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I too went in 'cold' never having read the book, or watched the original 84 film. For some reason Dune just never sparked any interest and I've been flippng past all the Dune articles in the old sci-fi magazines and whatnot for almost 40 years. I heard there giant sandworms and that Sting was in it and it had the twin peaks guy. Watched the new Dune on HBO Max last night and was very impressed. Story started out confusing (all the family names and whatnot-I easily got lost in the GOT type houses), but once it settled in a bit I was able to follow it. Towrards the end I was wondering how in the heck are they going to wrap up this story, so I paused it with 20m left and noticed the title said 'part 1'. When it ended I had the same feeling I had when I saw the first Lord of the Rings movie...I definitely wanted to see how it all played out next! Also, the movie looks incredible (watched at night on a 65 OLED and it was just wow!) I would definiitely recommend it (new Dune) to the newbies-if I could follow it and enjoy it anyone could (not just prior Dune fans) After it ended I immedietely felt regret at not having given it (the original movie) a chance before, so looked and watched the original 84 right after! It was quite a different experience. I could tell they were trying to fit in so much source material into a very small time window, the movie deserved to be 2x longer at least. If it was not for just having seen the new Dune, I would have been completely lost in the 84 version...I know that because I was able to follow what was going on in the first half of the 84 movie, but once I was in new territory things started jumping around quickly and I got lost. I saw some great concepts that I hope to be played out SLOWER in the part 2 new version whenever it is released. The 84 version definitely had some strange concepts (the cat/navigators!?) but I appreciated the freshness of it. I was amazed how big of a world they created for such a relatively small budget. I definitely respect what they were trying to do.

Need to go through some of the books and see if there are any more signed examples of her work.

What an awesome detailed build up! Thanks for the link!

Sweet-just pre-ordered on Amazon Japan. https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/dp/4798626619 Thorough dissection of the appeal of Macross plastic models !! The latest issue of the monthly Hobby Japan sister paper "Hobby Japan Extra" features "Macross Modelers". Launched in 2015 with the announcement of "Macross Delta", "Macross Modelers" is one of the major brands in the Macross plastic kit series, which aims to excite Macross beyond the boundaries of companies. Now, five years after its inauguration, we will deliver the movements and future prospects of each manufacturer, along with the latest kit reviews and interviews. In addition, we will also highlight the latest video work "Macross Δ Absolute LIVE !!!!!!" that has just been released to dig deeper into its charm.

I can't believe it took me almost 40 years to figure out the connection. I've always asked around but no one seemed to know who the artist was. I've especially loved this illustration. Just awesome talent.

I was not able to make the connection until today, but his wife was an artist under the name "L. Cat." !!!! https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/宮武一貴 https://100lightyear.hatenadiary.jp/entry/2017/07/10/140236 妻は「L.CAt。」（エルキャット）名義で活動していた同人作家で、雑誌「COMIC NOIZY」（1988-1989年）に宮武と連名でイラスト小説『アドバンスト・アプラサス』を連載したこともある。 His wife was a coterie writer who was active under the name of "L.CAt.", And also serialized the illustration novel "Advanced Apprasus" in the magazine "COMIC NOIZY" (1988-1989) under the joint name of Miyatake. be. I've ALWAYS wondered who this talented artist was, I absolutely loved her work!!! I'm simply blown away it was her. She was responsible for most of my favorite art pieces in the back of the books! Here are some of of the famous drawings you are all very aware of.

found some box images on ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/133915914507 https://www.ebay.com/itm/133915917494

jvmacross-what scene is that from?

Not often you can BUY the cool items too! https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m1014238464 https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/h1014224594

a video was posted too, just insane! I just can't believe the amount of effort that went into this

yeah-it would be a Mercari 1500 yen, found in my dad's attic

Had to do the math on that-it seemed suspicious, but checks out...crazy! Add in shipping and it is $400 in today's dollars to your door. 1/48 VF-1J Valkyrie (Hikaru Ichijo Custom) (11/2003) – MSRP 14800円 1/48 GBP-1S Armor Parts for VF-1 Valkyrie (12/2005) – MSRP 12000円 26800 Yen combined Exchange rate in 2003 1 USD = 115 Yen 26800/115 = $233 USD (2003 rate) $233 USD in 2003 compared to 2021 USD $233 in 2003 is worth $347.36 today https://www.officialdata.org/us/inflation/2003?amount=233

So now we just need someone to offer up the bags!

and the pins (ignore the summer 84 in the middle)

and finally found the last shita I was missing, yay!

dug out the stickers (complete as far as I know)

Just found the 40th annivesary logo on the official site (super small)

In the netflix 'movies that made us series'...robocop episode, about 18m in, they talk about the ed-209 being inspired by the glaug

ok, I THINK I re-enabled the correct email settings...so let me know if I missed anything or its not working! S

I'll break into this discussion once to remind everyone- Our volunteer moderators do their best to keep posts from occasionally derailing, but the majority of the responsibility for the discussion quality here is on YOU. Not everything requires a comment back. Not everyon will agree with your opinions. Please stay on topic and respectful to other members here. S

What is the missile count of the GBP vs the Legioss (we can include the Imai arm missile box too) Who would win in a stand off

Found the issue and have corrected it. Does anyone care about the email notifications when following a post/getting notified? I re-enabled personal message emails, but was wondering about the rest...like is it too much noise S

no clue what it is doing, but whatever it is started was just a few days ago Sure it was some system update that threw something out of whack

there are apparently different levels of 'following a topic/member' I've turned them all off, so hopefully this will get things working again until I figure out what the heck happened to emails on the server

That is purty