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  1. RavenHawk
    I wonder if we'll get Mellowlink/Merowlink in vol. 2?
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    Just finished two series, so I figured I'd post. I finished Knights of Sidonia. I definitely enjoyed it a lot, especially all of the details and backstory that didn't make it into the anime. It was also great reading the 1/2-1/3(ish) of the story that took place after the anime, too. I will say that the last 2 (of 15) volumes were a bit disappointing. Lots of battles where the excitement came across in the pages of the manga surprisingly well, but they felt a little bit rushed. After a bit of a slow burn for the first 6 or 7 volumes, and some interesting new character introduction in the next half dozen or so, the last couple just felt like he decided that it was time to wrap it all up. I also finished off the 10 volumes of Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt that are available in English (two more on preorder). Despite some warnings in this thread about it being too grim-dark (and I respect those opinions), I liked it. It felt more like an attempt at showing realism of different people who might be involved in these situations, and less like grim for the sake of grim. I was also a bit surprised to find Daryl becoming more likable as the series went on, while Io seemed to go back and forth between showing a more likable side, and then just going full-douche. I like it, and I'm looking forward to the last two volumes... but it's still not one of those things that makes me want to go seek out collectibles or anything based on the series. Other than those... I read vol. 4 of Aldnoah Zero Season 1. Unfortunately, while I thought vol. 3 was a big improvement over the previous two, the final volume was pretty much back to the earlier lower level. I have enough affection for the series where I wish they had translated season 2 and the spin-off into English, but I can't say I'd recommend the manga to anyone other than a completist. I read vol. 2 of Mech Cadet Yu and found it to be just as well done and fun (though too quick) a read as the first collection. Looking forward to the release of the third (and final) collection. Next up: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin. I've heard good things (both here and elsewhere) and think that will cap off the Gundam portion of my manga reading (since I'm stuck with what's been translated into English, and the other stuff looks to just be adaptations, while this is more tailored to manga from the start). Always open to more recommendations, too!
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    Did it get canceled? i wasn't sure what was going on with that. I had it in my Amazon Wishlist, and about a week or two ago they added a cover image to it, and then a few days later it switched to "We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock." It is on Blu-Ray discs, but no, I don't think it was remastered or anything was done to it at all for this release. I watched the first couple episodes late last night. In fairness, it looks just fine on my decent size tv, not noticeably pixelated or anything, but nothing special. Pretty much not significantly different from the recent BGC and Zillion releases, to my uneducated eyes. Still looks better than the stuff out on youtube. Hey, for $35 for 52 episodes, I'm not complaining at this point.
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    480p
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    My blu-ray of the series and summary movies came in today. Haven't put it in yet to watch but... 52 episodes spread across 2 discs?
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    I don't like the fact that these look (from this pic) like statues with movable arms and nothing more... but as someone who read the Sentinels books at a very impressionable age and still appreciates those storylines because of it, I'll probably buy them if they're at a reasonable price (I think Breetai is $30).
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    That jumped out at me as well.
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    I've avoided any and all of the SAO stuff, even when I'm in an anime rut, just because it is clearly (from the trailers) not at all my taste. That said, I finally started episode one of Gun Gale Online last night and am so far ok with it. Just ok. I think I'll watch it all the way through, but I feel no temptation to check out the rest of the franchise.
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    Just surprised. MAAS Toys may have a history of making infringing (in my opinion) products, but at least they have a history of making products. MEP doesn't seem to have any history at all.
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    So does this mean than MEPTOYS is actually officially licensed to use the Robotech name and characters? https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/90032
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    I guess some people like it... doubt I'd agree, but hey... https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/03/05/robotech-18-hints-that-theres-something-else-to-minmei-review/ I will say that I do dig the cover.
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    Trilogy.
  14. RavenHawk
    These look like a cleaned-up version of the Joy Toy Tiekui (I have a couple sets of those), just scaled down possibly.
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    I've said it before and I'll say it again, the first Invid War series was solid (up until the artistic change at the very end) and better than pretty much everything that came after. *** getting down off my soapbox ***
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    Now now, according to everyone that responds to posts on Facebook and many other online locations, if they just put the words "not-" or "inspired by" in front of it, then they're fine. Totally. It's like, fair use or something. (if not evident, that was sarcasm)
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    Not great at selectively quoting, so, apologies... As to your first quoted part here, I have been going with the assumption here that this new comic was sort of an experiment at trying to remove elements of what was licensed and building up a storyline that might be more original to Robotech. My basis for this? Absolutely nothing. Just trying to justify things a bit beyond "Furman!" As to your second quoted part, I agree that the late '90s comics were an insult to septic tanks, but I think there were some decent ones earlier on. Not an argument, just a question: What makes you say that they have more rights to MOSPEADA? I'm not feeling masochistic enough to go re-read what is publicly available about the licensing, but don't recall there being any real greater granting of rights there.
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    I'll deny it in person, but I actually kind of enjoy that movie. Not in a "this is a good movie" way, but more of a mindlessly-entertaining-but-if-it's-on-tv-I'll-watch-it way. Absolutely no disrespect, but I don't think that I completely agree with you here. As I understand it (and I may be wrong), they lose their rights to the all of the copyrights associated with the original animation, artwork, and designs, as well as the trademarks to "Macross", related logos, etc. That means mecha and ships (including the SDF-1) will have to look significantly different (as opposed to being derivative works) and no logos that are associated with the classic series. While scifi wars with space aliens are pretty generic, as you said, and much of the story would fall under scene a fair, I don't know if that would apply to the key elements. Let's look at the current comic, at its fundamental: alien ship crashes on Earth, humans reverse engineer the tech (so far still generic), aliens come to retrieve the ship (probably still generic), humans use the rebuilt ship to fight them, space fold to the edge of the solar system, and then make the journey back to Earth, fighting them along the way. That last bit I think is unlikely to be considered generic, in my opinion, and seems key to what I would imagine would be taking place in the movie. What successes of Tommy's are you referring to? Shadow Chronicles, the Toynami licensed figures, or the Wildstorm comics license? I agree that he may have done a decent job of bringing it back into the spotlight. However, my intent in my statement the other day was about quality level. I think that the things which he personally touched (i.e. the stories that he wrote or "directed") were very low quality. I think that there was better quality writing going on in the early '90s, and I say that as someone who recently re-read a chunk of that material.
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    This just seems... hmmm.... how to be polite about it... foolish. Their entire business model is based around kickstarter. They claimed to have the license, but terms such as funding and what would be a go or no-go weren't discussed? I really think MAAS had some very preliminary conversation with HG, and then jumped the gun claiming to have a license and rushing out a mediocre design.
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    Well, they can license whatever they own, which at that point will presumably just be whatever they would argue they have added as original creative content not present in the original series, and the name itself (which I believe may be the only trademark they'll retain). So... something, but not much. Sort of like what you'd have left from Sentinels and Shadow Chronicles if you removed all the MOSPEADA mecha.
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    I was more referring to Shadow Chronicles, which I don't think could lay any blame on the movie deal.
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    Interestingly, they've gone up on the prices compared to their similar Macross ones, while also having fewer molds in the set. The Macross set was $12 each (or a dozen for $120) and had 4 distinctive molds, with one mold being used with 3 different heads for 3 different figures. This one is really only 2 molds, plus a couple extra heads.
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    Not a word. I didn't scan through all the old stuff on their site closely to see if things were reworded, but the quick glance I took seemed to talk about interacting with the community and the fans, as opposed to talking about crowdfunding. Still, as I've griped before, they're not so great at taking feedback from the community if it isn't pure praise.
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    Frankly, if we want to go by how the franchise has "progressed" since Tommy took over, I'd say it's more of "regressed", and I'd be inclined to expect "drastically worse than what we has in the 80s or 90s".
  25. RavenHawk
    Looks like MAAS is back to posting on Facebook, after being silent since Jan. 16. Still no comment on Southern Cross or replies to questions about the project or kickstarter.
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