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Well, yes. The YF-24 program's stated objective was to develop a next (5th) generation main Variable Fighter for the (Earth/Central) New UN Forces. Based on what Macross Chronicle, Master File, and the Macross Frontier novelizations have had to say on the matter it does appear that a VF-24 was produced and was in the process of being adopted by the New UN Forces at the time things went to hell at the end of the Vajra conflict in 2059. Given that the only variant we've heard mention of is the VF-24A and presentation-wise it's basically a delta-wing VF-25 my inclination would be to suspect that it has an A-type head similar to the VF-25A and VF-31A. "Visor" type optics tend to be more of a "hero" option.
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Not exactly ON the workbench, more beside it, but anyway, resurrected one of my two IKEA Deltofs from the garage today and found an extra power supply I forgot I bought like 15 years ago when I bought the cabinets! (Kitten 🐈 had chewed through the power cords when she was little years ago so the RGB LEDs hadn't worked since) . I did have tons of Macross stuff in these for years but for now anyway they are going to flank my new hobby desk with recent models/car collections in them!
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That's all I needed. Going to see it in XD 3D on Tuesday night.
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I should be within the target demographic for this: Just finishing the last 10ish episodes of my first watch-through of Macross 7. Reasonably invested collector of all things Macross. Missed any yamato releases. And yeah, I'm waiting for this to hit the bargain bin, if I ever get one at all. I've never been a huge fan of the vf-17 design (or 171), but it's grown on me a bit throughout the show. I think they just missed too hard on the design, especially the battroid. I'm not a huge stickler for anime accuracy, but this just doesn't have the same beefy presence in battroid that the show design has. It really is just too close to a re-painted vf-171 for me to be interested. I would have much preferred a vf-11 of some flavor. The tariffs and shipping don't help, but that's not what's really holding me back.
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With EZY around the corner suddenly Bandai wants to cash in by reviving a previously abandoned line 😕 https://www.hlj.com/the-robot-spirits-side-labor-ingram-unit-1-reissue-banc693464 Pretty funny it's totally unchanged and won't even match the new EZY units. then again low effort Bandai? who's surprised *Cries in VF-17*
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it's going to air whether I watch or not, so I will give it a few episodes to see how it does. Not too hyped unfortunately.
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Yeah, the general availability of this one speaks volumes. Though I do suspect it's kind of a perfect storm of disinterest. Bad representation of a design that already had low international appeal, just due to the weirdness of the show it came from. Basically, anyone who really wanted one probably got the Yamato when it was new, and was happy with it. But since that point in time, there's really been nothing to make any new fans of the design. The Fire Valk at least has overlap with the YF-19, which is just eternally popular, but the VF-17 doesn't have that. Sadly, Bandai is chasing the international dollar with a design that has no real demand locally or abroad, rather than making stuff for their primary market that everyone wants, and would still jump through the financial hoops to get it.
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The ECM or data collection thing for the YF-25's head is what I was thinking of. Guess that rules it out from looking too much like a 24. In the same vein, I've been thinking the 24 was intended to be more of a direct drop in replacement to the VF-11 (and 171), more so than the way the 17 was shoehorned into the role through modding it into 171. So I was thinking maybe going a little backwards helps with head design ideas. Then thinking back to Isamu's valks for single laser designs, it suddenly dawned on me, his custom 29 might literally have the closest head possible to the 24... If you want a more cyclops take to Isamu's jewel + visor design, I think the VF-0D is good place for inspiration. For a cyclops with brow look, I'm not sure how you are picturing it, but I think the 25A/G has a bit of that going on too. Maybe you can figure out how to roll all those ideas into one. Don't have much thoughts on the shoulders atm, but I'm wondering if that shield is long enough to fit a knife lol.
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Yes, please, let's get back to some serious story telling. I don't mind a comedic episode or two, especially when they are funny, but don't try and fill out a season with them.
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I have enjoyed Strange New Worlds, and really don't have an issue with Season 3, though I can see why some do. Honestly the best recent Trek series is still Lower Decks. But yes, Discovery was horrid, can't bear to watch it, and I abhor all of the ship designs from once they jump forwards in time.
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What Current Anime Are You Watching Version v4.0
Seto Kaiba replied to wolfx's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Caught the latest episodes of Let This Grieving Soul Retire, Mechanical Marie, and Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota. Pretty mediocre television, all told. Not bad, but just unremarkable. For Mechanical Marie... - Yesterday
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You know this isn't a mega popular release when you can still nab one on HLJ XD I totally forgot about it and then got on HLJ and put down my order for one, out of respect of it being a VF-17 related toy and I love all my VF-17 stuff, even the ugly ones.
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Let's hope Season 4 is a return to form, because the scores for Season 3 are in and the news is not good. A 25 point plummet relative to Season 2, putting Season 3 on par with Star Trek: Picard's oft-mocked first season and only slightly better than Discovery's much-maligned first season. Paramount and the producers are blaming the broadly negative reception of Season 3 on the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes in '23, though they seem to at least be willing to admit the season went too hard on comedy and too hard on La'an and Spock's dance-focused relationship. Apparently Frakes et. al. were a bit surprised that "A Space Adventure Hour" and "Four and a Half Vulcans" were not as funny as they sounded in the writers heads.
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I think the trick to this is that, if you didn't have to stick the gunpods to the outside of the YF-21's belly plates, you could absolutely just make a small bulge like the Yamato VF-22s had, and it would look much better than their actual gunpods. Yamato didn't attempt that internal mount either, it's just not physically possible. At least with the VF-17, you can just leave the gunpod off, and pretend it's internal.. but then again, you're still missing the actual gunport on the leg, which I'm fairly certain Bandai couldn't be bothered to even paint on. Which.. yeah, that's another ten pounds of $#!7 on this dumpsterfire. Even ignoring the proportional differences, the 17 and 171 share almost no panel detail whatsoever, and the 171 is covered in micro-missile launchers that the 17 never had. I think the absolute best case you could ever make for this thing? It looks like a halfway point between the 17 and 171, as if it was a test model for the upgrade process. Which.. ok, yeah, I could buy that, planes go through those sorts of mid-lifecycle upgrades all the time. Still, I absolutely recognize that it's just my coping mechanism to explain away things that don't make any sense in-universe. I kind of came to appreciate the "Strange New Worlds" Enterprise in the same way, since, if I ignore any actual adherence to any timeline at all, it looks like a mid-point between the TOS and TMP versions. I can appreciate the design and its theoretical lineage, even if it's completely outside the bounds of the canon.
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The General Movie Thread
David Hingtgen replied to TangledThorns's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I think you forgot "The Fly" in that list. (I saw it in the theater!) -
Also just watched---agree with Dangard Ace. It's fine, and Leto is surprisingly "un-Leto-like". Unless you truly despise him, he's "acceptable" as the lead. Plus, half the movie is just dialogueless face-less programs doing cool trippy stuff to a synth* track for minutes on end---and that's really the main draw, isn't it? *please forgive my lack of sub-genre knowledge. I have no idea what to call it, past "it's not rock, it's not country, it's not classical jazz".
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Probably, but I'm thinking Bandai was looking for a product for regular retail release not a lottery/premium bandai release. Bandai would also need to figure out what to do or re-design the entire undersection with the belly plates as the VF22's design/line art would've be broken up with the current transforming sections for the YF21. Or do something else/simple like the conversion project I did and just make VF22S belly plates. Yea, not sure how Bandai would even attempt the internal gunpod mounting for the VF22S. But being Bandai, they'll just slap/leave them on the bottom just where the YF21 has it currently and if we're lucky Bandai will make some small adjustments so they don't droop. Enough off topic talk from me, lol.
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What Current Anime Are You Watching Version v4.0
Hikaru Ichijo SL replied to wolfx's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Li'l Miss Vampire Can't Suck Right started. I thought it was a fun 1st episode, -
Kinda forgot about the show and it’s odd in universe fan fictiony kinda sorta side story
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All Things Videogame Related: EXTREME VS!!
TangledThorns replied to Keith's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
It works for me because of lack of time. I can jump in, play a match or two and leave. Single player games are more demanding because if I don't stick with it for a while I forget what I was supposed to do or where to go, lol. -
MMmmmmmm but the gunpod mounting would almost certainly be totally wrong on a VF-22 also right? That YF-21 toy is not good... hard to imagine how a VF-22 made from it would be any better than a VF-17 made from the VF-171.
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It'd probably be more accurate to say that the 5th Generation VFs like the VF-25, VF-27, and VF-31 are derivatives of the YF-24 Evolution rather than direct descendants of it. The VF-25 and VF-27 were developed using the YF-24 Evolution as a starting point. However, the design was adjusted accordingly to suit the unique requirements of the emigrant government defense forces soliciting the new development and to either replace omitted Earth-proprietary technologies with locally-developed alternatives as well as the addition of locally-developed proprietary technology. The YF-29 and YF-30 are a bit more distant, since the YF-29 is a branch of VF-25 development that shares a lot of parts in common but also includes a lot of proprietary parts that were developed for its different operational profile, and the YF-30 is more a derivative of the YF-29. Probably worth noting that the art being referenced here is from Master File, not the series proper. The blisters on top of the head are present on the VF-25F type. I've seen nothing to that effect... aside from a brief note in Macross the Ride's Visual Book Vol.1 that the YF-25's composite sensor cluster is set up for data collection.
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At this point a VF-22 would have been a better choise for Bandai. A different head and modified belly plates would have been easier. That gunpod mounting is totally wrong, you just can't remove it and no problem but that shows how halfa$$ed Bandai went with the 17.
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Fionna & Cake is back
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It seems to be aimed at an audience of people who enjoyed Star Trek: Discovery and thought it was a worthy installment in the Star Trek franchise. Watching this teaser, I was struck again by the same thought that struck me after I watched Section 31. Paramount seemingly doesn't understand that most Star Trek fans did not like Discovery and were either hate-watching it or holding out hope that it would Grow The Beard like TNG did after its lamentable first season. It's following Discovery's formula in pretty close formation. The protagonist is a resentful kid full of unprocessed childhood trauma who joins Starfleet via nepotism rather than talent. There's a giant alien category traitor from a one-temperment species (a Klingon med student), a girl with apparently-untreated severe autism, and some legacy characters who are there to convince fans to tune in (USS Voyager's EMH Mk.I and Jett Reno), and a ridiculously scenery chewing villain with no redeeming qualities whatsoever from a TOS-era species to make an unlikable main character seem less awful by comparison. You'd think Paramount would take stock of the audience review scores at some point and realize the pattern. Of the 64 seasons and movies put out so far, the 15 bottom ranked titles include all five seasons of Discovery, both seasons of Short Treks, Section 31, the first two seasons of Picard, and Strange New Worlds season 3. The only other titles on that list are the worst of the Old Trek movies... 5, TMP, Insurrection, and Nemesis. It seems to be a very similar premise to the unsuccessful Star Trek: Starfleet Academy comics from the 90's. That is to say, a diverse squad of freshman cadets including an everyman, an admiral's kid, proud warrior race guy, a Betazoid, and the clearly autistic one from the incoming class at Starfleet Academy's San Francisco campus are assigned to a supervising officer with multiple lifetimes of experience and pretty much never attend any classes because they're giving a ship right off the bat and spend all their time fighting threats to the Federation. The Starfleet Academy TV series has the everyman (played by Sandro Rosta), the admiral's kid (Bella Shepard), proud warrior race guy (Karim Diane), the Betazoid (Zoe Steiner), and the clearly autistic one (Kerrice Brooks). They've traded the Trill in for a half-Lanthanite played by Holly Hunter, added a spoiled rich kid (played by George Hawkins), and for a ship they have an actual starship not a Danube-class runabout, but the rest seems pretty on the nose. Having read the comic, I should probably just be grateful that they've skipped the inclusion of the other character archetype from the comic's cadet squad who was killed off and replaced by the Betazoid. The preachy Soapbox Sadie girl with the implausible backstory whose entire identity and character was tied up in oversimplifying a politically charged topic. Anson Mount carried the second season, that's why they gave him his own show... so he could carry the franchise.
