle, and elegant. ... I concur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit29 Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Am I the only person that LIKES the AnimeIgo box?I do admit that the individual disk cases needed some reworking, though. I like it. Simple, subtle, and elegant. ... I concur. It also boring,dull and uninteresting to the average consumer. Looks terribly bland when (barely)seen on shelves with other anime DVDs. The line art covers on the individual are junk too. The text on the back is all blurry like it was done with a 100 dpi inkjet printer. The Robotech Macross Saga DVDs had nicer covers. The New Gen covers were nice too. Better than what ADV used for the Mospeada box set. What, no respect to the originals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 18, 2004 Author Share Posted February 18, 2004 That's what makes my heart sing about Madman's Macross box, it lays the foundation of the Australian Mospeada box having different and superior art to the Us version Cyc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB0 Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 (edited) Am I the only person that LIKES the AnimeIgo box?I do admit that the individual disk cases needed some reworking, though. I like it. Simple, subtle, and elegant. I usually have the UN Spacy logo showing. Or the hologram showing (i.e. shrinkwrap cut only on DVD spin side, so I slip the hologram on the backside where the Animeigo and HG logos are located). Am I the only one who thought about doing that? FYI, looks really nice. Wish I'd thought of that.... Cyclone: You know what it REALLY means is that MOSPEADA will have neon line art, right? Edited February 19, 2004 by JB0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 19, 2004 Author Share Posted February 19, 2004 Heck, after the R1 Mospeada art, neon line-art would be an improvement... Cyc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanpang Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 does not matter how box cover look as long as the contents are good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent ONE Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 Does someone have more pics of this set... The internal cases etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 3, 2004 Author Share Posted March 3, 2004 (edited) Just a bump for a question. I don't own the R1 set, so I can't compare versions on my own. I'll need screen caps and as much info as people can provide on the R1 set please. And just to ensure this isn't a complete waste, here's the sum total of printed advertising Madman have produced for it. Please note that this was printed back in December 2003, so no they haven't switched back to the Animeigo box, but I doubt many will notice that with all the "Appeals to RT fans" hype and Tommy Yune MPC pilot imageary... Cyc Edited March 3, 2004 by Cyclone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panon Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 Just a bump for a question.I don't own the R1 set, so I can't compare versions on my own. I'll need screen caps and as much info as people can provide on the R1 set please. Screen caps from the R1? Do you want certain scenes in particular or just random shots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 3, 2004 Author Share Posted March 3, 2004 Both, perferably with time codes, making it easier to locate when to cap. Cyc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent ONE Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Just a bump for a question.I don't own the R1 set, so I can't compare versions on my own. I'll need screen caps and as much info as people can provide on the R1 set please. And just to ensure this isn't a complete waste, here's the sum total of printed advertising Madman have produced for it. Please note that this was printed back in December 2003, so no they haven't switched back to the Animeigo box, but I doubt many will notice that with all the "Appeals to RT fans" hype and Tommy Yune MPC pilot imageary... Cyc That image is tragic... Yune art promoting a Macross product.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewilen Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 This might help, although there aren't any timecodes: http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/video/..._comparison.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panon Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Both, perferably with time codes, making it easier to locate when to cap. I've taken about 20 screen caps, will upload them in a couple of hours when I can. I've got the timecodes for them, but they'll probably only be a rough guide since the R4 times won't match up exactly due to the NTSC>PAL conversion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 5, 2004 Author Share Posted March 5, 2004 Yep, but it'll help me narrow things down Cyc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skull00 Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 (edited) I'm in Australia and got the R1 set last week (ordered before I knew about the AU release). The set is nice but I have a few criticisms: *The opening doesn't play in full at the beginning of each ep, only the first ep on each disc. For me it takes away from the 'completeness'. *The Japanese credits have been totally replaced with English ones. I'd prefer switchable superimposed english subs. *As discussed earlier in these forums episodes one and two are separate and not the 'macross special' 50 minute version that first aired on Japanese TV with unique eyecatch, opening animation (ie finishes with the SDF Macross, not a valkyrie) and ending animation (Hikaru's fanglider). Does anyone know if the first edition of the series on Japanese VHS/LD presented episodes one and two in the Macross Special format or in separate episodes with the 'coming soon' segment added to the end of episode one? Because of these reasons I'm keeping my Streamline Robotech Perfect Collection tapes with the Macross Special even though the subs on those are way too large... Edited March 5, 2004 by Skull00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Unless you have the bootleg set, or went into that difficult to find place in the menu that let's you use the play-all feature, all intro's should play before every episode. The end credits also shouldn't be in english (though the opening credits are, but you can turn off the subtitles to get a creditless intro if you prefer). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit29 Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Does anyone know if the first edition of the series on Japanese VHS/LD presented episodes one and two in the Macross Special format or in separate episodes with the 'coming soon' segment added to the end of episode one? Because of these reasons I'm keeping my Streamline Robotech Perfect Collection tapes with the Macross Special even though the subs on those are way too large... I know the bootleg Macross DVDs had the "Macross Special" version of episodes 1 & 2. Not sure if they were ripped from the LDs or the R2 DVDs though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panon Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 Yep, but it'll help me narrow things down Cyc Episode 1 - 2:22 Episode 1 - 12:55 Episode 1 - 13:00 Episode 1 - 13:48 Episode 1 - 16:44 Episode 2 - 7:39 Episode 2 - 12:33 Episode 2 - 16:07 Episode 2 - 16:56 Episode 26 - 6:33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panon Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 Episode 27 - 1:28 Episode 27 - 20:26 Episode 28 - 17:46 Episode 30 - 10:19 Episode 18 - 13:46 Episode 18 - 17:48 Episode 19 - 1:07 Episode 19 - 16:11 Episode 19 - 17:46 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginrai Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 <Remember that HG claim that they have Worldwide (excluding Japan) rights to SDF: Macross, just they refused to give Animegio more than Region 1 rights.> Uh, except that that's not what happened. AnimEigo only bought the rights to region 1 because it was cheaper, not because Harmony Gold wouldn't let them have more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skull00 Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Unless you have the bootleg set, or went into that difficult to find place in the menu that let's you use the play-all feature, all intro's should play before every episode. The end credits also shouldn't be in english (though the opening credits are, but you can turn off the subtitles to get a creditless intro if you prefer). I got the official R1s unless rightstuff.com is selling boots these days. yeah, after watching a little more the opening plays at the start of each ep, my mistake. I must have accidently gotten into the play-all feature. I know the end credits aren't in English but I wanted the opening to be the same, as broadcast with Japanese language credits, not the creditless opening (with English subs switched off) that I can see on the 20th anniversary disc anyway. How anal does that make me sound? Anyway, I still want it that way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 <Remember that HG claim that they have Worldwide (excluding Japan) rights to SDF: Macross, just they refused to give Animegio more than Region 1 rights.>Uh, except that that's not what happened. AnimEigo only bought the rights to region 1 because it was cheaper, not because Harmony Gold wouldn't let them have more. Nope, HG would only license U.S. rights to AnimEigo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 13, 2004 Author Share Posted March 13, 2004 Someone wanted to see inside? Madman did a pretty good job, and to please some here, complained bitterly that HG didn't give them much to work with, so they had to trace line-art themselves... Cyc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 That's actually really nice art, I'm impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maluk Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 If this release is the uncut version with original Japanese audio with English subs much like the one by Animeigo, I'll get this one! Hope this becomes available in Singapore soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit29 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 If this release is the uncut version with original Japanese audio with English subs much like the one by Animeigo, I'll get this one! Hope this becomes available in Singapore soon! Yes they are the uncut original version of Macross. *sigh* I like the packaging and insides that Madman used. It puts the Animeigo version to shame. Are those thinpaks or amaray cases? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumper Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Its only £60 hehe. I might pick these up if I can find them for import over here in the Uk Never actually seen SDF:Macross, and cant fork out for the animeigo release Ah well, hopefully find them here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 The Australian set looks pretty nice (artwork wise), but are all 36 episodes crammed onto two DVD's? Is that possible and how bad would the quality of the video be? As for the US boxset, I think Gus Roque was limited on what he could and couldn't use... all the good artwork was used for the Robotech DVD's. But still, Animeigo's Macross boxset is one of the top prizes in my DVD collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit29 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 The Australian set is supposed to be 6 DVDs IIRC. There's no way that 36 episodes could fit on to 2 DVDs. Even if they were dual layered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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