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    monster gashapon?

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    25 minutes ago, big F said:

    Is that correct a box of ten of them for 3 thousand yen.

     

    if so I might have to get one just because.

    yes, but its from Japan, so shipping will be higher and you will also need a proxy buyer.

    monster gashapon?

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    24 minutes ago, big F said:

    I managed to buy the VF's the Rau and a couple of versions of the  Regult a few year ago when in Shinjuku.   Never knew there was a Monster as well :(

    There is a CD Trader store there and one of the floors was always just Gashapon.  So many different kinds. I think over my several visits to Japan I have spent a fair few hundred pounds in there. I bought everything Macross they had, and each visit just picked up anything I didn't already have. Even snagged a couple of still in box Chunkies for about. £10.

    Next time you are in Japan, visit Osaka and I will show you around and help you find what you dont have yet.

    monster gashapon?

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    clarification on type of toy set

    Its the Macross Mecha Diorama blind box candy toy set made by TOMY a couple years back. 5 piece set consisting of: VF-1S, VF-1J, VF-1A, Quedluun-Rau, and Regult. Each having one piece of the Monster

    Macross clothing

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    8 hours ago, jvmacross said:

    I wonder if the Robotech Store, where you can find the TV version, would be open to making the DYRL version of the cap?

    since its not the Robotech version of the SDF-1, I would assume not.

    Macross clothing

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    On 1/1/2017 at 10:00 AM, jvmacross said:

    The TV version is via the Robotech store....Bariaburu may be able to help with the DYRL version....

    The DYRL version is much harder to get, it was a event limited dojin item from Comic Market 91 produced by Yasu0. Only 15 were made, 5 of which are now owned by various MW members. He makes caps for nearly every Comic Market, twice a year. But he usually has a different ship for each Comic Market. Yahoo Japan Auctions is your main option now, if you want the DYRL SDF-1. As the cap owners I know at the moment would require you to pay "The Iron Price"

    Macross Δ (Delta) Mecha/Technology Thread - READ 1st POST

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    7 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

    So... did anyone else notice something a little odd with the VF-1EX Valkyrie specs in the liner notes for Macross Delta Vol.5?

    The majority of the specs look familiar enough, and the maximum airspeed at 10km is familiar enough and makes it look like the VF-1EX is probably a detuned and modified VF-1X or VF-1X+, but the engine is straight out of crazy town.  

    The text of the booklet describes it as a "FF-2001 Stage II thermonuclear reaction turbine engine" and gives it a per-engine thrust of 147,000kgf (1,441.58kN).  That's gotta be an extra zero there, since 14,700kgf per engine would be consistent with the ~Mach 2.89 performance at 10km.  As written, it'd make the VF-1 almost as zippy as the YF-27-5!

    You are right, its is higher than normal thrust for a VF-1 by over a factor of 10. So most likely a editing or printer error with an extra zero like you say.

    Macross technology: it's a matter of weight...

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    On ‎12‎/‎27‎/‎2016 at 4:50 PM, Professor Dire said:

    I noticed that most of the "Overtechnology" based vehicles are surprisingly lightweight for the volume they occupy.  For example the VF-1 series weigh 18 tons fueled, and loaded.  The Spartan weighs in at 30 tons.  For the size of these machines they should probably weigh in at double or more.  A real world example is the venerable F-14 which weighs 20 tons.  The F-14 doesn't transform or have thermonuclear engines.  Even if the VF-1 was literally an F-14 with arms,  said arms would weigh 2-3 tons each.

    Macross is by no means a sole offender.  Dougram, and Gundam often have rediculously light mecha for their size, Gundam's many variant timelines especially.

    Your observation is absolutely true, because Producer Kawamori designed the original VF-1 to be 25% smaller than it should be. And likely the mass reduced in proportion. Designer Tenjin mentioned this was a major difficulty in making the 1/1 scale VF-1 cockpit, as it was originally designed someone like Roy Fokker could not physically fit inside. The VF-0 was designed to be actually the size and mass that would be realistically possible, and there is a noticeable difference compared to the VF-1.

    Macross Master File

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    there is no need to be angry, the Master File series is basically a high print run fanbook, a "doujinshi" its just some people putting their unofficial made up stats in a book. It does not affect true cannon.

    I totally agree. A non transforming VF-4 (VF being "variable fighter") is just Master File series page space filling nonsense.. in a way it makes me glad I can't read a word of Japanese as it would just piss me off to read all the other 'no thought given / spur of the moment ideas' nonsense they would have come up with..

    I took out all of my Macross mecha & art books over the weekend and the VF-4 master file is definitely the worst of the lot. But still glad they actually released it.

    Macross Master File

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    Both the Master File and Chronicle are non-cannon. All Producer Kawamori has to do is declare that there is a separate parallel world where the VF-4 can transform. And BigWest can issue licenses to anyone who wants to make a toy of that one.

    And why Yamato/Arcadia never released a VF-4 in FB2012 scheme... :wacko:

    Bandai teased one for the HMR line....wonder if all that nonsense will finally go out the door?

    Macross Δ (Delta) Mecha/Technology Thread - READ 1st POST

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    Oh, not quite so recent then. I missed it when it was first offered.

    Thanks for mailing me that link.

    Guys, he's referring to this: http://deagostini.jp/select/detail.php?id=7711

    If memory serves, that was a limited print-run mail-in-only item during the "MC Rev. Ed."'s publication run. Apparently they still have some stock left over. (I also find it cute that they're referring to it with the Gundam-esque "Earth Federation Forces Skull Squadron" - maybe that's why they're having trouble selling it [nevermind the price]!).

    Macross Translations, and more

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    Valkyrie (and Regult) Girls started appearing in doujinshi in 1983. Sorry NSFW cant post pics here.

    Macross F 2059: Memories
    http://monkeybacon.mywebcommunity.org/OTmiscbooks.php#MF

    Went back and re-translated some rather atrocious parts, and then went and did a whole bunch of new parts in the book!

    I was really surprised about a couple of things:

    The first being that the book questions if the Vajra are individual organisms or what amounts to remotely operated weapons. Interesting.

    The second were the 'Link Points' - little vignettes about the connections between Macross F and previous series. Most interesting was the one about Super Pack equipped Kuran. And here I thought that it was merely ridiculously over the top fan service!

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