Project Phoenix

Most of these are pre-production design sketches that later evolved into the current designs we saw on Frontier. That humanoid with the gunpod is the early design for the Ex=Gear.

What's interesting is that the Zentradi Regults were supposed to be organic originally with bug like wings!

I think it's because Macross is less of a political show than a mecha porn and love triangle drama.

This is confusing. If Howard Glass is the president of the NUNS, when does he make his pastoral visits to the other fleets?

Nope... Harmonica is N.U.N.S... Check it out...

This must mean that Leon knows about Ranka's origin/abilities (like it seemed from previous episodes) & Ranka has some kind of relation to Brera Sterne...

I agree. Harmonica is from NUNS. But the 117th is also from the NUNS. Therefore I think Harmonica is both a survivor just like Ranka and still part of the NUNS. Because they are a research fleet, they may have been working on a prototype variable fighter when they got wiped out and the survivors managed to field the VF-27 years later.

As for the snake Leon, there is no doubt he knows more about Ranka than he is letting out. I feel that he is using Cathy to get to the president for something.

Okay, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that the VF-27 is either from a third unnamed colony fleet, survivors from the 117th Research Fleet, or from Earth.

Harmonica's familiarity with the song "Aimo" is really making me think he and his squad are from the 117th.

i hope for his sake, sheryl will pawn him if he forget to grab it, but does pilot have pocket?

that cyborg with red plane, he did not help but instead shoot his gun, if he lost his gun, how to break free?

also why enemy plane dun use anti missile jellyfish like in esp 1? they are weak compare to esp 1.

did the enemy battleship shoot his own battleship?

I would assume all pilots have pockets.

Probably because they couldn't do it in time with all the massive firefight going on.

That was a surviving Galaxy escort fleet vessel that got shot. Not a Vajra ship.

EDIT: Shinsen's raw is way better.

I'd say it stands for Special Macross Service. But here's a few on my take.

Space Monster Slayer

Sheryl's Mammary Secret

Super Macarena Steps

Sweet Macaroni Salad

Spicy Mackerel Soup

I can go on with the food reference but I'm hungry right now...

Now it makes sense why Sheryl hates Galaxy. It's so weird and has no greenery, no comfortable-looking cities or a decent pool of water. Plus, everyone is cybernetically enhanced. Very artificial.

Now I understand why she is so excited when she saw Frontier has oceans. This was explained in previous episodes that in the 2050s there are many distinctly different colony fleets with their own culture and aesthetics. When we see the name Macross Galaxy, we were looking for fleets resembling M7 or M-Frontier. Heck, even the escort ships are different. I must say Galaxy looks organic to me and very unique.

This leads me to conclude that some kind of political upheaval has occurred and the NUNS was created from this. I mean Frontier has a president that means it is a legitimate nation by itself but part of the NUNS. All M7 has is a Mayor although it can be said that is because M7's population was only 10% of Frontier's.

I hope the Macross Chronicle will explain everything to me.

You should do a custom EXO pilot - with a tiny voice chip that says witty EXO lines of dialogue.

Hell yeah!

VF-27 Hornbill

I'd kill for a plastic figure of her. In macronized-form please.

Better not be some tree-hugging, kumbaya-singing ending by Episode 26. If I want to do that, I'd watch Arjuna.

So what is so special about the OST CD first press other than having a poster?

When I think back, the original VF-1 was supposed to be called Breast Fighter. So naming it VF-27 Nanase just makes sense to me.

When they panned past the Queadluun Rau towards the end, there was a skinny, green robot standing there. What was this?

RVF-25. Luca's recon type Messiah.

I believe someone posted about the studio being in Manila.

KMU Manila. Check the credits at the end.

VF-27 NANASE

I'd vote for that.

I was disappointed with SK twice. First with Arjuna and then with Aquarion. But so far on Frontier he did a good job. I hope he keeps it up.

VF-27 Blowfish

They should release a Macross Frontier RPG. There is so much subplots to go around.

Judging from the sculpt, the bikini is optional then?

Again, if they're taking their time so that it comes our right, I don't think any of us should complain. Accuracy > Speed.

EDIT: And Batou is dreaming of an R1 MF boxset...I say your dreams are too small. I dream of a series of matching boxsets, all put out by the same company, translated uniformily, of EVERYTHING Macross.

If I had several million dollars to spare, that's what I'd do with it...profits be damned!

Not gonna happen. As long as HG and its legion of misguided heretics exist, an R1 box set will never come into existence.

Of course, if it does happen sometime in our lifetime, I foresee it being released as a premium box Set costing at least $2,000 each. If you have seen the Legend of the Galactic Heroes DVD Premium Box Set then you will know what I'm talking about.

Here's another one:

- So that we can buy all the valks by Yamato and their repaints.

That's true. I have the VF-1J Max Chunky-Monkey as a b-day gift from my best friend 2 years ago and the thing still rocks!

Trivia: I accidentally dropped it on my foot last year while cleaning and it gave me some bruises that lasted a few days. Nothing was broken on the toy and that is the power of die-cast!

Because there are Space NUNS with Messiahs fighting Red Lobsters.