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Yay, just got notice from the store that I ordered it from that my HG Milia VF-22S is arriving today. 😊

So will go pick it up tomorrow and planning to build it over the coming Lunar New Year holiday.

In the recent Scorched Earth YouTube video comparing the Yamato and Bandai toy's YF-21 FAST Packs, he mentions that the tail fin packs are micro missile launchers.

But I'd always assumed and also thought I'd read somewhere that the YF-21's tail fin packs were propellant tanks.

Thoughts on what the tail fin packs actually are?

We know there are micro missile launchers built into the belly plate packs.

I really want to see this in it's alternate mode.

2 hours ago, Big s said:

When I use the tv is when it has problems. The phone seems to have no issues. How does it look for you when not casting from your phone? 
I think it’s somehow a Hulu issue though 

Hmm. Good question.

I've never actually used or opened D+ directly on my TV.

For some reason my wife and I always just cast from our mobiles.

Just picked up a Revival VF-31J super, as wanted to check out any differences when the older releases. 

20 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said:

I have a conclusion on why the subtitles are playing out of sync for of the Macross series including Plus and Frontier. 

The artificially added fade to black  between some scenes for supposedly commercials creates a split second delay. That gap in time that is not suppose to be there creates a lag in timing and the subtitle will be earlier than the dialogue.  

The lag in time between the subtitles and dialogue get progressively worse with each additional fade to black commercial break,  towards the latter half of an episode after 2 or more fade to black pauses, the gaps in timing are very noticeable which is why people are noticing them towards the middle or end of an episode not at the beginning. 

If the episode had only one or no breaks, it's barely noticeable. but more than one fade out will most likely create a jarring experience which is why some may notice it more on certain episodes. 

Examples:

Frontier ep.2 at the 4:29 sec mark to see the lag in subtitles.  

Macross plus OVA has several fade to black pauses each episode. 

I believe those fade to black pauses were edited in artificially after the subtitles were already timed with the dialogue without the breaks.

 

Sounds plausible, as I've not noticed any fade to black pauses on D+ here so not encountered any subtitle lag.

I wonder why you guys in the US are having these subtitle problems? 

Since we got the various Macross shows on D+ here back in September 2024, I haven't noticed any issues at all with the subtitles.

But I usually watch at home by casting from the D+ app on my phone or tablet to my smart TV. Or just watch directly on my phone on the D+ app when I'm commuting.

But I guess it's a bit different here, as there is no Star or Hulu here in Hong Kong, all content is just under D+.

16 hours ago, Urashiman said:

I think the playstation store for vita was shut down, so no - unless you download the DLC from somewhere and CFW/HEN your vita, you'll be out of luck.

I've actually got the Macross Delta Scramble ROM and all DLC downloaded on my Android phone, as I was hoping to be able to play it on my phone using the Vita3K emulator.

However, Vita emulation is still in its early days and and the game crashes after the game's loaded when I try to go into Hanger or Missions from the game menu. That's kinda what I expected though as Macross Delta Scramble is one of the games listed as currently having a low compatibility with Vita3K. Hopefully Macross Delta Scramble may run better with future versions of Vita3K.

Anyway, once the PS Vita 2000 I ordered arrives, I'll look into trying CFW/HEN. Just been doing some light reading on it now.

1 hour ago, Big s said:

I was just wondering if it’s just in an odd location. Like maybe hidden oddly the way some of the stuff is here.

On the D+ app, if I type in Macross as a search all the available items show up.

And I daily check for new releases in the app also,

So, I sold my PS Vita TV and Macross Delta Scramble years ago.

But I've recently had a desire to play Macross Delta Scramble again, so I just ordered the game and a second hand PS Vita, which is on the way.

Anybody know if the Delta DLC is still available on the Japanese Playstation store?

Just now, Big s said:

Could it be how it’s located. Over here in Hulu the stuff is separated between movies and shows. Most of the ova items are on a listing for tv. The movies are mostly in a movie section and there are a couple odd ones like the Macross Plus movie is in the tv section. Not sure if that could be an issue for you or if it’s just not available there yet.

We don't have Hulu here. All the Macross stuff is on D+ here.

Interesting.

I wonder why D7 is the only thing we are still missing on D+ here in HK (apart from the original series and DYRL obviously).

So, have you guys in the US got Dynamite 7 on D+ or not?

I will say, I have been impressed by the subtitles on the Disney+ releases.

I can't point to any specific instances off the top of my head, but I do feel that I have gained some new insight into certain areas of the Macross animes, when compared to the older fansub releases.

20 hours ago, rsvictor1976 said:

Can we get pictures of your collection? I'm sure you have a bunch of rare toys.

I live in a tiny (by Western standards) Hong Kong apartment and my display cabinets and shelves are very crowded and don't look that great. A lot of my stuff is in boxes and gets rotated into display periodically. 😅

38 minutes ago, ArchieNov said:

Why not Armored Gerwalk? Personally I'm not the biggest fan of Gerwalk, but IMO it's in Gerwalk mode where these armored valks shine the most. They look great when angled upwards (you'll have to attach the stand backwards) and with all weapon bays opened like it's firing all of its ordnance. It's the reason I have my Arad Armored VF-31 displayed in Gerwalk mode as well.

In general I've just never been a big fan of displaying my toys in Gerwalk mode.

I understand and appreciate the in-universe rationale for Gerwalk mode, but visually it's just not my favorite look.

I'm more of a fighter mode guy and I'd say in general, roughly 60 percent or more of my VF toys are displayed in Fighter mode, 30% displayed in Battroid mode and only about 10% (or less) are displayed in Gerwalk Mode.

Thinking about it, the only toys I've currently got displayed in Gerwalk mode are a DX YF-21, an HMR VF-2SS without SAP, the blue HMR VF-0S, an HMR VF-19 Kai, a DX VF-31AX Bogue and maybe 1 or 2 HMR VF-1 toys. 

I just picked up a 3rd Revival VF-25S Ozma and happy to report it's fine with no obvious issues (just like my first two.)

Displaying the first in Armored Fighter mode, the second in Armored Battroid mode and the third in bare fighter mode.

57 minutes ago, rsvictor1976 said:

Did they announce they were reissuing premium finished versions too? Just curious if I'll be able to snag a premium finished SDF-1 one day. 

They haven't.

But I'm hoping they will eventually.

The VF-0 is not really one of my favorite designs to by honest and it's a bit of a shelf hog at 1/60 scale, so it's not a priority for me.

I think I'll wait for a PF version.

Happy enough with the HMR VF-0A for the moment.

Bit of a necro post, but recently had a desire to play Macross Ultimate Frontier (MUF) again. However my PSP died years ago and I never bothered to replaced it.

So, I started looking into emulators for Android. Installed the PPSSPP Gold emulator on my Samsung S24 Ultra and found and downloaded the ROM for MUF.

So far it is playing absolutely fine on my phone. 😊 

Really enjoying playing it again after so many years.

Also downloaded the ROM for Macross Triangle Frontier (MTF), but haven't tried playing it yet.

On 1/3/2025 at 10:03 PM, Model-Junkie said:

Yes, I was able to set my VPN location to Japan and watch DYRL and SDF.  The shows are viewable if they are visible on Disney+, if the show is not available for a region they do not have them visible at all.  Only Japanese language is available with English, Chinese or Korean subtitles on all of the Macross shows regardless of the my VPN location, I tested with UK, Canada, Japan and Hong Kong. 

I finally was able to log into Disney+ with my VPN set to Hong Kong but DYRL, SDF and Macross Dynamite 7 was not visible on my account.  Not sure if these shows are not available in HK or if it has something to do with my U.S. based account.  Those 3 shows are also not visible if I change my VPN location to Canada but MD7 was available when I changed my location to the UK

Yeah, original series, DYRL and MD7 not available here in HK. All others available.

I could have sworn we had MD7, but apparently not. Which is a shame, as I've just finshed rewatching M7 and wanted to rewatch MD7 nex

40 minutes ago, Big s said:

If that were the case, I’m sure someone would’ve mentioned that they were working on it. But even if you don’t like dubs D+ and Hulu usually havs sub and dub options 

Can confirm no English dubs available on the Macross releases on D+ in Hong Kong.

Audio is only Japanese and for subtitles we have the choice of English, Traditional Chinese or Korean.

8 hours ago, Model-Junkie said:

Thanks for asking that question, I only watched Macross Plus when I last tested it.  I just checked and SDF and DYRL was not available to me when I set my VPN location to Canada.  However, SDF and DYRL showed up in  Disney+ when I changed my location to Japan.  Oddly, I was not able to log into Disney+ when I set my location to Hong Kong, I couldn't get the website to load for me but I thought our HK members had Disney+ over there.

Yes, Disney+ is available here in Hong Kong and we have all the Macross animes on Disney+, apart from the original series and DYRL.

40 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said:

i would like this too

Me too.

Decided to take my Macross Fighter Collection 1/250 scale fighters out of storage today and give then a clean and play with them for a while.

Haven't touched them in 7 or 8 years. 😅

I no longer have the stands, I got rid of them to save space when I packed the toys away.