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Hey, thanks for your help on this matter. I'm going this weekend to pick up the acetone, and the Tamiya metal/plastic primer. Where would I be without my fellow MW members

We're not that far off. How many of us already have shrines dedicated to the Valks? I know I do. LOL, We shall pray to the Floating Head to rain down new Macross toys, and bless your lowly servants for a new series...

Honestly, with the 20 anniversary of Robotech coming, I think Macross will stay quite strong being it's the root show for Robotech. It's all just a matter of priorities. Some of us are still in a position where space, and social status hasn't changed enough and we can still collect. Others are now fathers, while some are in new homes and just can't afford it, or afford as much. I'm still a collector, like you, Kevin, but the fact is that the joy of getting the new toys are not as strong. Perhaps it's just cause I'm a little tired of the VF-1 series. I think I'll feel the joy again once the VB-6 is out, or if the VF-19FP comes out. So far, my collection consist of 18 Bandai 1/55s, 9 1/60s, two each of all the M+ valks, 5 1/48s, all the Bandai M7 stuff, all Toynami MPCs, and many other odd and end releases. My buying has slowed down, and will until new valks come out that are non VF-1. Not stop, just slow down.

I'm surprised they haven't done this yet. Here's another idea... why don't they sell a set with a Macross Zero destroid and then the original one??? I think that would be cool. It would definitely keep my interest in toys going. Right now my collection consist of the old large size ones and a paper made MAC II. I need more though, and to have high detailed destroids would be cool. Can the gound forces get some love???

What can I say, I'm a giver.

How about this... everyone buy me California Lotto tickets and powerball tickets and if I win, I'll buy a few and hire those here that can do 3D models to create toys. Those that can't can just work on filling the powder and the chemicals. And we can start our own independent company for ourselves and be the lords of our own toys.

I heard that, Blaine, that's why I wrote if at all possible, cause sometimes it's just not possible. It's just nice to have the toy collection I dreamt of when I was a little kid. If I could go back in time with what I have now as far as toys, I'd be one of the coolest kids in the county.

I did the soaking overnight with the non scent, non die soap and water, that didn't help. But the auto priver, that might be the only way. Hmmm, Will that eat the plastic? It sucks cause I've never ran into this problem before. Well, worst case scenario is I find a hard as hell primer, primer the !@#$ out of it and then buy another orange can of paint to paint the armor again. Wow, customs, something always stops you in your tracks.

As our lives were engulfed in the "Macross Frenzy" over the last 4 years, it seemed as though we could be late on a car payment or a bill just to get the new Low Vis, or the 1/60 Super O. I was one of the people that thankfully for a great job with Mercedes Benz, was able to buy any and all the toys. You have to admit that 4 years is a long time and most of us have changed as well as our lifestyles. I for one am now single (unmarried) and my girlfriend actually likes this stuff. When it was all new, I was buying everything. As the releases slow down for Macross, my buying may slow down, but my loyalties to it and my love haven't. My advice to you all who are considering ridding yourself of your collection, keep it if at all possible. Once you sell them, you'll probably say to yourself, " I can buy them again if I want", but all the energy you put into getting them the first time around won't be there. All you'll have left is the memory, which is fine, but better to still have it there to pull out every once in awhile and play. Geez, I'm gonna be 30 in two months, and I'm keeping it all, except for the stuff I have doubles of. That was just crazy of me to do, but keep it guys. The only thing I'll keep buying is the Bandai reissues for customs. That I cannot do without still. Customs will always be nice and fresh and always keep the old toys in perspective. The good thing about HG doing a new Robotech series is that it may spawn more from SK and can maybe keep the idea of transforming mecha fresh. In anycase, it has been great to meet and hang with some of you through the MW cons, p.m.'s, trades and sales. I hope to do many more and hope that all of you will want to stick around as well.

Ahhh, so many damned questions. I'll be looking to download tomorrow, or even better, Frank & Sons exclusive??? These reviews don't seem so good, but I'm too far into it now. After owning all 4 DVDs so far, must... buy... one.. more!

"Deadgar" will become Claudia after a sex change??? "F"ilarious man, everyone at work just now looked at me like I was crazy for laughing out loud just now, those bastards. I want my copy now. Hopefully someone who actually speaks English will translate it and not some 4th rate english translation. Or I should just learn Japanese.

Okay, how about this problem. I bought some recasted parts, and for some reason, after washing the parts, sanding, and all the necessary precaustions, the paint comes off with not too much effort. I'm using enamel paint cause I figured the acrylic wouldn't hold as well on this type of recast plastic. Is there another method I should do to make the paint stick. Oh, and yes, I did use primer. Thanks for your help.

Oh, yessss!!! I saw this puppy at MWcon4 and it's worth a contribution. Mari was so cute in the .... don't wanna give anything away. But put me down for one when available. Shaun, you da man!!!

When they were still looking at doing Macross 3D, that would be a good time frame to do a new series. The year circa 2050, perhaps Zentraedi with their warlike nature and now ideas of culture have learned the ideas of technological terrorism. Zentraedi rebellion breaks out over a few colonized worlds, and there you go. Introduce the VF-3000 and the 5000, as well as old VF-4s, and the VA-3 Invader, and you have a plot that can be developed with great character development. Damn I'm good. How do I come up with these ideas? I don't know, it's like a gift. But seriously, they throw in an old character(s) as well, and you can have a good series, and stretch it out as far as you want. That type of series can either be very edgy, or be a little light and get great effects. It'd be cool to see Isamu again perhaps, you never know what could happen. As every series in Macross reveals some new revelation, this story could unveil older, ancient wars the Zentraedi were in, or their genetics, endless possibilities. Either way, if more people post and voice their desires for a good, up-to-date Macross series that is edgy and non-compomising, perhaps heads will turn. The whole point is that just cause the originals were so good, doesn't mean that they can't do another great series, and longer than 5 30 minute OVAs. And although the fanbase seems to be shrinking, I believe something new will come out. There's too many fans and too much love for Macross to let it go.

Might as well make this the official picture thread for collections. Maybe I should take pics of mine this weekend. Keep sending them in.

The ideas for that are good, but you can't stray too far off the topic without losing the "Macross" feel in an anime. That's what made MOSPEADA a cool show on its own. It had the cycles, but also had the larger mecha and large scale air and space battles. I like Macross Zero, but they could've done more explaining the process of reverse engineering and what exactly they found exploring the SDF Macross. But now that the prequel has been done, there needs to be a series that progresses from M7. I can be done. And those who produce these anime hopefully realize that what they started so long ago is epic and does have a fanbase large enough to continue.

This is such an interesting topic, because as all of us agree that a new Macross series would be great, we all can agree that it needs to be uncompomising in its presentation and delivery. As far as M7 is concerned, I actually enjoyed it. A little hard to swallow at the start, but it is a good plot. I would be very pissed if they decided to redo the old Macross series. I'm not gonna say what should or shouldn't be done, but there are a lot of options for Macross to do without compromising it. Not that HG is the shining example of this, but the new series they are working on seems to be promising. Their new series, Shadow Force, continues where the last episode of The New Gen. left off. This could give them a chance to redeem themselves and actually do something that isn't cut and spliced together. Macross can do a new series that continues from Macross 7. Why not? As far as toys, there's so much that hasn't been done yet. YF-19 FP, SV-51, YF-4, and all the M7 jets that never made any production. If Macross is dying down, it's expected. I'm a fan for life, and I was around during the lull. If you don't want it to die out, and want more Macross, voice it out. Action is always soooo much better than just accepting what you don't want.

I say if you can do a costume right, and make it look realistic, go for it. What almost embarrasses me is seeing others in $.99 costumes they made the night before. Many of the costumes I've seen here in this thread look quite good. Hats off to those who made some of those costumes look so good.

Dude, I know the pain of having a car stolen. At least it wasn't jacked. I had my car jacked right in front of me. Two guys jumped in my car and made me drive to an alley where they then proceeded to try and beat me. One guy I'm sure had to go to the hospital, as I broke his nose, arm, leg, and a few ribs and damaged his throat. the other guy gave me a good whomping, but he'll at least remember me. That's something that will get you pissed, but they caught those numbnuts and I got my car back minus all my shiznit that was in it. No Valks, but I had all my schoolbooks taken, my digital camera, pager (this was awhile back), some movie posters, and about .75 cents in pennies??? At least you have your wellness. I had a black eye, a broken rib, and broken knuckes. That doesn't count the countless scrapes, bruises, and sores from kicks. Yeah, it was bad, but I did hella good for two on one.

Well, for us who actually know Macross like the back of our freakin' hand, the SDF is a no brainer. But like someone said, I've watched it with 2 girlfriends. One thought I was nuts for being 29 and watching "those damn animie or whatever you call them" cartoons, and the other had many questions and actually liked it. I had to explain the SDF "spaceship" and basically tell the whole story. At least she likes the series now and doesn't mind that I have 500 toys. So, Macross Zero, leaves a lot of questions to the newbs, but it actually made a new Macross fan. She actually owns a chunky monkey now. HEHEHE Hot Macross Fangirls rule. I'll post pics in another thread. Oh yeah, I forgot to say that M0 so far has been overall, a good series. Some lulls, in it, but overall, both my thumbs are up for it. 5 seems to have a lot of arial shots, so I'm guessing a lot of combat. Interesting. Hopefully it'll be an hour long or so.

Maybe this was covered already in this post, but the h. stabs. would be taken care of in the vector thrust, and the little wings that extend down and out on the legs. I've been to that meeting at AX where those group of people are trying to create a real life mecha, and just to design that without transforming is hard enough. It comes down to metalurgy, and power output. The two sciences of metal and power just aren't where they could even conceive of a VF-1. Now, if an SDF-1 crashed and all the technology was given us, if there was no threat of 50 foot aliens, the battroid function would be useless. GERWALK and fighter would definitely be gravy. Would it REALLLLY be possible, not the way the anime portrays it.

LOL, what a homo! Those glasses look like they have barbed wire on them. It's all about security. But don't you think they look alike? Basara and Sean Lennon both share the same views as well and if there was a red VF-19 around, I'm sure you'd see hime flying around in it... UNFORTUNATELY. BTW, I'm in no way a homophobe, I just call it as it is. There's the saying, "if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, guess what? It must be a duck!"

I have that flip-top and I use the DVD disk. It works beautifully. Not a single hitch. I bought mine about 8 months ago, or when the Macross game came out, so I may have the older boot disk. No probs here. I wish I had an answer for you, but all I can say is, use the DVD boot disk and check all connections that you made when you installed the flip top. Could it be you disconnected something? Wish I could help more, it's one hell of a game.

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M7, what else can be said about it. I was one who, for a time, bought everything Macross. I recently and finally got through the whole series of M7, and you can definitely tell it was "dummed down" to attract a younger audience. I'd say watching the first 10 or so episodes was hard. Very dull and I almost wanted to stop watching it. However, once it started getting to actual Macross related serious stuff, I found some of the underlying plot very interesting. If you get passed all the "gay" stuff that is annoying, there is a serious and good plot there. Seems to me like Basara is the Jar-Jar Binks of Macross. Actually he reminds me of John Lennon's son. The hippie singing one with the glasses. Check out the comparison.