sharky

Hey juise, can you do a nice scan of the sticker sheet and instructions. It would be cool to be able to make new sticker sheets for it, or at least get the pattern to cut out new striping, etc.

Anyone going to Dragon Con over the Labor Day weekend? They are supposed to have beefed up the anime track this year. I am totally looking forward to it. Ditto for Anime Weekend Atlanta.

I am excited about the 1/60 v.2 Yamatos, and I am pitching a tent. But, they are two unrelated events.

I found it at Hobby Link Japan for $185. I have not seen it cheaper but I am still checking a few sites out.

I doubt you will find a better price than HLJ unless someone has it on sale for some reason. It is my go to place for my Yamato toys. They are the most reasonable I have found in price and in shipping. Also, they are good because you know the stock status at all times. I believe they keep the most stock compared to most any other website. I have heard that some hobby sites actually use HLJ as their distributor. HLJ is very reliable and has excellent customer service. Just my two cents.

Edit: Yeah! I'm no longer cannon fodder.

You can get a Zentradi warrior here if you are interested.

http://www.figurerealm.com/BrowseFigures.php (do a search for robotech)

I found a figure loose on ebay a few months ago. You do need the micronized one as the regular size warrior is too big to fit. Although, the full size Zentradi warrior is a much cooler looking figure. Actually, you would need a micronized officer in battle armor, but I don't believe it exists.

Technically, you do have a sealed box, but it is not a MISB. It is so badly damaged I would seriously consider opening it to make sure the battle pod itself is not broken. I think your biggest value would be to ensure the item inside is in mint condition. You would also need to make sure you have a mint sticker sheet and instructions with no tears, folds or creases. As an added bonus you would be able to offer the original box which is always a plus to any collector. I suppose it doesn't really matter in the end since you plan to keep it.

IMHO the sculpt is grossly out of proportion. Think of the original Kenner toys from Star Wars. Sadly, this is really the only large toy of the officer battle pod. I own a loose Exo Squad release. I was also able to get a partially complete one at a GI-Joe convention of all places. I had to rummage through a vendors loose toys bin, find all the parts, and piece it together. The good news is he sold it to me for $1 since it was missing the top cannon and it had scuffs and marks on it.

If only Yamato, or anyone for that matter, would put out a new large scale toy. Heck I wouldn't mind a Revoltech one.

I would love to see another series put out, or even a new movie. If it's a movie it should be a completely new story and not a DYRL style of storytelling. Don't get me wrong I love DYRL, and I'm glad they gave the original storyline an updated and improved look. I was thinking it would be cool to do a sort of Star Trek Voyager style of series or perhaps a non-colonization style of fleet. It could be pure military vessels with a mix of UN Spacy, Zentradi, and Meltrandi ships and mecha. One thing I would like to see is a more in depth look into the workings of a Zentradi or Metrandi fleet. They could travel around as an early scouting group going to different planets and folding from this place to that place getting into adventures and trouble. Again, more like a Star Trek type of series, but with the Macross theme. Or, even a movie that takes the Flashback 2012 ideas and presents it in an actual movie or series. Sort of like the Clone Wars, which starts this Friday by the way. They could go from place to place taking on and converting the remaining Zentran and Metran fleets, and they can show the rebuilding of earth and the UN Spacy fleet.

You want to know how Macross makes me feel? That's me in the background getting the massive nosebleed.

By the way, I don't see the 1st issue listed anymore on HMV. I suppose it's sold out now. Only took a couple of weeks to do so it seems. Get it where you can, while you still can. They still have the binder and issue 2 in stock, and of course you can pre-order up to issue 8.

If I am forced to choose only 1 then it must be the 1/48 VF-1S Hikaru special with Strike Fast Pack. What can I say, I gotta get the classic hero vehicle before anything else.

In case some of you haven't seen the MegaHouse Klan Klan

I hope revoltech makes the commander zentradi pod. Man I always thought the thing was one mean looking mech!

Yeah, I always thought the officer pod was the coolest one of them all. Why o' why do I always like the mechs that no one wants to produce as a decent toy. Are we going to be mocked by only having the Matchbox one that is so out of proportion its ridiculous? Yet, I own 2 of the blasted toys! That goes to show how much I really like it. I wish I had modeling and painting skills, otherwise I would have built a nice model years ago.

This brings up a question I had. Has anyone put out a Zentradi-Japanese-English dictionary. Who is actually responsible for creating the language, and did this pesron give the same treatment to the Zentradi language as say Star Trek with the Klingon language? Would it be possible for someone to actually learn and speak Zentradi, or is there not enough of the language created for one to become fluent? I know the original question was a newbie one, but it got me thinking.

men...

we do not have a time machine to watch ep 19

All we need is a Super Dimensional Television, then we could watch any episode we want past future or present.

Looks good. Similar to the one in the previous Minmay figure collection, but a much better sculpt and colors IMO. I am a bit surprised that they are not first doing Frontier characters.

Sharky can you provide a link to HMV website for me please?

http://www.hmv.co.jp/

If you do a search, type Macross Chronicle (not Chronicles). It should list all that they have to order and pre-order.

Got a reply from HMV regarding holding an order.

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"As for your inquiry, it depends on the delivery option you choose when placing an order.

We can either send the order when we receive all the items in your order

or we can ship the items already in stock by splitting your delivery to two times.

Although your shipping fees will be revised, this option will cost you the delivery charge twice."

So, as I suspected there doesn't seem to be a time limit on how long they will hold items. If you want to wait and send the entire order complete they will do so.

That's it for me then. I will simply pre-order a batch of issues do the "ship when complete" shipping option, and try to be patient and wait a couple of months to get my batch of issues. This seems to be the most economical way for me to get them.

I suppose I won't be buying any more art/sketch books for a while, or at least until the Chronicles is complete.

may i humbly point you towards these girls here?

http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?show...st&p=613475

Wowwawowee! Dose girls are haute! They(the girls and the costumes) seem pretty kinky if you ask me. Somehow they scare me for some reason. I'm just glad she didn't have the bayonet on the gun.

As far as I could tell from HLJ's website, they're not carrying Macross Chronicles. Is it some sort of special order or something?

Sorry for creating a confusion. No, HLJ does not have them for sale. I was just trying to use HLJ as an example of a website that has a policy to hold shipments for 2 months and ships regardless if it is complete or not. I will probably get them in batches of 4 to 8 at a time to save shipping I suppose. Also, I don't think I could wait any longer then that to get my hands on them.

Why does bottom cleavage always fascinate me more than regular cleavage?

Is there any confirmed info on how many issues will be released to complete the set? I think I'm simply going to pre-order all available issues from HMV and "ship when complete" to save shipping costs. I determined they charge your credit card when the orders ships. I sent an inquiry to HMV to ask them if they will actually hold until issue 8 is released. I will let you know their reply. I ask because HobbyLink Japan, for example, has a policy that they will ship in 2 months whatever is in stock even if you ask to hold the entire order. It will be a long, long wait, unfortunately, to get my Chronicles. I already go nuts just waiting for the next episode to be released and subbed. I need to just order it and forget about it so that I can be surprised when the shipment gets to me.

Alto needs to end up with both of them. That's the fantasy at least. He is a bit of an a**hole for the reasons that were mention in this thread, and from my experience the douches end up getting what they want. What I always find funny is that many anime love stories have a thing where neither side can simply come out and express their true feelings to each other. But then we wouldn't have comical situations and the like.

I have always wanted to see someone do a Minmay dress that lights like the one she wore in the opening concert scene in DYRL. I always think it would be neat to incorporate more gimmicks into the costumes. For example, if someone rigged a Ranka wig that has the sides hair lifting up like it does when she is excited. Maybe you could rig a device that sprinkles glitter stars when she does her patented hand sign or something. I wonder if anyone would do a really cool Ranka cell phone that makes the funny sounds when you squish it, or even one that plays mini-CDs from the mouth. If someone ever puts out a cool cell phone toy I will definitely buy it. Perhaps doing a DYRL spacesuit that completely lights up. I would love to see a Zentradi battle armor costume, or dare I say a power suit from either Zentan or Meltran. I guess I'm just a dreamer at heart.

Is it possible they would ever put out a complete chronicles book that is hard bound or something after all issues have been published. Have any publishers done this for other anime?

not anymore.

yeah that's right. Alto must be Even Steven because it all balances out for him.

Yeah, I agree that it highlights a character flaw. I think she is shown this way to contrast her from Sheryl. Ranka is less mature and is from more humble means, while Sheryl is more put together, wealthy, and has an assistant to help her. It makes her success story all that more compelling.