Graham

The official Macross Triangle Frontier site has another update to the Mechanic and System Pages. http://b.bngi-channel.jp/psp_macross/ On the Mechanic pages, the only new mecha I can spot are the Macross Quarter and a Vajra spaceship. Haven't really looked at the system update yet. Graham

The book is not yet up for pre-order on amazon.co.jp, but I asked Tenjin and he said it should be up fairly soon. Graham

OK, good carry on then. Graham

Never have been into podcasts, more of a reading than a listening guy (apart from music), but I shall probably have to give this a listen to if you are talking about Yamato, just to make sure there are no obvious errors. Graham

Hence why the 1/100 scale non-transforming fighter mode-only model kit is being released on February 26th, simultaneously with the movie while the transforming 1/60 DX scale toy is being released at some as yet unspecified later date. Graham

Studying the line art of the YF-29, I'm surprised the wing-mounted engine nacelles don't feature dorsal and ventral verniers. I would have thought that would have been an no-brainer to improve roll rate in both space and atmosphere? The Tornado pack has dorsal and ventral verniers on the wing-tip engine nacelles, so why not the Durandal? Graham

He's also done quite a few new Hasegawa box art since the first book as well. Graham

If Yamato made it, how many of you would be interested in buying a 'Macross the First' version 1/60 scale V2 VF-1J Hikaru? Please refer to the attached photos of converted Wave (battroid) and Hasegawa (fighter) kits, to see the color scheme and new head. Also as I haven't read the manga, can somebody please let me know if a new pilot sculpt would be required, or is the flight suit and helmet standard TV or DYRL type? Graham

Heh, this is also getting some news coverage over here. Seems Chinese netizens are really ripping into state owned CCTV for this. Graham

Tenjin - 'Valkyries 2nd Sortie' art book. 112 pages, ¥3,600, released 19th February. http://www.studio-tenjin.com/VALKYRIES2nd.html Graham

Yee-ha! Seems like it's coming soon, 19th February to be exact. http://www.studio-tenjin.com/VALKYRIES2nd.html 112 pages, ¥3,600. ISBN　9784334901813 (Edit: Damn, link didn't get included when I originallly posted from my mobile phone). Graham

Or Hasegawa, could do like Wave does with their 1/100 scale VF-1 kits and include the necessary Gerwalk conversion parts with the batroid and fighter mode kits. Graham

So am I. I actually realy enjoyed the first movie. The fight choreography and level of detail in the final fight was amazing. Graham

For Gundam, yes. For Macross, not so much Probably due to economies of scale and also perhaps that Bandai has never put as much care and attention into Macross products, compared to Gundam. Graham

The CAD pics you refer to that showed the intakes compressor blades and exhaust nozzles in the feet are over a month old (from last month's Dengeki Hobby). The much newer CAD pics I posted on this page (just a few posts above your post), from this month's Dengeki Hobby (published just a few days ago), no longer show the compressor blades. Of course, that could just mean that the toy now has removeable intake covers, or worst case scenario, it could mean they are using the old VF-25DX legs. I doubt that is the case, but you never know. Graham

It's not a YF-19 in that pic, it appears to be a VF-19S. Graham

Haven't seen the new Anakin yet, but the new Obi Wan has been out here in HK for several weeks already. Graham

Studied the magazine pics last night, which are clearer than the scans and no gun barrels are visible either in Tenjin's art our the model kit pics. Also sketchley's translation mentions the SV-52 Oryol has no offensive armament. My thinking is that the hip/wing-root guns simply have their ports faired over for streamlining (it is a racing plane after all), as does the VF-19ACTIVE. Graham Studied the magazine pics last night, which are clearer than the scans and no gun barrels are visible either in Tenjin's art our the model kit pics. Also sketchley's translation mentions the SV-52 Oryol has no offensive armament. My thinking is that the hip/wing-root guns simply have their ports faired over for streamlining (it is a racing plane after all), as does the VF-19ACTIVE. Graham

Cool, I wonder how many clones it can hold? Although it's sort of a moot point as the chance of my wife allowing me to buy another large SW vehicle for my son is kinda remote (unless I wanna divorce that is)...Mwhahahahaha. Graham

Keith, was it you who mentioned that one of the Gundam games had multi-map missions, where you could exit one map and fly onto another map? Hope MTF has this feature. Very happy with the mecha listed as being in MTF so far. My only remaining wishes are to include the VF-2JA, VF-3000, VF-5000B, VA-3M & the powered suit from ep 1 of Mac Plus OVA. And for a potential 4th PSP game (if there is one), or for the PS3 game, if they add Macross-R mecha and campaign and Mac Frontier 2nd movie mecha & campaign, I'll be over the moon. Graham

It's only a 1,260 Yen kit, so you can't expect too much. Graham

Release date is 3rd February. Graham

MUF is a fantastic game. I've got 320 hours logged on it so far! Graham

P, S & F are a given from yamato, so not really needed on the poll IMO. It really comes down to VF-19EF (Macross-R), VF-19ACTIVE (Macross-R), VF-19A (VF-X2), Remake YF-19 (Mac Plus), VF-19E and other colors/variations (Master Files). Graham

Where are you getting that from David? I'm not seeing it on the lineart. Graham