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  1. sketchley
    Agreed. Reading this, it got me thinking: is it possible to create some type of cardboard cutout with a rudimentary template for spray painting the aztecs? Something that doesn't require a lot of cutting, but you can use like an eraser shield to wipe paint on the surface (or rubbing charcoal or whatever). Something that is just wide enough to do a small wedge of the saucer each day. The next day, flip it over (or move up or down a bit) and repeat to build up the aztec details.
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    That Lego YF-19 is... wow. There is a lot of creative solutions in it. I'm especially intrigued by how the folding wing mechanism was reproduced with a rod and clips, as well as the sliding mechanism in the back using "antenna" (or flagpole?) elements.
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    Is there a mechanical component involved? Ie: the coin forces a lever to move, and that lever pushes down into something (a 'touchpad') that activates the electrical switch? If so, what is the state of that touchpad and does it register when the lever touches it?
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    If memory serves, something to that effect was brought up in the "Macross the Musical" stage production. Among other things, that show's Super Long Range Emigrant Fleet's setting was experiencing demonstrations (and riots?) because that fleet was essentially poor.
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    That's what the text on the artwork says: "missile".* So yes, the toy was envisioned to have a spring-loaded missile, which is effectively the size of a battleship. * Note that the artwork was only produced for the toy version. Such a huge missile (or clip on wheel chassis) was never used—or intended to be used—in the TV series.
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    There's probably an in-universe explanation, but design decision wise, Mr Lucas (or Lucasfilm) had a rule something along the lines of: if you can't understand what it is within 0.5 seconds, then the design will be rejected. I'm not sure if that only applied to the prequels, but it does explain the design "logic" of an intake in space.
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    Until Japan's companies start giving workers significant raises (not likely in the short term), the central bank is most likely going to continue resisting raising the interest rate; which is the prime reason why the value of the JPY has become so low*. So, unless the global situation greatly changes in some key way, the JPY will continue staying comparatively low for the time being. * to clarify, it is the reaction of overseas investors to that which is driving the value of the JPY down.
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    Max and Miria. Even after they 'overcame' their differences and got married in SDFM, their rivalry is still going strong dozens of years later, as seen in M7.
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    Fan art and other derivative work (i.e. 3D renders) is fundamentally different from an illegally acquired database of artwork used to train the AI. Nevertheless, the finished works of both fall afoul of copyright law—both the moral rights and the economic rights of the copyright holders: https://www.cric.or.jp/english/clj/ocl.html If I'm not mistaken, fan-art falls under derivative works, and one reason it is tolerated is that it generally doesn't compete in the market with the original works and doesn't damage the original creators' profits.
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    I do not want to derail this topic, so I'll keep it short: The problem with AI art is the dubious means used to acquire the art database(s) the AI were trained on. The vast majority was "scraped" from the internet, and violates copyright, on top of not having asked the individual artists for permission to be included in said database(s). It should also be noted that some artists have been fired (or otherwise lost their job) because of the advent of AI generated art. The issue was not whether the artist was good enough (i.e. at the top of their game), but the quantity produced for the cost. Truly AI produced art per se is not disagreeable. However, the current incarnation is violating artists' rights, causing detrimental harm to artists, and like an ingrown toenail—based only on what it is trained on, and not able to evolve beyond that. So, while it would be nice to see more Masami (et al)-style Macross art, can we ask Masami-san (and the others) permission to do that? Can we get permission from Macross's copyright holders to use their IP in this way?
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    As an artist, believe you me when I say just say no to AI generated art. The Zentradi Heavy Attacker (aka Gorg Ganz Charts) from DYRL: http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics/ZentraadiAerospace/golggants.php
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    It does say "Macross" (마크로스) and something along the lines of "As seen on SBS TV" on the box. My Korean is not good enough to understand everything, but I see the words for "license contract" on there (the 2nd and 3rd words after Paco Enterprise Co.)
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    Maybe it was a marketing decision? (I.e. the marketing team chose the scale, not the actual model designers.) To make it easier to bundle together with their other 1/100 lines? Or that the 1/72 scale turns off (domestic) buyers since they're not used to that scale, or that it eats up too much 'display space' when finished?
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    Aside from being the only item without either a scale (1/12, 1/100, etc.), it is also the only one by Arii (the others are all by Imai). Perhaps it was released bundled with another kit? (or simply not released?) Correction, there's a ￥300 Arii kit (the GERWALK?) on the lower left.
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    In short, yes. It's fairly safe to say that the ship came down a lot harder than they intended—perhaps they intended to park it in orbit. But such things happen when one is plotting a course based on rudimentary scans from 10 light years away (and possibly millennia-old information if the Inspection Forces had access to the Protculture survey of Earth).
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    That was kind of covered in the first couple of episodes of the TV series: it was left behind as a booby trap by the Inspection Forces when they retreated from this part of the galaxy to slow down the pursuing Zentradi Forces. It was most likely abandoned and put on autopilot. However, Earthlings did find evidence of the crew, as they knew how large to make the VF-1 in Battroid to facilitate 'communication'. That evidence hasn't been described, but it is most likely such things as airlocks, crew facilities (beds, tables, chairs), and spacesuit remnants.
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    The trajectory doesn't quite make sense (as visualized by Pengbuzz). A lot of the landmarks that it passed over are thousands of km apart, and if the ASS-1 was producing such a shock wave, it means that something on the order of 1/3 to 1/2 of the Earth would be catastrophically damaged. However, it makes a lot more sense if the trajectory was on a curved path, like how the ISS orbits: heading northwards from Canada over Greenland, with an apex near Iceland, then curving south—passing over Stockholm and Moscow, and then starting to curve back northwards around Mount Everest with the lower apex somewhere around Hong Kong, until finally pancaking on South Ataria Island. Something like this, but farther north, and half as far south:
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    Apparently it knocked the top (third?) off of Mount Everest. In other words, low enough (and fast enough) to cause considerable damage over a wide swath of the globe. The route from there to the Ogasawara Islands (where South Ataria Island is) has it travelling almost directly over all of Bhutan, a lot of heavily populated provinces in China, and almost directly over Taipei (Taiwan) and Naha (Okinawa). So, I wouldn't be surprised if tens to hundreds of thousands of people were injured or killed, with several million people affected by the devastation. Note that that's only from Mount Everest. Going in the opposite direction, there's New Delhi and even further Kuwait, Israel, and the most populated parts of Egypt! However, I think anything west of Pakistan is probably pushing it.
  19. sketchley
    The only situations that come to mind are the aforementioned needing more bullets for an extended engagement, as well as for balance when flying (left and right side have an equal amount of aerodynamic drag [in an atmosphere] or weight and center of gravity [in outerspace]). There may also be a need for gun pods when facing opponents where physical bullets perform better then beam weapons do. However, I'm not sure what that would be. The only thing that comes readily to mind is the Anti-Optical Weapon coating on the VF-171EX. It's possible that something similar existed earlier in the Macross timeline, but I haven't come across any mention of it outside of the VF-171EX! That said, it loops back into the dual gun pods for more bullets...
  20. sketchley
    Circumstances vary. However, the things that every fleet share are the capability to manufacture new things*, and access to the Galaxy Network—which enables the dissemination of the latest VF designs (and songs, etc.). In addition to that, the Emigrant Fleets are essentially heading out into unexplored areas of space, so their progression is relatively slow compared to ships, fleets, or whatever that may come later on the same routes. So, it's possible for vessels to 'catch-up' and provide supplies.** That said, there's also the 'need' to replace existing VFs (E.g. the M25 Fleet didn't have a need to replace the VF-171 until hostilities began with the Vajra). So, there's a strong possibility that some of those fleets didn't upgrade from their trusty VF-4s until those VFs reached the end of their design life. I think by the 2060's, most of those fleets would be using more modern VFs for front-line duties, but would still have plenty of VF-4s kicking around in support roles, etc. * the pace and quantity varies depending on what they brought with them (E.g. the facilities inside the Megaroad Emigrant ship itself = slow and few) or procured along the way (E.g. a Factory Satellite = fast and lots). ** the Macross Frontier Fleet is described as having taken 20 years to travel to where it is at the start of MF, but only requires 10 years to travel back to Earth—1 year, if someone uses the Super Fold Booster!
  21. sketchley
    I don't recall an official name for that, as well. Elaborating on what SetoKaiba said—there may be something akin to what's happening with Russian made fighters going on. For example, with the Su-27, the official name is "Sukhoi Su-27", however users are adopting the NATO reporting name "Flanker" as a kind of nickname for it (in no way official).
  22. sketchley
    It's the first I've ever heard of that. A search results in: MAHQ (no source ref.): https://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/vf-x/fz-150.htm "The hangar" (no source ref.): http://cwolf_14.tripod.com/mecha/fz150.htm MACROSS用語 (no source ref.): http://infinity-g.o.oo7.jp/mcgl.html Pixiv dictionary (points to an image of an "Fz-150"): https://dic.pixiv.net/a/フェイオス・バルキリー said image on Pixiv (note: posted in 2020) : https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/84482365 Checking the Japanese Wikipedia, there are NO mention of a Fz-150 at all! Zentradi mecha (フェイオス・バルキリー (Feios Valkyrie), name sources indicated); https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ゼントラーディ軍の兵器#フェイオス・バルキリー and just to confirm it's not a transliteration of the Quadoran-Roh series mecha (クァドラン・アルマ (Quadoran-Alma): https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/クァドラン・ロー As near as I can tell, it's a fanfic designation created by the artist on Pixiv named shi**ypaintdraw. Initially I was going to say that they are recolouring of an image from Mr March's sites, but the artist has completed lines that are incomplete on March's version (e.g. the calf lines on the interior of the lower leg).
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    On the one hand, it wouldn't be that hard to remove (or 'merely' permanently disable) that equipment. On the other hand, the absorption beams appear to have a limited capacity for storing Spiritia. So, inherently the system is limited. I'm quite sure that owners of those Valkyries who suddenly start purchasing a bunch of equipment that can be turned into Spiritia storage devices would raise all manner of red flags.
  24. sketchley
    Actually, she said it almost a decade ago. Just wanted to put it out there that it's not only us English speakers, but also native Japanese speakers who have trouble with his scrawl!
  25. sketchley
    It IS hard to make out (as per my Japanese wife: Kawamori-san has messy handwriting!!!) Nevertheless, it appears that your guesses are on the right track. Engine/Leg text: "The parts above and below this line rotate". The rough circle with the small circle is a top down view of the interior of the leg. It says something along the lines of "(the leg) surfaces are not circular in shape". The downward facing arrow indicates the "front", and it looks like the back surface is slightly wider than the front surface. The text at the bottom of the image says something like: "Depiction of all the movement joints and angles on a setting image for the anime for making saleable goods. It depicts movement axles that are not in the anime setting. Notes such as "the second revision", "April 27" can be seen on the image." Hope that provides some clarification.
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