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  2. Bolt
    Very nice! Though the pilot must be more reclined to sit in the cockpit, it seems.
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  4. TG Remix
    I went through a personal journey of going through Variable Fighter Master File for the VF-19, and I came across it's detailing on how Earth orbital fleet is structured. Of course it's not official per se, but it's a nice perspective regardless. As of 2050, Earth's defense line has up to 17 task force fleets (excluding special and 30 patrol fleets), including the reserve fleet, and each of them has an average of 150 ships. That's a whopping 2550 ships between Earth's orbit! Much bigger then any fleet we've heard of. It certainly felt that big when we saw it in Plus, they really don't want another repeat of SWI, huh. Interesting how it points out Jupiter and Mars being the second and third lines of defenses with two fleets each. Makes sense due to their positions, but aside from the Jupiter satellite cities, I'm not aware of the planet itself being noteworthy like Mars is with its cities and Apollo Base. Each fleet is described to be composed of an amphibious command flagship, an amphibious assault ship, a guided missile cruiser, an Aegis destroyer, a stealth frigate, an aircraft carrier, and auxiliary vessels of the logistical support force such as supply ships. Fleets on the first and second defense lines may also be accompanied by beam gunboats and jamming stations. The composition seems a lot more varied then what animated material gives us, mostly being carrier based with frigates and the odd cruiser (exceptions like the Varauta Army notwithstanding.) The amphibious command ship I'm assuming is a Uraga, the frigates and carrier most likely the Northampton and Guantanamos, the amphibious assault ship I'm not sure if it's supposed to be either of the Zentradi or Meltradi types, but it'd go with the MF's notions of the remaining Zentradi fleet being deployed as the Solar System's first line of defense, and VF-X2's utilization of the latter type as both cargo and combat ready ships. I have no idea what the guided missile cruisers would be, much less the Aegis destroyers. Doesn't seem like it'd be the transforming Destroyer in VF-X2, but the mention of beam gunboats could allude to the Atlantic-class Vandal from the same game. I always wondered, what are the differences and additions OTM technology would give to regular aircraft? Certainly not the transforming limbs, unless you count the F-14's wings lol. I'm not aware what would OTM-based munitions would be, unless they were laser based weapons.
  5. electric indigo
    Pochiwan0183's custom designed & printed VF-2SS
  6. Yesterday
  7. Major Tom
    For the Mandalorian in you
  8. Papa Rat
    Phase 2 of operation Jurassic model in effect. Putty applied. We wait to see if it has any effect. Hold on to your butts. Every piece has a seam. This is going to be quite an adventure. I was too preoccupied to see if I could and didn’t stop to see if I should … make this build work
  9. Sildani
    How long did it take to reverse-engineer the OT that was found? Materials science and understanding of quantum mechanics certainly took a couple of orders of magnitude's leap; but how long would that have taken to become anything practical? I recall Star Trek IV when Scotty showed the chemical arrangement of transparent aluminum: "It'll take years to figure out the dynamics of this matrix."
  10. Valkyrie Hunter D
    The Critical Drinker has something to say about all this:
  11. Seto Kaiba
    Yeah, it's one of those blink-and-you'll-miss-it moments. It doesn't get discussed much because we know basically nothing about it and the Macross Zero CG model(s) for the MiG-29 aren't detailed enough to identify which variant of the MiG-29 is even being used. Even Variable Fighter Master File: VF-0 Phoenix, which goes into much more detail, barely mentions Mikoyan Gurevich's designs in passing since it has almost its entire focus on Sukhoi since they did a lot of the heavy lifting in the Alliance's VF program. (The only MiG it really mentions is an OTM testbed called the MiG-2000 that appears to have nothing in common with the real/proposed MiG-2000, and which is itself mentioned only in passing in a section about a Sukhoi transitional model that rejoices in the uninspiring designation of SuX-27.) The only book I know of that actually mentions this aircraft is the first volume of Tenjin Hidetaka's Valkyries artbook series. On page 43, in a note on the box art for the Hasegawa 1/72 Macross Zero MiG-29 Fulcrum kit from 2002, a brief mention is made that a canard-equipped version of the MiG-29 appears in Ep5. Presumably this unknown MiG-29 with canards is a lukewarm/early OTM adopter similar to the UN Forces F-14++ Tomcat Double Plus that was being used to both return an older model aircraft to service and evaluate some technologies being developed for future use in Variable Fighters. Using the SV-51's missile pod/drop tank units isn't terribly surprising since the SV-51 is backwards compatible with Warsaw Pact hardware and given how ineffective the F-14's weapons were against the active stealth-equipped VF-0 they'd probably want some OTM-based munitions so they could actually fight the Asuka II's VF-0s.
  12. TangledThorns
    The season finale was shorter than expected but it also felt like satire with its musical choices that took me out of the GoT universe. I don't like it when they do that.
  13. danth
    Could be! I figured it might be some bootleg from who knows where. I do specifically remember it had the thigh armor as a separate piece. Which seemed too engineered for a capsule toy.
  14. sh9000
  15. sh9000
    Star Wars TBS Jango Fett.
  16. Seto Kaiba
    No, in this case it's a fellow Starfleet cadet who just happens to be named Genesis. I mean, that's happened too... but, y'know, eight hundred years in the past during a much better Star Trek series.
  17. Hikuro
    went to Target this morning, picked up Big Convoy and was surprised they had him....my target isn't exactly well known for carrying good stuff and it's just piled with Megatron and Optimus gamer editions like it's the style. Robot mode, neat looking, but a big space eater I feel. Beast Mode, cool looking but pretty much zero articulation. Damn shame they didn't make him a bigger class like Commander or something so he'd size up better with Magmatron, that's just wrong to me....it's like having ol' G1 Optimus Prime paired up with G2 tank Megatron, it just doesn't work.
  18. Major Tom
    Ok, I believe the one you saw in the machine are plastic copy of the Gakken mini diecast figure line (2.5") there are 3 types shown on back of the box.
  19. 26662
    I'm officially giving up Jack and Coke. I didn't need to buy these right now. But the upside is that these should eventually pay for themselves (many times over) once I get my workshop running again. There's no ETA on that, unfortunately.
  20. jenius
    Wow, that's an impressive haul!
  21. JB0
    This Genesis... it isn't the same Genesis as in Wrath of Khan, right? We don't have someone completely losing it while wielding a bomb that can unmake and remake a planet, possibly an entire star system? Because that would be bad.
  22. JB0
    I'm still hoping they sell off Warner's video game division to help put some black ink on the balance sheet.
  23. JB0
    If Devastator doesn't fit inside, it's out-of-scale garbage.
  24. Master Dex
    Besides the AI was used in upscaling, not generative imaging. The only Macross product to date that has used any AI generative imaging was the clip of Angel Paints from Flashback that's on the 4K DYRL release and it's very obvious (and to be clear to those not aware, it's a separate clip, not in the DYRL movie)
  25. 26662 started following DX Chogokin VF-17S
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    DX Chogokin VF-17S

    26662 replied to GGemini's topic in Toys

    Updated shipping date from Amazon JP: 2026APR13.
  27. 26662
    Now that it’s staring me in the face and widescreen, those thrusters can’t possibly thrust.
  28. Froy
    And we think the Macross fighters sufer from anime magic. Lol.
  29. electric indigo
    Let me plug this indie jewel once again. Available on Netflix.
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