Major Focker

don't forget miniature valkyrie launch arms that slowly pop out from hangars. and pneumatic booms that fall forward to fire (the SOC yamato had pneumatic turrets IIRC). i wonder if they can do static discharges on the booms, but i think you either need a vacuum or a stupendous voltage difference; so scratch that. oh wait, there are handheld tasers, right? and at 1/2000, that'll be the only macross toy that i'll want more than a 1/60 or 1/72 motorized, nerf-firing destroid monster!

you know what they say about too good to be true... but man, i'm so rabid for a vf-25 that i'm actually tempted. seems like he also has the new vf-1a and the tomahawk up for pre-order and also "available for shipment within 30 days of purchase". all the release dates circulating right now point to midQ3 at the earliest, so no matter how much i want to believe it'll be sooner i'm keeping my wallet in my backpocket until then.

check deviantart. saw some a few weeks ago. but it's still slim pickings.

man, you're scaring me

ah, simple enough to make sense. wondering though if prior gunpods found this necessary too. now thinking about michel's, it's been mentioned somewhere that those X things are supposed to be stabilizers. those stabilizers cannot deploy while in fighter mode. do they close on the barrel completely (doesn't make sense if it did)? have we seen michel firing the gunpod in fighter mode? or does he rely on other mounted guns? just curious.

now that you mention it, would be nice to see screencaps of the gunpod firing in fighter mode. as to the purpose of it opening, dunno, ventilation? the assumption being that in fighter mode, it would be zipping along fast enough not to require additional surface area exposure? but then again, there's no convection at play in space, so..... hmm interesting.

lol! you're right! i'm probably still more of a kid than i acknowledge (c'mon, let's see a show of hands here), letting something like that slip past but we are talking about an anime here where grown men, soldiers at that, are reduced to dancing in their mecha and fanboy nosebleeds from watching a song and dance number! speaking of which, i seem to recall someone posting a link to the dance steps instruction. thinking of teaching that to my little niece btw, i tried that horns gesture of ranka on the guard dog at the lobby and it rolled over! hah!

hey! i can see my new avatar now too bad ackem beat me to the animated version misaF, just noticed the way your avatar animation was cut, it looks like misa was throwing a left and right combo rather than a just single slap. what's next? kk slapping michel's battroid?

i agree with the points as well, but it doesn't bother me as much now after i checked my realism radar at the door back in ep7 when the quarter pulled those funky moves even ranted about it in the technology thread among other seemingly impractical design choices tech-wise. there was a good discussion around it, and had to agree with the good folks there that at least they were plausible in the context of the macross universe, and ultimately it was damn cool! got it out of my system and i feel so much better now this is not to say i'll swallow everything MF cooks up, but at least for this episode, the things you pointed out, to which i agree with you can be perceived as illogical or unlikely, are at least not plot holes. i'd even say the writers took time to explain some of them eg. ozma regretting sending only one fighter despite the bad vibes he felt, luca scene providing the basis of how michel and ranka can get there in time <regardless of how serendipitous or contrived the timing is>, temjin trash talking alto hence meriting a more vicious than usual dispatch... having said that, there is a potential plot blackhole in this episode which they better explain damn well in the next episode. yeah, WTF-1. but otherwise, i thought the writers did a tidy enough job plot-wise, albeit, depending on your realism dosage, results may vary

seem to recall that it did "click open" just before firing. will go and rewatch to be sure edit: yup, it did deploy prior to firing. you can even hear it click OT: just happen to notice you're from cebu. nice place. haven't been there in a while though. 'ayo!

makes me wanna play it. can one do so, without knowing a word of japanese? taksraven, do it all you want, i've nerfed my hand is there no one there who's gonna post minmei slapping hikaru? now i can't remember if she ever did, actually... but good sirs, that is no way to treat a lady!

please stop picture-quoting hikaru slapping minmei. it's hurting my feelings.... i mean my hand's starting to hurt

well i must have screwed up my computer (both of them) trying to get my avatar to work, because hikaru now slaps minmei like every second, and carrot ranka jumps out every 3 seconds! still can't see my new avatar even after reboots, clear caches etc. in both computers and both in ie and firefox. but thanks to d3v, xeros, master dex and tsuchiro for trying to help out. whatever brought down alto and ranka is probably screwing me. seriously. anyway, enough of that. the way alto dove to the ground reminded me of max in dyrl avoiding miriya's missiles. but gunfire this time, and alto had to change to gerwalk. gotta give it to max for not needing gerwalk in that kind of maneuver. truly genius.

i would hazard, that all the hurt ranka's been through over several episodes is topped out by sheryl in just one. i'm bracing myself for a sheryl drought, but as long as she wins in the end, i'll be happy. still have this nagging feeling she might go out moulin rouge style. d3v, yeah i changed both the personal photo and the avatar (in the required pixel sizes) but still no dice. the updated avatar (sheryl looking longingly into the sunset) is showing in My Controls but not on the boards. can someone please, please make an animated gif of that? even if i can't get use it as an avatar, at least i'll be able to look at it from time to time. <geez, i sound like a smitten teenager, but wth>

september release date on the model, 4200yen http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?s=&a...st&p=617565

for max effect, that could've continued on to the next scene with the explosions.. can't use it as an avatar though. love minmei too much. actually, i can't seem to change my avatar AT ALL. don't know what's wrong. help?

managed to score a deepstriker and dendrobium. not really a gundam fan, but i like how these two just look so... busy. a bit disappointed that the fix dendrobium is a "compact" version, so i'm looking for another big fix. the only other big piece i'm aware of is the meteor, though not sure if that will ever get produced in the fix line.

possibly OT, but does anyone have any news if SAC is going to be released in blu-ray? or if there's an HD version already floating somewhere? thanks

well, i want michel's valk too. but this is bandai, and it seems for every couple of new gundams they release a new zeon mech. they're probably thinking enemy mechs would have better sales near the start of the toyline rather than towards the end where only the completists would get them. they've even prototyped the red vajra already (although not sure if that's a 1/60 toy or a 1/72 model). regardless of the release order, my interest would be more on bandai producing the whole lot. yes, including the koenig and the quarter

just watched chihiro (3rd viewing of this ep now) and.... cinderella ranka?! well i backtracked and i believe i could make out cinderella in there somewhere. a few more random musings: - those dance steps kinda grow on you. kinda catchy. wonder how much it was inspired from haruhi suzumiya? - if helen was the face that launched a thousand ships, ranka's is the fanged smile that dropped a thousand guns - i wonder why luca would wear pants to work, but shorts to school - amazing how those flight helmets are able to contain even the wildest hairdo. wonder if it pops off when ranka gets excited? - clincher would be how bobby would cram his 'fro in there yeah... it's a boring friday night. stupid gig got cancelled

i seem to recall that DYRL had a movie theater premiere. don't know if that's a big thing, or if they do that often for anime. did gundam have any of that? just curious

oops, my bad

er... how do i change avatars again? let's see, hope this works. edit: dammit, can't get my avatar to change. help?