Mr March

These are some fantastic YF-19 pictures fellas. The articulation of the battroid mode is especially impressive. I will have to get me one of these

EXO Oh yes, more Macross sites are definitely a good thing IMO. I'm sure Egan'll see it eventually. He's around here so he'll notice. kensei I'm trying to keep it tight in the descriptions to avoid any unecessarily long scrolling. But it is a valid criticism. We pride ourselves on a simple, user-friendly interface, so I'm glad fans are finding it useful. yellowlightman It was important to make the art look as much like the animation as possible, since that's what most fans love the most. Please come back and see more in the months ahead! mister e Rare art was something I really wanted to share with the fans and your response means my effort is working. I suspected a lot of Macross fans may not have access to these rare books so may have missed out on a lot of this line art. There's more to be sure, but the goal is to give technical insight and not just post page per page scans. Presentation counts for a lot The Super VF-1A Cannon Fodder is just the same line art as the others, so it features the stripes and symbols of the character versions. I honestly did not notice if the list of details were missing from the CF in the very short scene in DYRL?. Maybe if I'm feeling energetic, I'll redraw the art, but for now it'll have to stay put Thanks for visiting and appreciating the work. It means a lot.

briscojr84 and myself have discussed a glossary for the website, so we'll most likely just do that. Though I'm loathe to describe that awfuly ugly GERWALK acronym *shudder*

Oh help can come from anywhere. The M3 is an equal opportunity charity

Looking at those screen captures, the only questions I'm asking myself are what version of DYRL? on DVD is that and where the hell can I get such an awesome version?

Not a problem. As for the different styles of kite, just look on the bright side: even if you ever do run into someone in your life with the same tatoo (not very damned likely), the inconsistancy of the source drawings ensures your tatoo will be different

I must say it's the excited, positive response I am proud of the most. I do have pride in the work and I really enjoy a completed profile as much as the next fan, but reading the enthusiastic appreciation of the fans is really making this so worth while. I'm looking forward to future updates and working on mecha..any mecha...other than the VF-1

If you think about it a bit, including a letter for the valkyrie-in-picture is a necessary detail. Consider the alternative: the profiles are labelled VF-1 "Armored" or VF-1 "Super", only to show pictures of a VF-1J and a VF-1S respectively. Then some other visitor sends me a message saying "You know, you should really label your VF-1 Armored entry with a J designation, since that is what you have pictured." So it's really splitting hairs If someone else with a high resolution scanner capable of 600 dpi has access to VF-1J Super line art in Battroid, GERWALK, and Fighter modes, I'd gladly receive a .tiff file from them to use for an update to the M3 at a later time. So far, there's just the resources of two people to choose from, myself and briscojr84. But nothing is stopping others with the resources from offering hi-res .tiff files of art we may not have. Like most Macross fans, we don't have it all, we just make due with what we got. To be perfectly honest, I'm not even sure if VF-1J Super battroid and fighter line art exist. I've got the GERWALK from the Macross Perfect Memory book, but it's terribly small in everything I own from MPM, to the Gold Book, to Kawamori Design Works, I've never seen a Super J battroid or fighter. But who knows what the future may hold. Macross reference in the english-speaking fandom is rare, so they may well exist in some obscure book that someone here has

Like I said, the image I posted is a scan from the Macross The Movie (Gold Book), the old, massive, 404 page bible for Do You Remember Love?. It's not taken from the side of a drawing or any cell, it's a hand drawn symbol used throughout the book. Similarly sized symbols for the Zentradi and Meltrandi are also featured. So it's about as official as it gets. But like I said, the kite is not consistant, so it varies from instance to instance, even in the film cells.

Actually, the red on Hikaru's VF-1J was originally a link to Kamjin and his red-highlighted Glaug, but the producers soon realized that an alien same-sex love triangle between Hikaru, Kamjin and Exedol was something most fans in 1982 weren't ready for...even anime fans. "Not that there's anything wrong with that"

Keep the praise coming penguin and fowl. I can always hear more If you're talking about a Super "D" or an Armored "S", yes those configurations can exist. However, I don't beleive it's implied anywhere on the M3 that only the "S" can be fitted with FAST Packs or only the "J" can be armored. In fact, each VF-1 Valkyrie profile states specifically in the Design Features section that they can be fitted with both a GBP-1S system or FAST Packs. If you're talking about making seperate profiles using different valkyries, that's possible but prohibitive. I'd like to limit most of the work on the M3 to just coloring line art, since there's so many mecha yet to do. For the most part, I do very little modification to the drawing when possible. Creating an Armored VF-1D would require drawing a new head, which is quite a lot of work and IMO, not really worth it. Speaking of what's been animated, I'm also limited by what source material I can obtain. In order to get the quality you see on the M3 site, I need high resolution scans of line art (at least 600 dpi or higher) in a lossless format like .tiff or .png files. And some of the books feature pictures that are just too small to utilize or they lack any altogether. Yes, the Max and Milia Super Valkyries do appear in Episode 27, but I lack line art in the formats described above for either. So sadly, they will not appear. I don't want to turn away any ideas, but for the immediate future, I'm considering the VF-1 complete. So much work had to go into just that single mecha, it took up time that could have been used building the other mecha profiles yet to be done. The next updates will concentrate on building those other mecha profiles and the successive valkyries waiting for time in the spotlight. I'm sure you'll agree most fans of the new site are no doubt eager to see the VF-4, the VF-11 and the YF-19/21 in such large, colored pictures Thanks for the suggestions and keep reading. I'm glad you found the trivia for the Max/Milia profiles insightful. Please feel free to submit any trivia that you think might make a good addition to a profile. It's open to change.

Hmmm, that's no good. There's a complete profile for that ship. I'll see if I can fix it. I'm glad you're enjoying the coloring. It was quite a bit of work, but the results are worth it.

As briscojr84 has pointed out, his domain name has existed for a while, so my website is being hosted on his domain. Eventually, the plan is to use proper domain and subdomain names, but for right now, this should work. I'm glad you liked the site. Make sure to visit again. All this positive feedback is great. It's good to see so many MW fans enjoying the site. It's basically made for all of you. The effort was worth it.

The format of the Macross Mecha Manual is an amalgamation of Burke Rukes old "Mecha Domain" website that went down some years back and the format briscojr84 has used for his "QuaterMasters Tactical Database." website. So it may seem a little familiar to some visitors, but the work is all new. Thanks for visiting!

"Those hands....they're too...SMALL!!!"

I suppose you have a point. For now, any of the standard mecha like the Reguld or GBP that appeared in DYRL was just a copy of the SDF Macross profile. I suppose it might be prudent just to display the alternate color scheme, but perhaps truncate the entry by just featuring a link to the main GBP-1S entry in the SDF Macross section. That would work better for both the GBP and the Reguld. Thanks for visiting and providing feedback. It's good that everyone is so interested. I'm reaching the target audience

Hope it's good. I kinda like the sound of it so far. That article is pretty cheesy though. Way too much marketing and self-promotion crap

Yes, for some reason quotation marks, apostrophes, and the odd unique character are not formatting properly when the pages are uploaded. It's being worked on. Glad you liked the site!

I had considered that and it's a good idea. My concern was that unlike the standard VF-1A Cannon Fodder seen in the TV show, the "Super" VF-1A Cannon Fodder is barely seen at all in the DYRL? film. I think most fans think Hikaru's red when they think of the VF-1A Super. But I think I will take your advice and switch them. You're right that it does make nice symmetry with the standard VF-1A entry. Thanks Hurin.

Taken from "Macross The Movie" (known as the "Gold Book")

My thanks Hurin. I didn't want people to miss out.

So I've been working on a small project in my spare time for the last two months and finally decided there was just enough material ready to share with everyone else. The project is a website about the mecha of Macross and the name is the Macross Mecha Manual. I posted some small samples here on MW some time ago of what was initially just to be submissions to the Macross section of the MAHQ. But once I started working on the profiles, I kinda thought that I might as well just do my own website. Fellow MW member briscojr84 has been kind enough to host my site on his existing website and is currently operating it for me (many thanks!). Currently, only two sections of my new website feature profiles: the SDF Macross section and the Macross DYRL? section. There is only a small amount of mecha available right now, but eventually I want to have all the mecha from SDFM, DYRL?, Mac+, and Mac Zero done in the same M3-styled profile. Here's a link to the intro and main menu page: Macross Mecha Manual Good ahead and take a look at the site and feel free to provide any comments you may have. There's not much, but I'm sure it will be worth your time to see what is available so far. Thanks for visiting! *EDIT* Website address has changed as of February 2008

I just recently scanned the UN SPacy symbol right out of the Macross Movie Book and it looks different than all of those. The actual kite is far "fatter" than any of the images posted so far For those fans than have access to the fan books (like Perfect Memory, Gold Book, and so on) you'll notice that nearly each instance of the UNS symbol is done differently. Take the dust cover off Macross Perfect Memory and look at the symbol there; very thin and narrow. Moral of the story: it changes from shot to shot. I really doubt if there is a correct or incorrect version, just as long as it stays relatively true to the design.

Really? That would be invaluable to me if you could quote a source. It's kinda...necessary for some upcoming...stuff. Don't want to spoil it, but I'd really like as much concrete info on the subject that you've got.

Got it! These are just the ADV DVD disc titles. Each seperate disc has a title for the whole DVD. http://www.amazon.com/Macross-Vol-When-Wor...e/dp/B000GDH9LY They have a bunch of others, like "Macross: Eve of Destruction" and "Macross: Dangerous Divisions" and so forth.