sketchley

Ticket Information http://www.chojikuut...cket_osaka.html Osaka Venue 2012.12.22 (Sat.) ~ 2013.01.14 (Mon., holiday); total 21 days 2013.01.01 (Tues., Holiday), 01.08 (Tues)~01.09 (Wed) are holidays. General Advance Sales Ticket ￥1,000 (tax included) / Same Day Ticket ￥1,300 (tax included) * admission includes a commemorative "neck strap" Advance Sales Ticket including Goods ￥2,000 (tax included) / Same Day Ticket Including Goods ￥2,300 (tax included) *includes "Hosting commemorative Super Dimensional Towel" + entrance souvenir "neck strap" Same Day Ticket including Park Entrance Ticket Adults ￥2,300, children (elementary school students) ￥1,800 *includes "Hirakata Park entrance ticket" + entrance souvenir "neck strap" Same Day Ticket including Park Entrance Ticket and Goods Adults ￥3,300, children (elementary school) ￥2,800 *includes "Hirakata Park entrance ticket" + "Hosting commemorative Super Dimensional Towel" + entrance souvenir "neck strap" Caption: entrance souvenir "neck strap" *pictured is an image Caption: "Hosting commemorative Super Dimensional Towel" *pictured is an image *There is a limited quantity of Advance Tickets including Goods. When sold out, Same Day Tickets including Goods won't be sold. * The entrance souvenir and goods for the Advance Tickets including Goods will be handed over at the time of admission. * Advance sales will be held until the day before the opening of the exhibition. However, regarding the Animate Online Shop and Games Online Shop, tickets will be sold until 11.30 (Fri). * Same Day Tickets are sold at the venue entrance. * Those who have the stub of the event admission tickets can get a Hirakata Park entrance fee discount (Adults ￥1,300 -> ￥1,000; children (elementary school students) ￥700 -> ￥500) * Pre-schooler admission is free (entrance souvenir not included) Translator's note: not bothering with the following 3 sections - cause they're about the advance sales that are already finished... nevertheless, the headlines: Super Advanced Sales [finished] Advance Sales General Sales

Event Outline http://www.chojikuut...bout_osaka.html Venue Hirakata Park Event Hall I and II The venue entrance is outside the park entrance gate. It is possible to enter the event hall without entering Hirakata Park. Date and Time 2012.12.22 (Sat.) ~ 2013.01.14 (Mon., holiday); total 21 days *2013.01.01 (Tue., holiday) and 01.08 (Tues) ~ 01.09 (Wed.) are days off 10:00-17:00 (last entrance at 16:30) [Address] 〒573-0054 Osaka Prefecture Hirakata City Hirakata Park Town 1-1 [Transportation] - by train: 3 minutes walk from the Keihan Line's Hirakata Koen station - by car: about 9 km from the Hanshin Expressway Morugichi line terminus about 10 km from the Kinki Expressway Setsu-minami Interchange about 10 km from the 2nd Keihan Highway Neyagawa-minami Interchange about 7 km from the 2nd Keihan Highway Katano-kita Interchange [sponsorship] Super Dimensional Exhibition Executive Commitee [Collaboration] Mainichi Broadcasting [Enquiries] Super Dimensional Exhibition Executive Office: TEL　03-5917-2860 Reception Times: weekdays 10:00~17:00 (except for weekends and national holidays)

It appears that Mr. Kodachi Ukyo (of Macross the Ride fame) is in charge of the scenario (probably as close as one can get to story in a game...)

Dengeki Hobby 2012.02 Pg 15 Topic 11 It's been decided that the latest Macross PS3 game is a collaboration with Dengeki Hobby! Macross 30 ~the singing voice that connects the galaxy~ In commemoration of the 30th Macross anniversary, a long-awaited new game appears. Mr Kodachi Ukyo, who wrote such things as the "Macross F" novelization and this magazine's original Macross story, "Macross the Ride", is in charge of the scenario of this game. Even though we've only heard that in addition to the appearance of successive generations of Macross characters and mecha, that it is set 1 year after "Macross F" in 2060, our expectations are high for this game. It's been decided that'll be a collaboration between Dengeki Hobby magazine and this fan's long-awaited game. Although the details will be announced next issue, we wanted to at least inform you of the planned novelization of the setting of this new game. Of course, because Mr. Kodachi Ukyo is in charge of the writing, the degree of perfection in this work is guaranteed. A new Macross story starts from Dengeki Hobby, in a wonderful collaboration between a game and a modelling magazine! Caption: All appearances of the Macross characters and aircraft are in the game. The new YF-30 aircraft that appears this time is, of course, designed by Kawamori Shouji! It's an aircraft that asks what kind of transformation mechanism it has!" Caption: the new Valkyrie "YF-30" Macross 30 ~ the singing voice that connects the galaxy~ 2013.02.28 planned release Price: regular version ￥8,380 (including tax) initial limited edition ￥11,800 (including tax) Sales agency: Bandai Namcom Games Pg 118 to 120 VF-11B Super Thunderbolt "Macross Plus" Buildup of the Hasegawa 1/72 kit by Hiroshi Okabe. Review: in short, the layer of airbrushed black along the panel lines that were painted on BEFORE any other colours gives this thing a well-roasted, left out in the rain too long look. If you're into that, it's great looking. I'm not. Pg 121 Macross the Forefront Bandai 1/72 Fully Transformable VF-1 Valkyrie Review: picts of the mock-up and Kawamori-san working hard evaluating and refining the kit. Mostly picts of the Battroid form, with only one of the fighter form. The main highlight is the option parts: gun pod (grip out), AAM-1 3-missile rack, UUM-7 missile pod & an RMS-1. Cost and release date are undecided. Pg 122 Macross the Forefront con't A follow-up report on the successive generations of Macross flight action RPG! The super dance of the newly designed 3DCG Valkyries! Macross 30 ~the singing voice that connects the galaxy~ "Macross 30 ~ the singing voice that connects the galaxy~" is the completely new game for the PS3 under development to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Macross. This month, let's introduce the game's new, original setting. How are the characters published here and the successive generations of Macross characters related? Let's await the follow-up report! Caption: VF-171EX (review: awesome looking camo version) Caption: "Ita-specification"* marked Valkyries have successively appeared. The specials that are included in the initial release also include the product code to unlock the YF-29. * Decorated specification. Literally painful specification. Captions YF-29 Battroid form / VF-1S Battroid form / VF-25F Battroid and Fighter forms Caption: the initial limited edition "30th anniversary Super Galactic Box". Check the official sight for the numerous specials that are included in the box. Playstation 3 flight action RPG Price: regular version ￥8,380 (including tax) limited edition "30th Anniversary Super Galactic Box" ￥11,800 (including tax) 2013.02.28 planned release Sales agency: Bandai Namcom Games Official site: http://b.bngi-channel.jp/macross30 * the number is limited. Please acknowledge this in advance. * Pictured is an image. It is different from the actual product. * Some stores won't be handling the product. Please enquire for details at the store. Macross Super Dimensional Exhibition now open in Osaka's "Hirakata Park"! 30th Anniversary Macross Super Dimensional Exhibition: lured by the Valkyrie! The noteworthy event that commemorates the 30th anniversary is being held in "Hirakata Park" from 12.22 (Sat.) to 2013.01.14 (Mon., Holiday). Checking the homepage is required for all sorts of news, such as advanced sale special offers and stage events. Caption: Live sized Ranka, Sheryl and Minmei are also exhibited, to say nothing of the 1/1 scale VF-25 that was the subject of the Tokyo and Nagoya venues. "30th Anniversary Macross Super Dimensional Exhibition in Osaka ~ lured by the Valkyrie! ~" Official site: http://www.chojikuutenrankai.com/ The Chronicle that completely covers the Macross series is once more! Weekly "Macross Chronicle New and Revised Edition" A complete data file that consolidates all of the "Macross" series in new dressing starts being published from 2013.01.15. More than the previously published "Macross Chronicle (50 issues)", it is planned to be an 80 issue long series that encompasses from the Macross F movie versions to the latest "Macross FB7 Listen to my song!". Caption: A "pins collection" is being prepared for all readers. To obtain all 5 kinds of pins, the reader must collect all the issues in the series. Furthermore, you will receive a gorgeous original frame like the one pictured. Price: first issue special price ￥290 (including tax), usual price from the second issue ￥690 (including tax) Release date: 2013.01.15 (Tues.). On Sale every week on Tuesday (not including some areas). Size: A4 modified size (34 pages) Kosu-Kuro!'s second release is Mylene! Macross 30th anniversary SQ Figure =Mylene Jiinasu~ Kosu-Kuro! (untranslated text) Height: 20 cm prize planned release from 2013.01 Banpresto Let's obtain the advance sale goods from the Super Dimensional Exhibition! (untranslated text) Caption: Fleece blanket Caption: Plush Valkyrie (commuter) pass case Plush Valkyrie (commuter) pass case price: ￥1,365 (tax included) Fleece blanket price: ￥3,150 (tax included) Advance sales at the Super Dimensional Exhibition venue grounds from 12.22. On sale at: http://p-bandai.jp/fashion-net A new appearance of Ranka from director Kawamori! The complete supervisor's edition of Ranka Lee on sale! Ranka Lee (Wish of Valkyiria) Glowing Red (from "Theatrical Macross F ~the wings of goodbye~") (untranslated text) price: ￥4,725 (tax included) Planned release in 2013.04 Sales Agency: Bandai Collectors Division

scanlation of filing instructions: http://www.macrosswo...07 page order and some translations: http://sketchleystat...Trans/index.php table of contents: http://www.macrosswo...ndpost&p=676648

Oh, I'm so 90's.

Technically, it's "non Studo Nue timeline". Which, in real world terms, probably means that there are legal complications. Ie: it'll cost more to get the licence to use the designs. I'm not saying that's the reason why we haven't seen anything from MII in the game to date (it very well might appear in a later announcement), especially as Big West is the owner... Nevertheless, it might just be Kawamori who poo-pooed the designs. Or it might be to reflect the general (Japanese) Macross fan's view of what a Valkyrie is (if memory serves, Tenjin Hidetaka himself feels that if a Valkyrie is NOT designed by Kawamori-san, it's NOT a Valkyrie. End of story.) Personally, I don't feel like the in-universe technology in the MII designs matches very well with the Studio-Nue timeline's technological evolutions and revolutions, but that's just me.

I thought it was a cross-time game, not a cross-reality game?

Wouldn't that be when the concept of a transforming toy was submitted? Heh... anime magic.

I'm not talking about one of those. I'm talking about the PS1 game.

Getting and maintaining a lock on? One of the most challenging parts of VFX2 was keeping the opponents (especially the Ghost X-9s) within the "butter zone" long enough to not only lock-on, but fire missiles. Some of those dogfights were truly epic... Dogfight being used in the Macross sense.

Keitai pic of the poster showing up in Keihan stations and trains (damn... should've taken another shot "just in case". It's regrettably blurry):

I think he's replying sarcastically to the poster that asserted there's magic, when there is an explanation for those that are paying attention...

Macross SDE Homepage: http://www.chojikuutenrankai.com/ Translations: - Event Outline - Ticket Information - Cafe - Event Content Hirakata Park Homepage: http://www.hirakatapark.co.jp/ Hirapa Access: http://www.hirakatapark.co.jp/access/ ** If you're coming from outside of the Kansai area, it's recommended that you pick up a Surutto Kansai 2-day pass, 3 -day if you're planning to stay that long. (Though, I've been told by station staff that the 2-day passes are only available outside of the Kansai region. So you'll have to inquire where you'll be able to purchase one.) The cons of the ticket is that you won't be able to use JR. The pros are unlimited travel in the Kansai Thru Pass area, on pretty much every other form of mass transit, including the ones needed to get to the M:SDE venue and the locations of the stamp rally. Plus there are discounts to major attractions. http://www.surutto.com/ Stamp Rally Locations: 1) Sheryl: Event Venue (in Hirapa)* 2) Ranka: Nyan-nyan Cafe (in Hirapa)* (each one of the following links to a handy access map) 3) Minmei: Animate Nipponbashi: http://www.animate.c...st/nipponbashi/ 4) VF-1J: Animate Hirakata: http://www.animate.c..._west/hirakata/ 5) VF-25: Animate Kyoto: http://www.animate.c...hop_west/kyoto/ *: #1&2 each require entrance fees.

Officially: 12.23 (due to the Happy Monday System or something like that, 12.24 becomes the replacement holiday.) 01.01 Effectively: most businesses are closed 12.29 to 01.03. HOWEVER, 01.01 is Japan Post's busiest day of the year, and everyone gets mail from 01.01 to 01.03. http://en.wikipedia....lidays_in_Japan

Careful. Lack of arm shield doesn't mean lack of PPB. There are precedents for this in Macross: the Kwadorun series and the Ghost X-9 and it's derivatives. In other words - radomes are intrinsically light. Transformation is something that one can suspend one's belief over (all the more so if there are little to no aerodynamic concerns - they are big kites after all).

Missile launchers are heavy (forget about the servos, waldos and hydraulics of the launch mechanism, missiles are heavy!). RADOMES have been around for years... on real planes. Or, let's put it this way: how many real-world aircraft have you seen with a big 2x4 on the roof?

Looks like fun.

I'd say that the YF-29 is overarmed... not sure about the specifications for the YF-29A (or B) that appeared in the game, but the descriptions of the one in the movie pretty much state that it's extremely expensive/difficult to create and is pretty much a one off (that's specifically in reference to the high-purity fold quartz and the gee-whiz fold wave special powers it has). Interesting. As a derivative of the YF-24 Evolution, one would think they would've kept the hip guns... though chest guns... intriguing. I'm glad that they're moving away from that... though, it's replacement missile launcher is also disagreeable. It looks like the underarms are extended - perhaps they can be considered built-in shields? Fully agreed. Even the over-the-top VF-1 FAST packs look aerodynamic and sturdy in comparison. Air friction concerns aside, how does that dinky ball joint even hold the launcher up? I would say that it's a step forward. With the pre-YF-24 VFs, the trend was for internal missiles launchers, generally located around the engine nacelle. The VF-27 continued that trend (albeit in the secondary engine nacelles). I would take it as a sign that engine technology has further improved and there's an apparent micronization of the engine components for equal or greater output. Of course... in-universe, the engines of the YF-24/VF-25/VF-27/YF-29 could've been perceived as too powerful, and the engines could have a reduced performance, thus freeing up space in the engine nacelle...

The wings are there... albeit, in the angle and pose, they're mostly hidden by the arm.

Interesting. It looks quite similar to the one that comes with the VF-27 for it's gun pod.

About the same chance as characters like Aegis Focker and the Milky Dolls had.

? Your logic eludes me. In general, governments tend to publicize changes to the law, and those publicity campaigns tend to be at their strongest during the month immediately preceding the rule change. Zero interest in getting a criminal record is the main reason. Lack of interest, though logical sounding, probably isn't a factor - given the interest indicated in this very topic, IMHO...

Correct. Fixed the original post. Wonder where the 13 came from... 2013 perhaps?

Ebert is!