VF5SS

"Real robot" is a term that is far too often used in a "no true Scotsman" type argument. I've almost never seen it brought up for anything other than trying to exclude or discredit something. It's a thing people can't agree on what the definition really is but they always have a (very malleable) idea of what it isn't.

Also, I have to question folks who are reacting with outrage at this point in the release of the Macross productions. The first time - reacting with outrage to the absurdity of Macross 7 - was completely understandable. In style and approach, Macross 7 dramatically pulled away from the real robot genre that SDF Macross helped establish and popularize.

"Real robot" is pretty broad (marketing) term. It includes far more shows with seemingly fantastical powers, "mysticism" and glowing space psychics than not.

Mashymre Cello (that beautiful man) has taught me that much ; -;7

However, if dancing Valkyries continue and expands encroaching on the Dog Fighting... things are going downhill very quickly...

In all honesty in this day and age of darker shows like Jessica Jones, Generation Kill and so on with less holliwood and more reality I wish they could do a Macross that was like Yukikaze. No clowns, no over the top rubbish, no singing, no sex fetishes, just realistic soliders fighting realistic scenarios.

Yukikaze? You mean the anime where the main character wants to sleep with his airplane and fights JAAAAAAAAAM?

It's all good...I bet VEEF is working on his right now anyways.

I just requested HLJ to ship mine out.

Didn't Renato preordered this? If so, he should be the first here to review it for us.

Otherwise, Graham should get his copy soon and will review it for how it is like he used to roll in MWF...

Well you can certainly expect a video review from me as soon as I get mine (I ordered from HLJ).

Other reviewers besides the two you mentioned:

• Veef from MW does Transformers reviews over at CollectionDX (mostly Masterpiece stuff).

And unlike the rest, I have sexy hands (according to one comment on my Rook review).

They did show the lead F-14 pilot in the latest episode, and lo and behold, he's a blonde guy :3

This is kind of an oblique reference, but the Tactical Surface Fighter F-14 Tomcats showed up in Schwarzesmarken, and they're presented as being from the actual Jolly Rogers squadron that inspired Roy's Valkyrie. Plus, they fight the BETA with Phoenix missile spam.

Macross was cited as one of the main inspirations for Muv-Luv, so I'd count it.

If it makes you feel better, Hikaru and Max's ages are bumped up to 18 in DYRL.

but what really debunked the idea of Mirage being Mylene's daughter is age, Delta only takes place ~20 years after the events of Mac7 where Mylene was only 14-15 years old and Mirage is confirmed to be 18 so Mylene would've had to have her at 17 which I HIGHLY doubt is the actual case.

Oh I dunno. Milia herself was only 15 in SDF Macross, so she had Komilia at age 16 or 17.

oh the irony, using a teenage harem porn game as an example of gritty military action.

shhhhhhhhh...

they don't need to know that

besides, Schwarzesmarken is fairly light on the usual muv-luv tropes (and the anime is surprisingly chaste given its source material)

Because i wants me some gritty military action more than singing.

Muv-luv is right over here, comrade.

https://twitter.com/Crunchyroll/status/686311209738448896

This isn't a Transformer per se, but it is in scale with Alternators figures so I figured I'd put it here. Feel free to move it somewhere else.

My review of GearTribe Hatsune Miku. Designed by Shoji Kawamori.

http://www.collectiondx.com/toy_review/2015/geartribe_hatsune_miku_gt_project_2014_ver

https://youtu.be/0Dq6TPPXaz8?t=3m53s

So you want the Space Griffon VF-9?

(3:53)

What about Mirage simply being the 8th Jenius daughter? The events of delta take place 20 years after M7, so unless she is the daughter of a single parent Jenius girl, it may be the only other explanation for the surname. Unless we want to get into M&M adopting another orphan girl...

Tochiro mentioned in the speaker podcast that Mirage is a third generation Jenius.

As for her surname, Sheryl's family kept the Nome name and there was no question about it there.

Sheryl's mother was Sally Nome.

http://springflowerworld.tumblr.com/post/133725781466

Even the original SDF Macross introduced like nine characters in the first episode. Imagine if you only got to watch that and didn't get the second episode until months later. For the original show the first two episodes are closely associated because of how they aired back to back, so I understand not being able to look back and see how even then it could be confusing to new viewers.

This is true but the VF-19Kai comes to mind. Was that EVER shown resting on it's gear? It was pretty much always stored in Battroid mode, but it still had gears. I just don't see a aviation enthusiast like Kawamori suddenly designing a valk without landing gear.

Oh ye of little faith.

Bomba.

I went and checked episode 4 of Macross II, and the animators remembered to give Sylvie a yellow striped VF-2SS because she was actually borrowing one from her subordinate.

Though the SAP tends to block the and legs stripes so it can be hard to tell. Plus these scenes are in an darkly lit spaceship, so the stripe color looks a bit weird.

Someone's wish got granted.

it needs to be more screen-accurate

get me my crayons

macross-mecha-manual says it was never animated, so nobody...

http://www.macross2.net/m3/macross2/variant-vf-2ss-womans.htm

The Mecha Manual is wrong.

They were piloted by Slyvie's subordinates (like the Misa-looking chick).

I don't think they were getting violent, just rowdy.

Unrelated: Did anyone else notice that the tattered Walkure audition flyier Freyja pulls out of her cloak isn't actually printed on paper? It's got animation, so it's some sort of active display device.

That happens in DYRL too when the bridge girls are reading about the SCOOP DA scandal. The magazine they have has some animated photos.

"Constructicons, MERGE FOR THE KILL!"

Here's my (really long) look at Unite Warriors Devastator.

Warning: a dead media format approaches.