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Finally got my hands on Volume 2. Still have to land a copy of Volume 1 though. Some questions

It's more confusing if you're viewing with the Robotech definition of Protoculture in mind, instead of the Macross precursor race. Actually, I think Zero comes closest to science fiction than any of the other series so far (well, it rips off tbe premise of The Day the Earth Stood Still). I love how they couch the backstory of Zero in between the lines of the Bird Human myth.

Didn't the UN Spacy kite show up in the historical Legend of Zero episode anyway?

I wonder if Ultimate's alternate Real Mode view made it into this game (doesn't seem so from the screenshots)? I dislike the default VFX-2 style controls while flying in fighter mode. Any idea what's the new gauge on the top left corner?

I think Exsedol's vague suspicions at the start of Macross 7 is more on the lines of "variable fighters are only known to be fielded by Earth human miclones", bootlegged Varauta mech designs ripped off from UN Spacy models, pointing to human renegades or some lost colonization fleet. I don't think there is indication that the "Supervision Army" the Bodolle Zer fleet was fighting consisted of any miclones. Does the Macross Chronicle expand any more about the Supervision Army?

Has an upgraded/reverse engineered workhorse Regult tactical pod ever appeared anywhere in the main continuity? I know some variants appear in VFX=1, but assume they don't actually look like jaggity wireframe polygon models as per the game art. Is the whole lineage considered obsolete? Zentran forces, even renegades, seem to use just mostly Queadlunn variants out of the original Zentradi arsenal anymore.

What are you referring to? Out of non-toys, I only know of that artbook from some time ago.

I wish they would refine the VF-4 battroid appearance at some point. It looks somewhat awkward, like a crude afterthought.

What's the difference between Bandai's VF100 and Hi Metal lines?

He spelt Fokker as "Focker". Clearly, he was a counterrevolutionary and a spy. "The Cause?!" Really?

It appears to be Sera/Sorji from Mospeada (who actually resembles her original appearance unlike certain other Invid "princesses"), equipped with the gear from the Invid Enforcer suit.

It's never Carl Macek's fault, ever. Don't you know?

Maybe an extended Robotechized Special Edition of Love Live Alive? LOL.

Now that's just plain disturbing.

Firstly, Gundam (Wing) came along in a different time and environment. Secondly, Macek tried to get the thing in as a daily weekday syndicated series (whether this is actually desirable for something as non-episodic as Macross and Southern Cross is questionable). A weekly show would have less strict requirements. One question, did many of Robotech's contemporary animated shows typically broadcast five days a week in the US?

To be fair, his character work for Tytania did look good. It's just that the adapted story is rather dull and doesn't compare to the epicness of its spiritual predecessor LOGH in any way. OT)H, Macross 7 Trash which he did write also had fantastic art and weak plot. Hopefully, Macross the First does turns out better.

You should see Sentinels Miriya. Or micronized Breetai in his Sentinels Lucha Libre wrestler costume. Lisa doesn't still look like that in Preludes to SC, does she? I know Rick is a Junichiro Koizumi lookalike these days.

Aside from the fact that Southern Cross has no place in a Macross game to begin with, the hovertank niche is already filled by the Monster class destroids, which actually have the heavy armor and ridiculous firepower to play that role. (Not having them manned by incompetent samurai/knight cosplayers is just a bonus). Go bug HG for a Southern Cross game like Battlecry and Invasion if you're that desperate for that stuff.

It's just a game rules system, with seperate sections for Robotech and Macross. It's not like he's subverting the fluff to jam fit it into the Robotech universe, is he? Heck, I remember playing in a Gundam game using modded Palladium Robotech rules once.

Hmm, I've only watched FoTNS and Windaria/"Once Upon a Time"out of Streamline's works in both their dub and the original, and I have to disagree with the pretty faithful and accurate part for those two at least.

Hell, yeah. Hope they do/ redo other valks in the series.

Nah, they already did that exact plot twist in "End of the Circle". Doing it again would just be silly.

The Air Traffic Control chatter? Isn't it always in English? The beginning of Frontier is the same. Also, I assume they are not actually universally speaking Japanese to begin with since UN Spacy is an international organization, and the show just segues into Japanese dialogue for the benefit of the audience, since almost all the written text we see in the shows are in english.

Haven't they already been re-released? Last I checked, the re-released and obnoxiously retitled "Macross Saga" First Generation books were still available on shelves in two omnibuses. Southern Cross and New Generation/"Invid Invasion" have one book each. And I think that the three original sidestories for each of the generations also had one anthology book, though I can't seem to find it. http://productsearch.barnesandnoble.com/se...Jack%20McKinney Dunno about Sentinels, though, but then, no one gives a fart about the Sentinels, not even HG these days. I'm surprised they haven't tried to novelize Shadow Chronicles, though, or try to rejuvenate their franchise through storytelling in cheaper media to overcome budget constraints.

Is it even on the Japanese PSN download store? I have to give the PSP Go a thumbs down as well. That thing has poorer ergonomics even compared to the PSP, and the sliding screen looks damn fragile. The only thing going for it is the smaller size.