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Can I get a blurry, out-of-focus picture of you to go with the photos of the other cryptids? (I joke, there are plenty of Gundam ZZ fans out there! It's not my favorite, but it's a worthy installment in the UC and in some ways a breath of fresh air after Tomino's relentlessly grim ending to Zeta. I picked those three in particular because they're usually held up as the most impactful... the OG series, the highest-rated series, and that one movie nobody ever stops referencing.) Yeah, that's a pretty reasonable assumption IMO. The NUNS Marines would probably be infantry stationed on the Spacy's warships as well as providing orbit-to-surface work. Kind of the whole "space marine" gimmick anyway. So, when you mentioned this it occurred to me to go look it up and see what the caption on the image had to say. For those interested, that picture can be found in the VF-1X/P section on page 090 of Variable Fighter Master File: VF-1 Valkyrie Vol.2. All three pictures on that page, as well as the two pictures on the next page, appear to depict the same aircraft... a VF-1P Valkyrie with modex 406 and tailcode ZZ. The top image from page 091 shows it's attached to SVC-131, a Spacy composite squadron. The caption on the picture with the two Regults says that it's an aircraft of the Planet Zola Defense Forces, that the Regults it's flying next to are from the UN Spacy Marine Corps, and that both units are en route to a training area for joint exercises. (SVC-131 is presumably an aggressor squadron.) That would make for an interesting series... you could easily work some VF combat into that if there are rogue Zentradi nearby, or the planet is home to some large fauna that are potentially dangerous like on Gubaba's homeworld or the planet from Macross E. The Octos bis is perhaps a bit more explicable. Macross Chronicle notes that the factory producing the Octos for the Anti-Unification Alliance was found and pressed back into service by the UN Forces after the Unification Wars ended. They note that a further 28 Octos units were produced and delivered to the UN Forces before the line was destroyed in the First Space War. Presumably whichever one of the UN Forces defense contractors assumed control of the factory between the Unification Wars and First Space War was able to preserve the design the same way they preserved those of the destroids developed for the UN Forces. Given that Master File suggests both the VF-0 and SV-51 became "phantom" aircraft after the First Space War, presumably much less (or nothing) survived of the specifications or production lines for the VF-0 and SV-51. (Master File has a whole section devoted to Shinsei Industry having to essentially reverse-engineer the VF-0 back into existence based on the wreckage of several VF-0s that were shot down during Macross Zero that was found in a cargo container years after the First Space War. The same was presumably true for the SV-51.) I'm not sure I'd call it a natural resource, at least in the context Humanity and other species are finding it in... Protoculture ruins, old Vajra nests, and Vajra carcasses. Considering where fold quartz is typically found, and that the restrictions on the mining and trade in fold quartz seem to have come about as a result of the Vajra conflict, I'd expect there probably wasn't too much grumbling. The Vajra had all but effortlessly destroyed one of the wealthiest and most heavily armed emigrant fleets in existence, beat the snot out of another, and then attacked a bunch of New UN Government member worlds before the Galaxy fleet's conspirators were stopped. Nobody wants another war with the Vajra. The story of Macross Delta also mentions the New UN Gov't heavily restricts and regulates the mining and trading of fold quartz and banned the use of dimension bombs in war without New UN Gov't approval, suggesting there was probably broad consensus that fold quartz and weapons based on it needed to be tightly controlled to avoid disaster. (Leading right to Cromwell's discontent over the limits placed on the usage of such weapons and other potentially useful technology.)

I almost pulled the trigger on this one. I'm bummed this happened, but it's still a spectacular valk. That was fast shipping. I'm still waiting on my Aaliyah I ordered about the same time.

Just saw it and I liked it. However, it's not without its flaws. But I liked Corenswet as Supes, Brosnahan as Lois, Fillion as Gardner, and Gathegi as Mr. Terrific, probably the most breakout performance in the film. I'd say Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor was a wee bit over the top, but then again, given current events, it's more like art imitating reality. Anyway, Hoult's a good actor and I think he portrayed the character well. I still think Clancy Brown's cool and collected version in Superman: The Animated Series was the ideal capture of the character. I couldn't stand Eisenberg's take, so Hoult's was at least better than that. I just want a live action Luthor that's portrayed the same way- cool, unflappable, brilliant, aloof but charming when it suits his needs. I think Luthor also works better as a smart villain when his interest in Superman comes from a place of scientific curiosity and gamesmanship- pitting his intellect against Superman's. He sorta did that in this movie, but his methods were far more axe than scalpel and I'd prefer the latter approach, always ready with a plan B, C, and D, and nonchalant when his initial plans fail, b/c even failures have their lessons to be learned and Lex always has myriad contingency plans. Anyway, it was mostly cartoonish with a handful of serious or tender moments, but overall, not bad. I loved seeing the old Hall of Justice and the "Justice Gang" (working title 😉) added a bit of flavor to the film as a build up to a larger DC Universe. I'm not familiar with Guy Gardner but if he's a bit of a narcissistic ass, well then Fillion nailed it. Hawkgirl was, well, Hawkgirlish, although again, I harken back to the excellent Justice League toon in the 90s as my ideal, and this movie's characterization was not that. Moving on to Mr. Terrific, a character I had no familiarity with and yet I felt made the biggest impact. Hoping he'll be getting more screen time in the future. I imagine there's probably a Justice League film in the works. As the owner of a nearly 90 lb pitsky who's just a year and half old and a bit unruly, especially on the leash, Krypto was all too familiar. 😄 I could totally see my dog doing the same to me as in the opening scene. I can't help but thinking that LEGO missed a great opportunity by not making a Mr. Terrific set with his ship. That thing was cool. AFAIK, they're not making any sets from this movie, which is pretty disappointing as DC gets little representation in brick for characters beyond Batman and this movie had enough set pieces that at least a few sets could have been made from it.

That face is super bright

Turkey! Time to Strike is back... Wasn't this supposed to be a bowling anime?

If the movie flops, the HISHE will show Reed Richards tossing his baby to Galactus....

Agreed...however, I'll take it a step further and toss in the boring AF "The Batman"-verse too...

Wow....even if I hated a movie I would not have ditched the person who had invited me to go watch it with them....bad form, but I guess it all depends on the folks you hang with, so maybe it is a totally acceptable move within that subgroup? Next time just tell them you have explosive diarrhea and can't stay...they won't want you to stick around....lol

Yeah I know I read the description too. I was just hoping that was like some standard language for old Yamato Valks. Fingers crossed with the “may” word in there. Ah well. Gonna be fine sitting in fighter mode. Maybe my kid can figure out how to 3D print a replacement part. Looks a bit like the shoulder hinge on the VF-1’s

This was the description of the item: main item may have cracked due to being opened (used), Package heavily damaged , or condition deteriorated due to ageing It should hold together if it's only left in Fighter mode though.

Yep....already posted.... https://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/topic/48945-macross-the-flamethrower-series/#findComment-1564769

By AK15311159.

Ok, just continue doing what you want then....good luck

I love ZZ as well, although not more than zeta or the 90‘s Ova’s. Although Zeta is an odd one due to characters, ZZ is an odd one due to extreme tonal shift. I kinda think of ZZ as almost an equivalent of Macross 7 where once you get through a certain amount of bs episodes, it becomes really enjoyable for what it is

I've got one in my private warehouse. Thinking of snagging another before i ship all my stuff out of PW.

Wow you got it real fast it showed up on Mandarake only a few days ago lol. Sorry to see the crack, maybe someone has come up with a 3d printed replacement for it?😗

Darn thing was cracked right out of the box just like @jenius warned. Guess I could try some model glue. I was only planning on keeping it in fighter mode anyway

Sorry for the double post, the forums didn't make me want to make a longer post! Honestly I'd love a series that focuses on a colony fleet researching the viability of a habitable world, especially early on since this made me think how inexperienced they'd be in terms of dealing with an entirely new ecosystem as well as juggling ergonomics and economics alongside that, Wouldn't be surprised if The Ride's events sparked that interest, though considering the Frontier's movie novelization had Octos Bis under military usage and presumably those being replica units with advanced weapons on top, it almost seems like the "lost" technology from the Unification War period wasn't all that lost as believed. Though admittedly, a part of that is me wanting Sv-52-like units popping up in the universe in between the time between SW1 and The Ride. Does kinda make me wonder, fold quartz are said to be a natural resource, and we get a whole conflict around that with the Windemeran War of Independence. Makes me think if about the detailing of fold quartz's discovery on other planets and asteroids circa around VF-X2's time; goodness forbid they're also home of autonomous governments who don't necessarily agree with the central government's ways (not just Windemere, since VF-X2's Vulcan and M3's Cristrania has existed at least a decade before Latence put pressure on governments who didn't side with Earth's policies.)

Saw it this afternoon. It was fine. Second half was better than the first half. Kinda goofy in that James Gunn sorta way. Definitely better than that dark and gritty nonsense Zack Snyder did. Not as good as the original Superman movie.

I wouldn't be surprised, since the two times we see the Spacy Marine Corps, not only they're Zentradi units but they're both stationed on planets as garrison units. And if you want to stretch it in a more liberal explanation of being a amphibious force, considering Marine Corps have operations done on the land and sea, I wouldn't be surprised if space was added in the mix for "amphibious" operations, like how sci-fi tends to have drop ships to land troops on planets from space. On a side note, was reminded of the MF render with a UN Spacy VF-1 flying alongside a few NUNS Marine branded Regults; I'm assuming this was suggesting that it's somewhat common for giant Zentradi units to be under that branch in the military? Rough is an understatement, and I'm one of the 5 people on the planet that has it as some of my favorite Gundam works, much less prefer it over Zeta itself!

According to Wikipedia, that only started being prescribed to the logo in 2004. Before that, notable definitions included - "S" for "Superman" (origin) - an El family crest/coat of arms (from Superman: The Movie) - a design by Pa Kent based off Native American iconography, depicting a snake to symbolize healing (The Man of Steel, 80s) This desire for it to mean something super deep, and "hope" of all things, I find to be really weird and unnecessary. But that's coming from me as a casual Superman audience. Anyway, I think it's about as good and bad as any of the other James Gunn superhero movies. Choosing Israel-Palestine as a backdrop wasn't a great decision. The use of Krypto and an associated spoiler was a good one. The movie was at its best when it didn't take itself super seriously. I think it could have handled the "serious" subject matter more adeptly by leaning even more heavily into its super simplistic, cartoony storytelling. As is, its attempts feel half-assed. Altogether, it holds together better than the Snyderverse movies, but otherwise is surpassed by other superhero movies before it. It's a cut above/below Superman Returns, but generally in that same ballpark.

Awesome work @nightmareB4macross.

Thanks, they’d really be appreciated

Will do