Master Dex

We knew it was coming after all.

God I don't have room for all the stuff...

3 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

I think most of us here basically loves any Valkyries no matter how they ended up in the series/movies. The main goal always is to get the Valk at PO price instead of getting it above MSRP later on. Whether there's a movie coinciding with the release or not. If they didn't like the movie and decided to ditch the Valk, then atleast they can sell it afterwards. 

And speaking of hype, can anyone remember the chaos caused by DX VF-31A Kairos who's just shown probably less than 2 minutes in its entire series appearance?  It's the only best thing that really came out from the Delta series. 

 

Same here. But I'm always 75% mecha / 25% character.  

Yeah that's mostly true of me too.

I remember the 31A. All those failed NY orders... I got mine through CDJapan though. Still sits on my top shelf.

In general I don't base roughly $300 purchases on whether there is a neat scene in a movie I can't even see yet. It's very much design and the character in general that is what draws me.

4 hours ago, wm cheng said:

I got charged 5,000Y from LunaPark - it doesn't say exactly what the method is, I'm assuming its DHL? (that's another additional $20-$25cdn for brokerage & customs)

I think my confirmation emails from them said it's all EMS shipping. Though now that I say that I can't find clear wording on my order.

Pretty sure there's Hayate, Mirage, Arad, Chuck, and Delta 06 which is likely Bogue (in green colors). Though I think I saw Bogue also had a red Sv-262 so I'm not sure (I have not seen the movie and avoided spoilers thus far).

Anyway yeah no Messer or any AX in his black colors.

26 minutes ago, seti88 said:

would megaroad-1 appearing on a 50th anniversary of macross would be too good to pass up?....10 years to build up this story!......

That implies it would be good at all. I'm thinking not.

13 minutes ago, Sildani said:

About $290. They seem to only use fast shipping. 

For the security of not doing pre-order madness I think it's fair. I ordered Hayate at Luna and I'm thinking of getting Mirage too now before the price inflates.

4 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

From the spoilers, it sounds like the movie's trying real hard to build a plot out of nothing but references to other Macross titles...

I've been avoiding spoilers and actually trying to wait so I have no direct comments on the movie itself.. but it seems this has become more and more noticeable in Macross lately.

Hell even Frontier, which I love and still think is great, is largely a lot of SDFM references. It helps that they are largely superficial and it still has it's own plot and story that is actually good. Delta has the problem that it can't seem to uphold it's own story and apparently needs to bring in nostalgia factors just to placate fans. This reeks of similar problems in other IPs lately, though for the sake of everyone's sanity I won't specifically call out any here.

That or is an Sv-262 Kai Fire Drakkon flown by Basara, lol.

10 hours ago, Mommar said:

Not quite like an X-Wing.  True it splits and the back half of the wing swings up but it looks like the front half stays horizontal to the fuselage.  It's more like they convert to oversized vertical stabilizers with giant engines on the ends.

Yeah if anything it looks more like the Thunderbolt starfury from Babylon 5.

That was such a fun read, and really provides a lot of insight into the technological changes over time in the decades we so quickly skip through in the different Macross entries, not to mention a virtually apocalyptic war effectively destroying civilization we know before that along with all the information of the age.

Feel free to do more of this anytime lol.

11 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Since I am tired, bored, and am heartily sick of arguing about shifter design... I'll summarize!

That was honestly one of the most intriguing stories I've heard from this franchise. Thanks a ton Seto for sharing that for us. Things like this are why I'm so eager to see your site one day, if only you had the time to devote (though I fully understand being busy).

I think the best part of the story for me, even though it doesn't have all the usual traits of a classical Macross story (namely music used to overcome conflict and a love triangle, which being a short story makes sense), it still isn't a gritty Gundam style war drama that it feels like some fans want. It's not about a desperate war glorifying violence and strife, it's about the NUN Spacey doing what it does best to save lives. The fighting was just a means to that end.

Really hammers home the excellence of the NUNS that we have lost sight of with recent series focus on PMC groups. These people are the real deal.

5 hours ago, Bolt said:

And if you don't know, now you knowww miclone! Thanks guys. I've certainly heard of Shinsei. Should've done some looking before i asked. Although I certainly wouldn't have come up with so much info! I was watching the English version of M+ and Millerd , as he's introducing project Super Nova to Isamu, mentions "Industry " as a new company..

It's a dub flub, it's supposed to be Shinsei Industries, and is in the sub. In English the script must have been messed up cause he just says Industries.

45 minutes ago, Chronocidal said:

I think a related question would be how old Milia was during SDFM TV.  They didn't grow up like normal humans to begin with, so who knows what her actual age is.

I think she was 16 in the show, 18 in the movie.. same as Max.. not a clever fact but.. that's still the truth.

34 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Minimum-effort promotional material while their efforts are focused elsewhere.

I'd assume eventually, once their distribution agreements are in order, we'll start seeing proper Macross promotional materials or whole episodes appearing on the official channel like Gundam's official rest-of-world YouTube channel does.

I'd bet this is on point. Toei does the same with their Tokusatsu youtube channel, it's pumping out classic shows from across the genre, including lesser known Metal Heroes shows and the much more locally famous Kamen Rider franchise. No Super Sentai there though, likely cause Shout Factory seems to have a licensing deal now. Toei has also been hammering down on fansubbers lately too.

Still it tells me that plus Seto's note on Gundam gives an idea of how Japanese media companies seem willing to use Youtube as a viable source of international release aside traditional international licenses. I for one am all for it, but I am a bit biased I suppose lol.

1 hour ago, Seto Kaiba said:

IIRC, Lt. General Kabirov isn't the Chief of Staff of the Space Forces... she's the commander of the Earth defense fleet and its flagship, Macross-13.

I saw that too, but it was given the, again, vague title of Commander of the NUNS so I felt it worth mentioning.

1 hour ago, Bolt said:

Who's the head honcho running NUNS ?

Probably depends on when you are asking that.

I don't know if we know who is head of the Spacy as of 2067 but it seems around 2059 Kim Kabirov had the title of Commander of the NUNS. As in one of the original Bridge Bunnies.

Plus everything Seto said (kinda surprised he didn't mention Kim, though Commander of NUNS admittedly is a really vague title).

At least they admit to not watching it... 

Maybe watch it first.

12 minutes ago, Salamander said:

Roy recharacterised as some standard B-movie action hero who chases skirt in the most misogynistic way possible.

That part isn't entirely inaccurate though to be perfectly honest.

I dunno.. the preorder for Hayate's AX already passed so you might not need to worry about one of them at least lol.

26 minutes ago, Mac said:

Hopefully they don't take to many pre-orders and cancel a lot of them....

Hopefully not, cause I can't be up at the time needed for the mad minutes lol.

From what I recall cloning and some genetic engineering was used to beef up human population mostly for the emigration projects but after a bit (I think in the 2020s) genetic diseases started appearing as a result and by then they had enough numbers so they decided to put an end to the practice since they could continue the traditional way.

On 7/28/2021 at 10:27 PM, no3Ljm said:

Just sharing this code here if anyone wants to order at Luna Park for Y2000 off: NEWCUSTOMER

 

Thanks for this, might be a bit pricier than some of the others will be on preorder day but skipping the madness and being up super early is worth it I think. Made my order.

7 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Unlikely, IMO.

After all, what was the Xaos Valkyrie Works VF-31 Custom "Siegfried" if not a heavily economized YF-29 equivalent?  Most of its upgrades were tech pinched from the YF-29.  It used a detuned version of the FF-3001/FC2 engine that was a productionized version of the YF-29's engines, and a detuned reduced capability version of the fold wave system and fold wave amplifier systems that used less fold quartz.  Why go to a completely different aircraft for what you already had?

The picture will no doubt clear up some once we get some info on this VF-31AX Kairos Plus and learn why Xaos seems to have abandoned its Siegfrieds and taken its custom efforts in a direction more in line with the base VF-31A Kairos.

Actually maybe that's it... Maybe they cut the Siegfried's and gathered the fold quartz together to make a YF-29 and thus have to drop down to the 31AX model for standard use while they set up one super unit?