Mr March

I LOVE IT! :)

That's fantastic! You work on the micro missiles is very impressive. I feel like painting my FAST Packs now

I agree with Knight26 and JsARCLIGHT. There are scores of fighter designs that do not have a clear rear veiw from the cockpit and the dead-rear veiw for a pilot is rather hard to look at when he's seated in a forward position. The Valkyrie also has the added benefit of better visual and tracking technology than an F-14. That was clearly demonstrated in Macross Zero, where the F-14 couldn't detect that SV-51, but the VF-0 didn't have that problem. There are also the external cameras on a Valkyrie. Even in fighter mode, the Valkyrie might use it's external monitors to track opponents in it's blind spot. The big cockpit screen centered in the front console is used for visual communication. It's not too much of a stretch to assume the monitor can display dead-rear on the aircraft via one of the Valkyire's external cameras.

Variety in all things is the key to true fullfilment. My main passions would be writing, video games, women, restaraunts, music, film, reading, anime, science fiction, fantasy, and cycling/running. I spend plenty of time and money on a grand variety of those interests and enjoy the grand scope of different product within each. It's fun to try all kinds of things.

The only one I've been playing online lately has been Jedi Knight: Outcast. As for other shooters, I still play Unreal Tournament (PC), Half-Life (PC), Halo (Xbox), and Aliens vs. Predator 2 (PC). Naturally, I will be playing tons of online multiplayer when Half-Life 2 is released

Damn TRIPLE posts!

Damn double posting

I know exactly what you mean. I have to stare at my 1/48 VF-1S with FAST Packs at least once every day. I've tried several times to transform my Battroid mode into fighter again, but I just can't bring myself to take away the current display setting. It's just so solid and aesthetically pleasing. One of the best ideas I ever had was to purchase a Yamato 1/48 scale Valkyrie from Macross.

Macross has been a part of my enjoyment of art since I was young. Since I owe much of my appreciation for good story and well written science fiction to shows like Macross, I felt that it would be fitting to have a memento of a long cherished series. Hence I purchased a Yamato 1/48.

Where can I get those great looking plastic stands being shown in all these photos? I'd definitely like to pick one up.

I sold my 1/60 Scale Yamato VF-1S Strike Valkyrie. It was a fine product, with good articulation, a fine scale, and plenty of great features. Problem was, there was simply something better. That's all it comes down to. About the only thing I miss about the 1/60 is the smaller scale. Generally, I enjoy smaller models. But that's about it. So I guess the answer is yes, the 1/48 Yammie did indeed affect my appreciation for the 1/60 Yammie.

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I'd be thrilled to see something like that. I too now use the FAST Pack reinforcement attachment even when I'm not placing FAST Packs on my 1/48 battroid. It makes the battroid mode mode solid and greatly helps with the appearance (look ma, no more gap!). As a big fan of the VF-1J hands as shown in the pictures, I must say I want very much to persuade Yamato to release the hands in some sort of accessory pack. At the very least, add both "series hands" and "DYRL hands" in the next FAST Pack sets. At worst, include both special hands sets as part of the GBP-1 Armor set for the 1/48 (which I'm hoping is on the drawing board at least). As far as other additional aesthetic accessories, I'm not really sure I'd enjoy all too many added parts. A few might be nice here and there, like the improved hands and the backpack gap, but too many gets a little cumbersome. The side covers for the left/right underside torso in battroid mode would be nice, but I'd prefer them to be small and cover up just the essentials. No need to have them run along the outside chest plate. That would ruin the 1/48's profile and make the battroid mode look too box-like.

Yes. Now that I've had a much longer time to examine my set, the backpack slots for the FAST Pack prongs are a little too small on the right hand side. I can fit the FAST Pack booster on jkust fine, but it won't go all the way in (mor like 90% of the way in). The other side is indeed fine, but this left hand slot is giving me some trouble. Maybe I'll just be forcefull like nosch and hope my 1/48 doesn't break under pressure

Great reading. Thanks for the link ewilen

I admit, I have many fond memories of Three's Company. I'ts sad to see people dying so young. For all our medical advances and our increased quality of life, we still see far too many people dying in their mid-life.

ACK! Two of the same avatars! I thought someone was talking to themselves

I couldn't try to post better praise. I too am very impressed my the FAST Packs for my 1/48 scale VF-1S. THey look perfectly proportioned, the detail and color are just right, and the 1/48 looks even more amazing with the packs (which I hadn't thought possible).

Deployment would be a huge reason (if not THE reason) to continue to improve and develop a ground assault battroid mode for the Valkyrie. The Valkyrie is its own ground assault unit that can be instantly deployed anywhere. Better still, the valkyrie is it's own delivery vehicle, one which is also a air/space superiority weapon. The Valkyrie can even leave orbit on its own. I can't imagine any reason why the UN SPacy would choose to abandon the battroid based on that one fact alone.

me too, Mr. March. i majored in history! LOL! Finance for me

I suppose that's true. But then again television will change as did film. One of the reasons independant film is becoming such a lucrative marktet now is because it was a direct response to the change in Hollywood. Hollywood used to produce box office fluff and all the old films with story like what the independant market does now. As Hollywood changed and started doing almost all fluff, the other markets (like independant and foreign) ran ahead to make up the difference. Now you see independant titles and foreign films in mainstream release. Television is seeing a similar shift, with specialty channels. As time goes on, they'll get better and more people will stop watching the regular crap on prime time as the specialty channels begin to win over veiwers and they become easier to obtain.

Hmm, thats interesting. Although I beleive (I'm going out on a limb here) that time dilation and such stuff doesn't really get noticeable until you get up to velociites like .75 c and higher. I think red shift/blue shift only begins to occur at .5 c or higher. Also, as I understand relativistic travel (going out on another limb...it fun out here), time dilation doesn't take place until the return trip. People on Earth age the same as people in space as long as the people in space are moving away from the Earth. The moment you start going back, then time dilation and relativity become a pain. However, since the Macross didn't actually travel relativistically away from Earth (they used the Space Fold), I'm not sure if that theory applies. Ack, I'm way out of my league with this one Still, maybe the speed might be high enough to do something to Max. I'm not that sure.

Speaking of cents, get a penny going fast enough and it'll go through a battleship

The mean distance from Earth to Mars is 78.3 million kilometers. It's so far it takes light 4.35 minutes to travel from Earth to Mars. Historical records indicate the return fleet departed Mars in August and was destroyed September 8, 2005. So the Mars Return Fleet took roughly a month to return to Earth (assuming the Tsiolkovsky attack occured in Earth space and assuming the Mars Return Fleet departed August 8th). To travel 78.3 million kilometers in one month would mean that the Mars Fleet would need to traverse 2.6 million kilometers per day, thus was travelling at a velocity of 30 km/sec (or .0001 percent of light speed). Indeed faster as you've suggested, but actually much faster than double the speed of our current tech. As it is, it takes years for us to send stuff to Mars. If the Macross took 9 months to return from Pluto to Earth, it would have needed to travel 21.2 million kilometers each day. (246.5 kilometers per second or 8.22% the speed of light). However, the Macross was never travelling in a straight line nor was the journey uninterrupted. In the series it was stated the Macross was forced off course by the Zentradi several times and the Macross actually made stops at Jupiter and Mars during that nine month period. Hence the Macross would need to be capable of a much faster velocity. Many unofficial sources state the Macross as capable of 0.20 c. That's probably a fair estimate of the maximum velocity of the Macross.

Oh yeah. I'm going to see it opening night. I've both El Mariachi and Desperado. Gotta see Once Upon a Time in Mexico as well