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  1. sketchley
    I think this sums up why I totally dislike the "so-called" bomber scene in Eps 8. It's just not consistent with what we've seen before in any of the SW movies. This inconsistency stretches from spaceship ("spacebomber") design and munitions used, to spaceship speeds and combat tactics used. Just think how much more interesting and visually dynamic the sequence would've been if Poe was point man to a squadron of rusty Y-wing clunkers that ends up with a scene like 'Kong rides the bomb' from "Dr. Strangelove". But I guess because one of the Disney execs' goals was to sell more merchandise we get suspension-of-disbelief breaking "spacebombers" . . .
  2. sketchley
    If memory serves, the "delimiter mode" merely removes all performance limits on the airframe (in short, what was preventing the plane from moving so fast that the pilot turns into goo). The purging of the arms and legs was nothing more than that: purging dead weight.
  3. sketchley
    More interesting is why is H.I.S. sponsoring it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.I.S._(travel_agency)
  4. sketchley
    I don't think there's any political economic system that can adequately describe it. The closest would be "war time economy" combined with "disaster economy". Concepts like money probably faded away for quite a few years while humanity got back up on its feet.
  5. sketchley
    It's one of those "they were there all along. Just off screen, outside of the camera shot . . ." The only exception to that rule was the all-Zentradi fleet in Macross 7. But, even then they only showed multiples of Buritai's flagship . . .
  6. sketchley
    Airmail is priced by size as much as it is by weight (not to mention the speed premium).
  7. sketchley
    Kawamori-san has repeatedly stated 100 ships. However, that's been to answer such things as your question and how many Zentradi ships joined the Unified Forces in total. Of course, one thing to keep in mind is that those were answers to questions that are decades apart. 100 appears to be the number that stuck in his head, while the context didn't stick around. It's also a convenient excuse for why we don't see more Zentradi ships active in Unified Forces fleets—a plausible in-universe excuse to explain the Studio Nue visual design methodology (an example of their visual design is the at-the-time unexpected replacement of the VF-19 by the VF-171 in MF).
  8. sketchley
    The Japanese Wikipedia article* has the following write-ups: Regarding the changes, my best guess is that they are a combination of improved repairability, increased reactor output and—at least with the Rigādo—more leg room for the pilot. * https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ゼントラーディ軍の兵器#リガード
  9. sketchley
    Note, it says: 受注受付終了しました。 (or: not taking orders [anymore])
  10. sketchley
    I remember reading somewhere that Kawamori-san doesn't particularly like the VF-4.
  11. sketchley
    Short form: basically the same, but with some important differences in Moral Rights, Work For Hire, Term Length, Fair Use/Fair Dealing, and Governmental Works. Long form: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/copyright-protection-differences-97281/ (there are even longer, but then we start falling into the TLDR category).
  12. sketchley
    The conclusion that we've pretty much all arrived at is that it doesn't "dock" to the city ship like the New Macross class.
  13. sketchley
    Well, I kinda understand why. It's like a big red bullseye on the radome...
  14. sketchley
    Did he bring all 5 million? I thought a branch fleet was left to guard the Factory Satellite that was depicted being taken a few episodes later. Nevertheless, you've made some good points. One thing to keep in mind is that the Zentradi use their soldiers as cannon fodder. So, having plenty of "reserve units" around is kind of important to their battle strategy.
  15. sketchley
    Standardized Super Pack mounting points actually reinforces my point: why would the VF-22 have such points? As far as Fold Boosters go, remember that in the VF-19/VF-22 era, they required a "special equipment hardpoint" exclusive to them. (We could go down the rabbit-hole of specially made adapters for the Super Packs, but why would those be lying around for Miria to steal, too?)
  16. sketchley
    If she stole them, how were they mounted on the airframe? Why didn't they fall off when transforming? Etc., etc., etc. The only logical conclusion is that they were designed to be mounted on a VF-22 before being mass produced.
  17. sketchley
    Probably not. However, going by the Master File . . . Nevertheless, keep in mind that Super Pack equipped VF-19 and VF-22 appeared in Macross 7. So, it's likely that development continued on the test packs in M+, it just developed into something different.
  18. sketchley
    Let's not forget what happened with the "Kazutaka Miyatake Design Works" artbook: some of the images in the final book were extremely low-rez placeholder images (if the minimum DPI for publication is 300, these were at the net's standard 72), as well as someone being a little too overzealous with Photoshop's magic wand tool and "cutting out" part of the SDF-1's thigh on the back cover. . . . and that book was delayed, too!
  19. sketchley
    The more I see that sequence, the more I am reminded of "the Boneyard": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/309th_Aerospace_Maintenance_and_Regeneration_Group The only part that brings pause is that some of the lights are still on. I guess the "miniature sun" that serves as the main reactor can never really be turned off.
  20. sketchley
    Have you seen Pengbuzz's stuff on these forums? He's making excellent stuff out of what is at times cardboard and masking tape. So, technically you need neither time nor money to start developing the skills. Nevertheless, I recommend finding someone close to home. Anywhere that you can't personally pick up or drop off a kit adds a whole bucket load of costs—with ever greater possibilities of breakage in transit!
  21. sketchley
    I think you'd have better luck closer to home. In addition to what Captain America (and others) have said, you will also have to do deal with extra costs like: translation costs shipping costs wire transfers (starting from $60 USD just to send money. That's $30 for the sending bank, and $30 for the receiving bank, or thereabouts) and then there's the 'fun' stuff like: fluctuating exchange rates fluctuating tariffs and other import duties
  22. sketchley
    Didn't they have signed proofs, etc.? (or is this part and parcel with 'mediocre talent'?) When I was working as a graphic designer at a manufacturing company in Vancouver, we always got signed proofs for the bottle labels (stickers) from the printing subcontractor before they mass produced them. ... admittedly 2D prints of Illustrator and Photoshop files are easier to proof than 3D molds...
  23. sketchley
    If memory serves, this was one of the bigger reasons why the fighter was rejected. While it could have carried more missiles internally, if there was a problem with any of the missiles on the lowest level, then all of the missiles above would be unusable (stuck).
  24. sketchley
    There are lots of members living in Japan. But not so many in Tokyo. Ask away, I'm sure someone will answer your questions. Just one thing to keep in mind: Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Plan accordingly.
  25. sketchley
    I remember reading someone's opinion somewhere on it, and it was something along the lines that it wasn't the humans being used for power, but their brains being used for the complex equations used to control (cold) fusion or something like that. I always found that much more intriguing, especially if you take the film dialogue with a grain of salt (what the characters say isn't the filmmaker speaking describing the setting, but only describing what they know based on the limited knowledge that they have). Of course, the 2nd and 3rd movies threw that out the window. The biggest disappointment with #3 was that it didn't elaborate on the direction hinted at in the 2nd movie: the matrix is really inside another matrix (the machine world) inside another matrix (heretofore unseen). Hopefully the 4th movie will explore that.
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