I watched robo during when i was really really young and i don't even understand the the dialog and the story (kids ), all i remember is the valk and Minmay. When i got older, i got a copy of SDF Macross and started to understand the whole story, and deeply fall in love with Misa . SDF Macross is the only series i watched for a long long time until the internet age, then i got a copy of DYRL, and Plus. It's like falling in love all over again. Love everything about DYRL, and every elemet of Plus.
But when i got a copy of 7, i just dragging myself to finish it, that was painful. Luckily during that time, i was watching zero as well, it's all about Roy and VF-0!
I like MF but not absolutely crazy about it.
Sometimes i found myself watchinng various episode of SDFM, DYRL, and Plus and never got tired of it. So i think you're not alone, i'm still very in love with the original characters.