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Yes and no.... From what little Ive gathered...the series IS in production. One of the reasons for the long delay with no news was that the series was still in preproduction....which is ok with me. I would rather the series have an extended preproduction so that they get the kinks worked out. That was one of the largest problems with The Sentinels was the fact that it had almost no preproduction. Thats why the stories left something to be desired.

And to think that they spent all that time here in Tampa filming The Punisher and I never once went down to try out to be an extra. Heh.....

Yea sure... as if the comics weren't doing bad enough. I wonder if it has occured to Tommy that its time to move on from The Macross Saga? <_<

Well.... there is another Valkyrie MPC on the way. Jack Archer in Wolf Squadron colors.....not sure if this will be a VF-1R or not. I dont think Im gonna rush to get this......just a hunch.

Well.... at least from what Ive gathered is that HG WONT be using the UN Spacy Symbol ever again and the VF-1 Valkyries are all moot now anyway....the only exception MIGHT be the Robotech version of the VF-4....but I dont see it being used either. If somehow a prequel series to Robotech were made....the Zentraedi's ancestors probably were totally different (and micronized anyway) so Im not certain that Macross will have any bearing on the future of Robotech. The future of the Macross franchise might require that both sides come to terms and work things out. Money talks....at least we hope it does.

I thought this was an interesting little easter egg find. Could be one of the animators for that scene was a Macross fan. Maybe a better shot of it will be able to be seen in the new remastered SDC: SC coming in 2 weeks. Im gonna have to take a look at that scene on the new DVDs. Also gotta find Minmay....supposedly there is a poster of Minmay somewhere in SC....

Hey.... you forgot Mika Doi's greatest performance ever....as Lana Isavia in Super Dimensional Cavalry: Southern Cross! As for I.D.H....eh...it was okay.

Personally.... I couldnt give a good g@dda@mn if they fragged up the color schemes of every mecha in the show. The story's SUCK! Who give a f$ck if they look nice. I (and Im NOT alone on this) am sick of the shaft that The Robotech Masters segment is getting (specifically The Army of the Southern Cross). <_< The stories are BAD rehashes of sh@t from the Tv show that in turns violates the Tv series continuity because Tommy has said he doesnt give a rip about the continuity. The only saving grace is that even the comics cannot retcon the show...as the show has been declared what is canon...and that it is to be the gospel when the comics diverge (which they do). Wolfe being in his 50's when he bites the bullet in 2043 is asinine. Tommy has a twisted vision of the show and that is unfortunate. I dont give a rip if he thinks the ASC is the defacto Anti-Unification League...that ISNT the series and that ISNT good story telling. Its the same sh@t that was in McKinney and that was decanonized...so it make litte sense for me to even give the comics the benefit of the doubt anymore.

Heh.... I voted Game Boy cause I dont own any others.

Heh... that was my thought as well. Geneon sounds strange.

There's been alot of discussion over at the Middle-Earth Online message board about how the MEO Dev Team can avoid the trap of making either an EverCrack clone or the endless futility of SWG. Alot of people, myself included, dont want a game where you have Orcs dropping mithril ingots or Elven Swords of Gondolin. We also dont want a game that has no point to the economy. The endless succession of beating up Orcs, looting them and then going back to town needs to stop. Im fearful because the Devs dont seem to understand that fully articulated plate armor is way beyond the technology of Middle-Earth. As for the Droid Engineers.....Im sad to hear that. Seems someone at Sony had their head up their arse to make an R5 Droid and a Protocol Droid essentially the same droid...just different looking. Not like that kind of stupidity hasnt happened before. I had thought about getting SWG and opening an account. Im gonna have to wait and see I guess. For some horror....this is a piece that the Dev team at MEO submitted for the Elves (Im guessing Noldor) Is it me...or do they look like Sidhe from Changeling: the Dreaming?

In an effort to bring even more info here from Southern Cross, Im reposting part of a find over at the RDF HQ Message Board (thanks once again to Zor_Master for a good eye). It seems that there might be some Zentraedi letters on the computer screen of George Sullivan's in eps. #9 Star Dust (eps. #46 Star Dust in Robotech). Anyone else think this might be a neat little coincidence? (image courtesy of rtsurfer)

Perhaps the lack of elaboration is intentional? As for TP....we don't know that they hadn't been sending word to BigWest to stop producing stuff past Flash Back 2012. They could easily have sent a cease and desist to BW once Macross II became a reality.

Essentially....yes. We dont know the particulars of the engines specifications....

Im getting Mospeada after I buy Southern Cross. It came down to saving my pennies for SC. I could have won a copy of Mospeada at AX....but they freakin asked an EXCEL SAGA question when giving out the Mospeada set....instead of a Mospeada one. Typical.

While it is confirmed in the Tv series that the site of New Macross City was irradiated (and sealed off) it is also confirmed that the ruins themselves are that of the SDF-1 alone (Emerson, Green, Rochelle, Dana and others all state that the ruins are that of the SDF-1). Dana says that it was the site of Earth's first battlefortress. Thats pretty specific that the second (SDF-2) was nowhere around there. While the site is that of New Macross City (at least according to Bowie) it has only been an assumption that those three mounds are EXACTLY where the SDF-1 was located. Whatever may have been salvageable was likely carried away (along with any of the prefab structures) and the 3 reflex furnaces were left where they were....covered in dirt (and possibly some concrete) to prevent any spillage or leakage of irradiated materials.

I figured I would repost Matt's theory here. Its been discussed at Robotech.com and at the RDF HQ Message Board. For those of you who missed it.... I for one think this is a great bit of insight by Matt. For one thing, it does bear out what I, and others, have been saying for the longest time....that the SDF-2 is NOWHERE present in the ruins....nor is Khyron's cruiser.

One of the largest problems with the Matchbox hovertank was the fact that the armored carapace/skirt wasnt large enough. On top of that, the gun pod scabbard was missing...as well as the gun pod. If you could make the carapace longer and sized more proportion to the mecha...as well as adding the gun pod scabbard (and gun pod) it might be passable.

Sad, sad day. Yes, who could forget Robert Palmer's "backup" for Addicted to Love and Simply Irresistible. Heh, we're all getting older. Too bad....wonder if it was preventable what he had.

Amen brother. Amen. God...who in Hollywood thought up this piece of crap script idea? They've gotta be sucking on the crack pipe daily to come up with something this stupid. Why they would abandon a well thought out Survival Movie idea (Colonial Marines end up on a planet seeded with Aliens so the Predators can have a hunt) in favor of "Lets kill of modern industrialist/Enron kind of guy and an associated group of pathetic morons as well". <_<

Yea... sorry...I was referring to the 3-form model of the Spartas that is shown in the back of This is Animation Special #10. The Matchbox toy appears to be a badly copied and badly redesigned version of the model.

I would love it if they had an Ajax done up with the Black Lion Squadron coloration...which would only vary from the standard model in the way the coloration and trim was applied. The Black Lion Coat-of-Arms as well as the TASC Coat-of-Arms would be there too. As for the stats on that website....the weapon stats are wrong....but I know that isnt what you're concerned about. Yes...according to This is Animation Special #10...the scale for the Bioroid, Spartas and Battloids are almost all 1/48 (the only exceptions are likely the Fenris Powered Armor and the Kraken Deep Sea Armor). Its interesting...the only Battloids to not have prototypes made were the Marsh Division Triton and the Cities Defense Unit Unicorn. On the bad guy side...the BioPsycher/Bioroid Invid Fighter never had a model/toy made.

Nope. That is Johnson/Wolfe (or it would be if he had a mustache) just after getting back from his Op at the begining of the episode. In the flashback, it has Johnson/Wolfe weaing what could either be an armored spacesuit (Mospeada)/REF Infantry Body Armor (Robotech)....it has a stylistic reminescent of CVR-3 in some ways.

Hiya baronv, welcome to MacrossWorld. I think its pretty much recognized that I am the board's resident Southern Cross nut . As for SC toys...none have been reissued. Currently, for some reason, Toynami has made no plans to do SC toys...eventhough they have signed a contract making them the worldwide licensees of any Robotech Masters/SC toys. Unfortunately, Ive been informed that a transforming Auroran/Ajax MPC has about a snow-ball's chance in hell of ever being produced. The main reason given is that unlike the Spartas Hovertank or the Battloids, the Auroran/Ajax has no variant based upon rank or coloration. However, it is interesting that many of the people I've talked to about seeing MPC SC toys want an Ajax (and a Hovertank too). Please sign my petition that is listed in my signature and spread the word so that maybe one day we can get some SC MPCs or even Super Poseables. BTW....for those of you that like SC...I think the ATAC/ASC mugs from Robotech.com are absolutely BEAUTIFUL. I got my first one about a week ago.....gonna be getting at least 2 more in the coming weeks.

I think its Colonel Johnson. Colonel Wolfe in Robotech is supposed to be far older I believe (despite the comics now making him 50+ when he bites the big one). Umm...nice try BTW....that isnt the character from Mospeada....he has a mustache.