Graham

Resurrecting a just over 20 year old topic.....LOL 😅 Just installed the "redream" Dreamcast emulator on my S24 Ultra Android phone and download the ROM of Macross M3. Game runs fine, but game play is just as bad as I remember it from all those years ago. 😂 Still, It's nice to be able to play it again just for nostalgia's sake, as my Dreamcast died about 15+ years ago. I think I still have 2 original copies of the M3 game at home somewhere, including one which is unopened.

I'm a bit disappointed by the shade of blue chosen for the Sound Booster and also those fugly attachment brackets, especially the one for fighter mode. 🤢 However, I get that at HMR size it would have been more difficult to implement the Yamato/Arcadia 1/60 attachment method. Anyway, I'm still getting one HMR Sound Booster, which I'll display with the VF-19 Kai in battroid mode.

When the new Macross TV series is released, there might be a chance of Bandai releasing some 1/72 transforming kits for the new show and maybe re-releasing some of the older kits. However, I have a feeling that as the HG 1/100 Shortcut Change line seems to be doing well for Bandai, they may drop 1/72 altogether in favour of the HG. Just my guess.

Just spotted on Facebook on Macross Fan Central.

I'm hoping we get a teaser look at the new VFs, even if it's just in silhouette. I wanna start speculating on the designs. 😅

More than that if you also include the color schemes from the "Walküre Launch" video, which Hasegawa released kits of.

Definitely buying. Looks awesome. This HG Shortcut Change line is getting better and better with each new release. Hopefully, they also use the insert molding for VF-25 HG kits in the future also. Now just go and release a YF-19 v.2 kit already LOL.

Hopefully Bandai will release a set with the Ghosts + missile packs + solid shield and sword for the Bogue Sv-262Hs. But, I'm not holding my breath.

For me the best control layout of the ArtDink Macross games is Macross Delta Scramble on the Vita, followed by the Hybrid PS3 games, then lastly 3 PSP games (MAF/MUF/MTF). Mac 30 is excluded from this list as I don't remember the controls, as it's been so long since I played it. 😅 I gotta re-visit Macross 30 soon I think. And as much as I loved the PSP games back in the day, I always hated that the D-pad was used to fly and move the VFs and the stick was used for transformation, It really should have been the other way round.

From the pics posted above, it doesn't seem to have the ghost drones. Just seems to be a bare bones release with the Sv-262Hs and stand only.

I've got one of these on pre-order. I like the red and gold scheme and I've always liked the look of the Sv-262Hs in fighter mode. Although, I really wish Bandai would release the Sv-262Ba as well. I was actually playing around with my DX Keith Sv-262Hs yesterday, as I've been re-watching Delta on D+ recently and also playing a lot Delta Scramble on Vita recently. The toy is holding up well. It's just a pity that Bandai are not including the 4 x missile packs with the Bogue Sv-262Hs, as I think we never see the Sv-262 without them in the show and movies.

I'm really curious to see how Bandai handles the color separation of the parts in the VF-31.

Personally hoping for HG kits of: VF-19F/S/P VF-17D/S VF-2JA VF-11B/C SV-51 SV-303 Basically I want HG kits of designs we don't already have DX or HMR toys of. Kinda why the VF-2SS is not on my wish list. I'm also not listing or expecting HG kits of any of the non-transforming mecha, as so far this HG line has not gone there. Although, I'd definitely buy a DYRL N-Ger if they made it and also kits of the small and large Vajra. Although, I love the VF-31 and VF-31AX designs, I'm happy enough with the DX toys and feel model kits of these would need too much in the way of stickers/decals, with the exception of a VF-31A, but there's already a nice 1/100 VFG kit of that at least for Fighter & Gerwalk modes. I'm also not really interested in HG VF-1 or VF-0 kits. I'm happy enough with the DX and HMR toys for the VF-1 and the HMR toys for the VF-0. And the VF-1 model kit field is also well serviced already. Kinda on the fence about an HG VF-25. I absolutely love the design it's in my top 5 of favorite VFs. But again personally I'm happy with the DX toys.

Just saw this posted by Conrad Pi on the Macross Fan Central Facebook group. New Bandai HG Macross kits to be announced at 6pm tomorrow (Friday 14th Feb).

Yeah I did about 2 weeks ago. Was much easier than I expected.

So good to play this again after a more than a decade. 😊

Awesome. Enjoy! I just unlocked the YF-30 today in Delta Scramble. I may also look into playing PSP games on my Vita. Although I've currently got Macross Ultimate Frontier & Macross Triangle Frontier on my Android phone using the PPSSPP emulator and using the Backbone One controller rather than the phone's touchscreen for controls. In other news, the replacement batteries I ordered for my old PS3 and PS4 controllers arrived today, so installing them is gonna be my project for the weekend. 😅

Interesting, when my VF-31A is equipped with the Super Parts, I don't have the reaction missiles. I wonder if there is another Super Part set I still need to unlock?

If Bandai released a DX SV-303, I'd definitely buy 2 or 3.

Zettai Live has actually become my second favorite Macross movie after DYRL. My opinion is a bit different. I personally feeI the mecha, including the 303, YF-29 and VF-31AX got a lot of focus and were thought they were featured heavily in the movie. I really enjoyed the mecha combat scenes as well. I think I've watched the movie 4 to 5 times now and spent a lot of time freeze framing and slow motioning the mecha fight scenes. For me the 2 Macross Delta movies are what personally redeemed Macross Delta for me after being hugely disappointed in the second half of the TV series (eps 14 to 26), to the extent that it actually made me lose interest in Macross for about a 5 year period after Delta TV finished airing.

Yay, it just arrived. 😊 I swear I used to have this game years ago, but somehow it disappeared. So, I recently ordered it second-hand from an eBay seller in Japan. Will be playing it on my PS3 when I get home tonight.

It's such a shame that Artdink never made any Macross games for the PS4 and PS5. I played MAF/MUF/MTF on the PSP for hundreds of hours back in the day and then Macross 30 and Delta Scramble a lot as well. I feel Artdink were really hitting their stride with Macross 30 and also the PS3 hybrid games especially Last Frontier and DYLR and also Delta Scramble for Vita. We were getting great graphics, improved controls and larger maps compared to the blocky graphics and smaller maps of the PSP games. I can only imagine how good a Macross Artdink game today would be on the PS5. Instead , the only Macross game we get is the sub-standard Macross Shooting Insight......sigh. Oh well, I'm thankful my PS3 still works. Been playing Last Frontier a lot recently and also Delta Scramble on Vita. I think I need to see if my Macross 30 disc still works and hopefully my PS3 still has my old save file.😅

I've only had my Bandai DX VF-1 toys for about 2 years now, I have the VF-1J with GBP armor, Focker VF-1S, Hikaru VF-1S with Strike Packs, Kakizaki VF-1A, VF-1D and VT-1. All are on display. So far no yellowing on any of them. Missiles are sold as a separate box set. Apart from with the recent VF-1J Tamashi Store Limited Edition, which I understand does include 12 x AMM-1 missiles. But none of the other DX VF-1 toys include missiles. The TV style Super Packs are sold as a separate box set. And the DYRL Strike Packs are also sold as a separate box set. The exception is last year's VF-1S Hikaru reissue, which came with Strike Packs that include optional clear covers.

LOL.