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It's not nearly as impressive as all this material makes it seem. The show is painfully episodic and downright silly when it shouldn't be.

I apologize for misinterpreting your statement.

You know I always chuckle when I hear this. The Legioss is so inferior to a VF-1 it's not even funny. The disparity in animation quality and the poor choreography of Mospeada don't lend well to making the VF-1 look like an old clunker.

Gawd, that website is ANCIENT!

Seems like a lot of work for an awful game.

Apparently brief moments of no talking equals dead air time. Good writings shows you what the characters are thinking and doesn't tell you.

So I'm supposed to play through Phase 5, let the disc change screen come up and then restart the system? I'm not even sure how to exit that screen and save the game.

Since we are discussing the Saturn version of the DYRL game I was wondering if any of you guys had a problem getting the disc swapping to work. I'm using an Action Replay Plus to play the game and I can't seem to get to the next disc. I get to the disc change screen but the system doesn't spin down and I not sure what to do.

The VT-1 does exist. There's a VT-1C in Macross Dynamite 7. Whatever relation DYRL has with the main series, they didn't just make up stuff that doesn't exist in the canon.

Well, the VT-1 airframe and FAST packs do have additional fuel and verniers. The VT-1 could an advanced space training vehicle designed to give the instructor more control over the craft in case of emergencies.

In the PS2 game, you have to fly the VE-1 around a couple of way points while you are intermittently attacked by Zentradi. The VE-1 in the game is armed with a sawed off Gunpod (that's basically what it looks like) and the best way to defend yourself is in Battroid mode. Even though a VE-1 is not normally armed I imagine it would be better to caught with a Battroid form for close combat than to just be an airplane. Also, the VE-1 could be used to gather data from within derelict spaceships (you get to explore a Zentradi ship in the PS2 game). The VE-1 appears to be a superior choice over the VEFR-1 which has sensor in place of hands and could no conceivably defend itself if forced to do so. Oddly enough the VEFR-1 is based on the VF-1D, much like the VE-1 and VT-1 share the same body type.

Right. Limited resources. Was this before or after they they started building transforming robot jets? The VT-1 original purpose was to recreate Hikaru and Minmei's flight in the VF-1D but with an added sense of danger because no Hikaru couldn't fight back. Canon wise, the VT-1 may be a new design created after Space War One or whatever. There are civilian customized VT-1Cs in Macross Dynamite 7 so they are still be built in the time of 2040. Honestly, if you really want answers to some of your questions maybe you need to learn Japanese in order to read some of the accompanying notes in the Design Works book and possibly the DYRL Gold Book. I'm sure there is some information in there. Right now, I have no answers for your questions and speculation isn't going to help the situation.

Yes because the idea of a dedicated Valkyrie trainer is totally out of line.

Give the pilot a feel of how the machine handles with the arm units attached?

Well, the Compendium only states that the VT-1 is the two-seat trainer version of a VF-1. The head is said to contain "Head-mounted radar attenna which folds for atmospheric flights and wingtip detection system (VT-1)." http://macross.anime.net/mecha/united_nati.../vf1/index.html See the section on avionics.

They are a lot larger than most model depict and could not be mounted in a normal fashion. See Here.

The compendium lists that when the VT-1 carries the Arm packs they have no micro-missiles equipped. The VT-1 seen in DYRL did not have the arm packs. A VT-1 could most likely be armed. Oddly enough the PS2 game gives the VT-1 micro-missile packs but no Gunpod. The VF-1D is also used as the Tutorial machine in the PS2 game. A VT-1 is probably capable of carrying a Gunpod as it does have hands.

I misspoke. The model in the Macross game has the wing descend to the same area near the nose cone, but the model is made without the burly features of the old lineart. See here. One thing they use in the game is to use the GERWALK joint to allow it to bend a little better. Also the model seems to have a Hasegawa Battroid style chest joint. This resin kit also uses the GERWALK joints for greater mobility although the leg intakes are too blocky and lack joints of their own. I imagine that if all the joints were put into a 3D model then many of these problems may be eliminated.

Actually, the wings do not change size in the Macross PS2 game. In fact, they go all the way down to the tip of the nose much like the animation model.

Your style is very nice. I notice that the Switchblade resembles the Layzner Mk II. Did you use it for any inspiration?

This model should help.

It appears to be a Zentradi ship as drawn with the wings from Harlock's Arcadia.

Roadbots look totally sweet. Who cares if some are 1:18 scale?

It was better back when it was called Clonus.

Hey, looks like Western Design values have screwed up Transformers! What do the fans think? From here. "Oh great Matrix... We need your help, My dream movie is being destroyed by the Powers That Be. They have given us Flames, Gorilla-Bots, Robot's with no face or mouth. Robots with Spindly Chicken Legs, Long Arms. There is a Blackout and Barricade?? Toy companies are trying to throw there new toys in our face. We have been LIED to. We were promised a G1 movie which was a farce. This is our Darkest Hour....help..."