Shawn

Thank you so much for posting the concert event summary. I got chills when you were describing the SDF-1 coming out of the shadows in the beginning of the movie timed to the music. I can only hope they do a Blu-Ray release of the event, totally regret not finding some way to make it there. Again, thank you for taking us (virtually) there. Tom sure knows his Macross music!!! Shawn

So far the SpeakerPodCast Team is the source for more info! http://www.decultureshock.com/speakerpodcast-ep-90-superdimensional-orchestra/

Thank you!!!!!!! Been waiting for this one!! (a whole 24hours) You guys rock!

Some very special guests...so who went? Have to see if Gwyn or team were able to go...need a report! https://twitter.com/hashtag/超時空管弦楽

They updated their good website...I totally dig the spiral notebooks! https://official-goods-store.jp/macross-orchestra/ And the playing card reprints...very cool!

Timer is only on the default dark, but it could be used for something cool for sure. Congrats on cracking the Billy code! LOL

The 73rd birthday countdown is just a fun light-hearted Macross-related riddle for those who have been monitoring recent events, will remove it later tonight. Saw a 'countdown' feature in the new theme update, and wanted to see what it did/looked like. Will update the other skin headers/logos and other issues tonight as well. Thanks for your patience with these things

Updated themes..there are 4 available right now Still need to tweak things, like pagination colors for one.... Hopefully one of these will work for you on a device until I fix the little issues. Shawn

Seems the stamps went on sale this morning...any lucky winners here?

I'm very much getting quite tired of IPB changes ALWAYS, and I repeat ALWAYS breaking skins/css themes...its like they break things just to keep the people fixing these things busy. Last night it barked at me doing a security update, which I did, and it bumped us an entire revision and pow, things are broken. I am very sorry everyone, I'll address the theme fixes over this weekend. Shawn

Nice!!! I've gotta get a set!!

I wonder if they will record it? Would love to hear a cd from the event. I SOOO want to go to this, the music in Macross is just incredible. Listen to the soundtracks all the time at work on my headphones, makes it very easy to concentrate.

Google isn't doing to well for me here-Macross stamp frames? Anyone have any ideas what this is? (related to the concert coming up in Sep) https://www.post.japanpost.jp/kitte_hagaki/stamp/frame/detail.php?id=274 Shawn

Well at the moment, the auction was ended, was probably bought by someone local at the shop it was held at? (was BookOff) Will have to keep our eyes peeled for anything like that again!

All the 1/2000s are called Replica Prototype Kits, so not entirely sure it is 'the/a' Yamato 1/2000 prototype. Having a label on the box doesn't imply its a one-off proto in my humble opinion, but who knows. Sure would like a cleaner pic of that label!! I'm leaning towards the Sankyo kit. Looks like it might have been offered in some sort of mail in campaign...if google translate can be trusted(it can't) S

its ok...I'm probably the #1 lurker here

I think it might be the 1/2000 Sankyo version? http://akibahobby.net/2009/12/yamato_showroom3_macross.html http://www.moeyo.com/article/29577 On the red label, in the lower right corner that is very similar to the shape/color of the Sankyo logo... I think I had never heard of the Sankyo version. What do you think? S

Browsing YJA, ran across this https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/v511827806 YAMATO 【完全変形】SDF-1 マクロス 1/2000 プロトタイプ レプリカキット I've never seen this variation of the kit-do you think it is an original? Early WF release? A recast? Shawn

Fantastic find, I just saw the ebay auction! Crazy how things get tucked away from history. Kevin had some really incredible items during this golden age. He really made a great impact on a lot of fans outside of Japan. (I loved the Books Nippon collection I won from thewilburness, really took me back) Someday would love to read the entire script, best of luck on the sale! S

This is sort of off-topic, but wanted to reach out to those who might know. I picked up an early 80's Sears Wish Book catalog, and it was pretty amazing to browse the old toys they have listed inside. Got me thinking.... Is/Was there an equivalent type set of stores in Japan in the early 80's that would have produced a 'wish book' type catalog? Would be interesting to see if such a thing exists. Thanks!! Shawn

Anyone going to this concert? I think it would be incredible to hear the music performed live... http://macross.jp/news/?id=601 http://macross.jp/special/orchestra2017/ Arghhh

I've been using Celga.com (http://www.celga.com/) for well over 10 years. They are super nice, and pack everything very well (they aggregate multiple items for shipping). You can even get something called a 'Gold Account', where you can have your very own Yahoo Japan login/password and bid on anything anytime. Link the account to your CC and everything just happens auto-magically. We get all the items we sell each year at the Con to recoup the server costs through them. Their fees are slightly higher ($5-$10) for some tiers, but the convenience of bulk shipping more than makes up for that, at least for me. Tell them MW recommended you if you do try them out. And don't bid on my stuff either!!!! ha

Anyone get this yet? Curious as to what is inside. Thanks! Shawn

Starting to appear on YJ https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/q157164980 gotta get one!

barurutor, unfortunately we get an access denied message, from the US at least. That would explain why the video I found had the songs removed, so it would not get flagged by Victor's robots. (oh and please don't mention how to get around this restriction here, we respect their copyrights)