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  1. sketchley
    Excellent work! This is very similar to the way that they did it on the set. Personally, I think they added the crane arm to provide extra support for the back of the diorama. They also have a set of square blocks with right-angled pipes providing additional support on either end of the wall. There's some picts of my building of the set her (technically still a work in progress. Painting. ): http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/topic/41609-1100-armored-factory/?tab=comments#comment-1149806 (scroll to the bottom of the post for the relevant picts) Sadly, I noticed that you still have to make oil drums...
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    Wouldn't a regular sized quote have been sufficient? The large/bold/highlighted text is a bit overkill, and doesn't make us look very friendly, you know. . . . As for the definition... not every version of English is the same, guys. Vagabond Elf, do you have a link to a Canadian dictionary with that particular definition? If not, I'm curious what the context is for that particular definition. (Work/company? School?)
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    1976. To put that in perspective: the YF-16 had a fly-off against the YF-17 (just like Macross Plus*). The rejected YF-17 design was reworked into the F-18. * technically M+'s "Project Super Nova" is based on the YF-22/YF-23 fly-off, and the lesser known "Project Nova" was the flyoff between the VF-11 and VF-14 (arguable based on the YF-16/YF-17 fly-off).
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    Just to clarify, for my US based MWers, the US legal costs are the world's most expensive. In other words, the US is probably going to be the last place that BW starts making legal moves to reacquire copyrights, etc., if it ever does.
  5. sketchley
    Short answers: yes, yes, unknown (it can use the VF-25's GU-17A. So that kind of counts as better armed) Long answer: please compare the stats (green is official setting) for: VF-1X: http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics/VF-1/VF-1X.php VF-1X++: http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics/VF-1/VF-1X++.php (You'll want to be focusing on comparing the parts with "Hakuna Special" in the VF-1X++ ver.)
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    As the VF-1X++ appears only in MtR, it'd have to be the same as that one (albeit with different Super Parts, paint colours/markings, specs, etc.) Civilian or military: at that point in the timeline, the VF-1 is treated similarly to the P-51 Mustang is in the real world*. So, it's more than likely that it is a civilian owned Valkyrie. Was it a military one that has it's weapons removed? I think a fairer question is: when they sell Valkyries to civilians, do they remove the weapons at all? M7 implies otherwise. Anyhow, as it's described as a "VF-1X++", it would originally have had to be a military spec Valkyrie (otherwise it'd be a "VC-1C++" or something along those lines). * This is a "for ease of understanding" comparison. The in-universe reality is... different.
  7. sketchley
    I stand corrected on the "site" age point. However, my point on the "user" age is still relevant, no?
  8. sketchley
    That's assuming that everything that you can find on the internet was made in 2019, isn't it? Seto mentioned the Robotech Research site a few posts back. That's been around since the early 2000's. The pages on that site are essentially unchanged since they were first put on their server. I'm sure many of the other fan things that Jenius and others are referring to are 10 to 20 years old, too. That's the good and bad thing of the internet: some things tend to stay online forever. I'm by no means trying to defend Robotech fans here, but it's always good to keep the perspective that some of those fan creations were by people in their teens, and they've long since moved on (not necessarily to Macross, mind you, just to other interests). . . . As far as the "professionals" copying the work of others go... that's a major no-no.
  9. sketchley
    Before addressing the fire safety: please keep in mind that the guy used up to 40 L of gasoline—so much, that there was an explosion when he lit it, and he was so badly burned that he, himself, fell unconscious after fleeing the crime scene (which is a blessing in disguise, as he appeared to have prepared hammers and kitchen knives to attack people fleeing the building!!!) Fire safety situation: Japanese news is reporting that the building met the local fire safety regulations. Speaking as a Canadian, however, those standards are what I would consider subpar: no sprinklers! I don't know if the building had other emergency exits (e.g. escape ladders in lockers under the windows), but the impression I have is even if they had them, they would have been unusable due to the large size and intensity of the fire (it started with an explosion in a large pool of gasoline), as well as it's location. Sadly, the exit to the roof was locked. While it's easy to dismiss that as gross negligence, please keep in mind that roof access is restricted on many buildings in Japan due to the high suicide rate. So, as bizarre and counter-intuitive as it may seem, it may have been locked for insurance reasons. Correction: the door to the roof was not locked, it was just "hard to open". Ref: Unusual door to roof 'was hard to open,' survivor of fire at Kyoto anime studio says https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/07/21/national/kyoto-animation-arson-survivor-hints-unusual-door-roof-may-prevented-employees-escaping-blaze/
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    It's top news on Japan Times and Yomiyuri. Not to mention TV news. The article appears to have the wrong location: the fire occurred in the Kyoto, Fushimi Ward branch, not the Uji located head office. More articles: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/07/18/national/anime-fans-shocked-arson-attack-famous-kyoto-studio/ http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005880591 In Japanese (has video of the fire): https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20190718-OYT1T50248/ As per the article: "33 people died: 20 women, 12 men, and 1 who's gender cannot be determined. 2 were on the 1st floor, 11 on the 2nd, and 20 in the stairs to the roof from the 3rd floor." "While some were heavily injured, others died from carbon monoxide poisoning without (other) injuries. 17 more people are heavily injured." "Usually employees must use an ID card to enter the building. However, because there was a meeting/conference today with people from outside of the company, the card access system had been cancelled from the morning." As for the perpetrator, the Japanese article says: "burns over his whole body. Fell unconscious after being 'secured'. It appears that he is neither an employee nor has never done work for the company in the past. He currently lives in Saitama." "He had 2 20 L gasoline cans, and had a rucksack and bag with several kitchen knives and hammers."
  11. sketchley
    OT: I haven't done any translations per se, but I've used the specs from those Dojinshi in some of my RPG stats. Currently it's limited to only some of the Zentrādi ships. Nevertheless, for those that don't have access to the Dojinshi, it does provide some insight on Fanky’s revisions for the other ships: http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics.php#Zentraedi_Ships (the 3 links with circles [not bullets] in the 100+ m Sized section. The BLUE text marked with (Dojinshi) in the stats comes from Fanky.)
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    I thought so too... after seeing MiB 3.
  13. sketchley
    Canto Bight has one positive: can you find this guy in the casino? He's kind of like the thrown shoe in Return of the Jedi—once you know where to look...
  14. sketchley
    I thought Star Wars was about the Vietnam war.
  15. sketchley
    The short answer: both. They had to sell the rights to get it financed (regret)*, and just like most every other anime production companies, they aren't concerned with the Western market (it's not so much that they don't care, it's just that the overseas market is a whole bunch of added costs that their company size (and budget) can't justify. Nevertheless, it appears that the current system is kind of working: add English subs to the official domestic releases, and let 3rd parties ship those internationally. Perhaps if the overseas fans bought more of those (and I mean in volumes that effect the production cost per unit), then they'll definitely be concerned with the overseas market**. * This is just like James Cameron and the original Terminator. ** I humbly recommend putting yourself in their shoes. The domestic market is several orders of magnitude larger then the overseas market. For them, dividing it into "Asian" , "Western" and other markets is like dividing hairs...
  16. sketchley
    While I really like JBO's answer, see Lolicon's post:
  17. sketchley
    Sadly, the one way to have solved this and gotten BW to play ball with Tatsunoko was to have shown Big West how big a profit they can get from overseas customers...
  18. sketchley
    Yes. While things won't be getting easier for our overseas members, neither will they be getting more difficult. Status quo...
  19. sketchley
    In short: they earn money by licensing SDFM to HG (who in turn licenses it to 3rd parties). They don't own domestic rights (in Japan), BW does. The international rights for DYRL are a mystery. While BW owns them domestically, no one really knows who owns what percentage internationally (if memory serves, there are more parties involved, such as the distributor, Toho).
  20. sketchley
    I am in no way attempting to mitigate your concerns. Merely approaching this from a biological point of view: People of the far north (Inuit, Eskimos, and so on) also have darker skins, because of their diet. (Apparently it's a vitamin D rich diet from fatty fish that are naturally rich in vitamin D). It's arguable that mermaids could have dark skin (just like the Inuit, et al), however, they'd need to be spending a lot of time near the surface of the water, where there's more UV. Of course, if the mermaids live at the bottom of the ocean, then they should have "skin" like the Blind Congo River Spiny Eel: https://www.jungledragon.com/image/59447/the_blind_congo_river_spiny_eel_mastacembelus_brichardi_lives_in_the_turbid_waters_of_the_congo_river.html (but I don't think anyone wants to see a movie where the heroine has skin like that! :lol: )
  21. sketchley
    Hint: those aren't older VFs as they were when they were newly produced. Think of them as something akin to the '60's hot rod version of the Model T. With the VF-1, we know one of them was upgraded with thermonuclear burst turbine engines. Definitely not stock.
  22. sketchley
    I believe that comes from the background of the VF-1X++ in Macross the Ride.
  23. sketchley
    Thanks for the plug. Bolt, for Earth/Solar System specifically, see: http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Locations/Earth.php Note: anything from the Official Macross Setting is in green (so, just skim and scan until you find green text). Text in steel-blue comes from the VFMF books, etc.
  24. sketchley
    I'm not defending the books logic. I'm just pointing out what the book said. As per the book: it's something about the VF-1 being a really low threat level, and is used in a capacity to prevent the escalation of a conflict between belligerents. As for the non New Unified Forces (Emigrant Planets, poorer fleets, etc.), it all comes down to cost. The book even agrees on the point that the VF-1 isn't the best VF out there, however, it's still really good at what it was designed to do (intercept and battle Zentradi Mobile Weapons in regional conflicts). And it fleshes that point out with those aforementioned remote, cash-strapped worlds (etc.) being able to afford either a handful of the latest VFs OR an air force's worth of VF-1's. Again, I totally agree that the logic makes less sense for the Earth defensive fleet. However, it's pretty sound for the remote planets. I also really like the point they make where the VF-1 is overbuilt, and in someways, sturdier than more modern VFs (echoing the RL design ideology of skyscrapers, past to present.) Isn't that essentially what the VF-1Z constitutes? It appears you've neglected to consider the mission role from that exaggerated response. Here's the line about the Super Tucano from that article that could be applied just as equally to the VF-1 in the 2060's: "was designed to be a low-cost system operated in low-threat environments." Perhaps it would be more relevant if I asked: Why has the US Airforce been using antique propeller driven aircraft to fight ISIS? They have the F/A-18F, the F-35, the F-22, yet they've brought Bronco's out of retirement for that fight.
  25. sketchley
    Again, something to be taken with a grain of salt. Yes, they were frontline main fighters, but only on remote emigrant planets. While emigrant fleets, the Earth defensive units, etc., used them in a frontline capacity, the book implies that they were one squadron (or was it only half a squadron?) out of hundreds (perhaps thousands) of squadrons of more modern VFs. Perhaps the closest real world example is the modern propeller driven attack craft - the Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_EMB_314_Super_Tucano Weren't those upgrades apparently done in the late 2010's?
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