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  1. Do we know what the story is with the VF-171's built-in guns? The VF-17 precursor had six or eight, two beside the cockpit, two in the arms, and the rest on the monitor turret, although the exact models of those is not specified anywhere I can see. The 171 and 171EX have two REB-22 or AMG-30 and two AAB-7B or AAB-9A but I can't see anything saying which of those are where on the airframe. The CG model shows exit ports on both ends of the arms and the guns beside the cockpit are depicted firing something in the show. Looking for similar weapons on other VFs I see: AAB-7(.5) on the YF-21's monitor turret REB-22 in the YF-21's arms REB-20G or REB-23 in the YF-19's wing roots REB-23 in the VF-19P's wing roots REB-30G on the YF-19 and VF-19P's monitor turrets The YF-21 having the AAB-7(.5) on the monitor turret makes me think the AAB-7Bs or AAB-9As are on the 171's monitor turret. Given that the REB-22 in the YF-21 have twin exit ports, it makes sense to assume those are the ones in the 171's arms, but on the movie 171 and the 171EX those are replaced with projectile guns, and I'm not sure projectile guns with twin exit ports make all that much sense.
  2. "Just" is doing a whole lot of work in that sentence. The reason is because the Yamato legs are already bigger than the nacelles. Take a look it this image from anymoon.com: The ankles are very nearly touching each other at the centerline of the plane, but the nacelles are nowhere close to the centerline.
  3. The point of Macross is that it's not supposed to be "Earth vs the universe". Every Macross series is fundamentally about how war is dumb and bad and completely unnecessary if we could just communicate better. Zero featured an alien death machine whose entire purpose was to destroy humanity if we hadn't figured out how to live in peace. SDF had a race of aliens who were almost identical to humans and a marriage between one of those aliens and a human and their first child was a major plot point in showing how the two races could come together. Plus wasn't really a war story, but the conflict between Guld and Isamu was entirely predicated on a misunderstanding. In 7 for pretty much the entire series Basara was just trying to reach out to the Protodeviln with his music, and once the Protodeviln realized they could use music to generate their own spiritia they didn't need to fight anymore. The Vajra in Frontier were only attacking because they didn't understand humanity and thought one of their own had been kidnapped. Once Sheryl and Ranka's song got through to them they stopped fighting and just left. I don't remember much of Delta and I haven't seen II so I won't comment on those. You can see an "Earth vs the universe" theme in SDF, but the other series decided to expand upon a theme from it that wasn't that one.
  4. This is my #1 wish from Bandai right now. I love that design so much.
  5. Hang on, so what's the story with the -19's engines? The M3 lists the YF-19 as having the FF-2500E with 67,500kgf thrust each, replacing the FF-2200B with 56,500kgf each. Meanwhile, the VF-19A is listed as having those same FF-2200Bs, along with a note that says it "has been fitted with more powerful engines originally designed for the prototype". Given that note, I would expect the VF-19A to have the FF-2500E.
  6. This is one of the most metal things I've ever read.
  7. Agreed. Fire Bomber had the best music in all of Macross and the show did a huge disservice to everyone involved by overplaying just a handful of songs. I will die on this hill.
  8. Agreed, except that it can't fold the wings out anywhere near flat in GERWALK mode. Maybe the arms need to be removed and reattached for transformation? it doesn't look like there's anything allowing them to fold back for fighter mode so they might just get taken off and put somewhere else. I'm not sure why they'd still be in yellow for the fighter-GERWALK transformation, but maybe they just get in the way of something that needs to move.
  9. I didn't know that set existed until just now but I need it.
  10. Personally, give me Aisha Blanchette's pink VF-19E.
  11. Regarding the pegs, I've already mentally prepared myself to replace any broken pegs with some little self tapping screws and being done with it.
  12. YUUUUSSS! I've been wanting this one for a long time!
  13. snakerbot

    Macross figures

    Well for me the thing isn't so much about the cost in a vacuum, it's the cost in comparison to other figures I've bought. When I bought Dark Angel Olivia (who despite being listed as 1/8 scale is as big as a normal 1/7) back in 2017 she was 13,800Â¥. In 2017 exchange rates, that was $122. Adjusting for inflation of the Japanese yen, 13,800Â¥ in 2017 comes to 14718Â¥ today, which in today's exchange rates is actually only $101. Converting to USD first and then adjusting for inflation of the dollar, that's $152, whereas 36000Â¥ in USD today is $247. I get that the world has changed since 2017, but that increase seems like a bit much. Now if she's worth it to you, that's fine, I'm not trying to dissuade you, just explaining why I have a hard time swallowing the price.
  14. Yeah I think I'm here too. Especially given these thoughts: I know I said way back when that I thought I was sold, but now I don't know. I honestly think I prefer the Yamato even in Battroid, just based on pictures. At this point about the only thing pushing me to get this is that I don't have a Yamato and they're so expensive now.
  15. Every time I read "Witch from Mercury" it sounds like something out of a Calvin and Hobbes strip.
  16. Absolutely. The Fand II is one of my all-time favorite fictional aircraft, largely due just to its absurdity. The Fand I and Sylphid scale things back a bit, which makes for a different, but still cool design. I'll even take the F/A-27C, bulbous, tiny-winged thing though it is. Still trying to find the Flip Knight somewhere...
  17. Oh yeah, the detail on these is incredible. Tamp so small you practically need a magnifying glass to make them out. Oh, you really want weird double canopies? Check out the trainer versions of the Mig-25.
  18. snakerbot

    Macross figures

    Wow, yeah. The increasing costs of figures was brought up on Reddit a few weeks ago and I mentioned how back in 2017 I got Kotobukiya's Dark Angel Olivia for 11,600 yen. Nowadays normal 1/7s are regularly going for two to three times that.
  19. That's sick. Love it! A few weeks ago I spent some time poring over the official images of the SV-303 and stills from the movie to figure out how it transformed. Even made some color-coded images of it, a la the MMM. I could post those if you're interested.
  20. I don't know what Master File says about that one, but the DX has a couple openings in the wings near the roots that could be engine exhausts I guess.
  21. Everyone here is talking about the engines and the nose of the new X-Wing, but my first thought when I saw it was excitement that Lego had finally done the hexagonal cross section of the fuselage. And then wondering what it would take to mod my copy of 10240 with that.
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