Podtastic

On 5/16/2021 at 5:37 AM, CoryHolmes said:

Ooooor just wing it, and explain any deficiencies away as battle damage and/or frankenmecha from the Invid Invasion

There is no hurry, you spent a lot of money and  its worth making sure you get a good result.

And there is of course the option which some people use, which is to commission a professional to do the build for you. 

4 hours ago, tekering said:

Your head-canon requires a macronized Invid Grub taller than a VF-1 Battroid...?

Yes...yes it does.

Anyone know where the "oversized" Gurab would come next to the HMR Regult?

If this is right then I could make do - even if ideally it could just be a tad larger -  otherwise I will have to pit them against my Revoltech Regults instead.

The Imperial Fists have finally joined their Ultramarine battlebrothers.

On 4/30/2021 at 10:16 PM, easnoddy said:

Would much rather have figures to scale.

So would I but I. But to my own scale, not the official scales.

Even the "oversized Gurab" is probably not even half the height I want it to be.

On 4/19/2021 at 8:39 PM, no3Ljm said:

Various comparison chart you can find online and thru Macross Mecha Manual:

Hope it helps.

 

These size comparison charts are laughable. I just ignore them.

It makes perfect sense for a Zentraedi Soldier to be the same height as a Battroid, if the Battroids were designed for infantry actions against them. 

It does not make any sense for a Battroid to be able to squeeze into a savagely nerfed Zentraedi's uniform. Nor does it make any sense for a Zentraedi soldier to be a larger size when wearing a duty uniform, and a smaller size when wearing armour.

Nowhere in the show do we see Britai or Kamzin towering over soldiers to this absolutely ludicrous extent. If the animation is often in error, then it is a blessing, because it makes more sense and sure as hell looks better.

Thanks for all your hard work on this project Cap.

12 hours ago, tekering said:

I'mma shoot some Invid Shock Trooper vs. Bioroid diorama pics just for you, bud.

Epic.

10 hours ago, vladykins said:

Picked this up for $20:

That's a steal. Its a great item.

On 4/9/2021 at 5:53 PM, Mog said:

When Disney ships you a lemon:

With a pattern sticker on the chest it could pass for a Stardroid Raider. 

On 4/16/2021 at 7:28 PM, Mechapilot77 said:

an in scale invid shock trooper is what...half the height of a legioss?  maybe a bit more i think?  that samples is a nice size (out of scale but i like that size better).

Absolutely. I want the larger version, so my Regults don't get knee cramps trying to shoot at them.

Actually to be in my scale both the Gurab and the Regult should be around this size:

On 4/16/2021 at 5:03 PM, derex3592 said:

I'm SO IN on all of these!!!

I'm joining this queue.

I wonder if they will ever release the Starjammers?

On 4/8/2021 at 10:23 PM, technoblue said:

 Well, a person can dream... Let me sit on this cloud a wee bit longer...

Someone tell me what kind of a world we are living in where sci-fi collectors wouldn't want Eldar Aspect Warriors?

I'm all for them giving us Blood Angel, Raven Guard and Dark Angel primaris, but at some point we need something else - like Terminators and Xenos.

On 4/2/2021 at 8:08 PM, Mechapilot77 said:

so are we never ever ever getting more destroids?  tbh i bought into this line to have in scale valks and destroids and zentrans mecha.  seems like its been forever since macross HMR non valk.

It sure has. And its tedious, I have all the valks I will ever need.

If they want my money they will have to start releasing the Zentraedi stuff.

Starting with the Regult Scout.

On 3/30/2021 at 6:58 PM, Seto Kaiba said:

Pretty damned sure you're the one wearing the grease paint and red nose in this relationship, sweetcheeks.

In your opinion, which I dont value much by the way.

On 4/6/2021 at 6:27 AM, Convectuoso said:

Coming from MEP TOYS

By the same guy that did the Zentraedi warrior and warships 3d prints? I want at least 2.

5 hours ago, captain america said:

Sizing is the real issue though, because even the Legioss figures have varied considerably in size and it all depends on what figure(s) they're (the Inbit) intended to be standing next to on the shelf.

I'll probably have to make even my Revoltech Regults squat, I reckon.

And now White Scars.

On 3/29/2021 at 7:14 AM, Podtastic said:

It depends if its done by people who care or not. I'm usually against total reboots, but not slight "reimaginings".

A case in point is the 2006 MOTU series. It had slight costume redesigns, but in spirit was closer to the early minicomics.

All Southern Cross needs is upgraded cell art and some even more dynamic sequences to make it pop visually.  

9 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Ah, no.

Just no.

Like, I actually feel bad because of how excessively optimistic that statement was.

Southern Cross only lasted as long as it did back in 1984 because the mecha genre more or less at the apex of its popularity and influence.  It was comparatively easy to get funding for any old story involving "real robot" type mecha at the time, thanks to the success of Mobile Suit Gundam and Super Dimension Fortress Macross.  It was easier for those shows to gain a following too because mecha was the in thing at the time.  Southern Cross tanked in Japan at a time when conditions in the industry were nearly ideal to succeed with mecha anime.

Nowadays?  No chance.  

These days, a new mecha IP has to have some serious clout and creative talent behind it or it'll never get made.  You can't quarter-ass development the way Tatsunoko Production did on Southern Cross and expect to get anywhere except a nice deep financial hole that other properties will have to fill in.  Tatsunoko itself recently had a refresher course in that fact of life on their 55th Anniversary when they rolled out their first original mecha IP in ages, The Price of Smiles, and it promptly tanked every bit as hard as Southern Cross did on only a twelve episode run.  The Arming Doublets are nice designs but heavily dated, but the actual mecha designs are so bland, generic, boxy, and ugly that they're never going to sell.  It's an object lesson in why you hire mechanical designers to do your mechanical designs instead of throwing the task at three randos in your studio and saying "I need three transforming robots and six enemy mechs by lunchtime".  

Hell, the picture you posted is pretty solid proof of my point.  The new (and embarrassingly bad) Robotech RPG isn't even giving Southern Cross - AKA the "Robotech Masters Saga" - its own sourcebook the way previous ones did.  It's been combined with MOSPEADA (AKA "the New Generation Saga") into a single book.  (History repeats itself, I guess, since the ADV FIlms remaster of Southern Cross also ended up being squashed together into a double-pack with Genesis Climber MOSPEADA in order to make it sell.  That's how I ended up with my copy, actually.  They did do a rather nice job with the box art.)

 There is a difference between what is required to improve something to the standards I desire, and what masses of tasteless clowns want or like.

It depends if its done by people who care or not. I'm usually against total reboots, but not slight "reimaginings".

A case in point is the 2006 MOTU series. It had slight costume redesigns, but in spirit was closer to the early minicomics.

All Southern Cross needs is upgraded cell art and some even more dynamic sequences to make it pop visually.  

On 3/19/2021 at 2:19 PM, vladykins said:

you have to come pick it up yourself.

I've taken to doing that, it just works out better. 

On 3/17/2021 at 3:46 AM, tekering said:

Of course, the quickest way of ensuring a sold-out second run would be to announce the production of a 1:48 Spartas to display them with... 

So are you guys going to revive that thread and check if everyone is still on board? Wasnt the Spartas very close to the CF target? So close that everyone on board contributing + 50% for a kit (20 people vs 10 order gap) would have met the target?

9 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Well, since COVID we don't get much choice. Only USPS still asks for a signature, everyone else just leaves crap on my step regardless.

At work a colleague who had been up there told us a story about similar behaviour by a delivery company. She complained about this to a neighbour there.

The response apparently was "But its got your name on it."

Which floored us because that wont stop theft.

But that was a while back - what I hear is things are deteriorating horrifically up there crimewise. 

Our couriers still ask for signatures, and their main worry isnt even Co-Vid - its armed in transit robbery now.

On 3/16/2021 at 2:19 PM, tekering said:

No, I think he meant the DYRL Max. 

Facepalm.  

16 hours ago, technoblue said:

If you are expecting something like classic Gatchaman, and don't want to bother with a modern interpretation of those themes, then it will probably be a disappointment.

5 hours ago, JB0 said:

 It is also largely character-driven, with very little in the way of cool fight scenes(I think there was one?).

It will never become anything like Gatchaman, no matter how long you stick with it. Tatsunoko was "celebrating" their fiftieth year in business at the time, and I think they slapped the name on something already deep into production so they could claim to have made "a new Gatchaman" for the studio's anniversary.

Thanks. I'll skip it completely.

On 3/15/2021 at 2:50 AM, BroTaku79 said:

lol I see..didn't know it was TWE preorder for VF-1D... for regular release...hoping for max & millia lol 

The Max DX was already released in 2019.

Can anybody tell me whether Gatchaman Crowds is worth my patience?

I tried watching before but dumped it after 10 minutes (plus a further 5 - 10 skipped minutes). It wasn't like the beloved classic, and just looked shitty to me.