Mr March

Okay news flash. I just checked out Worlds of JMS and found some good news for Rising Stars: Joe Straczynski recently made the following response on the Babylon 5 moderated newsgroup to a question about the Top Cow dispute being resolved: "Yes. There were a number of conditions set before Top Cow in order to resolve this, and those conditions were met. So the final three scripts will be turned in by late January/early February, and the Rising Stars story will be complete." You can check out the link at his website. See the Worlds of JMS News section and the forth news item from the bottom reads "Rising Stars back on track" Worlds of JMS Website

I think I lucked out with the two hardcovers....really lucked out. I managed to buy Act I and Act II - both signed and numbered - for $50.00 canadian...total. Even if the individual issues were selling for cover price (which they aren't), I still would've had to pay over $80.00 to get all 16 issues. I think this delay for the last three issues has really dropped the prices on the series.

Well, the TPB's I purchased are black, signed hardcovers and they are called Rising Stars - Act 1: Born In Fire and Rising Stars - Act II: Power. Both of the two books contain 8 issues of the series in the TPB format. If this series is following the film definition of an "act", I would assume the entire series would be 24 issues in length, ending in a third act with another 8 issues (yes, I know films can have more than three acts, but it's not often the case). I just went to a comics website that lists issue #21 as released last year. So I'm assuming only three more issues to go? What are the delay's about and how long are we waiting for the last few issues?

Has anyone else here read the comic book series "Rising Stars" by J Michael Straczynski (creator of Babylon 5)? I just picked up the first TPB of this series called Act I. It collects the first eight issues of the series in one book. I must say, I'm very impressed with the story and the characters. The build up to the battle in the seventh issue was quite extraordinary. Ever issue was filled with bits and pieces of the history and ture nature of the 113 "Specials" gifted with powers. I couldn't put the book down until I had found out who everyone really was and what they could do. And more importantly, what was going to happen to all of them next. I do have a few questions. How long is this series meant to be and how many issues have currently been released? What was the last issue released and when is the next schedueled? Any fans of this series around the boards to provide a new fan with some answers?

Damn. Thanks anyway Dave.

HAHAHAHA Love that picture!

David Hig, what book is that picture from? Does it contain many more cross section drawings of Macross Mecha? What other artwork does it have?

The meaning of life, the universe, and everything! I knew it started with a "k"

Hi there! Welcome to MacrossWorld. You'll spend lots of money here if you decide to stay. I know I did

Very nice custom. Though I dislike the old 1/55 flying bricks, this is a quality custom job. Great work!

This should be in the "Why is this site so addictive" thread Seems there's always some drama regarding inter-member buying/selling. I'm not belittling these situations, since I've been ripped off before and know how it feels. It just seems these threads get that much more attention. Heck, look at me: here I am proving my own point

That's one of the things I like best about Macross: the amount of open-ended possibilities. Macross has always had very little set in stone (according to Kawamori and the intentionally limited amount of Macross product that was released), so it allows him much more creative freedom to flesh out aspects of the Macross universe than other franchises. Naturally, typical fanboy mentallity will dictate that such fans become disappointed with latter Macross shows because the limited scraps of franchise information available over the long years inbetween sequels/prequels were used to form a set-in-stone history by the fan community. I have always welcomed artistic freedom and freshness of the concept rather than demanding the creators abide the nitpicking. This is particularly true when common held fanboy "truths" about a given franchise are never expressly stated in the mother medium. By mother medium, I mean canon animation products, like the Macross series, OVAs, and films themselves. Fortunately, Kawamori seems to be in agreement. Most new Macross series delve into the vast unknowns areas of the Macross history, allowing Kawamori and Co. to show us something Macross, but also new and interesting each time. If we, as fans, really ask ourselves "What do we actually know about Macross based on just the animes?" each time we watch a Macross sequel, the franchise really lights up. The viewer is able to enjoy the new revelations about characters, history, and technology that we never understood before. Macross Zero really lit up the technical world of Macross. It introduced explanations and technology to explain how the Macross uplifted the technological level of the humans (Cyclops Radar, new fusion technologies, protoculture theories) and how the Valkyries were able to do all that crazy stuff without being blasted to pieces (Energy Converting Armor). The series itself also shed light on what happened during all those years inbetween the crash and Space War One. I'd love to see a series about what happened in the two years after SWO and inbetween episodes 27 and 28 of the original series. This more than anything else is probably the reasons Macross remains interesting to me while other long time franchises (like Gundam, the Alien series, Star Trek) have stagnated and steadily released diminishing quality products.

LOL That review is hilarious. If they can make an MPC sound that good, I'd be horrified by the 100 page essay that would be needed for a Yamato 1/48 review

Nice! It may be low poly but it looks very good. Looks like the FAST Packs for a sophisticated Macross space simulator. I like your weathering and colors. Great job. Start small and simple and then build yourself up. Eventually you'll be better than the pros.

I like this website.

Hmmm, that's not right

Is that all they're asking? That's fantastic! I'll definitely pick up one of these fellas for that price.

You just have to child proof your home. My married friends tell me about it all the time

Macross Gold Book, page 306. I love having these books

The way I handled my toys as a child was very similar to the way I handle models today. One thing my parents never had to worry about was a lack of care in the toys they purchased for me. In fact, I really disliked other kids (even my friends) handling my toys, because no one I knew cared for them as carefully as I did. Having said as much, I doubt even a titanium 1/55 Bandai would see me throwing it around like a baseball. I'd be too upset if the corners got dinged

Thanks Nan.

Very much like Blaine23, I've yet to understand why growing achievement of a particular art form suddenly turns some fans into raving lunatics who threaten to quit. I've also been a fan of science fiction, fantasy, anime, and many other art forms all my life. The popularity or the obscurity of any of those art forms has never once entered into any equation that gauges my fondness for it. In fact, while I eagerly welcome popularity of an art form I love (mainly due to cheaper prices, greater availability, ensured survival of the medium, excess and the inevitable reniassance that follows, etc), I find my fore-knowledge nothing but an asset. Particularly, I enjoy the aftermath of an artform's break into the mainstream. There's little more enjoyable than saying "I told you so" to all the narrow-minded skeptics who a decade or two earlier were tossing generalizations and harsh criticism at an artform they could never grasp...and little as fulfilling as introducing friends and family to that beloved art form. I have to thank popular works like Cowboy Bebop for introducing many of my friends to a fun, entertaining side of anime and Lord of the Rings for finally turning my parents around on fantasy after 28 years. Bring on the anime!

Damn, that is one kickass pose for your 1/48 VF-1J! I like it. The Escaflowne looks fantastic, especially in the dragon mode.

Well, your efforts paid off. This is easily the best 1/48 custom I've seen and it will be a tough act to follow. It looks very sharp and the colors very much suit the Valkyrie. Great pictures too (though you gotta pick some more dramatic poses). This looks so good, I may spend some of my christmas money on a custom from ya.

That's some great stuff. It's great to finally see a yeild given for the RMS-1 Reaction Warheads. It's nice to see there is some variable yeild for the missiles, since onscreen there are some rather spectacular effects for 0.5 kiloton weapons I'm curious, was there ever a yeild given for the Large-Type Reactive Missile? I'd be very interested to know what yeilds are given for capital ship grade warheads in the Macross universe. Given the incredible power of the Macross Main Guns (which I've seen rated in Teratons by a few independant analysis) I'd suspect the yields would be quite high.