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So I've been away from Macross fandom for quite a few years now. I just wanted to know about this Arcadia company. Are they a whole new thing or did Yamato change it's or something?

Times are kinda tight, financially. However I really want to get a PS4. So i'm thinking about getting rid of My Yamato 1/48 Stealth Deluxe set with Super and Strike parts (one one in the massive black box). I've seen them go for as high as $500 on ebay, but everything is inflated there. But i'm just looking for a reasonable price I could ask for it.

P.S the box has a bit of wear with the corners being a little smooshed

I've been out of the loop of Macross stuff for the last few years. But, I decided to watch DYRL a few days ago and that renewed my interest.

After a quick google search i read rumours about a new macross series or movie in production and can't find much on it nor can I find a thread here. Is there any truth to this rumour and can I get pointed to the thread?

Anyway it's good to be back.

I think I need to clarify what I meant by three weapons in the original Macross. We mostly see gun pods, head lasers, or missiles. It's a bit more infrequent with other kinds of mounted weapons but they show up from time to time.

Roy and Hikaru both used the FAST pack mounted laser-y (or plasma-y) cannons in DYRL and Alto had the Tornado pack in the first Mac F movie. (which was a very cool new type of weapon. 360 degree coverage, oh yeah.)

Doesn't the YF-19 have machine guns located at the waist in battroid mode? I don't think i remember ever seeing those used.

Skyrim comes out in 6 hours or so...

I never really got into Oblivion, but I loved Fallout3. Is Skyrim coming out for PS3 today, too? If so, maybe after this weekend I'll buy it and play like mad until Dec 20. I'm going back to university full time in Jan, so I'll only have time for 1 game next year.

1/60 YF-21 (the first run that came in a giant box with the clear stand) It was the only toy I've ever pre-ordered. No surprise considering the YF-21/VF-22S is my favourite valkyrie design, the most innovative valk design, IMO.

So after 10 hours of backbreaking work, I finally come home to read my beloved Beta invite. It's been dancing in my head like sugarplum faries, just beyong my reach and yet my mind wouldn't stop replaying the epic TOR trailers. I get home, avoid the unneccessary time to taking off my boots or jacket or anything, sit down at my computer, load the email, click the "RESPOND TO PLAY" button. A window spawns from the TOR website and I'm all giddy and bouncing in my seat.

"Sorry, site is currently undergoing maintanace. AKA: SCREW YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"

And then there was much sobbing.

Oh well, it doesn't start until friday. Just make sure you get the client downloaded, it's around 20gb.

Saw the subbed version of the second this evening while rewatching the first one yesterday. In one word: excellent. The movie(s) present us with an alternate take on the events of the TV-series much like DYRL. Difference this time is that the movie also improves the main storyline. In my opinion the plot of the movie, while similar, makes a more sense then the TV-series and much less time is wasted on filler. Also the characters have been significantly altered in a positive way. Alto is really likable now, which I previously considered impossible, Sheryl more cmplex, vulnerable and cute, the whiny side of Ranka was removed and she's a lot less clueless.

Some nifty little changes in the side cast, Grace not going Palpetine route and the shota (keep forgetting his name) was actually usefull. Captain Wilder and the bridge crew got a bit more screen time, would have been a waste not to given the top voice actors. Ozma continues being the man of the outfit.

Action was excellent. The Quarter novel approach to atmospheric re-entry really deserves to be called epic.

Fortunately it's not deadly serious. Plenty of comedic scenes and shout outs. It keeps events from getting too dark and helps the transition to phases where reality has to take a back seat to realism. Sometimes it takes further then Macross 7 ever did.

I agree about doing the characters much better. Sheryl was always my favourite MacF character, but the movie did her even better.

Though I do wish that they hadn't slashed Cathy's role to the extended cameo that she had in the movies.

You mean actual work? Then when are they gonna get to go to conventions and write on blogs? I don't think you fully understand the idea of fanfics.

I'd bet there are fanfics that are much better written than RTSC.

Glad to see my topic is still alive after all this time.

I've really been on this Japanese 70's exploitation Katate movie kick. Stuff with Sonny Chiba and Etsuko Shihomi. Can anyone give me some suggestions within the genre? (think The Streetfighter)

I quit WoW a year ago and haven't been interested in a new MMO until i found out about SWtOR. It seems close enough to WoW in gameplay, so it is familiar and new enough in setting and other features (companions, spaceships and interactive stories) to draw me in.

Ever since I played DA: O i wanted a MMO with choice based quests rather than the WoW style of go here, do this, come back for reward quests. More RPG in MMORPG, yes please.

Wow, over $300, wow. I like the toy, but $300 for one toy is way too much.

A reboot with brand new footage would be much easier to get on TV or sell for alternate distribution than an anime from the 80's. Theres a lot of anime kids nowadays that would never watch a show from the 80's and only watch new stuff. But, do such would require Tommy to do some work. Making new designs for everything to get away from Macross seems to be way out of Tommy abilities as well as being in control over a production (blaming the boobs in RTSC on the Korean animators just makes it seem like he didn't know what they were doing)

HG may not be able (or willing) to do a reboot, but is it possible that some competant company may be able to purchase the trademarks to Macross, Robotch and the merchandising and distribution rights to Macross?

That's pretty much my best hope for a proper relationship between RT America and Macross Japan.

Overall, I really liked this movie. It provided a brand new story so it kept me surprised rather than just predicting what would happen based on the show. I really appreciated the lack of reused footage from the show (was there any reused footage?). I really hate anime movies that are primarily comprised of reused footage from the show but use a different story (RahXephon movie).

http://www.mediafire...z9xc4ldmsyhs2x9 is a .ass file with fonts. I haven't been able to watch it yet thanks to a week-ending workload, but it seems to synch well to the better quality Popgo Freewind raw I got.

Thanks, i did't want to waste any bandwidth after i already downloaded the Popgo raw.

Robotech, anyone?

Yeah but the difference is that the Highlander franchise failed while doing something, actually producing some new stuff(crap it may be) Robotech just failed while doing next to nothing. (i don't count comics or fanfic, i mean, novels)

See gents...a franchise reboot solves all the problems.

If Protoculture has become such a valuable commodity, why the heck are they using it like water? A reboot would solve that.

"Disciples of Zor" (Who the frak are they anyways? That title just seemed to have been thrown out...)? A reboot would solve that.

How long is the SDF-1? A reboot would solve that and more .

A reboot would solve all the problems. New character designs, new mecha designs, more integrated and (possibly) coherent story, all fixed with a reboot. No more "We brought anime to the West and we'll exploit it till we go bankrupt"-crap.

I would very much support that if HG gave up their stranglehold on the Macross trademark. But since no one would willingly give HG any money to fund such a production, that'll never happen.

I've pretty much resigned to the fact that Highlander will mever be good ever again. I don't think there has ever been a franchise so badly handled. I loved the first one, I screamed at the 2nd, i was generally indifferent about the 3rd, i vomited at the 4th, and i didn't even know the source movie existed until i stumbled across a video online of the villian drilling himself into the ground.

Add to the fact that I loath the entire idea of remakes. If a movie was good enough to invest money into a remake, why not just rerelease the original?

For some good video reviews of the mess that is Highlander check out The Spoony Experiment

I'm not... attacking... anyone?

I didn't join this site to fight over which adaption of the same product is better. I joined to meet people who liked the same thing as me and make new friends. However what I saw was a whole lot of hate, and hate in any form is mindless.

Look at this already, you know nothing about me except that I think that Robotech was a great part of my childhood and I never would've found Macross-7 or Frontier, which I do actually like a lot, and now you're accusing me of attacking. I'm not here to pick sides, I even said that I know what Harmony Gold did sucked, it was really underhanded.

I gave my thoughts and opions on the shows preceding Macross in the hopes that it'd spark a conversation about HOW things were done or YOUR thoughts, not to belate you or other members of the board.

I didn't join Robotech.com because their forum sucks. The search option doesnt seem to work and their opening poster in the first topic TALKS LIKE THIS ALL IN CAPS which doesn't really show for a very well moderated board. However, if you really want me to join and tell them that they're being farttards for hating on Macross, link me up to the thread and I'll do it. If that will really help you see that this was not a personal attack against you or this great franchise.

Considering you started with calling this thread "mindless hate"...

Really everyone knows fanfoys like to complain and whine about stupid things. However, Macross fans are one such group that actually has legitamate complaints. Considering that HG is claiming they own a product they had no part in creating, has threatened people with legal action form selling Macross items over here, and have shown a general disregard and disrespect towards the original creators of Macross. Not to mention the vocal part of the RT fanbase is volitile, ignorant, holier-than-thou types.

You say you like Macross7 and MacrossF, well doesn't it bother you a bit that they will never be released in NA because HG will demand a huge cut of the profits and force the distributers to put their name on a product they had no involvmemnt in?

Yeah, my dislike and loathing of RT is definately not "mindless."

I really don't get why you guys are always taking a dump on MacZero. I really like that OVA, and I can't find a lot to complain about. I guess this is my M7, by comparison.

Macross Zero seems to me like a 6 episode OVA where they forgot to make part 5. Watch it, it has a terribly awkward transition between ep4 and ep5. Not to say that there aren't more flaws than that in it, but that is the most glaring to me.

The thing that makes me wince the most about sentinals is the Karrbarrans...You get it??? Kar Bar...its a bear alien and kinda sound like Care Bear. You know that thing that was popular in the '80s, it's topical! First rule about trying to make a timeless story, don't reference something everyone will forget in a few years.

I have been gone from this site for a while, but does anyone remember when one of the RT fanboi brigade proposed the theory that Transformers 2 was rushed because jerry and micheal were afraid of the compitition from RTLAM. Well i guess thats why they had enough time to produce and release a 3rd Transformer movie. Maybe by the time Transformer 12 comes out, they will have a first draft of the RTLAM script.

As for Macross7, you really have to switch your mindset to watch it and not compare it to the other series. It is much sillier and more monster-of-the-week style than the other macross series. I have the strange opinion that it is a parody of mecha anime and macross in particular. But, there is a lot to like about it. Some of the battle scenes are awesome and Max and Millia are great to see, especially when they fly their custome VF-22. And Gamlin is one of my favourite Macross characters.

Back on topic. I really doubt there will be any Macross production for the 30th. That's next year and there hasn't been any news about it. I kinda remember when Frontier was in development, and i'm pretty sure we got confirmation at least a year in advance.

I have to put myself in the proper mindset when i watch MacII. Heres how it works:

You know how DYRL fits into Macross canon? I'd like to think that MacII is also a fictional sci-fi movie within the Macross universe. Otherwise i wouldn't be able to stand the bad script, boring characters and make-no-sence plot points. I'm probably gonna get some flak for this, but i liked MacZero more.

I also found the romance to be very badly pigeon holed into the story. I didn't realize it was supposed to be a romantic triangle until Ishtar said to Sylvie, "You made a great rival." what? where did that come from? what indication did we have that Ishtar had a thing for Hibiki? On that note, the romance between Hibiki and Sylvie seemed rushed with little to no build up.

I don't think MacII was all bad, I guess it had potential. The mecha designed were nice and the idea of using music as a weapon was interesting. With a better script and a episode or two more, it could've been much better. Oh and cut out that terribly cliched cyborg villian.

And i like the dub for MacPlus.

Got my max and millia vf-22s in the mail from hlj holiday sale a few days ago. The landing gears are a floppy mess and the wing joints are very loose. I have a first run yf-21 and the wings and landing gears are tight and unmoving when you set them. I guess i need to get some flightpose stands and just hope that the wings don't start drooping any more.

The single longest OVA of all time, i love LoGH. There is much more depth to the story than in the average space opera. I really like the questions it raise about bad republics vs good dictatorships. Plus, Reinhard seems to be an amalgam of Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great (at least i though so). the only thing i didn't like about the show is the blond kid (Julien, i think his name was) I found him kinda annoying.

Thanks for the heads up. HLJ always has great sales around this time of year.

I got a great deal on a 1/60 vf-1j last year. I just cant remember if i have an account with them. i do remember doing a paypal buyers agreement with them to get free shipping, but when i do the password reset thing on the site, it asks for a customer ID that if i ever had one was lost long ago. hopefully i can get it fixed soon, i really want that vf-22 max for 50% off.