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If you look close, the cycle is a seperate model from the Ride Armor. Neither are transforming as there are no mechanisms or seams where the pieces should come together. In the pictures below you can see that there were also Legioss models made, those are also non-transforming. My personal opinion is that these are models that the animators used for reference while animating. I'm sure they were given to Gakken to help them visualize the toys and models, but in the end they chose a different look for the large Ride Armor toy; I'm sure because it needed to be more functional. The Legioss though, seems to have directly inspired those awful little 1/55 3-mode toys

You should start a seperate lami card thread I have about a dozen Macross lami cards I can add to it

Wow, those are super cool! I have not seen those before...

Nice stuff! IT makes me think that I really need more CD's Especially the new Frontier stuff! I'm kinda behind the times...

Just the two you started in the Wanted section a while back http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...4&hl=ohsato When the discussion for starting up this "Collectors" section started, Shawn put out the idea for possibly incuding wanted items such as trading cards, I would assume if directly related to a "Collectors" topic. I suppose we could start a new "Ohsato Trading Cards and Stickers" thread here...

Cool, thanks! Sometimes I'm not sure if people are really looking at this stuff!

This is the Sticker Collection 2 display box (I don't own this box yet and I'm just providing it for reference): Collection 2 sticker book. I have two of these, but I don't yet have enough extra sticker cards to sticker an extra one. Both sticker books have line art and text in them. They are about 5" x "3".

Next up we have the Ohsato Sticker Collection 2: Card envelopes and front and backs of sticker cards. Collection 1 has sticker cards 61 through 124.

Collection 1 sticker book. My case came with 4 of these if I remember correctly. I guess if you didnt make it to the store on time, you couldn't get a book. I had enough sticekrs to sticker one book and I also kept a clean one.

This is the Sticker Collection 1 display box:

Sticker Collection 1 card envelope:

Time to start a thread for vintage trading cards and stickers. First up we have the Ohsato Sticker Collection 1: Front of cards and backs of cards. Collection 1 has cards 1 through 60.

Maybe you were thinking of Snow Crash?

Does anyone know if there is a planned release date for DVD's of the show?

The head design is only loosely based on the animation error and is actually different. Where as the error had a VF1A with two side lasers, this design is more of a cross between a VF1J and a VF1A DYRL. Whether or not you like the design, its definately unique. Per Tommy Yune, Viscous Circle approached him with an idea for a new Veritech design for the game, but their ideas were not very true to he show (midieval helmet deigns) so he designed this one for them.

I wouldn't pay more than $35.

There werent any QC issues like bent head lasers that I know of so its better than the others for that reason. Its also mostly molded in color and has just the white paint on it so thats a plus. It was also the only release with painted chest intakes (dark grey).

Hmmmmm... not sure how to take this coming from a guy with over 3,000 posts on an anime web forum, a sig with a reference to John Woo, and arguing his opinions regarding story changes made 23 years ago. I guess its ironic and therefore humorous Its easy to see what you were really saying. By trying to "skate" around the topic, you were still able to get your point across; somehow the blame still falls on Carl Macek's shoulders. This is what I responded to. It does not. He was hired to do a job, that job apparently changed, he still did the job. I suppose you would say in hindsight that he should should have quit after investing all that time producing the VHS release because his boss changed the direction? That would be silly. From what I've heard, HG paid "a song" for the Macross rights, spent 5 months producing the show on a tight budget, during which time they found a major toy sponsor, 2 dozen licensees, and made millions. Sounds pretty successful to me. In your opinion. Thats better... As far it being "fact" that they could have tried the "umbrella" approach, up to that point, the only example I know of where anime shows were combined similarly is Force Five. I would hardly call that the same level of success that Robotech was. If the idea did come up for the "umbrella" approach, I'm sure anyone in the industry would have brought up this show and shot the idea down. It didnt work on the level Robotech did. Robotech's success must also be measured by the myriad of follow-up licenses such as the RPG's, comics, and novels. All of which continued far longer after the show aired and well into the 90's. Robotech kept growing and kept generating more revenue for HG. Again, your opinion. For what they paid for it, put into it, and what they reap still today; I beg to difer. And I'd hardly call that "mothballed". I guess your definition of "mothballed" is different from mine? You also did not address the run on Sci Fi and Cartoon Network. This is probably the only thing I will agree with you on. The usually stated is that "someone was asleep at the wheel" at HG. Really meaning that the management at the time had no idea of what rights they had claim to. Now the current management has decided to excersice those rights. And, like it or not, they apparently have the law on their side.

If there's one thing I hate it is people who talk knowledgable about something they are not. Carl Macek did not make the decision to combine the three shows under one storyline. He was initially hired by HG because he was an expert in anime and had a background in film. He immediately told them that Macross was the hidden gem in their archive and so they moved forward to produce a translation. Macross was conceptualized by him as a direct to video release using translations provided by Tatsunuko. HG Marketing made the decision to combine the three shows. To quote Carl Macek, "Robotech was born out of necessity. Initially, the concepts and details of this complex science fiction saga were extrapolated from existing animated footage in order to satisfy a particular aesthetic direction which John Rocknowski, President of Harmony Gold Marketing described as "the king of storytelling in which the audience knows from the beginning it will not be short-changed". Robotech owes much of its success to the original material produced by Tatsunuko Studios." -Carl Macek, 1988 It is just your opinion that a Robotech "umbrella" show would be better served to bring over other anime mecha shows. Its not a fact. Here's a fact: Robotech WAS successful as it was conceptualized and made HG a lot of money. The Robotech show was also not "mothballed" in the 90's. It went off the air in 1988 and continued in video tape releases well into the 90's. It also had a run on SciFi Channel and Cartoon Network. If you're going to wax stupid about something you don't like, at least get your facts straight.

Not that I know of. It would be interesting to find out what else would have been different.

Thats where it ended up, only so they could use SC footage in it and give it more action.

Pure awesome.

Carl Macel's original vision was to also place it on Earth during the Macross Saga before the SDF-1 returns from Pluto. Would have fit there better considering the near future technological look (80's cars and motorcycles).

I'm confused. What are you talking about here?

Not too bad. Its like Fiddler On The Roof meets Rammstein. I like it though.