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  2. PointBlankSniper
    My idea with the ISC was not for itself to block anything. It was to allow for the hull and frame to disperse impacts over time. Ballistic penetration is generally determined by sheer projectile speed, so if you can cheat the time component of the vector, it can turn a lethal AP round into a paint chip. Same with blunt force damage. If you can disperse a force over time, any impacts and torquing can also be dulled. From the opposing persepective, shooting and punching an ISC equpped robot would be like hitting something that is harder and has more mass than it should, because it's less willing to move in a given moment in time. it becomes something close to a stoppable force, meeting a nearly immovable object. The inverted use case is to absorb self inflicted destructive amounts of forces. A punch so strong, it should have flattened the fist, would no longer even pose noticable structural harm, giving time to dissapate. This idea was meant to be used in conjunction with the wheeled dancing and buster sword. My ideas were envisioned as a full package. While on wheels, the machine would be already constantly skating in combat, with built inertia and ready to steer sharply or build rotation for a massive melee strike, while ISC can explain away any sudden and normally self destructive amounts of torquing and directional changes. This gives the whole thing enough scifi magic excuse for explosive speed with a giant metal slab of a weapon. I know is said boarding crews, but what I really had in mind were vajra style giant space monsters trying to bore into a ship's hull and eat the fleshy little people inside. A classic scifi trope, and a perfect excuse for terrestrial/pedal robots to have big sword in space. Just rollerblading and fly swatting on a big boat, because its more ammo and energy efficient and less danger of friendly fire and ship damage than missiles and gun lol. Just picture, in the silence of space, a hulking metal figure skater magnetically trailing around the hull of a ship, lifting it's partner, a giant metal slab with a hilt. It leans into a wide curve, then abruptly breaks into a spin, and tucks to build rotation. Like a top, it spins its way up beside a giant space mosquito. The pinpoint barrier along the edge of the blade lights up just before the moment of the home run splat. Cue music and title drop: Macross Freighter. A story about an intergalactic courier, delivering hot food and fresh groceries between fleets, while fending off space pirates and giant buggos. Through PMC back channels, the company is stocked with surplus advanced military robo tanks, but retrofitted them into glorified high vis forklifts. Our MC is one such certified forklift driver, but he is often forced into double duty as deck security when emergencies arise.
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  4. Papa Rat
    I totally agree. Where as this hunk of junk is more rough for wear, can’t be bothered and has never touched water or soap. Hahaha
  5. pengbuzz
    I would think that like any ace in service, their machines would get better maintenance and overall care.
  6. grogall
    I guess Scopedog's don't have any internal heating! ......Brrrr 🥶
  7. jenius
    I was about to put one for sale if you're interested
  8. Big s
    Some other odd upcoming kits ranging from cool to silly, but at least their names won’t be forbidden. The last one made me laugh. A little robot pilots a slightly slightly bigger robot
  9. Big s
    Seems the head is 1/100. There’s a post about it from a couple days ago in the wave section that I missed.
  10. grogall
    Jees, I'm just one away, from being able to replicate this display with DX Hikaru VF-1S D.Y.R.L.! 🤔
  11. Big s
    Really cool, I guess they were having a discussion on the hasegawa thread about this
  12. Big s
    I totally get that. I sorta have a feeling that the movie Meltrandi actually take care of their stuff. Not so much the boys, but she gets her wounds patched up and possibly even gets her ride back together and custom painted for the finale, and even gets her boyfriend a ride and custom paints that one as well. Not only that, but gets him a tailored outfit to fit him and in his favorite colors. The ladies just seemed to have a different aesthetic than the bros who n the film. Not so sure about the tv version though.
  13. treatment
    Maybe they were just trying to replicate the old 1/60v2 VF-1J transformation process display in the Macross Museum with the DX this time?
  14. grogall
    They wouldn't have had a problem getting rid of extra stock, if it was a DX VF-1A Cannon Fodder! 😉 But no lets make a third release of Ichijo Hikaru and see if it sells!?
  15. jenius
    Ooooouch! Fun nostalgia purchases though.
  16. 26662 started following Your Most recent Macross Toy Purchase - 2024 Super Metal DX Hi-Metal Premium Revival Edition Re-issue
  17. 26662
    Picked up these from Anime-Export. Each was $63.44 for a total of $126.88. Shipping via DHL (2-day; was the only option I saw) was stupid ridiculous: $102.52 Picked up: This was my first taste of the tariffs. Not a fan.
  18. Dangard Ace
    Man that AI generated ad is bad. The video doesn't even conform to a cathoid ray tv curve. So fake.
  19. jenius
    There's no price or coming soon message so I'm going to hope they're selling the Tamashii store stock still... But I totally called it if it really is the next release.
  20. nightmareB4macross
    GU-11 sling.
  21. Seto Kaiba
    This got my scratching my head and sent me to the books... because I have no idea if an ISC can even be made to work that way. Normally, it's warping space to temporarily displace inertial forces before returning them to the frame in a controlled manner but the field is at least technically stationary WRT the movement of the vehicle itself. I'm not sure it would work on something passing through the field since the ISC doesn't offer any protection against bullets normally. (Now, I can think of a way to do this kind of thing... but you'd want the VF-22's Inertia Vector Control System instead. That magnifies or shrinks inertia vectors, but cannot change their direction. Using that, you could theoretically boost the acceleration of a Destroid to the point of turning a running punch into a guillotine, as long as you had a barrier to cushion that impact on the arm.) Wheeled bots DO spin and twirl. Hayate was doing exactly that at the start of Macross Delta, to the point that Freyja nearly lost her lunch. 😅 They just don't normally spin and twirl, because they're usually equipped for high-precision shooting. That said, I don't think "carrier deck brawls" are really a thing anymore after the First Space War. The only reason the Zentradi tried to board the Macross during the First Space War was that they had no idea what was going on with it or its crew due to the frankly insane circumstances of that first contact event. Their normal approach with an enemy warship is to just destroy it. New UN Forces warships developed after the First Space War generally aren't large enough to be home to a Destroid force either, with the exception of those 12 mass-produced Macross-class ships and the smaller Macross-type warships like the Elysion-type and Quarter-type that have a small number in external bunkers. Ideally, in a melee situation, you want something you can attack and block quickly with and quickly change direction with in a pinch. A weapon like a buster sword with huge mass requires a huge windup, a lot of recovery time between swings, and can't be maneuvered quickly. It's an invitation to getting shot fifty times while setting up your swing. (Though that's generally true for bringing a knife/sword to a gunfight in general and likely why the Spartan was seemingly the first/only Destroid role to be totally retired.)
  22. M'Kyuun
    Yep, saw the post. A little enigmatic, but it has something to do with the '86 Movie. Guess we'll find out in 72 hours. Instagram
  23. mikeszekely
    Yeah... so he made a Transformers post today. I'm thinking no. If there were, they'd have gone up at 1:00pm ET/10:00am PT.
  24. nightmareB4macross
    That she is. Clean finish looks good in her. Great choice.
  25. Papa Rat
    She’s a complete boss on the battlefield but couldn’t stomach the idea of weathering her.
  26. nightmareB4macross
    She’s pretty.
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