Timberwolf Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 hey guys, This'll be one of my first posts, up until now, I've just been lurkin'. Anywho, I was checkin' out some info on Macross Mecha Designs and I noticed something odd in the lineart of the YF-19 Alpha: There is what appears to be a quad-barreled gatling gun in the lower left hand portion of the torso in the pic of the YF-19's Battroid mode. Perhaps I'm wrong, but either way, can anyone give me a clue as to what this is? Hopefully, the pic I attached will work properly. If not, you can see it over at Macross Mecha Designs <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 There has been a lot of speculation as to what that is. However, I don't believe it is a gun. The official Japanese specs and the English translations on the Macross Compendium, list all of the YF-19's armament, but do not mention any torso mounted weapons. My own theory is that it is a sensor cluster. Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKlown Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Backups in case the head is crushed/disabled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB0 Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 I would guess a lamp of some sort. It seems like a good idea to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr March Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Pez dispensor...I always loved those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlepod Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Pez dispensor...I always loved those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB0 Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Pez dispensor...I always loved those Heck yeah! ACTIVATE THE CANDY CANNON! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchVile Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 I'm guessing sensor to help with the 360 cockpit, some Titan mobile suits had that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myk Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 'Just shooting in the dark here, but in the introduction sequence for Macross VFX, isn't the '19 shown riddling a Zentran ship with bullets in fighter mode with some sort of gatling weapon mounted underneath it? After a switch to Battroid mode, the lower left hand of the torso is where that gatling would be, wouldn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF-19 Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 'Just shooting in the dark here, but in the introduction sequence for Macross VFX, isn't the '19 shown riddling a Zentran ship with bullets in fighter mode with some sort of gatling weapon mounted underneath it? After a switch to Battroid mode, the lower left hand of the torso is where that gatling would be, wouldn't it? That sounds a heck of a lot like the hand held gunpod... The only onboard weapons that the 19 has is the head laser and the wing root lasers. But yah, I'm thinking either a secondary sensor cluster, or a pez dispenser to placate rogue zentradi... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xMaDxPeNgUiNx Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Hmm PEZ.... The stuff of dreams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Nut Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 when in trouble, use the PEZ grenades! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxoChu Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 Could be a sensor as Graham has stated or some sort of connecting mechanism that stabilizes it in fighter mode. A pez dispenser is probably top on the theories list next to the flatulent vent! Sithlord I believe you're right about those being some sort of connectors. I found a couple of pics in MW's Magazines section... first off... http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/magazi...2v-mg-page3.jpg: If you look at the smallest pic on that page, you see those same connectors on either side of the GU-15. Granted, this is using a single-mode model of the 19A. However, look at this pic of a Three mode -19 model. It takes a bit of imagination (which us macross fans have plenty of), but by using those two pics as a reference it's most likely a form of connector. **My** guess based on those pics is that they might be some sort of hydraulics used in transformation as well as to to keep the -19 together. Heh heh... gotta lay off the sugar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr March Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 Hehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nied Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 I had always figured they were some form of "headlights" similar to the high power lights on the shoulders of the VF-1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macross_Fanboy Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 Maybe it's the landing gear light? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nied Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 Maybe it's the landing gear light? We see those in the last episode of M+. The landing light is mounted on the nose gear. Isamu uses it as a spot light to find Myung. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macross_Fanboy Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 Yeah I know. But the landing gear in the nose is rather close to the torso. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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