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  2. Big s
    Looks like a perfect match. Might even look good on his Queadluun Rau, possibly with a little white mixed in to lighten it up a little
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  4. Seto Kaiba
    The space cruiser Algenicus (アルゲニクス, Arugenikusu) is one of those few proper nouns in Macross that I haven't yet been able to come up with a definitive explanation for. (It doesn't help that it's intermittently referred to as a battleship (戦艦 senkan) instead of a cruiser (巡洋艦 jun'youkan... sometimes within the same entry, e.g. the game manual.) Normally, Macross's Earth UN Forces and New UN Forces give easily explicable names to their ships, fighters, and so on. A lot of the earlier Variable Fighters are named for pre-existing aircraft (e.g. XB-70 Valkyrie, P-38 Lightning, A-10 Thunderbolt, etc.) and later ones (particularly in the Kodachi era) have Meaningful Names that reference their role in the story and/or their faction. A lot of the earlier ships are named for pioneers of space flight (e.g. Oberth, Goddard, Tsiolkovsky), famous warships (Invincible, Enterprise, Ranger, Akagi) or the heads of state (Harlan J. Niven, Robert A. Rhysling, Bruno J. Global). Later military ships are predominantly named for places (Uraga, Guantanamo, Northampton), for other ships (Bluenose, Stargazer, Saratoga II, Valhalla III), or the occasional in-joke (Lucy). Civilian ships tend to have theme names tied to their purpose and/or owners, a tendency that got more blatant in Kodachi's era (the entertainment ship Hollywood, the seaside resort ship Riviera, the agriculture ship Sunflower, the Polish bank-owned transport Twardowski, etc.) with the occasional punny name thrown in (factory ship Three Star, a pun on Mitsubishi Heavy Industries). There are a couple that have issues or just aren't clear at a glance because the romanization is wrong, unintuitive, or the reference is just weird or obscure. You've seen me chew over the problem of unclear romanization/meaning behind the Macross Galaxy Riviera-class resort ship Evna's name. The YF-27-5 Shaher is another example, as the English spelling of the intended name is wrong in the visual book (it's supposed to be Shahar). There's an older and more unintuitive example in the Macross 7 fleet's West Point-class training ship. Its name is romanized "Beginhill" in every artbook that has a romanization but is actually meant to be "Biggin Hill", being named for the RAF station at Biggin Hill during the world wars. Algenicus, though... I've been unable to find anything on that one. It's such a specific name, and they went to the trouble of spelling it out in English... I get nothing for any possible spelling of it, and the kana doesn't produce any results in the Japanese wiki either.
  5. Big s
    Same here. I would’ve had the extra money back then
  6. Big s
    Yeah, they went all out in the cool stuff
  7. GMK
    That is freaken enormous!!
  8. sh9000
    I'll be picking up reissue Gigawatt today. Now that I've had Agent Knight for some time I wish that his vehicle mode was the same size as Gigawatt's.
  9. sh9000
    https://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-joe-customs-finished-projects/142652-minor-custom-touches-skystriker-ace.html It's 2025.
  10. Mommar
    The director evidently loved Hedorah and has been saying it makes sense in this universe. If anything Hedorah will look bad-ass.
  11. renegadeleader1
    We're getting into Steiner math now.
  12. MKT
    It looks quite large, perhaps more than a 1/48 F-14 it’s based on.
  13. grogall
    I must say, I really like the beast! Although it's a regurgitated VF-1S and a Fantasy GBP-1S, It's still a very plausible kit and looks absolutely stunning! When I first saw the picture of all the GBP's from 2019, I thought it looked stunning! but never thought it would ever be a thing.... Nice that this Beauty was finale made available! 🤗 now when do we get the Max with GBP-1S? 🤪
  14. Mommar
    In case anyone is interested the new con exclusive ryu/ken is up for sale, I posted it in the Storm thread. https://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/topic/45464-storm-collectibles-action-figure-line/page/9/#findComment-1753058
  15. Mommar
    If anyone is interested in getting the two new con-exclusive Ken/Ryu figures this guy is taking orders. I've never bought from him before but his old ebay has positive reviews. $49 per figure and $24 shipping to the US. https://www.instagram.com/krauseriihk?igsh=Z253czczazZtMWFh
  16. Chas
    Thanks! 🤙
  17. Seto Kaiba
    The in-game text seen during each mission briefing uses "Algenicus" as the English spelling of the ship's name. EDIT: Seen here:
  18. Thom
    So, option one.
  19. F18LEGIOSS2
    Stay tuned, BIG things are coming in 2026.
  20. TangledThorns
    Looking at getting into vlogging, probably revolving around my Jaguar F-Type and cars, so I made some purchases in the past week into Black Friday weekend. DJI Neo 2 drone that I ordered on EBAY via a South Korean bases store. Hollyland Ark A1 wireless microphones. Just saw the posts about Paypal pay-in-4 20% cash back and used it on a Insta360 Flow 2 Pro AI Tracker Bundle for about $150. My wife is interested in these vlog devices as well for her dance and rollerskating hobbies too. If we stick with it then I may invest in a nice mirrorless camera.
  21. nightmareB4macross
    It actually affords me the opportunity to slim the inner backplate good and proper without distorting or prohibiting it’s function(s). Since the original backplate is very thick, this would have been the reason why the original VF legs are so thin.
  22. Bolt
    The shipping is gonna kill me..😭
  23. pengbuzz
    Now you know why he's so chill: raising Nekki Basara is such a harrowing ordeal that anything else that happens won't seem all that bad!
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  25. joscasle
    Hi. Straight from the jar. It is a Gundam blue paint from Mr. color. Exam Blue 2
  26. sh9000
    I would have loved it if Sentinel released Classic Ride Armors to begin with.
  27. sh9000
    Star Wars TVC Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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