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Me three! Where be da picz?!

I was just watching Macross, and I realized who's really hot: That long-haired red head who operates the pinpoint-barrier system. I have no idea what her name is.

Hey, I got an old Takatoku recently, and everything is great except for the ripped up plastic window. I'd like to restore it, and it seems that the plastic window is about the same size as an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper. So I was thinking I could just use transparency paper. Has anyone ever tried this? Is there a better way? Aslo, what glue would bond the box cardboard to the transparent sheet?

Went from 6 billion people to just over a million.

There's a LOT of repopulation that needs to be done, especially if they intend to further reduce the populace by sending people away on colonization missions.

Having 2 kids in your 30s and calling it quits just won't cut it.

Breeding early and often becomes important to the survival of the human race, so we roll societal standards regarding marriage and sexual activity back a bit.

If you're capable of having children, you should be making babies.

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I love it!

I hope that, when our Earth population gets annihilated, I'm still around to "do my duty" for the human race.

What about this: I always used to hear that Milia/Miriya killed Roy, but I still don't see how this is true.

Here's another one:

Fact:  VF-1 has nose lasers.

Source:  Badly drawn crap Anime friend and the Robotech RPG.

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That's exactly what I was going to suggest!

Hey Bobe, way to ruin a good fantasy.

For anyone who cares, I found this unfinished project for a SD Regult. It looks pretty damn cool. If the legs were finished, it'd be beautiful.

http://www.studio-epsilon.com/regult/reg3.htm

what if they had the VE-1 and VT-1, VF-11B, YF-19, YF-22 in the 1/48 scale....lol  just bored at work today...

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We will....ve-1 and vt-1 I mean .

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Really, they're going to make 1/48 Elints and Ostriches?

Wait...I'm not done dreaming. I'm imagining a Rohby Armored VF-1 next to a Rohby Fastpack VF-11 & Rohby Armored VF-11...

I hereby nominate Rohby to continue his line of toys with a VF-4 up next followed by a VF-11.

Maybe I'm dreaming, but I'd buy them!

Glane21 sent me my f-15 Scramble Egg toy just as described. Quick shipping too. I would nominate him as a straight shooter (if he's not on the list already).

Thanks Glane!

1/72 is still big anyway right?

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Yeah, does anyone know how tall this sucker is?

Those that chose either Minmay or Misa, I hope you had in mind the DYRL versions and not the TV series Anime Friend (Fiend) versions 

Graham

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What did Anime Friend do?

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They did the crappy animation you'll notice on some episodes of Macross. Apparently Studio Nue subcontracted to them or something.

I agree on the music. It fits nicely.

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Hells yeah. I don't care what anyone says, the Robotech background music is absolutely gorgeous.

I hate Harmony Gold, but I love Robotech. That trailer looks so good, I'm willing to give them a chance to make me believe in them.

Millias got 7 kids.

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That's cause you've just got to hit that...over and over.

And her red valks are the coolest.

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!!!!!!

Okay. I don't know what to say. That was beautiful.

Robotech, coming back if full glory. Beautiful animation, nicely integrated CGI. I'm blown away. I got goosebumps.

Bottom line: When I saw the trailer for Star Wars: Phantom Menace, I was very worried. I'm not worried about this.

PLEASE LET THIS HAPPEN!

I think that I still have a catalog or two laying around someplace. I walked by the storefront once in 96'. I ordered my first Gundam model and a VF-2SS from them.

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Hey...yeah, I think I got my VF-2SS from them too! I forgot about that. I still have that thing somewhere.

I'm glad some other people remember those catalogs.

Back in the early nineties around the time Macross II came out, I used to get black & white pamphlet-like catalogs in the mail from a store called Newtype (which I discovered through an ad in "Animag"). I believe the store was somewhere in California, and they sold all kinds of anime (or "japanimation" for us old folks) robot models and toys. The catalogs were standard sized paper, folded and stapled in the center like a booklet. The "cover" was a colored piece of paper and always had some cool mech design on it. This was pre-internet, and I think the catalog was made with a type-writer and copy machine, but I absolutely loved getting them. The few b&w pictures in the catalog were always a thrill. I think the first one I got had the VF-2J on the cover.

The only thing I ever got from that catalog was the release Mospeada VR-052 "Cyclone" for only $40. That thing was a treasure until my dumb-ass friend (who I told never to touch it) broke it on purpose. I just remembered, I actually called the guy who owned the store and asked him what "Super deformed" meant, because they had cheap transforming SD valks. He didn't speak fluent english, and he told me that SD meant "cute, like baby." If I could go back in time, I'd buy their whole stock of SD valks. *Sigh*

Any other totally random memories form the time that "japanimation" was still exotic and hard to find?

Okay, I have to ask two questions...

1) How the hell do you get Mari Ijima to come to your party? I imagine her time is worth something.

2) Isn't Macross over 20 years old now? That means Mari Ijima must be like 40. In those pics, she looks barely...legal. How old is she anyway?

What's wrong with Yamato's sculpts?  Some would argue the point of misproportional body parts, but nevertheless I still think we have model-like designs...

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Okay, Takara couldn't blow away Yamato sculpts. But they could do about 10% better, I think. Takara could blow away Yamato in terms of QC and overall coolness factor, IMO.

Sorry, the Yamato toys just don't impress me much.

D'oh...those fansub avi's have some seriously ugly compression artifacts. I guess I shouldn't complain. But I sure wish there could be a legit english release.

Sweet. The first episode is almost downloaded. I couldn't get any of the big collections to download, though. I hope these have english subtitles...

Question:

I want to watch Macross 7, but I only speak english. What do I do?

Get a fansub? Buy a bootleg? Wait for an english release -- or is there one already? What's my best bet?

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Option 1. Getting a fansub is possible, they are out there, but it may take some doing. But it's probably your best bet, if you look below.

Option 2. NO. Bootlegs are bad. Not only are you supporting organized crime, but organized crime that cannot comprehend either the Japanese or English languages.

Option 3. That will be a long wait...right now, any further Macross releases outside of what's already here (TV, II and Plus) is dependent on an amicable resolution to a number of ongoing or threatened lawsuits.

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Thanks Pat. Too bad there's not an easier way. So, more questions...

Where do I get a fansub of Macross 7?

Is it possible to get DVD instead of VHS?

Question:

I want to watch Macross 7, but I only speak english. What do I do?

Get a fansub? Buy a bootleg? Wait for an english release -- or is there one already? What's my best bet?

I know I don't post here often, this has come through the grapevine

http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=5356

http://www.zincpanic.com/view_article.phtml?id=23176

Any comments?

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You don't wanna know what I would do for a Alternators quality Valkyrie.

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Its too bad there still wouldnt be Hasbro cheaper versions.

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Dude, I'd gladly fork over $50 for an import, Binaltech-style metal valkyrie. I think the Binaltech/Alternators blow away, in every aspect, anything Yamato or Bandai has ever done. Sculpting, quality, price...everything!