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Me and the Reverse Thieves did a podcast on Macross 2 a few weeks ago but it's not up yet. I tried to not swear as much. Or talk about breasts.

To be fair, Macross 7 was meant to be watched once a week and I'm fairly sure it was the only place you'd be hearing Planet Dance until the first CD came out :3 I wonder if Aya Endo had any albums.

http://twitpic.com/9j74yx got some robots too blue ones

isn't this just a more developed version of Sky Island? http://armorgames.com/play/10899/sky-island

Well a lot of people do build kits of F-14s if they want one. It's one of the easiest airplanes to find in just about any scale. The F-14 is a military and pop culture icon whose biggest gimmick is its moving wings, which any two bit toy can replicate. There's a pretty big gap in terms of market share, chief. Any given F-14 toy can reach a huge audience whereas Macross is effectively limited to Japan. The Valkyrie's most recognizable gimmick is that it transforms. It changed the face of mechanical design in anime and how it fed back into toy design. As a result, most Valkyrie toys transform. It is a design known for transforming perfectly. I think you're part of a minority there. Once again I must reiterate that if something is just a fighter, then its audience will mostly expect a toy of it to just do static fighter things. There's no expectation of a Yukikaze having to do anything else than sit around and look pretty. Because the model kit community has been clamoring for modern Valkyrie fighter kits for years. That audience wanted their needs met and they are generally a part of the greater airplane kit community. And once again, model kits are cheap to manufacture once the initial tooling is created. Toys require assembly and painting as well as different materials like metal screws and pins. Model kits can make up initial costs with sheer numbers. The toy community wants transforming toys. That's what has always been a big part of Macross's success. Despite what some of us may think, the VF-1 (or other Valkyries) are not all that compelling just as fighter jets. Much of their mystique and draw comes from how they transform. So much effort is focused on the mechanics of making them transform. Just the VF-19 design alone has five different transforming toys based on it. I question your claim of "The majority of Macross fans like their Valkyries in fighter mode" because you seem to think that implies it means most of them leave their toys in fighter. I think most fans like the fighter mode of their Valkyrie and also enjoy transforming them in and out of fighter mode. I just don't see any crossover between model kit and toy fans that represents a silent majority who would want these in the numbers they'd have to sell to get made.

They also did it in the VF100's but we know what went wrong there. We already had the Doyusha diecast fighters and the Bandai trading figures. People who want fighter modes just build kits. I think the majority of Macross fans like their Valkyries to transform if they are toys because the fighter mode niche is fulfilled by kits and non transforming Macross toys always seem to get swept away at clearance. 3000 yen Battroid action figures sell poorly and the MSRP for something similar in fighter mode is like the http://www.hlj.com/s...croType2=commod range from about 2700 MSRP to 11,800 MSRP. And that is just for things ranging from 1/144th to 1/100. So a Valkyrie between 1/144th and 1/100 scale in that range of quality would be expensive too, which leads to people just wanting to go all in with a transforming toy for the extra yens. And transformation is the magic of Macross.

I don't think Yamato is going to fall to that level because they've established a baseline of things like landing gear and being able to mount the gun pod in fighter mode.

When are you gonna tell the AWO guy he's your nemesis

How do you know?

I want to contribute to your show but you guys contribute to mine already but still

Yeah Getter 3 didn't set the best precedent so all we got is Mars Daybreak and Fafnir.

I've been telling them, but at this rate they're never gonna win da aqua lion.

http://i.materialise.com/ These guys offer more colors for Polyamide and I hear their quality is better they also offer this Prime Gray stuff that looks better than Polyamide but they cost a lot more than Shapeways do you guys want me to look into this?

You're a Macross fan. You should know that a franchise about understanding and culture does nothing to encourage community :v

I appreciate Adrian's cynicism towards Redline and Colony Drop :3

that's only because you had a website full of gifs i challenge your rule with my Macross 7 toys from Yamato

are you THE Sheryl Nome? like the one from 4chan? I'm just guessing because there's a lot of Sheryl Nomes out there :3

that is not how Katakana works. like at all. They are probably just using some non standard pronunciation or one that isn't common to english or the term's originating language. Japanese writers will happily use the Greek pronunciation for things like "Eureka" and "Titans" which sounds totally weird when we watch dubs and people are going on about "Ehrehka" and the "Tee-tahns." Did you know the Elmeth from Gundam is actually named after Hermes? Because the katakana is the transliteration of the Greek pronunciation. The more you know~ イリノイ :3

Hibiki was just making a smarmy remark about how she's as brave as a snarky reporter like him for sneaking around an enemy ship to learn the truth and rescue Ishtar.

Ok other than the typical blue, red, and white colors what exactly is Gundam-y about the Metal Siren? It's a mutant VF-1S but I've never seen the Gundam connection.

I remember the taste of pineapple salad

it's bigger has less advanced engines less advanced cockpit barring the canopy display which is mostly done because the VF-1's Battroid main monitor is simply not possible even with the superior DYRL design. has visible fuel tanks and extra stuff just so it can compete on the battlefield but whatevs

Ok being diecast has nothing to do with the sharpness of the parts. It's really just an issue of design here. As noted, with the intake covers removed, there is a choice slot in the top of the intake. Why they didn't do anything with that, I have no idea.

Man you guys are really down on a video game opening. You should see how bad the various Votoms games recreate that show's opening :3

ITT, David doesn't know how to read Katakana