Mazinger

Mira nomas. K chingon!

I would be in for a DX update that fixes all these issues.

I'd be even more interested in sturdy HMR version, though I won't hold my breath for that.

Very exciting! Also curious about the materials used so far.

Well there's these from somewhere in China.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Detail-Up-1-48-VF-1A-Strike-Battroid-Valkyrie-Model-Kit-Water-Slide-Decal-/391404063318

I can't speak to the quality. They are water slide decals so you'd have to set them somehow.

Thumbs up on the gertalk series. Nice to hear Delta being discussed in line with the shows. I usually wait till I've seen the subbed version, unlike Renato, I do need scrubs, err, subs.

Question, how are your guys across the other "pond" seeing the general population take to Delta?

How would you say it's catching on versus say, the latest Gundam series or Kabaneri, for example?

Is it a certainty whether it will be a "hit" or "miss" in your collective experience?

Obviously I'm hopeful for the former, but I wasn't tuning in realtime when Frontier came out so I don't have a frame of reference, and I'm also stateside.

"Various publications" is the short answer... there's no One Source to Rule Them All (though Macross Chronicle is damn close), but it's a mixture of Chronicle, official series and franchise art books, liner notes, official interviews and coverage in magazines like Great Mechanics, Newtype, B-Club, Hobby Japan, Dengeki Hobby, and so on. Mr March and I each maintain our own personal collections of reference material, though his is oriented more around the highest possible quality line art and mine more around the detail level of the text.

Ok, I should have known better than to have any doubts. Thanks for the awesome work. It had been a nagging question in the back of my mind for a while now, but I've only seriously been reinvested in Macross for a year or so now.

And here's my translations of a lot of the sources Seto mentioned: http://monkeybacon.mywebcommunity.org/

Jackpot! Very cool. I'd recently gotten into the various publications, but hadn't come across a translation source. This will help plenty. Might actually learn a few kanji characters in the process.

.. they only made 718 VF-17's...

Maybe the following question belongs in newbie's thread, but here goes:

Where do you get such precise information from?

It's been less than a year since I watched M7 and I don't recall that number being thrown out. That said, I can't be sure that it wasn't spoken.

I don't read Japanese and so haven't absorbed the details in the master files and chronicles, but in general, is that ultimately where most of the Manual information comes from?

I know the compendium is referenced a lot, and I might be committing MWF forum heresy by saying this, but since there are no footnotes in the compendium, I can't help wondering where all the details actually originate from.

I'm trying to stay away from the HMR valks, but with pics like these, oh man, not sure how much I can hold out.

"Must make it to Christmas time. Must hold out. Must save for Delta DX's."

Breath/repeat.

@BlackValkyrie, that's some nifty editing. Also probably the main reason, apart from the whole patricide thing, why I won't be showing SW:TFA to my youngest anytime soon.

Oh and I believe the MiniMates figures are LEGO minifig scale, so given enough grey and black blocks you could easily some interesting dioramas.

My own homage to one of the finest movies I've ever seen:

The "Ripley" in question is actually a G.I. Joe Lady Jay from the mid-00's.

I consider it a travesty that Sigourney Weaver didn't get the Oscar for her performance.

I'd love to walk through a museum of these displays. Imagine row after row of well little valks and dioramas.

why would you ever want to do that to yourself though?

Hmm, point taken. I've never had a v1 1/60. Aside from the legs partsforming, they do look good, but they certainly haven't endeared themselves around here.

1/100 is great for variety but I really dislike the parts-formation nature of the valks. I don't mind extra accessories, but having multiple wings is annoying. Makes me feel like 1/100 are just cheaper toys (at least for the valkyries).

^ highlighted comments above the two biggest things that are holding me back on getting into the HMR valks. I actually do not mind sacrificing line-art correctness for better, sturdier transformations and at the prices these are going for I could easily get into the v1 1/60 line on eBay.

My hope is that Delta takes off and we enter a whole new age of mass produced valks from Bandai on a scale not seen since the DYRL days. That may well be unlikely in which case I'll probably be collecting a few HMR valks off of people here once they get tired of them. I'm willing to give that a couple of years to play out though.

I'm a late adopter in lots of things.

At some point I should probably stop being impressed by the skills people on this board have, but DAYUM!

I'm re-starting Eureka Seven after an aborted attempt a few years back. I started with the english dub, but I just couldn't get into all the emotive, wailing, angst of the protagonist in english. For some reason, the dubs always amplify the awkwardness of these teenagers to the point that it's a turn off for me.

The original audio isn't so annoying and now that I know that Kawamori had a hand in the mecha designs I'm more invested. I'm also enjoying it more this time around.

One thing I'm grateful about Macross Delta is the lack of angst on Hayate's part.

Not a model per se. Working on converting a very rusted, very yellowed Jetfire to a VF-1D.

Wanna give props to gwfalcon for hooking me up with the 1D head.

Wanted to give the swivel thigh / pen modification a shot. What could possibly go wrong?

VF Conversion #2, the pen mod by Mazinger

Now if only someone would print or mold some 1/55 1A and 1J heads...

I think mercat is a better translation, though possibly less literal.

Prince, Nekki Basara of Funk & New Wave.

We're only 4 months into 2016 and we've already lost too many.

Damn. Hope he's the last.

The trailer's not bad. Looks fun. I never could stand the "original" "remake" (not sure what to air quote), but this I could get into.

Molto bella! Mi piace il colore.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamato-MACROSS-VT-1-Super-Ostrich-1-60-figure-/231919387489?hash=item35ff790361:g:qHsAAOSwKfVXF4-N

"Yamato MACROSS VT-1 Super Ostrich 1:60 figure"

Not sure if it qualifies, but the price seems good ~ $195 shipped.

Had I not been spending on my impending HMR Glaug and jetfire customization project, I'd be sorely tempted. I'm just basically tempted at the moment.

Bumpety bump bump...

Actually I have a question and am hoping someone who has tried this is still on the forums.

So, did you glue/weld the thigh haves together with the springs and ratchet plastic parts inside?

It seemed like the guide was suggesting actually glueing the ratchet parts to the thigh halves, which seems less optimal if you have the springs available.

The VF-1EX is at total nod to SDFM and it was wonderful to finally see a CG animated Valkyrie. The paint scheme seemed to be a nod to Macross First and something Hasegawa can release a "new" VF-1 kit with the same old VF-1 molds...

I'm seriously considering sparring one of my recently acquired Jetfires from an SDF conversion procedure. Though, then I'd need to come up with some of those double-triangle delta decals.

I'm also excited that the Jetfire color scheme was used because I suspect that this may be part of a concerted effort to "take back" pieces of Macross that were wrongfully traded away poorly to TransFormers and HG.

I hope the trend started by the subs on the blu-ray are just the opening salvo and that this all ends with a quality dub of Delta on an american channel. I'm sure someone at Bandai can see the profit to be made in having the series lead to toy sales outside of Japan and the members of this forum.

Look forward to it.