Mazinger

Especially the ENEMY MECHA!!!!

Are you listening Bandai?!?!?!?!

I've had - and sold - most every version of the VF-1 out there...

the Bandai was always in all sorts of dynamic poses and great flying angles...

The Bandai got transformed constantly - even though the leg came off each time...

the Bandais are fun toys that can also look great on display.

You, sir, make a compelling argument.

I've been on the fence regarding this line because they do seem small, and slightly "plasticky" versus their 60/55 sized cousins. But I do like the idea of playing with my toys.

Sent a pm about the hovertank.

A las 10 o 12hs (a veces antes) ya estaba el Fansub en ingles. En Español solia tardar uno o dos dias

Wow, tan rapido! Esta va ser mi primera vez viendo una serie en tiempo actual. No esperaba que los subs iban a estar disponibles tan pronto. Ándale pues.

That drak sure is purdy. I do hope, however, that the batteriod mode feels more solid than my old Yamato YF-21's.

Of all my valks, it's the one that doesn't just snap into place and stay that way. I could be doing it wrong, but none of my other valks have that loose feel in the torso.

I didn't know Kawamori designed that one. Cool.

I knew there was a reason why I was drawn to the Gazette.

I no longer have the original, but the recent TF Generations 30th scratched my itch enough.

May not be true to the original design, but certainly has a boat load more articulation.

And it's one of the few mechs I don't mind letting my pre-schooler mess with.

Bridge bunny, I think I saw your icon's mech in the first Frontier movie after a clash onboard the Frontier with a Vajra.

Does it have a name?

Wouldn't be a destroid, right?

Well, Siegfried did battle and slay the Dragon Fafner with the mighty sword Nothung in the opera, eventually gaining the power and wisdom to save Brunhilde, the Valkyrie.

Seems like Kawamori's been on a Wagner kick lately.

I wonder if they would be so bold as to have some "Ride of the Valkyries" samples in the score, like the way James Horner sampled Aram Khachaturian's Gayane ballet suite for Aliens.

Especially when they swear up and down about how "The Love Boat" is the best sitcom of the 20th century.

And how old Battlestar Galactica is way better than new Battlestar Galactica.

Um, original BSG is better than the new BSG. New BSG is good, but not superior to the original. I love the original, really like the new one, and am even eager for that ever looming Brian Singer reboot feature we hear about every now and again.

Ok, back to the real discussion...

On the one hand I'm salivating for that Glaug, yet very afraid of the slippery slope it represents.

On the other hand, if any of you feel the need to offload some 1/60 Yamato's at ridiculously cheap prices, well, I'll be waiting.

Unless of course, I need to start unloading my meager, aging collection, to jump on this band wagon as well.

You just made SH Figurarts Breetai shed a tear. What is he, chopped liver?

Bwahahah.

Oh well, wish they had announced this a year ago, before I got a Matchbox Britai in a Matchbox Robotech lot off of eBay.

"Really really really tired of the underage girl moe character design everywhere in Japan these days. That says nothing of the plot which could be great so i'll withhold judgement, but i really miss the 80s where maturity was seen as attractive and not looking 12."

^

|_ This.

Though I don't really know if it's "everywhere in Japan", it seems to be really widespread in Anime. Really makes me think of the late 70's / early 80's as the high point of the story telling and characters in anime. Of course, I'm not authority, but that's how it feels like to me.

Pues, aunque me concierne un poco el aspecto de la nenas gruperas, Tochiro ha dicho en el foro del anuncio en ingles que ellas no son las pilotas de los YF-31. Eso me da un poco de calma. Y si tambien me hubiera gustado mas escenas en el espacio. Pero esto es Macross, va haber por lo menos un triangulo romantico y cantantes.

De los mecha, pues me gusta lo que he visto hasta hora. Al fin vemos mas Zentradi! Que larga la espera para el a~no nuevo.

Ahora, de curiosidad, como lo van adquirir Uds. en America Latina? Hay alguna esperanza de fansub en espanol pronto despues que se inicie en Japon?

Antagonists

Zero = Cold war

MWF = Space invaders, endless war

Plus = Artifical Intelligence

7 = Ancient adversaries, space vampires

Frontier = Megalomania, an even more exotic, difficult to communicate with alien species

Delta = A spreading illness?

Culture and memes are "viral" so could Var syndrome perhaps be not literal virus, but an ideological one?

Perhaps a statement on extremism?

It would be an interesting reflection of the times.

I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't concerned about the "boy band VS girl squadron" potential here, especially if it descends quickly into fan service and fetishism.

On the other hand, the trailer showed potential. There was intrigue in some of the "concerned" looking faces and confrontations.

I do wonder, what are the stakes on just one planet?

How do the Zentran tie into the story?

And really, my biggest question at the moment is, just how fast can I get a hold of something fan-subbed after it airs.

I don't know nearly enough Japanese to keep up if the only source I have available it untranslated, but I guess we'll cross that bridge in 2016.

Dang I got a really short glimpse of the stage and then nothing again.

Who's doing the live blogging? I'm only half joking.

Being new to the MW forums, I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who is tired of the FSWs (forward swept wings) concept. Was worried I'd be ostracized.

Oh, yeah, "there better be destroids".

And they funny thing about guys named Chuy, is that Chuy is nickname for Jesus.

So there you go, Jesus and Chewbacca, both righteous dudes. And hairy.

I probably should have posted this with along with my plug for SF3:

EDIT: Forgive me, I tried to make the link above, but failed miserably. Still a forum n00b, so not sure what I need to do to get youtube embedding to work. Oh well...

2x EDIT: Thanks to davidwhangchoi / akteon for the hint on

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=42314#entry1231368

Enjoyed the podcast, keep up the good work guys. Pretty sure there's more than three of us listening.

It really came at serendipitous time for me. I was at this year's MWCon and so got the privilege of seeing her live and it is interesting to hear about the scene and her concert over there.

I haven't really been following her career and am only deep diving back in to Macross after many years of other stuff. I liked the briefing you guys gave.

I do hope Renato releases his documentary at some point. I'm probably not the only one who would like to see it.

Arcadia 1/60 VF-1S with Super Strike / Fast Pack, version 42

Street fighter 3rd strike via the iFinalBurn Alpha emulator is what I'm rocking on my phone.

Every now and again I also jump online to get schooled on 3rd Strike via FightCade.

I run Linux at home and FightCade works great on it and OSX, so f you are into fighting games I strongly recommend it.

@Hornet, that's one pretty bird!

Haha, yeah, you're right. Just finished Frontier for the second time so that was on my mind.