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4 hours ago, Big s said:
A few of those examples have engines in the legs. The variable monster and Gurajii both have them, but they aren’t main engines like in most Valkyrie models. I’m not as familiar with the other designs since they were kinda in the oddball category
The YF-21/VF-22 has sub-engines in the legs, too.
I'll submit that the VB-6 is unique as its sub-engines are "normal" engines (aka thermonuclear reaction engines), however every VF that doesn't have "normal" engines in the legs has rocket motors or vernier-like engines in the legs (like the YF-21/VF-22 does).
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8 hours ago, JB0 said:
Nebulas aren't actually very dense. It'd be like driving through a fog and then leaning out the window to get a drink of water.
Only worse, because it's less dense and also sootier.
Which raises the question: are the particles being ingested good or bad for the engines? In other words, is it like an aircraft flying through a cloud of volcanic ash and the materials will melt and adhere to the inside of the engine like they did on BA 009? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_009#Investigation
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22 hours ago, cheemingwan1234 said:
Surely the additional durability of keeping the legs separate from the engines that the YF-21 pioneered would be something worth developing for future Variable Fighters?
Would just like to point out that the YF-21 was neither the first, nor was the VF-22 the last to have engines not in the legs:
VA-3 Invader and its derivatives:
- http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics/VA-3/VA-3.php
- VA-3C Kai Invader: http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics/VA-3/VA-3CKai.php
- VA-3M Invader: http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics/VA-3/VA-3M.php
- EVA-3 Invader: http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics/VA-3/EVA-3.php
Variable Gurāji and its derivatives:
- http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics/VariableGuraaji/VariableGuraaji.php
- VBP-1/VA-100 Neo-Gurāji Bis [Kai]: http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics/VariableGuraaji/VBP-1neoGurajiBis.php
- VBP-1/VA-100 Neo-Gurāji: http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics/VariableGuraaji/VBP-1neoGuraji.php
VAB-2 and its derivatives:
- VAB-2 speculative appearance: http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics/VAB2/vab-2.php
- FBz-99 Zaubāgeran: http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics/VarohtaFighters/FBz99.php
Pheyos Valkyrie (Enemy Valkyrie):
VB-6 König Monster:
Variable Police vehicles:
- Variable Police Air Patrol Craft: http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics/VariablePolice/VariablePoliceAir.php
- Variable Police Space Patrol Craft: http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics/VariablePolice/VariablePoliceSpace.php
- Variable Police Ground Patrol Craft: http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics/VariablePolice/VariablePoliceGround.php
and the more esoteric OCTOS Variable Amphibious Destroid:
I haven't listed them chronologically, but the YF-21 comes after the development of the VA-3 Invader, Variable Gurāji, etc, and the VF-22 predates the development of the Pheyos Valkyrie, VBP-1/VA-100 Neo-Gurāji Bis [Kai], etc.
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2 hours ago, cheemingwan1234 said:
Even if the palletes and bays are roomy enough.....well, there's gonna be issues with space compared to just hanging bombs on the centerline/underwing.
Expanding on what Seto said: the (Y)VF-19 and YF-21/VF-22 were designed to sneak behind enemy lines and 'decapitate' the leadership of the enemy with 1 or 2 well placed strikes. Therefore, turning the VF-22 into a bomb truck defeats its purpose.
It's akin to attaching a camper trailer to the back of an F1 race car—while the race car has more than enough torque to pull the load, it isn't the job the car was designed to do.
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1 hour ago, jenius said:
That's helpful. Bizarrely, if I run a search on these things my numbers are very different. Maybe Seto draws the line for "large" at something that would have 15 million hits or more and I would say something that hasn't had a successful sequel since 1985 and still generates about 9 million hits was large and impactful (my Robotech search results in 14.5Million hits, Thundercats returns 20.5 million). There you have it, a quantifiable end to this debate and we can all choose where we fall.
Google customizes your search. I.e.: if you search for your name on the computer/device you regularly use, you're going to end up with more hits than if you do the exact same search on a computer/device that you never use.
Nevertheless, I think the point stands as it is something quantifiable, but the results should be treated more like a barometer rather than something concrete.
Maybe https://www.startpage.com/ or some other "Google without Google" search will give similar results for everyone?
Regarding the topic: Robotech comics were never big, when measured against Marvel and DC titles. However, they were always offered (and never sold at discount) in my hometown. I would put the numbers stocked at either the equivalent or somewhat less than what Dark Horse was releasing at the time (i.e. similar numbers to "Dark Horse Presents" but somewhat less than anything with "Aliens" in the title).*
Back issues were similarly priced at or near cover price (never less, and rarely, if ever, much more expensive).
* The era I'm referring to is the early 90's (Eternity/Malibu Comics → Academy Comics).
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The film strip that came with mine:
Here are all the "inserts" that came with the used copy that I picked up at Mandarake. Note the unofficial "extra" that came with it: the manual for the PS1 game "四柱推命ピタグラフ".
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On 10/9/2023 at 10:31 PM, Stampeed Valkyrie said:
2nd I might be confusing with VFX-2 but there is a mission where you have to follow a ship that constantly shoots at you, just dodge and be patient, if you shoot at the ship you fail the mission.
I believe that's mission 7: follow the enemy transport back to its home base.
... which sums up the biggest weakness of "Macross Digital Mission VF-X": there is a lot of 'fly to this location, do something, fly to that location...' and so on and so forth. Thankfully, they got rid of that in the game's sequel "VF-X2".
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2 hours ago, Big s said:
It’s really just the rule of cool in sci fi. Why make a stormtrooper bright white? Or even worse, why make the scout troopers that mostly are trying to stay hidden bright white. It’s because they’re a fictional military and sometimes the colors or bling are for symbolism or status rather than for function
Expanding on that: in Star Wars's case, it's also so that the viewer can recognize what they are looking at within half a second of seeing it.
The manga artist Masamune Shirow also mentioned something along these lines: if he was real-world accurate, the reader/viewer wouldn't be able to see the character, let alone grasp which character they are looking at!
So, yeah, whatever I personally feel about the characters/story/mecha in Southern Cross, the garish, bright colours and decorated armour are neither here nor there for me.
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6 hours ago, SteveTheFish said:
I already own the standard Regult and the Light Missile version. I didn't get the Scout and it seems to be sold out everywhere I have looked online. I live in a small city in the mountains and I do not get to visit the larger hobby shops very often. I'm hoping that they'll do a Glaug in 72nd scale as well, eventually!
It's available on Amazon.jp. As you live in Japan, you can take advantage of their "pay at convenience store" option (if you don't have a credit card, or don't want to give Amazon any other banking info).
Nevertheless, as Big S said, it should come back into stock (E.g.: the Light Missile Version was sold out on Amazon.jp and recently became available again).
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2 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:
The motif they chose for Ragna and Valette City in general is real world Malta and the Maltese islanders, though the floating shopping district is said to be modeled in part upon Dubai in the UAE.
Elaborating on that, I believe I read in an article somewhere that the wild cats of Malta directly inspired Kawamori-san to create and add the Mercats to the show.
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1 hour ago, Shawn said:
So it appears the upcoming Macross game has a JP/EN version, where the EN version is removing DYRL Minmei references, and I would guess any aircraft from that series
https://www.gematsu.com/2023/08/macross-shooting-insight-physical-edition-includes-macross-do-you-remember-love-contentEN art vs JP art
So if the agreement between BW/HG was that the shows...TV and DYRL(the 41 designs) to HG, everything else to BW, then just how does BW release anything?
If a video game is potentially censoring DYRL Minmei + Valks, then what about:I think we may be missing a vital piece of info: who owns the distribution rights for DYRL? This may not be as simple as BW & HG, and there may be a third party (or parties) who hold the international distribution rights for DYRL that are blocking that content (either actively or BW is preemptively removing certain content to not leave themselves open to future litigation).
Of course, that is all speculation, but it may explain why certain SDFM/DYRL content (E.g. the non-DYRL versions of Max) is still able to be released internationally, as—if memory serves—the 41 designs are for the TV versions, and not the DYRL versions.
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1 hour ago, Guyffon said:
Hi may I know the difference between the VF-5000B and VF-5000G?
The biggest difference is around the engine nozzles (or ankles) - the VF-5000G has the same thruster "cuffs" as the VF-19 Kai that Basara Nekki uses (the big yellow and white things in the pictures above). The VF-5000B is more traditionally shaped. Otherwise, they're basically the same, aside from the different paint job.
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14 minutes ago, twich said:
Unfortunately, I have not owned a Macross Design Work Book since early 2000’s, so I am out of the loop.
Twich
I'm not sure if this is what Mommar is referring to, but you can see the design evolution (in the link below) in the FAST packs Kawamori-san developed for the VF-4.
http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics/VF-4/VF-4.php#OPTIONAL_SYSTEMS
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1 hour ago, Big s said:
There are some out of country productions that use different unions and those won’t be affected. If I remember the British shows and movies are an example. Although that may change if those unions decide to join in
If memory serves, British productions are unaffected by the strike and continuing as usual. However, they are aware of what's going on overseas, and in general won't let any of the parties involved in the strike evade it by switching to a British production site. I think Canada is in the same boat.
However, because of how mixed and muddled productions in English-speaking countries are (e.g. UK actors in US productions, and vice-versa) it's hard to say that the overseas ones are entirely unaffected.
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31 minutes ago, Thom said:
I don't have any truck in this, but there is then clearly a disconnect between the text and the diagram.
There is something definitely wrong with that internal diagram. For starters, it only depicts 2 launchers, when there are clearly three on the outer shell (and accompanying text)...
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54 minutes ago, SebastianP said:
Look at the image, and tell me it's not basically saying "there's 320 missiles in this pod".
Because it doesn't. It says: "ＨＭＭ－２５マイクロミサイルを最大で90発搭載可能。"
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2 hours ago, Stampeed Valkyrie said:
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The mechanism randomly gets tokens stuck in the mechanism, they get hung in the brass cradle or just after it. I have adjusted and lubricated several parts but the issue is random, could be fine today, tomorrow, maybe next Saturday. Then bam its back again.
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It sounds like the parts may be worn down. Ie the axle wobbles, and when the part goes out of alignment it gets stuck.
Is there any excessive "wiggle" in the parts? Can you restore the metal parts with something like the modellers use here on wobbly joints (for example clear nail polish)? Are there any perishables (eg rubber grommets) that are breaking down?
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10 minutes ago, seti88 said:
Cant imagine how the valks will continue to evolve further....does kawamori-san still have any ideas, or will he even be involved in designing...he isnt getting younger...
As long as he has inspiration, he'll be able to come up with something.
As for what that inspiration is, up until now he has been basing his designs (wholly or in part) on aircraft. So, whatever aircraft has been in the news recently is most likely going to inform the next design, and/or how Valkyries are "used" in the next series (Ie: "dancing" Valkyries at the beginning of Delta to justify the use of manned aircraft in a world where unmanned aircraft are replacing the manned ones).
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Isn't delta the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet? And isn't Macross Delta the 4th Macross TV series? 🤔
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It says "61st Shizuoka Hobby Show - 32nd Modellers Club Joint Exhibition. Production Name: Destroid Phalanx (rest cut off at bottom of frame)"
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18 minutes ago, Vintage Fanboy said:
.. currently i'm following SDF (one eps., each night) and as i've been delved into it, this curioisity emerged; what Harmony Gold gonna do from here (as the IP dispute is (totally) resolved).. are they gonna "adopt" the rest of Macross series from SDF onward; making tremendous changes within each series? (character names, mechanical names, etc.)
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I'm not fully privy to all the details (I don't think anyone is outside of the people who actually signed the contract), but my understanding is that HG has the distribution rights of Macross outside of Japan solely for the SDFM TV series. If they want to deal with any of the other parts of Macross, they have to negotiate a separate contract.
At the present time, it looks like Big West is directly selling to the international (= outside of Japan) market.
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8 hours ago, SebastianP said:
So the question of "why is the Macross 29 fleet disliked" came up on another forum, which got me curious - *is* the Macross 29 fleet actually disliked, canonically?
Given that there were only eight performances and no recordings made, there's precious little information to go on, and of the three places I've found in English discussing the actual thing, none of them really says anything about their relationships with other colonies.
Were any of those 3 my translation of the Macross Chronicle article, perchance?
http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/MCRgoods/08MacrossTheMusicalture.php
8 hours ago, SebastianP said:So, is there anything in any of the side materials/unofficial books (Master File, etc) that suggests no one likes Macross 29, or is this a figment of the Western fandom where pacifists are considered stupid?
Aside from my aforementioned translation, the only other sources in English that I am aware of were by members of MW who posted their experiences on MW.
As for the figment part, one thinks that perhaps those people only skim read the synopsis that were made available, and jumped to their own conclusions—it sounds like they've cherry-picked some of the "facts" and "in-universe opinions" of the setting materials...
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5 minutes ago, JB0 said:
I'd watch this.
LOL!
And at first blush it seems oddly plausible! (given that he's a hologram and all that)
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8 minutes ago, glane21 said:
How does the “5000” nomenclature jive with the rest of the variable fighter sequence numbering? I mean it is in the same timeframe as the VF-19 and 22 then it jumps all the way to 5000? Just wondering.
http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics.php#Variable_Fighters
The above link should clarify how it all fits together.
The VF-5000 dates from the 2010's. The VF-19 & VF-22 begin development in the mid 2030's, and their production models are from the 2040's.
Anyone wish Macross could try experimenting with music genres more often?
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Long story short: Macross incorporates music that will sell the most.
The only one in the OP's list that is remotely likely to do that is choir. However, the current trend for that (in Japan) are for ensemble groups like AKB48. Unless they have the entire voice actor cast participating, I doubt any show would have the budget for that many singers.