Graham

Not liking, the sculpt looks a bit too chunky and busty to be Sheyrl IMO. Graham

The DX VF-27 is still not out in Wanchai 188 Center yet. Checked during lunch. Will check again at 6pm. Graham

Was it ever confirmed in Chronicle (or elsewhere), that the Macross Galaxy fleet is owned by the company General Galaxy, or is the name just a coincidence? Graham

Nah, Revys are just crap in general, nothing to do with CNY I'm sure Graham

This is Macrossworld. A single report of breakage of a toy that has been in circulation for a months already and the sky starts falling......LOL! Graham

Was told by a shop keeper last night that the VF-27 will start selling in Hong Kong today. Will check during my lunch break in 2 hours time. Graham

Got a photo of the offending area? Not sure exactly where you mean. Graham

Another interesting and lengthy article on the PAK-FA, although quite biased (very pro PAK-FA and F-22 and very anti F-35). http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-2010-01.html Graham

I passed on the "so called" movie color version. Don't like the blue of the Super parts and like the blue tint on the actual VF-25F even less. Nothing wrong with the original 1st and 2nd issue white ones IMO. Graham

What do you know, it is in Chronicles, reverse side of the VF-17 A sheet. The pic I used to have was a much bigger version though. Graham

Sorry guys, that's not it so far. Graham

Ahem...........that's a topic for the model forum. Graham

What the heck is Giggitish? Graham

Guys, Probably about a decade ago, a friend e-mailed me a piece of rare VF-17 line art that is not in the TIAS Macross 7 books, or in any other common reference souce. In fact I was never able to trace where it was from. I've never seen it on any Macross website either. The piece of line art shows a front or three quarters view of the VF-17 battroid (I think it was a VF-17D), IIRC from the waist up. What was special about this battroid line art is that it showed the chest plate lifted up, so that you could see the cockpit inside the chest. The cockpit canopy may also have been open, but I don't remember clearly. Unfortunately, after going through several computers since then, I can no longer find that piece of line art. My friend who originally sent it to me is also in the same situation. I'm just wondering if any members have that piece of line art and can post it? Also, if anybody knows the original source? Graham

Err......shouldn't that be "change the course of history", NOT "change the court of history"!!!!! Graham

Yeah, I still haven't seen them anywhere in HK yet. Really surprised that nobody is importing them. Graham

Seems like the VF-19F/S internal micro-missile capacity has been retconned down to half of what it was. Earlier sources from the 90s listed it as 48 in total (24 per leg), but Chronicle seems to have now halved that to 12 per leg. Graham

Tough call. Live action movie = Aliens. Anime movie = DYRL. Graham

When you are talking about cannon shells, as opposed to small arms bullets, increasing propellant and velocity is only half the story. Unlike small arms (pistol/rifle) bullets, which are generally just lead with a copper jacket, cannon shells have far more space available internally to make a multitude of different shell types, such as Armor Piercing Incendiary, High explosive incendiary, etc. We should not only be asking what are the improvements in propellants in the Macross Universe, but to me what is just as if not more interesting, is improvements in the actual cannon shells. Of course higher velocity is generally good, and increasing velocity provides the benefits of higher energy on target, longer range, flatter tragectory, shorter flight time to target etc, etc. But too much of anything can be a bad thing, and increasing the amount of propellant and velocity, you can get increased wear on the weapon and barrel(s) = shorter lifespan, not to mention increased recoil. A downsize in calibre does not necessarily mean less lethality (although that greatly depends on what your target is!). I do find it extremely interesting that for the VF-25, the calibre of the gunpod is the largest ever seen in Macross. Was the VF-25's gunpod specifically designed with possible future encounters with the Vajra in mind I wonder? Graham

There's at least one, possibly two instance of the VF-25 wing root guns being fired in fighter mode in the anime that I can recall. Will try to post screen captures later. Graham

Another interesting piece on the T-50, which echos some of the comments made in this thread yesterday. http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,2...SRC=dodnews.RSS Graham

Heh, that is so old. I wonder when I wrote it. Graham

Guys, There is now an order stop on the off-white shoulder hinges for the DYRL VF-1A/S Valks, as all the avilable quantity has now been allocated. I will see if it is possible to obtain more. Still plenty of the bright-white and cream hinges available. Graham

I should really look at how to get those on my PSP as well. Well, maybe not the GB Mac7 game, I think I can live without that one. Graham

Back in the mid-to-late 90s, I did spend way too much time pouring over every piece of Mac Plus and Mac 7 mecha lineart available and also spent hours freeze-framing my M7 & M+ VHS tapes to study mecha details.....LOL! That and the fact that I've owned most of the available YF-19 and VF-19 toys and models over the years. I must admit I do tend to be a little short on patience, when people say the YF-19 and VF-19 are the same or nearly the same. Graham