RavenHawk

Just watched episode 4. Haven't seen 5 yet. Man, I am really amazed by how much I am loving this show. Oh, and those white ridebacks look very very cool.

While I agree with your points about how, spending $200 on a Cyclone, or $150 on a Beta, you expect them to go all out and no skimp on any details, I have to say that I disagree with you on the MOSPEADA label on the stand thing. Unlike a lot of people on this forum, I like Robotech, and am glad it introduced me to anime, but I like MOSPEADA better and would rather have it say MOSPEADA than Robotech, all other things being equal. Oh, btw, I ordered mine from Robotech.com, and not the Beagle version.

I believe you, but I'm surprised, since, to me, the pacing feels very uneven in it, so it seems like it would be very believable for it to be made from multiple episodes. I have the Entertainment Bible, but not the B-Club Special of the Megazone 23 book. Doesn't do me much good though, since I can't read Japanese. Do you have a link for the Ishiguro Nobory Anime World Order episode? Thanks.

According to Wikipedia (so decide for yourself whether or not you choose to believe it) Megazone 23 was originally intended to be a series. The sponsors withdrew funding midway through production, so what we know as Part 1 of Megazone 23 is actually more of a compilation of footage from what had been animated for various episodes of the series. This is essentially the same thing that happened to Robotech II: The Sentinels. Now, with The Sentinels, all episodes were already plotted out and I believe that most of the scripts were done as well. Does anyone know if the scripts for the episodes of Megazone 23 are out there anywhere? I'm really curious to see what Megazone 23 was originally intended to be. Thanks.

Cool, thanks.

Is this what you mean? http://www.angolz.com/home/productDetails....95&catId=24

Looked at the Machine Tornader ones. Not really my thing. Prefer more transformation than that. I'm not having any luck finding the transforming bikes for KR Kabuto that you mentioned, though. Can you point me in the right direction? Thanks.

Ok, thanks. I see them on the Yamato Japan site, but it doesn't translate worth anything, and the checkout page doesn't translate at all, so I can't really order from them.

Sorry, the topic title should say "Garland" and not "Garand."

I remember a little while back someone had posted pictures of their Garland (I think it was the Proto-Garland, but I'm not positive) with a special set of stickers applied. These are stickers that Yamato makes specially for it. I've looked through the Yamato USA site but can't find them on there. Does anyone know where I can find these? Thanks.

Cool, thanks Drifand. I'll look into these. Not really particularly familiar with Kamen Rider, beyond sort of knowing that it exists, and the general idea of what each series was about.

It seems that the majority of people disliked it, however I actually liked it. I thought it was well written, and if you read it after reading the others, as you're meant to, it really gives a feel of completion to the whole story/cycle. If you look at it as a standalone, and not Robotech, it's well written scifi and I think a lot of the detractors of the book would actually like it. There are some elements of it a little more metaphysical and, to be honest, these were my less favorite parts of the book, however, interestingly enough, these are the elements that were directly taken from what Carl Macek wanted to have take place after Sentinels (in The Odyssey). I read this book in my early/mid 20's, and have to say it really does lend itself to making you think about a lot more in life than you would expect to get out of a Robotech book. Overall, personally I recommend it, but understand why a lot of Robotech fans don't like it.

No, I just looked at both, and it is completely different. The one in Book Four #0 is MUCH more detailed. The whole issue is just the timeline, stretched over 20-some-odd pages, with small illustrations.

It is pretty much the completion of the whole series (even though it came out before Zentraedi Rebellion and Master's Gambit). So, it is part of the Sentinels storyline, but also New Gen and Master's (and, by extension, Macross).

I'm looking to put together a shelf of 1/15th scale variable bikes. So far I have: - 1/15th Yamato Factory Color Garland - 1/15th Yamato Proto-Garland - 1/15th Metallic Priss and Motoslave Besides the other two Garlands and the 4 non-metallic Motoslaves, what other 1/15th variable bikes are there? The Megahouse MOSPEADAs are 1/15th, right? Are the Busou Shinki (sp?) 1/15th? GetRide AMDriver? Revoltech Assemble Borg? Thanks.

That particular picture is photoshop, but there building a real one, trying to make a B-King into that.

Maybe, but there's still no word on the website about them being in, no email telling me my preorder shipped, and we had to pay the same $200, plus shipping, unlike the maybang price.

Stick (no pun intended) a VT-250 engine in one of those early '80s Katanas and you'd have exactly what inspired Aramaki with the MOSPEADA.

So I guess those of us that actually bought somewhat direct and preordered from Robotech.com are getting screwed again...

Why did you sell it? What was it? I couldn't image parting with my R1, and currently entertain myself a good bit fixing up late '80s small bore sportbikes (when work, family, housework, the internet, etc., allow time).

I was actually wondering about the same thing today. Still no news on the Robotech.com website. Not emails about my preorder shipping. Nothing. So, something is delaying things, but it's either not something which they want to admit to, thus no word of what is going on, or it is something which is causing them to have NO IDEA when they will actually be able to ship these, which has caused them to keep silent, rather than giving potentially incorrect information. I was thinking about what could be causing the delay. Now, we know that the boxes have been made, since there's a review of one in MasterPiece Bookend boxing. So, it seems like either: a) Beagle fulfilled their orders, but didn't manufacture enough to fulfill Toynami's orders yet, and they're waiting until they do before they ship anything to Toynami b) Toynami found some quality control issues and is having Beagle fix them before they ship any out, so as not to further damage their reputation, as with the Maia Alpha. c) Something else, which will likely put one or both of these companies in a much less favorable light from us, the fans/consumers.

I agree. I think it makes perfect sense in regards to fitting the movie aesthetic and general sense of purpose to the designs. I'm ok with it.

That, to me, sounds like it would've been a much more fun scenario. I LOVE Cyclones. My only two gripes with Invasion were that it was too directed around a specific story, so you had to do things in an exact order, as opposed to being able to explore around more, and that there was no regular, in game, non-online, multiplayer.

Up next: Robotech: Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles (FINALLY)... After that, I still have Clone, Return to Macross, and a few others to fill in.

No, I didn't. I suspect that one of my girlfriend's cats must've walked across the laptop while I was out walking the dog. Damn cats...