Graham

Anybody know if the GN-U Macross Plus FAST Pack sets out yet? And there is no confirmation that Kaiyodo lost their Macross licence. Could be a lot of reasons why we haven't seen any new Macross Revys in a while. Most likely tghe licence expired and they chose not to renew it. Loads Macross of Revys still sitting on shelves here. Graham

Also convinced that the chest ports are vents or verniers, not beam guns.

Just picked up my copy in the ground floor Japanese magazine shop in Sino Center for HK$258. The first 60 or so pages are mostly mecha porn photos of the completed model kits, with a few pages of building tips, some pics of the character decal sheets and a two page text article. The last 30 pages are mostly black and white lineart and a few pages of color CG art. The black and white lineart is the same as previously published in various issues of Hobby Japan, but a bit bigger and clearer. The lineart is mostly of the Super Parts, Armour Parts and some areas of the VF-25, such as the landing gear, folded nose cone, wing root guns, feet etc. Nothing new, but worth having if you didn't get all the relevant HJ issues. The CG mecha art is the same as in other Frontier books. There is also a 4 page color guide for the VF-25 with some nice side view color line art of the various VF-25. Overall, worth having if you don't buy the hobby mags, but there's nothing really new for those that do. The painted model kit pics are new and nice, but the hobby mags also have plenty of photos of the completed kits. Graham

Hip vernier? Which opening are you talking about, the circle-bar? Just to clarify, are you talking about the hip armour, which covers the engine intake, or the wing root armor, that covers the VF-25's 25mm wing root gun? On what I call the wing root armor, there are three openings, the front, which is thought to be the opening for the VF-25's 25mm gun, although I'm begining to wonder if the opening actually lines up with the 25mm gun or not. Then there are the two ovals behind it, which based on the line art published in the August HJ and the new Frontier Archieves books, show cylinders on the rear of the armor (behind the ovals), which to me don't look big enough to be guns, but who knows? Graham

Nice. Is it out already?

Just to clarify, Hasegawa have only been making Macross kits since the year 2000, not for 25 years. Graham

I'm guessing non-transforming battroid mode only. My guess for first releases are VF-25, VF-27 & VF-1.

Unfortunately, no new news or pics in the new August issues of Hobby Japan Magazine and Dengeki Hobby Magazine, that were released on 25th June. Hopefully, we'll get some news in the next issues, out on 25th July. Graham

There is a very small pic of the prototype in the new hobby mags, but it appears to be of clear resin and you can't really see any detail anyway. Graham

Damn, wanted you to ask did they ever see Yokko Kanno and Gabriela Robin together? Would like to clear up the mystery are they really the same person or not......LOL! Graham

Heh, how would you like your 'Q', rare, medium or well done? It ain't a steak ya' know.

Well after seeing the trailier that was running in the local Toys R Us, my wife decided not to let me take my son to the cinema to watch ROTF. She has agreed, to let him watch it when it comes out on DVD though. I can never figure out women's logic! I let my son choose one of the smaller Transformers ROTF toys as a consolation. He chose an Autobot that transforms into a warship. IIRC, it's called Depth Charge. Does this actually appear in the movie? Graham

Members posting fake news, as a joke or otherwise is intensly annoying IMO, due to the amount of time wasted debunking it to those that got taken in. People often refer back to the fake news as real weeks, months or years after!

So is this news about a new OVA in 2011 & a new TV series in 2012 confirmed or just fan speculation only? If not confirmed, please don't post such stuff in the news thread. This thread is for confirmed news only, not fan guesses.

b The GBP-1S chest armor has vent ports on the side, as do other parts of the armor, like that for the arms. The VF-1 super arm packs even look to have exhaust fans built in according to the Gold book poster. When you fire that many missiles at once the smoke needs somewhere to go. Pretty sure I've seen vent ports on the VF-11 & VF-0.

Not convinced those chest ports are 2 of the 22mm guns. IMO, They are likely the vent ports for the chest missile exhaust. Agree those ovals on the hip armor are not the 22mm guns, based on the new lineart. Perhaps the 22mm guns are in the forearm packs, 2 per arm pack?

Poor Farrah. While any cancer is terrible, anal cancer sounds especially nasty. Graham

Lineart scans of the Armored Pack from the new August issue of Hobby Japan. Would still love to confirm if these are by Kawamori or not. IMO, the writting looks like his. Graham

Here's the pic from the new August issue of Hobby Japan showing the mini figures. Graham

He was definitely a weirdo, with a serious plastic surgery fetish, but there's no denying his contribution to pop music/pop culture.

From Aug HJ. DX Quarter will come with mini red Vajra, Q-Rea, König shuttle, König Destroid, VF-27 fighter, RVF-25 fighter, Armored VF-25 fighter.

The age of consent in UK is 16, as it is in a great many countries around the world. From a quick bit of online research, it seems that in the US although it varies from state to state, in many states the age of consent is also 16. See: Age of consent around the world. So if she was a real person, Sheryl would be legal in many countries. As she's not a real person, it's sort of a moot point. Graham

Have discussed Regults with Yamato on a couple of occasions. It is a possibility for the future, but at this stage they are still undecided. Graham

Not surprised that Mobile Armors don't handle well in the Gundam games. Given how unaerodynamic most of them are and how little they have in the way of atmospheric control surfaces, it's not surprising. Graham

Here's the cover of the new August 2009 issue of Hobby Japan magazine (out today). It should include a big article on the new 1/72 Armoured VF-25 kit. I will pick up the magazine this evening after work. This is the third Macross Frontier cover we've had from Hobby Japan, which is something of a record as far as Hobby Japan and the Macross franchise go. Mac II had one cover. IIRC Mac 7 only got 2 covers. Mac Plus and Mac Zero none. Not sure about SDFM TV & DYRL. (also posted in the model forum) Graham