TheLoneWolf

Great review, Valkyrie. I love these kind of in-depth reviews over the "it rawks" comments One thing though, since you have both the kit & toy, would it be possible to recast (or even create) the leg piece that Yamato messed up on.

What he said.

Yeah, if I'm not mistaken, Paul was already sent a copy of the scans last summer. Anyways, I've been having problems accessing my webspace lately, I don't think I'll be able to re-up them again. It's probably got something to do with me not being a student anymore.

Great work, Toonz! Is there any way to post a higher res version?

I'm all about the new cockpit design, great work AlphaHX

Hey, what gives, why wasn't my submission included?! Call me biased, but this is the design that my vote goes for. It's probably because it's the perfect compliment for my R2 DVD's.

I remember people doing this to the old PSX's, they amplified the lasers power so that they could better read (cheap) CDR media. That helped out in the short run, but in the long run, the lasers burnt out even quicker. I wonder if something similiar is going on here.

Compression. The file(s) could have been tarred, rarred, and/or even zipped. I've yet to see a DVD on the Internet that hasn't already been packed with some sort of compression scheme.

peolesdru, thank you very much for posting that tutorial. If Shawn doesn't get back to you, I'd be willing to host the page for you. Just let me know.

I have both sets and they're both around 11x17.

Stormrider, you've got a PM

Yamato won't release any two-seater 1/48's because Yamato hates me.

Swap magic discs don't boot PS1 backups on the PS2. Try using a GameShark or Pro Action Replay, the only downside is that you have to fumble through their respective menus. Also, the GS and PAR don't work too well with games that use Redbook audio, but the majority of PS1 games that used that type of audio were the first gen games.

Just got mine in from HLJ and it has one crooked skull and it's a little loose. Compared to what I've seen here, I'm not complaining.

By far, the most accurate colors I've seen have been from Hasegawa. True, you have to paint the majority of the model, but the sample pics on the box are the best. Yamato's record, on the other hand, has varied from exemplary to awful. The 1/60 DYRL Fast Pack colors are perfect, yet they added a green tint in the 1/48 versions? IIRC, Yamato did say that the 1/60 colors were "official", so why the change in the 1/48 version? Then there's the horrid purple-people-eater YF-21 FP, why Yamato, why?! edit: grammar

Fighter mode and gerwalk rock! But, as usual, the battroid mode sucks. The arms hang too far away from the body, the torso needs work, and look at how plain and unsightly the "backpack" is. With the exception of the "backpack", I guess this further demonstrates that it's near impossible to make the YF-19 look good in all three modes without swapping parts.

Naaaaahhh. Bring back Yoshi World.

MacrossWorld is scheduled to be updated the same day Yamato releases the 1/60 upgrade parts. Just kidding, Shawn did take the board down a few days ago, probably had something to do with that.

Then why are you comparing an American series (Star Wars) with a Japanese one (Macross)? We're discussing Macross here, let's leave Gundam in the Other Anime forum.

That's an easy one: Star Wars is science-fantasy. SDF Macross is science-fiction. I can imagine Star Wars fans would be upset if Lucas changed genres on them.

The most likely thing MS is doing is scanning for HDD key as well as the xbox's eeprom. If your hdd key is different than what the xbox's stock hdd key, you're banned. Of course, there are a few ppl still playing on Live with non-stock hd's, so it's still sketchy. The only known way to get yourself unbanned is to create a new GT, new stock hd, and eeprom, so I've got to assume that the hd plays a vital role in the banning process. More than likely, it's a mix of the three variables (HDD, eeprom, GT). Also, Xbox live isn't the only way to play Halo 2 online. Xbconnect and Xlink are alternatives, and did I mention they're xbox-modded friendly

Okaaaaay. Since SDF Macross has poor animation, does that make it suck? In terms of animation and the generation it was shown to, hell yeah. ... I hope that answers your question. No, I believe you missed the entire point of this diatribe. There's no denying the role animation plays in an anime. However, the overall merit of anime is determined through a dynamic interplay of story, characters, dialogue, and animation. Naturally, there are other components too (ie: music, editing), but for the sake of brevity I've only listed four. From your posts, you're implying that animation is the primary factor in determining whether an anime is good. I quote again: I have to disagree here. According to that statement, it's implied that the past 40 years of anime history are substandard simply due to animation quality. If you judge anime by that, would you be able to enjoy Macross Zero twenty years from now? Dialogue, characters, plot, that's what truly makes an anime able to stand the test of time. An anime that can carry the same level of admiration that it did decades earlier is truly a great anime. Boy, this reminds me of kids who walk into a videogame store, pick up a 2D game and automatically say "What, it don't have 1 billion polygons?! lololol, this game Sux0r5! "

Okaaaaay. Since SDF Macross has poor animation, does that make it suck?

Ummm, what??? I know there are some who did not like the Masayuki character designs in Plus, but overall, Plus has bar none, the BEST animation next to DYRL that the Macross franchise has ever seen. The CGI in Zero was spectacular, but the hand drawn stuff I thought was lackluster, especially the drab, one-dimensional character designs. rol! You can put all of Plus' animations in the fighter and mecha dept and it still would not hold any candle against the animation of just episode-5 of Zero. Since when does animation make a series great? If that's what you're going by, Macross Zero blows away SDF Macross.

It shouldn't come as any surprise that the Protodevlin (primarily, Glavil) and the AFOS resemble each other: they both have the same creator, Kawamori. both are humongous both are capable of flight both are nearly indestructible both are capable or projecting powerful bio-organic blasts of energy both are capable of interstellar travel both are capable of speech both are, apparently, immortal both are just plain freaky looking