Yeah, because SDF: Macross was totally original. Well, minus the whole bunch of Gundam homages.
It's Japanese animation, they don't make them to be original... they make them to sell toys and models. If you think that Macross exists for any other reason other than to sell merchandise, you need to pull your head out of the sand.
Working in the anime industry means selling out, the sponsor is the number one authority... not Kawamori, and no amount of the worshipping you guys lay down for him will change that. Its getting to the point where you'll say the most ridiculous and irrelevant things just to insult Macross 7. WE GET IT, you don't like it.