That doesn't make sense. It'd be more efficient and effective IMO if WB just paid another company to do a re-design for toy Licensing.
It'd be more profit if WB bought out HG and a lot cheaper. They'd gain ( i think) all of HG's properties including macross.
But WB doesn't handle their properties very well.
If WB wanted to they could re-write, re-title it, market it ,have it dubbed in Japanese and call it Super Dimension Fortress Macross.