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My only guess for Nissan releasing this 450Z is so that it doesn't conflict with skyline sales in 2007 (and vice versa). With the skyline being released globally and replacing the 350Z as Nissans top sports car, there has to be some distinction between the two to seperate them in the market place.

As OVAs go Macross II wasn't even 100% supported by the primary character designer Mikimoto. He was against working on this series and while I am certain part of the reason why the quality declined was due to poor reception of the first OVA, I wouldn't be surprised of Mikimoto himself didn't make as much of an effort. Fans then were fickle, but just imagine how badly MII would do today. It'd bomb horribly!

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I beg to differ. Anime (even bad anime) has a better chance of surviving in today's market than it did 10 or so years ago. Many people are willing to watch something no matter how bad it is at least once, and i think since there is such a limited amount of mecha anime on the market today, a remake, (and it would have to be a hell of a remake, kinda like what happened to appleseed) would probably be well accepted by the public. But that's just an opinion, maybe if there were more bad mecha series out there to test the waters it would be better to judge.

actualy Im not a big defender of the pushrod engine, I just like the stimulating conversation about cars and mechanical designs and kind of a devils advocate

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yeh, i know what you mean. Being the devil's advocate in a conversation (even if you actually side with the persons point) helps filter the boys from the men when talking about cars.

Another thing to look for if you own the Macross Plus OVA DVD's Vol1. and 2: The picture printed on the disks is the YF-19 in an action pose, but the background is macross II. If you look carefully you can see the wing of a VF-2ss and the thrust from the rear.

Thank you! the funny thing is, that i've been a religous visitor to macross world for a couple years now maybe more, definitely before the forums were created.  I just was never a big fan of contributing to the forums because i always feel like with the number of topics that are circulating, it's easy to get lost in the sea of discussions, and also there are a lot of members who like to be very narrow minded and rude.  But the thing i've noticed about this site is how kind everyone is, so for the first time (ever) i've decided to actually be a part of a forum.  I love Macross, and have followed it for quite awhile, (since i was about... 7? or 8?) since then i was infatuated with it all through high school, but then my interest took a halt when my girlfriend had a child in my junior year of high school, so i had to kind of pick it back up in the last few years and it's kind of been a mess since.  I think right before i jumped off i was watching Macross Plus, and then next thing i know there was a whole bunch of stuff i missed.    Hopefully, i can stay in the loop of things since my now fiance (same girl) and i are having our second child in April.

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welcome again (car thread) and congrats on the kiddo's,

MacII isnt my fav either, but the VF2ss is a nice mecha design

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I have always loved the mecha design for the vf-2ss, and i even got the bandai model, but after building the model, it just seemed way too small for me. I'm an excellent sculptor and have done tons of figure modeling projects, but recently i've been inspired to maybe start a macross related project, but i haven't a clue with which mech to start with, any ideas?

Thank you! the funny thing is, that i've been a religous visitor to macross world for a couple years now maybe more, definitely before the forums were created.  I just was never a big fan of contributing to the forums because i always feel like with the number of topics that are circulating, it's easy to get lost in the sea of discussions, and also there are a lot of members who like to be very narrow minded and rude.  But the thing i've noticed about this site is how kind everyone is, so for the first time (ever) i've decided to actually be a part of a forum.  I love Macross, and have followed it for quite awhile, (since i was about... 7? or 8?) since then i was infatuated with it all through high school, but then my interest took a halt when my girlfriend had a child in my junior year of high school, so i had to kind of pick it back up in the last few years and it's kind of been a mess since.  I think right before i jumped off i was watching Macross Plus, and then next thing i know there was a whole bunch of stuff i missed.    Hopefully, i can stay in the loop of things since my now fiance (same girl) and i are having our second child in April.

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Good show man! MW was the only forum I ever wanted to be a part of for years, and still the only one that I am a member where I have actually made friends.

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I know what you mean, it's so much easier to make enemies than friends on forums but so far it's been going good, already got myself into a friendly debate over suspensions w/pfunk

Also you're right saying the "suspension" was a little to broad, it's using leaf springs which was a cheap ploy IMO consdering it's a 63,000 car (2006 ZO6).

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A transverse mounted leaf is more exspensive then coils by far and a lighter alternative. from a packaging and manufacturing standpoint, a spring is a spring.

you might as well down the pushrod motor in it too for being a 100 year old design. If it works, works well why change it

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That might be a little more of an opinion because coils are well known for being much lighter and cheaper than leafs, the contreversy comes with how it's setup and the fact that coils don't link directly to the axels, and a much more complex suspension system has to be built to accomodate coils (three link, four link). leafs are a much simpler design and tend to get all of the jobs done that coils do in one go, but have been known to be much heavier and more expensive. So really there's no clear winner, but IMO i would've gone with the coils, especially after building up a few cars of my own, i felt more confident with the cars stance in the corners with a coil setup. But, when it's all said and done, it all a matter of preference and opinion. I really wasn't attacking the age of the technology because i personally think the motor the vette uses (and has been using for how long now?) is quite amazing, especially stroked to 7.0 liters.

Thank you! the funny thing is, that i've been a religous visitor to macross world for a couple years now maybe more, definitely before the forums were created. I just was never a big fan of contributing to the forums because i always feel like with the number of topics that are circulating, it's easy to get lost in the sea of discussions, and also there are a lot of members who like to be very narrow minded and rude. But the thing i've noticed about this site is how kind everyone is, so for the first time (ever) i've decided to actually be a part of a forum. I love Macross, and have followed it for quite awhile, (since i was about... 7? or 8?) since then i was infatuated with it all through high school, but then my interest took a halt when my girlfriend had a child in my junior year of high school, so i had to kind of pick it back up in the last few years and it's kind of been a mess since. I think right before i jumped off i was watching Macross Plus, and then next thing i know there was a whole bunch of stuff i missed. Hopefully, i can stay in the loop of things since my now fiance (same girl) and i are having our second child in April.

Also you're right saying the "suspension" was a little to broad, it's using leaf springs which was a cheap ploy IMO consdering it's a 63,000 car (2006 ZO6).

I have to completely agree with you on that. IMHO i've never been a big fan of topless supercars, that two word phrase is a contradiction in itself (with the exception of the Carrera GT). If you're going to make a super car then sheer intelligence dictates that for structural rigidity you keep the damn top on. As for the HP numbers the GT gets about 500 hp and about 550 torque which is good, but nowhere near what it should potentially be hitting. But i guess you have to take into consideration that if it has more than that the life of the car diminishes, and you'll have to bring it into the shop every 20,000 miles like a ferrari.

There was a lot to like about Macross II but just as much (if not more) to hate... like the poor dubbing. I really like all of the scenes with the Metal Siren. Anytime, i watch Macross II i just skip to the battle scenes with the VF-2SS and the Metal Sirens, because if you're watching the dub (which is a total waste of time) you can't get attached at all to the characters.

I think if SDF-1 wasn't destroyed in the end and the plot wasn't so thin, this series could've carried itself out to somewhere good. Also the fact that it was set so far into the future kinda takes away any credibility it would have if it was to be put into an official timeline. I love the mecha designs (the Marduk power suits were pretty vicious, though inconsistently animated) and even some of the characters were mildly entertaining at times.

I notice a lot of people talking about vette's and other super cars, (I just discovered this thread about 10 minutes ago, i'm a huge motor enthusiast) and personally i have always hated the vette... until this year. When the guy from caddy took over the vette project he made everything on that car awesome, it's unbelievable. It runs a 3.6 0-60 and once it gets into the hands of the GT and LM crews they're going to throw away the cheap suspension and rebuild the car and make it into an even greater super car. Personally i can't wait to see the Japanese answer and the competitor's answers to this new breed of Corvette. I know Nissan has announced the new GT-R which is now using the VQ35 motor (yes disappointing they had to drop the RB because of emissions) or a spawn of that block (3.3? 3.7? displacement is sketchy) but it's definitely using the ATTESSA AWD system which is the best in the business and is still going to be twin turbo equipped. And then you have Ford with their GT which still has more horsepower potential because the supercharger is barely getting any work from that motor. They can easily put a shorter pulley and knock the horsepower up a whole bunch. It's a good time for the motor enthusiast because it seemed like all at once a bunch of the big name companies came out and started making super cars. I know in Japan it was because of the lifting of the gentleman's agreement, but this is almost ridiculous.