Perrych

I disagree about Macross being the only important thing. Mospeada was the favorite for a lot of folks and still is. Macross was the largest part and is the most well known since it was the first chapter. Still, SC and NG have plenty of fans. The blending of the three stories is quite remarkable with only a few errors. The idea of Zor was remarkable. The issuing protocol true matrix was strange watching SDF but made for a tragic war - somewhat analogous to the later Iraq chemical weapons search that led nations to fight over something that didn't exist or at least disappeared. I think not enough credit is given to Carl's vision to tie them together - although more work could have been done to tie the Southern Cross to The RDF. (The books did this later).

I'm not sure what you get the self-contradictory part. Please elaborate. But, of course, particularly for Robotech, the mythos and canon are incredibly important.

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To be fair, what you call a "dry spell" and what I might are different things. Personally, I don't consider re-releasing Macross in different formats (OAV, movies, etc) any different than HG releasing the Protoculture edition and Remastered editions. Yes, they are very different things in terms of content but essentially the stories are the same. At the same time, HG has been pretty good about keeping a presence in comic books for a long time. You might not consider that much, but it is very different when you are trying to keep the story going that began in the Robotech saga on tv so long ago. Macross has FAR more freedom in that it has jumped all over the time line telling stories. Robotech tried to do that with 3000 and was rejected. Fans want the ultimate fate of the SDF-3 with familiar characters in new situations. So HG is left telling the stories of the Sentinels, which has pretty much been covered in comic form now, telling the story of Scott Bernard, which they have been doing poorly, and telling stories that fit in between the cracks (again, the comics). The movie has certainly checked some of that freedom. While the studios may not have said, "No new animation!" or anything like that, I do think HG is themselves holding off due to the movie - or as you say, they are telling themselves that. I think that comics and books have done an admirable job of fleshing out the Robotech universe. The two (or three if you count the GBA game) took it a little further. Crystal Dreams would have added a whole new dimension but that story was relegated to a comic book. Comparing Robotech to Macross is a bit unfair for a few reasons: Anime and manga in the US is a niche market. In Asia, it is massive. Thus, Macross can take far more chances and rely on a rabid fan base to support them. At this point, HG simply cannot. While HG has tried to maintain what they consider canon, fandom has greatly expanded that mythos - and done so in a superior way. Every attempt post Sentinels to change the story from the comics and novels has failed because of this. Macross on the other hand is so massive in time and scope that there is so much more room to explore and create. Robotech is a very tight story that if you deviate too far from its core, it becomes something else. Those small changes between the stories so long ago made the difference between the two franchises massive. Macross is about people in the midst of challenges; Robotech is about protoculture and the fight for it. In the end, LLA was a very safe venture for HG. It reintroduced the 3rd part of the saga. It through a small bone at the end to what might lie ahead but I don't see it being earth shattering - no more than Dana Sterling's introduction was.

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Yeah, I would love to get a copy with proper subs on a dvd as well.

Relatively so, I guess. But I am new to Macross collecting and would rather mess up this project on a small scale I missed out on the amazing sales of these larger figures a while back. But over $100 for just the toy and then quite a bit more to make it the way I want it - I want to be sure I know what I'm doing!

Most likely, LLA was released by HG to keep the Robotech name out there. The live action movie is where they are laying all their cards from what I can see. The new crossover comic book with Voltron is once again trying to kickstart some excitement among fans who haven't had much to be interested in since the last comics came out and the terrible Shadow movie was released. (Please note: most Robotech fans thought it was horrible, but mainly because we had read "The End of the Circle" and while a messy conclusion it was at least somewhat satisfying. Shadow spent over an hour doing really nothing!). It is apparent that HG is not going to do anything new with the property until the movie is released. Apparently that is somewhat at the request of the studio. So nothing really new with Toynami, no new games, no new apps, and no new animation. LLA was safe in that it really didn't cover any new ground. The crossover will plainly be a 'seperate universe' thing. But to be fair, Macross went through a long dry spell too. It has had some mis-steps. I enjoyed Macross Plus but it wasn't so much Macross but rather a story in that universe about three people; it wasn't terribly epic. The music and animation, though, were awesome. I don't know if the movie will ever happen. If it does, will they make it in such a way that could easily be adapted into Macross? I would imagine, with Hollywood seeking to break into those markets more and more, it would make sense to have dialogue that could easily be reworked and a licensing agreement in Japan for this. The biggest challenge with a movie is making more than just an adaption of the cartoons. Would they just follow their history and rework DYRL? I think they were hoping for a trilogy of movies but even with that you would likely lose the mythos of both Robotech and Macross and just end up with a SFX movie. So, HG has to wait until a movie moves forward to do anything unique. And that is disappointing.

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Definitely a green Q-Rau, ideally the tv version. I do wonder if the tv versions of the Macross toys sell better or if it just in the states where they are in high demand. I am late to the game, so getting those are my priority.