TG Remix Posted December 7, 2025 Posted December 7, 2025 15 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said: I'm hoping they include some of the stuff from the lesser-covered games like M3... like the unconventional enemy mecha. I'm hoping too, since the cover on the middle left lists practically almost everything made from both VF-X games, the Ride, and 30. M3 is listed alongside Advanced Valkyrie, which makes some sense considering the VF-9 and VF-3000 came from that project, but the Variable Glaug and combiner mech is brand new from the game. A part of me wishes it didn't just limit itself to VFs and Destroids though, since that blocks off the conventional Zentradi mechs and others like the Gilgamesh. Looking into it for a bit, turns out it's being made by GA Graphic, the same people who's behind the Master File books...Which explains a bit of the preview pages. Turns out there's some in its Amazon listing, with particularly interesting paragraphs. There's old forgotten lore like the VF-2 being based on the VF-XX Zentran Valkyrie, and more interesting additions, like the VF-19EF/A specifically being a contender against the VF-31 for the next main variable fighter. An interesting one, considering the former is a 4th gen Valkyrie with VF-25 technology that's customized for Isamu to be close to the original prototype (Maybe it means for the Caliburn in general?) It also drops the VF-24 when talking about the VF-31 Armored Siegfried instead of the YF-24, which I don't think any other source does, and it states the YF-30 being a 6th generation prototype like the YF-29, which was the telltale sign for me that it was connected to the Master File books. https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/481562674X Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted December 7, 2025 Posted December 7, 2025 (edited) 43 minutes ago, TG Remix said: There's old forgotten lore like the VF-2 being based on the VF-XX Zentran Valkyrie, That's old, sure... but far from forgotten. Even Macross Chronicle mentions it. Probably because it's one of the very few details ever published about the VF-XX. 43 minutes ago, TG Remix said: [...] and more interesting additions, like the VF-19EF/A specifically being a contender against the VF-31 for the next main variable fighter. An interesting one, considering the former is a 4th gen Valkyrie with VF-25 technology that's customized for Isamu to be close to the original prototype (Maybe it means for the Caliburn in general?) That's new... -ish. I think they may be riffing on a statement Masahiro Chiba made in Great Mechanics DX back in the Frontier era about how the NUNS toyed with the idea of doing an upgraded VF-19 with ISC as an anti-Vajra VF but ultimately opted to develop a new fighter for economic reasons. AFAIK, they've never actually tipped the VF-19 as a serious rival to any 5th Gen machine though. 43 minutes ago, TG Remix said: It also drops the VF-24 when talking about the VF-31 Armored Siegfried instead of the YF-24, which I don't think any other source does, I think Master File is the only other book to expressly acknowledge the VF-24. 43 minutes ago, TG Remix said: [...] and it states the YF-30 being a 6th generation prototype like the YF-29, which was the telltale sign for me that it was connected to the Master File books. Not necessarily. After all, the first statements that the YF-29 and YF-30 had been retconned into 6th Gen prototypes came from the Macross Delta TV series Blu-ray extra features that used such as a way to justify classifying the Siegfrieds as Gen 5.5 machines. Still... sounds like this book will be very much worth the cost of importing two or three copies. At least, for my purposes. Edited December 7, 2025 by Seto Kaiba Quote
TG Remix Posted December 8, 2025 Posted December 8, 2025 On 12/7/2025 at 5:04 PM, Seto Kaiba said: That's new... -ish. I think they may be riffing on a statement Masahiro Chiba made in Great Mechanics DX back in the Frontier era about how the NUNS toyed with the idea of doing an upgraded VF-19 with ISC as an anti-Vajra VF but ultimately opted to develop a new fighter for economic reasons. AFAIK, they've never actually tipped the VF-19 as a serious rival to any 5th Gen machine though. I guess if the VF-31 was a solution to the Brisingr Globular Cluster's budget being what it is, it could make sense if a ISC equipped VF-19 was to replace their VF-171 stock before the Kairos was realized as a better viable option to sell locally. On 12/7/2025 at 5:04 PM, Seto Kaiba said: Not necessarily. After all, the first statements that the YF-29 and YF-30 had been retconned into 6th Gen prototypes came from the Macross Delta TV series Blu-ray extra features that used such as a way to justify classifying the Siegfrieds as Gen 5.5 machines. Does kind of make me wonder what would a production 6th Gen VF be in that case, since those two are the closest things the franchise has to Gundam tier superweapons. On 12/7/2025 at 5:04 PM, Seto Kaiba said: Still... sounds like this book will be very much worth the cost of importing two or three copies. At least, for my purposes. Wish I had that money too, it's been quite some time since we got anything like a dedicated lorebook for this franchise. Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted December 8, 2025 Posted December 8, 2025 I'll answer the tech-y bits in a more appropriate thread. 7 minutes ago, TG Remix said: Wish I had that money too, it's been quite some time since we got anything like a dedicated lorebook for this franchise. How much lore this book'll dispense is unclear right now... it seems to be light on text, so I wouldn't expect too much. Certainly not a lot in terms of new detail that we haven't got from existing sources already. Quote
Big s Posted December 22, 2025 Posted December 22, 2025 Saw this one up for preorder at hobby search, sounds pretty cool and would love the translations since the description says it gets into the design process for those classic kits which were in many cases were way ahead of their time Quote
Shawn Posted December 22, 2025 Posted December 22, 2025 yay!! https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/11307991 Feb 2026 release Quote
Big s Posted December 23, 2025 Posted December 23, 2025 9 hours ago, Graham said: Awesome. That is a must have book. That’s what I was thinking. Just hoping my translator works, cause I’m really interested in the process from back in the pre computer days for sci fi kits, especially at the high level of cool with those Imai kits Quote
Major Tom Posted December 23, 2025 Posted December 23, 2025 Amazon link Amazon.co.jp: キャラクター・プラモデル・アーカイブVol.002 超時空要塞マクロス ‘80 年代「超時空シリーズ」プラモデル大全 : ホビージャパン編集部: Japanese Books Quote
Chas Posted December 26, 2025 Posted December 26, 2025 Definite preorder. I figure translators will likely only get better, so even if the translations are problematic now . . . Quote
rdenham Posted January 31 Posted January 31 I added three more additions to the collection. Animage magazine Dec. 1984 Animage magazine Dec. 1994 Anime-V magazine Aug. 1998 Quote
guyxxed Posted April 1 Posted April 1 My copy of the Valkyrie and Destroid Encyclopeida arrived yesterday. As speculated above, it's mostly just a reprint of the line art with not a lot of technical details or new information, but it appears to be quite comprehensive, with a lot of stuff from games, M2, and Macross the Ride in additon to the series and movie mechs. Most of it is art I've seen before, but there is some new stuff (to me, at least) in here, like this spread on the Delta Workroid. Am looking forward to a detailed perusal this weekend! Quote
Scyla Posted April 3 Posted April 3 I got my copy of the Valkyrie and Destroid Encyclopeida and while the book is great it is a bit light on sketches for my tastes. Which book would you recommend that has more focused on sketches and detailed drawings? Quote
PixelatedShinobi Posted April 3 Posted April 3 On 4/1/2026 at 8:05 AM, guyxxed said: My copy of the Valkyrie and Destroid Encyclopeida arrived yesterday. As speculated above, it's mostly just a reprint of the line art with not a lot of technical details or new information, but it appears to be quite comprehensive, with a lot of stuff from games, M2, and Macross the Ride in additon to the series and movie mechs. Most of it is art I've seen before, but there is some new stuff (to me, at least) in here, like this spread on the Delta Workroid. Am looking forward to a detailed perusal this weekend! The expanded universe stuff has me interested. How are you all getting your copies? I want to see if i can get a fair price for mine. Quote
guyxxed Posted April 4 Posted April 4 I just ordered through Amazon Japan. I'm sure better prices exist out there, but this was low cost enough that the ease won out. Quote
PixelatedShinobi Posted April 4 Posted April 4 10 hours ago, sh9000 said: Got mine. Hope you enjoy! Praying that someone scans theirs eventually because of all the previously-inaccessible art of the game Valkyries and such. Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted Wednesday at 10:42 PM Posted Wednesday at 10:42 PM Got my two copies today... an excellent collected edition. On a quick skim, little in the way of new information and there's some inconsistencies and errors copied from other books like the VF-19F/S engine thrust inconsistency from Macross Chronicle. "Cheyenne" is misspelled too. Master File continues to leak into official publications too, with several of the new additions being lifted from there. Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted Saturday at 08:36 PM Posted Saturday at 08:36 PM Now that I've got a bit more free time, a proper review of Encyclopedia MACROSS: VALKRIE and DESTROID. That the title is misspelled is not a great look for SoftBank Creative.😅 495 pages, all told, inclusive of the index and title page. 3 pages for the index and title page 67 pages for Super Dimension Fortress Macross 21 pages for Macross: Do You Remember Love? 1 page for Macross: Flash Back 2012 9 pages for "Others" incl. the Macross M3 VF-4G, the SDFM VF-X4, VF-X-11, VA-X-3 V-BR-2, VF-X-7, VF-X-3 Star Crusader, LDR-04 Maverick, and Stampede Valkyrie 42 pages of Macross II: Lovers Again 24 pages of Macross Plus 66 pages of Macross 7 20 pages of Macross Dynamite 7 24 pages of "Others" incl. VA-3M, VF-3000A, VF-5000B, VF-9A, VF-X-10, VF-14, VB-6, Gjagravan Va (officially a destroid now I guess!), VF-19A Ravens, Phayos Valkyrie 38 pages of Macross Zero 58 pages of Macross Frontier 4 pages of Macross Frontier: the False Songstress 17 pages of Macross Frontier: the Wings of Goodbye 13 pages of Macross 30: Voices Across the Galaxy 4 pages of "Others" incl. VF-19ACTIVE Nothung, VF-11B Nothung II, VF-19EF Caliburn, VF-11D ThunderFocus, VF-1X++, VF-0 Kai "Zeak", SV-52 Oryol, YF-27-5 Shahar F 34 pages of Macross Delta 8 pages of Macross Delta: Passionate Walkure 42 pages of Macross Delta: Absolute Live!!!!!! All the usual suspects are covered, with the noteworthy oddities included covering: The cannon fodder VF-1J briefly seen in the original series VF-XS Valkyrie II, a concept art design not used in the Macross II OVA QVF-11A Thunderbolt target drone from Macross Plus VF-19 Kai "filming version" as VF-1 Super Valkyrie VF-19P "covered in galaxy whale red pollen" Multiple VT-1C Ostrich color schemes! 2059-era fold booster (normal type) VF-24 Evolution! YF-25 Prophecy VF-25Fm Family Mart promotional model 30th Anniversary DLC VF-1S "Minmay and Mylene" 30th Anniversary DLC VF-25 "Ranka and Sheryl" MDP-001W Cygnus multidrone plate Sv-262Ba Draken III Royal Guard Sv-154 Svard VF-22 Sturmvogel II Wright Immelmann Type Sv-262Hs Draken III Red Knight Noteworthy designs omitted/not covered: VEFR-1 "Funny Chinese" VF-1SOL-S VF-19F Excalibur test flight colors VF-3000B Bomber Valkyrie Macross 7 PLUS Spiritia Dreaming VF-14 The Macross Galaxy messenger craft VF-25A Messiah mass production type VF-27B Lucifer mass production type VF-9E Cutlass Nicolas Berthier "Vanquish Champion" type VF-22HG Schwalbe Zwei VA-110 Neo Glaug bis Queadluun-Alma Sv-303 Parasite Fighter VF-31AX Super Ghost Parasite Fighter This book has several awkward typos like spelling Cheyenne" as "Sheyenne" or Octos as "Oxtos". Weirdly, they DID fix the spelling of "Shahar" for the YF-27-5 (something that drove me UP A WALL many years ago) but did not correct "Zeak" to "Zeke" like it should be. The most glaring of these typos is that "Valkyrie" is misspelled "Valkrie" on the cover and spine of the book. If the class turns to page 394 they will be greeted by Isamu's VF-19EF/A Excalibur ADVANCE "Isamu Special" from Sayonara no Tsubasa. This book is, overall, a very good "10,000 foot view" of the designs and has very little information besides for their basic stat blocks and little in the way of marked-up line art from animation model sheets. Noteworthy lore additions and confirmations in this book are few, but there are some. The thrust of the VF-1's liquid fueled rockets from Master File is adopted into their stat block officially here. The Master File stats for the VF-31AX Kairos Plus and Sv-303 Vivasvat are also copied here, making this book the second to do so for the VF-31AX and first to do so for the Sv-303. This is also the first book, AFAIK, to reiterate Master File's stance on the production YF-29s having lower performance than the original prototype due to using lower purity fold quartz. Quote
Major Tom Posted yesterday at 05:50 AM Posted yesterday at 05:50 AM On 12/21/2025 at 11:31 PM, Shawn said: yay!! https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/11307991 Feb 2026 release I see it listed on Amazon as well https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/キャラクター・プラモデル・アーカイブVol-002-超時空要塞マクロス-‘80-年代「超時空シリーズ」プラモデル大全-ホビージャパン編集部/dp/4798640700/ref=sr_1_1?crid=18H6O6BV6VHFH&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mplv3kfbizzQ8FhTMwSLblk968bFrNxawpjJGspx-94.vh5UjOyRa0HyW4t3y1BJy3Mb0FpA07bfsMaahsxUJfQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=キャラクター・プラモデル・アーカイブ&qid=1776057534&s=books&sprefix=キャラクター+プラモデル+アーカイブ%2Cstripbooks%2C209&sr=1-1 Quote
Shawn Posted 23 hours ago Posted 23 hours ago I swore that vol 2 book was scheduled for march release, but I see July now or maybe I'm just crazy, but was looking forward to having this already 😛 Quote
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