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I remember Great Mechanics DX being mentioned a few months back in one of the threads, but can't seem to find a dedicated thread for it. Thought it would be good to do so since the mook has Macross content occasionally. That said, has anyone seen the latest issue, DX9? What's interesting is that the feature of this issue is the development of variable fighters from MacZero to Frontier. Wonder if this is worth picking up... In previous issues of Great Mechanics with macross content, were they relatively unique to it, or are they just re-prints of info from other sources?

(continued from here ) Here's the booth for the MF Movie Unfortunately, no booth babes. Just have to make do with the standees Well, that's it for this short trip report of all things macross. Hope you enjoyed the photos. It was a heckuva experience being at an authentic Japanese hobby show, from the queuing for exclusives, to the gathering of fandom. I didn't take pics, but Macross Ultimate Frontier was available for play, the LuckyStarxMF protos were out, and there was even a Nyan Nyan box with frozen soba... Hope to be able to go for the next one!

(continued from here ) The YF-25 was displayed in all three modes. Note the 'Prophecy' decal. Didn't take photos of the entire kit since it's pretty much same as the rest. I focus on the head in the next two shots though I like the asymmetry of the head. And the bulbous visor reminds me of Lazyner. Next: MF Movie booth

(continued from here ) Took a single shot of Alto cos I think there're lots of photos floating around. Very nice matt finish. I wonder if the control pod will have more detail though. Next: From cabaret to prophecy

(continued from here ) The Robot damashii Q-rea was on display at C3. Very menacing. Also note the ball and joint on the lower arm, elbow AND shoulder. I bet its poseability will be amazing. Front shot. Again note the ball jointed hips, and ankles =) Group shot with the other announced VF-25. While the VF-25 looks kinda dorky, the Q-rea looks like it'll beat the crap out of anything. Next: Alto

(continued from here ) Right, Macross Quarter. There seems to two color version of the quarter. The darker one we're all familiar with (in the background), and this lighter one. I wonder if this is the Movie color and the darker one is the 'Real' color. I think I prefer the lighter colored one though, brings out the details more. The darker macross quarter... As we all know, the Quarter will come with in-scale VF-25, Konig Monster and Vajra. But you're really gotta to see it appreciate how tiny they are. They're about the size of your thumbnail! If you look closely (sorry for the blurred pictures, it's an old Canon A620 ), there's actually quite a fair bit of sculpted detail especially on the Vajra and Konig Monster. At first I was disappointed that these didn't look like they would be painted. Then again, given how small they are, I think it would be something short of a miracle if they were painted well and the paint didn't leak all over, so having it unpainted might not be a bad thing after all. Next, close-in shots of the Quarter herself: Somehow, this shot reminds me a lot of the Gundam ships, especially the White Ship and its derivatives When I reviewed this picture, I was wondering where the lower torso went. It really does look like it got chopped at the waist! All in though, when viewed in person, the Quarter just has presence, even next to the Armoured Alto VF-25. I'd start saving up for this pronto. Next: Q-rea goodness!

Today, I visited C3, since I'm stopping over in Tokyo for a few days. Took a few pictures of some of the upcoming macross items at more unusual angles so that it'll give everyone a hopefully better idea of the product. Instead of opening up a new thread, I'm just gonna split up the photos and comments into the relevant threads. First off, Basara's VF100 VF-19S: Size comparison to the Family Mart VF-25 repaint. There's been a lot of comments on whether the 'gullet' of the VF-19 is too large. I don't know how lineart accurate this is, but it's really not too bad. Note the part which fell open under the cockpit. The next few pictures may have inadvertently emphasized the gullet due to the angle. In this shot I tried to go as low as possible to have a better look at the underside. The hollow part behind the gullet looks a bit weird, perhaps due to the need to put on a stand? Also, note no gunpod shown while on the stand. That said though, I think the VF-19S looks fabulous in person. There's a slightly gloss overcoat which really makes it stand out. And it actually looks really good next to the VF-25. Here's the queue for the Bandai C3 exclusives. Picked up the special coating VF-25 Ozma and Alto, Ozma's coating looks especially good. It's too bad that the sheryl stand only came with Alto, else I'd have skipped alto Next up... the quarter pounder

Oooh, someone else who appreciates V Gundam? I've always thought that V Gundam is under-appreciated in the fandom. It gets grim (Shrikes anyone?) yet I find the sacrifices make it all the more epic. One my favourite Gundam series. Ends well too. Too bad the Victory Gundam never got any MG love. I would have thought that with the advent of the smaller MGs (F91, Crossbones) that Vic would be the logical next step... oh well...

How do the DRYL Strike/Super packs or TV Super packs look on the CF VF-1A? I'm thinking that the darker DRYL packs would look better on it due to the darker brown, kinda like how the TV Super looks good on the CF1J due to the lighter shade.

My advice would be to go for either the 8th MS Team (12 ep OVA), which is about the actions of a small mecha unit set against the backdrop of the larger Zeonic ground invasion, or 0080:War in the Pocket (3 ep OVA), a rather intense story of a boy who befriends a member of a Zeonic infiltration team. Both don't require you to know that much about the history of UC or Char/Amuro. Some would recommend Stardust Memory, but I can't stand the whiny-ness of Shin, the main protagonist. Though, the mecha designs, which Kawamori had a hand in, are pretty awesome.

Just browsing through my copy of #27. In the mecha development timeline for the VF-19, it states that the YF-24 is the direct successor to the VF-19. Anyway, I hope somewhere along the line we have more info on the YF-24, looks like an interesting delta-wingvalk. =)

PSN: the_foul_fowl A few mths back, I asked which was better: Resistance2 or Killzone2. Got both, and I gotta say, KZ2 is loads more fun than R2 IMO. The single player campaign is intense, and I prefer the grittier feel of the graphics and the inertia movement has. I'm also still having loads of fun with KZ2's multiplayer, pretty much playing a game or two every night. Any MW clan? Anyone ever noticed that the standard Helghan trooper looks so much like the Protect Gear?

Yup, there was a preview/hands-on on eurogamer a couple of weeks back: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/il-2-stu...f-prey-hands-on The preview is quite positive, lovely graphics and high level of realism! Hoping a demo comes out on the PS3 too.

Interesting. I recently completed M7, one to two eps per day while on the train home. A couple of years ago, I watched the first ep, couldn't accept the premise and couldn't go on, so I can understand why many people give up after the first few eps. But I think the key to enjoying M7 is not to take it too seriously and just have fun with the show. Music is awesome, I think Mylene is the cutest Macross babe, and Gamlin rocks. I'll take any M7 valk anytime, even Mylene's VF-11Boobfighter er VF-11MAXL Would love to re-create Operation Stargazer when you had a ragtag bunch of varied fighters sortie-ing!

So it's a two-seater... interesting. MF's homage to the VF-1D, colors make sense too.

I was just browsing my June copy of Hobby Japan when an ad for the VF-22S caught my attention. Highlighted on the ad were some text in Japanese, calling the VF-22S the 'first from a new title', the new title being Macross Dynamite 7. Given this text, I wonder if Yamato is planning a M7 series, since M+ and M0 are right about finished, excluding the VF-0D, and with the news of the GBP, seems like Yamato has pretty much exhausted all possible new molds in Macross/DYRL as well. If it is the start of a new M7 series, then I'll be excited to see the VA-3, that's a pretty unique mecha that really deserves a release. And of course the VF-5000 too =)

Awesome! Thanks Eugimon! That pic is poison... now I just need to find one at a local store...

Has anybody compared the ROTF Jetfire next to MP Starscream, a Bandai VF-25 or Yamato Valk? At 18 inches, the scale is just about 1/72. Wondering how it'll look next to a VF-22 too...

Just watched TF2 today. Kinda mixed feelings about the movie. I've been avoiding this thread till now, just read through most of the comments on the movie. Initially, I was kinda shocked at how Prime off-ed Demolishor in the opening act, and how savage and brutal he seemed to be. And bits like multiple sets of Constructicons in the Egypt battle were weird. Then it dawned on me that this is MB's Transformers, not the G1 that I knew of. So yeah, Prime is not the noble leader we know of from the G1 movie, he's determined to do whatever it takes the protect Earth. And Constructicons is a term that was never mentioned in the movie, if we take a look merely from what's in the movie, Devastastor is NOT made up of the Decepticons Demolishor, Rampage et al, but seems to be a separate entity that just happens to have its alternate form in several construction vehicles. Ok. That said, the movie was a bit easier to swallow. The fight scenes were better than the first, with Prime forest battle the best, and Bumblebee's fight with Rampage and Ravage a close second. Skids and Mudflap were dumb, but acceptable. Jetfire was cool, but more shots of him would have been appreciated. Ratchet and Ironhide seemed to be reduced to cameo roles here. I would have expected Ratchet to have a bit more to say about Prime, and Ironhide's role as Weapons Specialist seemed hardly utilized. And yeah, too much pew pew weapons. It also seemed that they hardly transformed much in the second half of the movie. I missed the scenes like Starscream transforming, hitting and flying off from the first one. What made the movie difficult was the toilet humour. A bit too much (wheelie), and I think the movie would have felt better if those scenes were simply edited out. They just don't add anything to the movie, IMO. Some of the smart bits that worked were the Decepticon bulldog on Mixmaster (awesome, where can I get one?) and the "Decepticon suck my popsicle" sign on the ice-cream truck. More of those in the movie would have been appreciated, kinda like the slogan on the first movie's Barricade ("To enslave and destroy") So overall, better fights than the first, but the lower brow than the first. Plot is irrelevant in both movies. Kinda evens out. In fact, I'd be interested to see a fan-edit without the toilet humour. Would I watch it again? Hard call, but once in a long while, and I'd prob just skip to the fight scenes.

MW4+Expansions to be released free online: http://battletech.catalystgamelabs.com/200...battletech-com/

1A in Aug, VE-1 in Sep, M&M in Oct, Armored VF-25S in Sep/Oct, and Macross Quarter end of the year... man, my wallet's haemorrhaging already...

Ladies and gentlemen, max and miria are IN DA HOUSE! http://www.yamato-toys.com/items/detail.php?gid=1435 http://www.yamato-toys.com/items/detail.php?gid=1434 So sold!!!!

I'm just waiting for the next major film adaptation... PONG. The Movie. Oh yes, I can see it now!

It IS cheaper: VF-22S : 18,800 yen (with stand) YF-21: 21,800 yen (no stand) w/o tax

No, first time I've heard of it! And I was just lamenting the lack of Ace Combat for PS3... Yes yes yes!!!!!!