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  2. Seto Kaiba
    Pretty normal for a Macross inclusion then... the same approach Kawamori normally uses. Drawing on both versions freely and interchangeably with an explanation that's a polite-ish way of saying "I do what I want". 😆 Yep... thanks to that smart coating technology, there's strictly speaking nothing stopping anyone in-setting from doing something like the above... which is an official plamodel kit with official decals. (The Bandai 1/72 Roid Brehm use Sv-262Hs Draken III.) Then again, the Frontier New UN Spacy didn't seem to mind its pilots putting racy paintings on their strictly-military-issue aircraft even without the benefit of the programmable smart coating: How Maruyama sold his superiors on this paintjob for frontline combat use might just be the greatest story never told. That's his commanding officer's girlfriend! Well, that or how Canaria Bernstein persuaded the famously overprotective Ozma Lee to let her paint an explicit picture of his little sister Ranka on her VB-6 Konig Monster... 🙃 Passionate Walkure was at least partly a compilation movie, so I wouldn't call that "slapdash" so much as "par for the course". Normally when a protagonist switches machines in a Macross story they move to a completely different and visually distinct aircraft. I think Macross Delta might be the first time the protagonist switches back to the old machine with a different paintjob.
  3. Papa Rat
    Wow. Love the mask!
  4. Big s
    With that mask above, it would be an interesting one to do as a duo for trick or treating where one has that mask and the other just has the missing flap of skin as a mask
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  6. Big s
    This is actually a rerelease from 2018 if I remember correctly. I was super excited when the ps version was originally announced since I was disappointed that the first version didn’t have the pilot or downform capabilities . and there actually was a 1/24 kit recently, although it’s a plamax kit and probably why wave didn’t do it.as a slight edit, the wave 1/35 that is currently up for preorder is the same as the original release, but not including the bonus figure, other than that it is just a re release
  7. pengbuzz
    Um... we need to talk about how much of that new skin cream you've been using. I think it may be a little harsh....
  8. Sokeijon started following Build 1 VF-1, You've Built 5000 - A 1/48 Hasegawa VF-1A Valkyrie [5Grand Anniversary] Build!
  9. Sokeijon
    Wow!
  10. grogall
    Wave is releasing a new version of the X-ATH-P-RSC Blood Sucker in 1/35 with a regular Gilgamesh pilot figure... Not sure why they didn't do a 1/24 version for their new line!? Pre order on Amazon release in January 2026
  11. nightmareB4macross
    Wow looks like Robotech fans when you say Macross. Happy Halloween!!🎃
  12. Big s
    I used to work at a medical university and this looks like one of the things we saw on a bed in the willed body room once. Although the real thing was a bit more unsettling sine the face skin was peeled down, yet still attached and the eyes were still in the sockets. Some rather gruesome stuff over there.
  13. PointBlankSniper
    Bandai almost never completes any line up of a series. Its like their core value at this point.
  14. Big s
    Probably more interest in the hg line and cheaper to design since they’re not fully transformable.
  15. tekering
    This year's the 40th anniversary of Robotech, actually... 😝 It's a moot point, though. I'll be busy with work all weekend, and will barely have any time to visit the modeling exhibit, much less participate. 😓 However, given that deadline's not hanging over my head any more, I can put more time into Halloween prep instead: I've been asked to host an event downtown, so I can display some of the masks I've painted. 😋
  16. Marcion
    why Bandai didn't want to make 1/72 SCALE of VF31E?
  17. Scyla
    Hacchaka’s review of the MB Hyper Mega Launcher: https://hacchaka.net/archives/52126307.html This is probably the pose I’m going with on my display but firing downwards:
  18. 505thAirborne
    We all need a good laugh once and a while. Good job SNL!
  19. Big s
    That’s a much better add on figure than I expected. Definitely far cooler looking overall kit than the hasegawa and this figure is a must have for display
  20. nightmareB4macross
    Checking out a few different looks.
  21. PointBlankSniper
    Crazy ideas: What if for battroid, the dog teeth slides backwards past the front tip of the wing root, then retracts diagonally forward inside of it, like how the 29's wings retracts diagonally backwards to add the super pack wings. If that's not complicated enough, make the wing tip panel fold over itself where the outer aileron sits, like how the 30 and 31 fold under. For no reason other than storage, and makes for a nice backstop for the stabilizers to rest on when they fold down. In fact, those folding joints could be a hardpoints to give it AX style super packs. On the bottom view of the 24's line art, there is a slit shape similar to the wing root's folding joint, that seems to be erroneously missing on one wing, but present on both sides of top view. That's the piece I'm picturing as the joint. On the 31, that piece extends into a double joint before folding, so the funny panel overlap and the slant end shouldn't pose a problem here. If it was normally already an exposed weapon hard point on the bottom side, it would make the whole AX super pack mounting thing simple. After staring at this for a while, I've noticed that the leading edge of the wing and the wing root's tapering inward at the base of the stabilizers seem to be longitudinally mirrored. That is to say, if in battroid mode, with the legs out of the way, the folded and retracted wing tip might actually butt up seamlessly against the stabilizer base. The width spacing checks out perfectly with a brief finger measure check lmao. It's unfortunate that this seemingly perfect alignment serves no purpose in fighter mode since the engine/legs are in the way. Basically it's all an excuse to pretend that's where the derivative models got their wing gimmicks from lol.
  22. PixelatedShinobi
    It's really excellent. The animations have certainly taken a quality dip due to how expensive modern game development is, but the /plot/ is the best in a decade at least, and backed up by a ton of very well-drawn CGs. Delta specifically has been given the usual SRW treatment of a "hybridized" approach, mostly following Passionate Walkure's major beats but using plot points and elements from TV to make it work in the unified setting and stretch out the movie's events to cover an entire game. This is the last thing some poor Var'd soldier saw before he died. But yeah, it's just an indication of how slapdash Passionate Walkure was and it's not like it's continuity breaking or anything. I must admit I never really even /noticed/ the black accents until SRWY, I had just always assumed the KAI was simply Hayate's custom reaper insignia. I hope we get a (presumably premium bandai) exclusive variant of the new High Grade with the KAI detailing.
  23. Seto Kaiba
    Huh. I guess I've been under a rock because I didn't know Super Robot Wars Y was even out. 😆 Anyway, that noise you heard was my brain changing gears without a clutch because I honestly could not remember of the J改 was exclusive to the TV series or not. Turns out, yeah... it's not a thing in the movie timeline. The VF-31J改 only exists in the Macross Delta TV series version where Hayate's original VF-31J is destroyed on Ragna when the New UN Spacy attempts to sink the Sigur Berrentzs with a thermonuclear reaction bomb. Hayate uses Messer's VF-31F for a while after that and then switches to using the VF-31J改 for the series finale. 'course, I wouldn't be me if I stopped there would I? I decided to look into whether there are any actual differences between the VF-31J and VF-31J改... and the answer I found is "Not really". The identified differences all relate to software and calibrations, with the flight control program including some data from when Hayate was using Messer's VF-31F. The rest is just the settings of the programmable anti-beam coating the VF-31s and Sv-262s use in lieu of paint. The aircraft's colors and markings are just settings programmed into what is essentially the lovechild of an e-paper flexible display and a vinyl vehicle wrap that covers the entirety of the aircraft's armor skin and also functions as ablative armor against energy weapons. Theoretically, Hayate could change the colors of his VF-31 just as easily as Mirage changes the colors of the Sv-262Ba she steals in Passionate Walkure. If he wanted to add some black accents and a personal mark to commemorate Messer, it wouldn't require anything except a design to feed into the system and he could change the settings back whenever the mood struck him. So it's a continuity error caused by recycled footage, but also something that can be explained away very very easily.
  24. PixelatedShinobi
    Here's something interesting/annoying (your pick, really) SRWY has got me thinking about the 31JKAI for the first time in a while, and I noticed something - it doesn't actually appear in Zettai Live? In the opening battle of Zettai Live against the Vivasvats, the Delta Flight Siggys are all equipped with LilDrakens in a fun bit of crosscultural cooperation - but interestingly, Hayate appears to have the wrong VF. Consistently (I've checked multiple shots), his VF appears to be his base 31J with LilDrakens equipped as opposed to his 31JKAI from the end of Delta TV. I'd think this is just a thing where they wanted to keep that exclusive to the TV anime, but (due to footage reuse at the end of Passionate Walkure), the 31JKAI *does* appear in the movie timeline. I don't think there's really a point to my post, but it's interesting, at least?
  25. Seto Kaiba
    Had a lot of great times thanks to Itagaki-san's work. When I was in HS, a bunch of us band kids used to sneak into unused classrooms after school to play video games using the big old CRT TV carts while we waited for tuesday night marching band practice to start. Dead or Alive 2 on the Sega Dreamcast was one of our go-to games for years. From what I've read about him in the past, it always sounded like he would've been a blast to work with. The industry has lost one of the real ones.
  26. Big s
    💩 I do like the look of the kit more for sure. To bad they don’t make have a bonus kit of the vehicle mode
  27. mikeszekely
    I understand he wasn't always the easiest to work with, but when a lot of people were getting into Tekken I was a big time Dead or Alive fan. I only dipped out after Itagaki and Tecmo parted ways and DoA 5 was riddled with expensive microtransactions.
  28. Papa Rat
    Hahahaha. I see what you did there. Lol Arcee is looking great! Is the Starscream from the same producer? I’m very excited to see more. 👍
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