Robelwell202

If it gets bad enough for enough people, they'll ALL move elsewhere. Hell, maybe they'll all start up their own sites, as well.

What I find interesting is that, as opposed to the disgruntlement after Shadow Chronicles came out and Pie-Guy had his fifteen minutes, it seems like a lot more of the banned members are organized in a positive way, rather than just griping. You've got your (admittedly non-Robotech) site, HP has hers, Robelwell202 has his, and everyone can advertise through JT. It's not like being booted off of RT.com is actually hindering anyone. On the contrary, I've seen more pure love for Robotech in the last few weeks than I've EVER seen before. Needless to say, I think the *object* of that love is rather unworthy, but when faced with such an outpouring of devotion, how can I quibble? As Kevin McKeever said a year or so ago, "It's good time to be a Robotech fan!"

Gubaba, Thanks for the mention of my site.

You're right, the object of our enjoyment is rather unworthy, if you look at HG. For me, though, it's a love of a particular mecha design.

See, I'll explain something. RT, for me, holds a kind of special place. As a kid, it was my first real exposure to anime (much more substantial, than, say, the few odd episodes I caught of 'Star Blazers'), and much later in life, my gateway to Macross. Even though I freely acknowledge that Macross stuff far outclasses the things that RT has done recently (RT:TSC for example), I still am a fan of the original 85. Therefore, I've based my novel in the 'Macross Saga' of RT. Do I give a poo about HG? Hell no! My 'fan status' goes only so far as the original 85 eps, and that's it.

Again, thanks for the mention, sir.

Yes, indeed, folks, I am now one of the few, the proud, the hopeless pariahs that have felt the wrath of MEMO's banhammer.

I think what's really ridiculous is the fact that MEMO expects me to appologize for my remars, then spend a month 'thinking about what I've done', as if I'm some damn kid.

For those of you who are curious, I'll do my best to reconstruct the statement I made that set them off. I can't vouch for 100% accuracy, but I'll do my best from memory.

Title: To MEMO and Mav...

A pattern has been well and truly established, and it's not too difficult to see this pattern as the result of blind fan-devotion corruption. It seems that anyone that disagrees with your assertion that Harmony Gold can do no wrong, and anything they produce is of the highest quality gets banned.

First, SetoKaiba gets banned (or suspended, whatever you want to call it. A spade's a spade) for presenting undeniable evidence concerning Harmony Gold's rights in regards to Macross. Next, HappyPenguins gets banned for a relatively minor incident. Finally, Waters7 is banned for following up with Seto's facts.

I can only wonder how long Bowspearer has before he gets the same treatment.

(Author's note: Bowspearer, a poster on RT.com, has been following in Seto's and Waters7's footsteps, and presenting a logical case for HG not having the rights MEMO and Mav say they do.)

I give him just a few days.

Mav, you were the one who originally banned Seto, but you can't bring yourself to unban him. Disgusting.

MEMO, try opening your eyes to the truth that exists, instead of the truth you manufacture.

If this post gets me banned, then so be it. To be honest, I rather enjoy the idea of being a martyr. I'm through with this site anyway. I can honestly say that I cannot think of a more ridiculous attempt at customer relations, except maybe for some historical footage of Communist Russia.

Like I said, I cannot account for 100% accuracy, but the majority of it's there, I believe. Roughly 5 minutes after I posted this on RT.com, it was deleted by Mav, but since the 'Communist Russia' comment was referenced by MEMO in his banning message, I am pretty certain that Mav sent him the contents of my post.

Ultimately, I'm supposed to appologize to both MEMO and Mav, then wait for a month, 'To cool down' (As MEMO put it). Since I have no desire to rejoin that site, my answer is a firm "HELL NO!!!"

Thanks for reading this, folks... I hope it was entertaining.

One thing I'm having a problem with on mine is the the curved parts of the mecha.

Applying the D7-type decals on the curved abdominal section, as well as the rear-torso dome...

Anyone have any suggestions as to a way of getting around this?

There are idiots everywhere. And thanks to Doug Bendo, we know who they are. Ain't nothin' wrong with that.

Doug Bendo as a public service? I can dig it!

I seriously doubt that he watched the whole series. If he had, he'd know that Ranka was not 14, as he stated.

I suffered through about 5 minutes of his rant, but I couldn't stomach any more.

I guess what really galled me the most was his firm belief that RT:TSC is better... I litterally had to fight the urge to spit out the soda I had been drinking.

Completely unbelievable. That recording gave me a headache.

I wonder if there'll be a cameo appearance by Leeroy Jenkins...

Check this out.

Note the usual lack of solid details...

http://www.robotechx.com/live-action/10-ge...o-them-all.html

Damn good stuff!

Welcome back!

BTW: Do you take requests?

Never got into Appleseed, I hated the way the way the charaters were 3d CG rather then 2D. I also don't read a lot of manga, but it might be worth checking out. Big fan of Ghost in the Shell series, but I honestly only bothered reading Masamune's Ghost in the Shell manga after finding about the hot lesbian cyborg sex in a totally NSFW thread dedicated to the hot babes of Masamune Shirow's works .

PM Me a link?

Just where to think the term "Bioroid" came from?

Shirow Masamune's 'Appleseed', maybe?

Watch it, Kev. Read it even! You'd get a really good idea of how a REAL good Anime CG movie works, and how real manga works, too!

All the VF variants aside, I'd love to see the Cheyennes from Mac0 and MacF. Then, if they could put out a Tomahawk 2 from Mac2LA, then I'd be in heaven.

Another thing to ponder for us RTS fans...

Given the quality of the presumed In-game footage, I wonder how long it'll be before they throw out another 'MechCommander' title.

That would be sweet as hell, too!

<After a few moments in catatonic bliss>

Oh, my freakin' gawd!!! I want this so bad, words dimply fall short of expressing it.

And they actually brought in the old Warhammer?!? Enough tweaking of the original Tomahawk design, and it looks GREAT!

Ohhh... now I have a new obsession!

Zoë Poledouris, daughter of Basil Poledouris. I just found a pristine version of her cover of David Bowie's I Have Not Been To Oxford Town from the film Starship Troopers.

Is that the song used during the graduation dance?

The Damned

'In Dulce Decorum'

I would like to see what that looks like. Anyone?

Collection DX did this promo shot.

AS you can see, the head-mount MGs are aligned with the PPGs...

For sure. Dont worry about post numbers. Your posts here were very helpful for me for a potential custom job. Thanks for contributing. This is a great forum with a lot of fans and hobbyists helping each other out. You are a valuable member too.

Keep hanging here and before long you will be broke having spent all your money on Yamato Macross figures, you will be staved and malnurished from eating only top ramen so that you can spend whatever money you do have on yamato macross figures, you will have no social life or girl frineds because you would rather spend $100 on another destroid instead of taking a hot girl out on a date, but you will be supported emotionally by an international forum of over 8thousand macross geeks who know more about the supervision army and the meltraendi than anything else.

welcome home!

I thank you. It's good to know I'm not the only one out there.

Thank you very much Robelwell202,

That is Very helpful. Especially your last detail shots here. I think that it will be workable somehow. At least if I do get one I could unscrew all that stuff and see what parts it breaks down to. And at very least I could take some tools to it and do some mecha surgery. Thanks again.

Glad I could help.

Now I don't feel like a noob, any more... I can actually answer a quetion! YAY!!! I made it to the big time!!!

Here's some pics you might get some help from...

Took 'em myself, too! hehehe

The only real possibility of taking the hatch cover off that I can see is these four screws on the back of the center torso.

And, in these other shots, you can see that the hatch is completely integral to the center torso... On shot even has interior details of the cockpit... for those purists out there...

And, the interior detail shot...

Therre you go... Again, I hope it helps.

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I sure do. It just looks like a silly happy face to me most of the time. The cannons being the eyes and the visor being the mouth.

Thank you for the picture. That helps but does that part, where we can see the pilot underneath, the whole thing, except for the cockpit and pilot, come off? Or easily modified?

Nope, Nope, and Nope.

The only movement is the cockpit hatch, sliding forward, and then slightly downward... That's it.

The 'head' unit is intefrally formed into the center torso. It does not come off.

Here you go.

Hope it helps.

As far as the 'head' of a Tomahawk, there isn't one. It's contained in the center torso section, which slides awat from the rear (As seen in the pic).

How about this?

this is, after all my first attempt at a pose..

There's more, up above. My earlier post seems to have been missed, so I thought I'd try it again...

Thanks!

Hiya, Folks!

Allow me to present my first attempt at decal application.

Subject: Yamato 1/60 Destroid Tomahawk Olive Drab Ver.

And, my personal favorite, for my first attempt at a pose...

Let me know what you think.

Thanks!

Here's something new, from the PR folks at RT.com, for you to chew on...

http://www.robotech.com/community/forum/re...&forumid=31

I use 'new' in the most sarcastic way possible...

Robotech: The Depressing Chronicles...?

Robotech: The Desultory Chronicles...?

Robotech: That Darn Cat...?

(Nah, I know what you meant; but watching it again...why would you do such a thing?)

That was initially a typo, but I'll roll with it...

RT:TDC Is short for Robotech: The DUMB Chronicles...

As for why I watched it again, I feel that i have to refresh my memory every so often, even with the bad stuff, or esle I have no right to b**** and moan...