RavenHawk

Sent them an email last night. If I don't hear back today, then I'll give them a call.

I actually thought Daywatch was really disappointing. Felt like they rushed two sequels into one movie. I haven't read the books yet, so maybe that's the way the second book played out as well.

Just read Robotech: Love & War (#1-6, Wildstorm). Much better than I expected. Not the biggest fan of Macross, though I don't mind it either. Mainly just have fond childhood memories of it. This was an entertaining retelling of the key moments in the Macross saga, as they related to Max. Artwork was pretty good too, as was pacing and page layout. The backup (Little White Dragon) wasn't bad either. Never been a Lynn Kyle fan, but this story folded into the main story very nicely. I also really liked the artwork in the backup, especially Rick. A nice mix of original anime/manga style with more realistic faces and bodies.

First transformation of the Proto-Garland (which is gorgeous) and one of the legs snapped. The upper rotating part broke internally, where I'm worried if I glue it then it won't be able to rotate anymore. Any advice? Contact Angolz? Contact Yamato USA? Funny, the Proto is cooler, but the Factory seems more solid and stable.

I'd stay away from Antarctic books. Eternity are good. Academy that are continuations of Eternity ones are good, the others... some are good, some aren't. I recommend downloading them, like I did with BitTorrents. If they were available for purchase from the companies, then I'd say buy them, but where they're out of print, I don't feel bad downloading them. The ones that I like, I seek out back issues of to purchase hardcopies. Those are my personal opinions on the books, based on what I've read so far, and on downloading.

I like it.

Just read Robotech: Academy Blues #0-5 and Robotech: Breaking Point (group together, as they all focus on Lisa Hayes in her cadet days). Firs tof all, apparently I need to read Return to Macross, as there are a couple minor references to it and these stories must be interwoven. Otherwise, this is one of the most disjointed books I've ever read, with whole details, plot elements, and characters being introduced, skipped over, or assumed that we care for them. Really poor writing on its own. Don't know why this was a separate series from Return to Macross. I guess I'll reserve the rest of my judgment on the writing until I read Return to Macross. As for the artwork, it is just terrible everywhere except for issue #5, and there it is only good in the panels drawn by one of the sisters. The other panels are awful. The artwork by all the other artists just looks EXTREMELY rushed, especially towards the latter part of any given issue. Most annoying isn't the fact that you can't tell who a character is from one given issue to another but rather that, with the exception of some good portions of #5 and a couple significant characters elsewhere, you can't even guess at who is male and who is female. I've seen fanfics with far better writing and artwork. Breaking Point has poor artwork, but at least it's consistent throughout. Not sure if this story takes place the same day as Academy Blues #5, a week later, or what, since the timeline is unclear. Lots of exposition in the dialogue, but could use some narration. The one thing I will say about Breaking Point is that at least you can tell what panel follows which one. Academy Blues jumped around, which was incredibly annoying, forcing you to read every panel, then try and piece it together from the dialogue.

Angolz has it for a good price, or at least did when I ordered mine a couple weeks ago.

Problem is, I want the quality and detail of the Beagle, but at a scale to match the Yamato variable bikes... Probably asking way too much here.

Have to say, since part of me would like somewhat matching versions of my different variable bikes, and I doubt Beagle would ever undertake the Bubblegum Crisis and Megazone 23 licenses... would be interesting to see Yamato do a MOSPEADA (and not just help Beagle with the box). Still no word on shipping from Robotech.com...

Looking forward to checking it out. Oh, by the way, I got your email last weekend. Sorry, work's been insane and I haven't had a chance to send anything similar back, but I will, and continue our previous conversation.

So would this now be the most rare MOSPEADA collectible to date? Even more rare than the old crummy Betas/Treads?

That's funny stuff. AND I'm impressed by your photoshop job there. I get what you meant by the rabbity now. I was thinking ears, not face. Sorry, I've been up for 40 hours straight.

This was the early Toynami version, which was cancelled and replaced by the Beagle? Does it differ from the Gakken in any way other than the head sculpt?

Ok, so the Factory (white) Garland and the Proto-Garland (both Yamato) arrived in the mail on Monday. Due to work constraints, I've only had a chance to open one so far, so I followed your advice and opened the Factor Garland first. I have to say, due to all the complaints I've seen on here, I had very low expectations, and have actually been quite impressed. Nice solid piece. Yes, it does come apart too easily, but everything goes right back together. Nothing actually broken, just separated and then put back. I MUCH prefer that to having to glue things back. I think my only complaint, at least in the minimal time I've spent with this thing so far, is that when it's standing upright, it is too weight-biased towards the back and wants to tip over, or at least looks like it does. I end up having the thing leaning over forward, which makes it look kind of funny. Looking forward to opening the Proto-Garland tonight. Man does Yamato do some serious boxes for these things.

Don't really see the 'rabbity' thing you mention. I actually like the outside illustration quite a lot... much more than I like the final Toynami head sculpt.

I didn't realize the Toynami production run was only 3000. How small must the Beagle run be then?

Actually, someone just posted a link to a Japanese Robotech fansite a week or so ago in one of these threads. Can't remember where it was right now.

Just doesn't seem likely. Heck, MOSPEADA was just as popular, if not more, and barely had a sequel (Love, Live, Alive I believe it was), and the creators have recently said there's no chance of a new sequel.

My gf saw my blue Alpha arrive from my eBay purchase, then sit there on the dining room table next to my Shadow Alpha and linked up to my blue Beta, and said that I should collect all the colors... ... and I had just decided to only collect blue and Shadow mecha...

Good point. Keep in mind, whether you liked the games or not, they made Robotech: Battlecry based on Macross, and then skipped right over Southern Cross to base Robotech: Invasion on MOSPEADA.

I agree. In all fairness, Roger, I pretty much agree everything should be made into MOSPEADA.

I didn't mean in Antarctic Robotech books in general, I meant specifically in the Antarctic series entitled "Robotech."

Antarctic "Robotech" Annual: - Macross story that is pretty much useless, and nowhere near as clever as it hoped. Artwork is nice change of pace though. - Sothern Cross story that is really just filler. Nothing interesting here. - New Gen story that I really enjoyed. We see Rand learning to ride his Cyclone, and have some McKinney types questions answered! Antarctic "Robotech: Megastorm" Graphic Novel: This is just a reprint of the first story arc from Antarctic "Robotech." See my comments above, but I think it's a complete waste. The backup here, though, is fantastic. It's a reprint, though colored, of the New Gen story from before, where we see a less successful group of freedom fighters taking on the Invid. I love it. Overall, uninspired stuff, but I wish so much we had had more New Gen stories like these two backups!

Antarctic "Robotech" #8-11 (final issue I believe): Main story: The backup from the first seven issues, Prototype 001, is now the main story. It begins to get better, art becomes a little better, though still inconsistent, but the ending is such a HUGE letdown that it basically invalidates all 10 previous issues. Rick is strangely almost completely missing in all of these Antarctic Robotech comics. I wonder why that is? Backup: Potential for something interest, as a research shuttle from the moonbase witnesses the Invid invasion, however it just makes no sense. They're doing pollen counts... on the moon? Fly to Earth in a matter of minutes? The Invid are already morphing to a new genetic level as their spores crash to Earth? Ridiculous conclusions are drawn, and the whole thing feels so insanely rushed, it just isn't enjoyable.