Californium Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 It makes sense that the hangar bays on the SDF Macross would have been pressurized. Hell, it even looked like they were flying into a giant airlock when they entered those. But they would have had to build some big ass space-wasting longer-time-to-launch-taking airlocks into the Daedalus and Prometheus if they wanted to have functional pressurized hangar bays there. Improbable. Alternately, they could pressurize the hangar bay between attacks, but that would mean not constantly cycling fighters through CAP duty, which we know they did. Impossible. So hangar deck scenes most likely depicted the hangars aboard the Macross proper, like the one they used when micronized Exedol was taken aboard the SDF by that recon pod. In any case, all the directing/last minute repairs/rearmament/salvage of mecha taking place on the flightdeck of the Prometheus or within or near the various airlocks/doors/openings all over the hull where Destroids arranged themselves during battle would have required space-suited ground crews. But hey, why are the main sensors red on the Yamato 'roids insteada green? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrinG Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Not sure if you're referring to the red 'mouth' on the Tomahawk or not, but I wish they had made that green and brighter instead. When its green I see that as the eye visor and the top 2 machine guns as cool horn like things. When its red I see that as a mouth and the top 2 guns as eyes - very frog like. Its awesome no matter though . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrinG Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 DEFENDERS of my CUBE The ground crew makes these so much fun. PLEASE Yamato - at least 4 more guys with the Phalanx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Trooper Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 In Entertainment Bible #27, there is a section that shows all of the Destroids in full-color. The way they are presented there, the mono-eye of the Tomahawk is indeed red. This may be the reference material that the folks at Yamato used when designing the Destroids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechatek Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 It's also red in the painting for the conversion kit and Tenjin's new art for Macross Chronicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D' only Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 was playing with the destroid this afternoon, and i still very much impressed with the maintenance crew. Don't you wish you have a little Roy standing beside the VF-1S? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macrossnake Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 was playing with the destroid this afternoon, and i still very much impressed with the maintenance crew. Don't you wish you have a little Roy standing beside the VF-1S? Yamato needs to release a whole crew like this! (pic from GA Graphic a while ago) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Yamato needs to release a whole crew like this! (pic from GA Graphic a while ago) That looks like the same set of crew and vehicles that they used when they displayed their 1/48 VF-1S back before it was first released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anime52k8 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 They where made space worthy after the first FTL jump. If they can move and build a whole city inside of the Macross and create ARMS for the ship, they can make the Daedalus and Proemtheus space/pressure worthy. I am sure that the hanger bays where not though, thats a big space with allot of air you would lose everytime you lifted a valk out to launch it. If you think about it a boats hull is designed to try to be air tight so you would only have to add more pressure doors and locks and modify the existing HVAC system. Sure it would not be as simple as I am saying here but like I said anyone who could move a whole city inside of a ship (WITH BUILDINGS!) wouldn't have hard time converting them. And no I don't think naval ships where eqiuped with anitgav engines, why would you? The only reason I think those ships float in Zero was because of the artifact. also it's worth it to note that the Daedalus and Prometheus are both described as being semi-submersible. that probably means it's fully water tight but not designed to dive to deep depths. by being water tight like a submarine it's also supposed to be air tight, (at least that's the intention of the writers I think.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrinG Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 OK - someone here must know how to get this ground crew and vehicles! Anyone? Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miriya Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 OK - someone here must know how to get this ground crew and vehicles! Anyone? Anyone? They are a 1/48 Hasegawa ground crew set, also available in 1/72. Usually available on evilbay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Honestly, Yamato should make and sell some ground crew sets. They don't have even to be Macross specific. They could probably be displayed with their other stuff too, like those hyper armored blocks or whatever they're called. I can't imagine they would be expensive to make or package (although with the way Yamato packages things...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrinG Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Would the 1/72 Hasegawa ground crew set be visually off too much for the 1/60 Yamato line? I couldn't put them in the same display as the ones that come with my Destroids probably . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hal9000 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Just paint the 1/60 ones orange they can be Umpalumas/Grunkalunkas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vostok 7 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Would the 1/72 Hasegawa ground crew set be visually off too much for the 1/60 Yamato line? I couldn't put them in the same display as the ones that come with my Destroids probably . . . The crew from the Destroids are already too small to be 1/60. Vostok 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwin3060 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 The crew from the Destroids are already too small to be 1/60. Vostok 7 What height do they scale up to if they were 1/60? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vostok 7 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 (edited) What height do they scale up to if they were 1/60? My guess is they're just cast from 1/72 ground crew models without scaling up. They look tiny next to any of the 1/60 pilots, even the pilots that come with the Destroids. The pilots from Mac0 are gargantuan compared to the ground crew, but they're on the large end of the pilot sizes anyway (the VF-0 pilot is very very nearly the size of a 1/48 VF-1 pilot!). The pilots from the v2 1/60 VF-1s seem to be the closest to true 1/60 and even then they tower over the ground crew figures. Someone would have to take some 1/72 ground crew and compare to the Destroid ground crew, but I think they'd be surprisingly similar in size. Vostok 7 Edited March 31, 2009 by Vostok 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwin3060 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Someone would have to take some 1/72 ground crew and compare to the Destroid ground crew, but I think they'd be surprisingly similar in size. Vostok 7 In that case the answer to DarrinG's question about the 1/72 ground crew would be, yes, they can be used with the Yamato destroid ground crew, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vostok 7 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 In that case the answer to DarrinG's question about the 1/72 ground crew would be, yes, they can be used with the Yamato destroid ground crew, right? I would assume so. Wouldn't hurt to try and see how they look! Not like ground crew sets are very expensive. Vostok 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thankheaven Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 (edited) Any more news on the phalanx ? Edited March 31, 2009 by thankheaven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
505thAirborne Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 No word of a SPARTAN yet?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpchi Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Me want Spartan! Its like a little brother to the GBP. And Hikaru actually piloted that thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miriya Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I may get a spartan too, to keep my defender company. Probably the Blue one if they make that color, which they ought to. The thing with the spartan IIRC is that it shares no common parts with the other destroids so Yamato is probably milking their moulds on the other ones first before retooling for a new mecha design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miriya Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 What are the chances of Yamato making a VF Orguss Valkyrie? That would be sweet!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrinG Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 OK - Where's the preview pics of the Phalanx?!? How bout this cool feature?; What if all the missiles are removable and the fins are spring-loaded to pop out when they exit? You'd just depress a button to collapse them when loading . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynx7725 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 How bout this cool feature?; What if all the missiles are removable and the fins are spring-loaded to pop out when they exit? You'd just depress a button to collapse them when loading . . . No. More parts to jam, more parts to rust. Just keep it simple will be good enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenius Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 The best feature these toys could have are lower MSRPs. I can definitely live without removeable missiles or removeable missiles with additional features... although that does sound pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrinG Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I guess I also want them removable so I can have some missiles on a cart with guys ready to load them, and some missing out of one of the arms. This thing will have some type of gimmick, just wondering what it may be . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anime52k8 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 individual removable missiles would be nice, but I internal spring out parts would make these crazy expensive and prone to breaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atreyu2112 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 wow - they bombard us with valks & Destroids galore and then 2 months of nothingness. My wallet isn't complaining, but man I want to finish these off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted April 19, 2009 Author Share Posted April 19, 2009 Spartan is very unlikely, or so I've been told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ff95gj Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Spartan is very unlikely, or so I've been told. NOoOoOoOoOo!!!!!! THEY MUST LISTEN TO US! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radd Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Unlikely? Have the Destroids been selling poorly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kremmen Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Unlikely? Have the Destroids been selling poorly? Compared to Valkyries? Three guesses. There's not enough love for Destroids. I just landed my olive-drab Tomahawk. First non-model-kit Macross item that I've actually purchased new as opposed to scrounging at garage sales etc. It's on my bedroom bookshelf right now - it will eventually get torn down as reference for a 1/35 version but in the meantime, it looks very nice. I like it. I'll get a Phalanx too. Hope they do the blue version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynx7725 Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Unlikely? Have the Destroids been selling poorly? A Tomahawk, a Defender and a Phalanx shares roughly the same legs, so development costs are reduced; a Spartan would need to be developed separately, and has very few similar parts to the "Big Three", so it's not surprising that it's unlikely to be produced even if the other Destroids are selling like hot cakes. And if the Spartan's not likely, to say less of a Monster... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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