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  1. Duymon
    ^^^ What He said.
  2. Duymon
    To me Macross is more of a space opera. Many Japanese seem to agree since Macross and Macross F pop up in the space opera categories of even many Japanese websites. Sure, there were silly moments in Macross, but that doesn't detract that it's still a war story and it fits right along with other 80's sci-fi series like Southern Cross or Mospeada. Of course just because I see it as that doesn't mean I expect others to as well. I think that instead of defining the franchise for us and telling us the Macross we like "isn't Macross" (that's pretty arrogant) and calling us "oldtaku", maybe some people need to think of Macross as a diverse franchise that has individual parts / aspects that appeal to different audiences. A lot of people got into macross via DYRL, Mac Plus or even Mac F so it's not really a surprise they like different things about the series. with that in mind..... Macross Delta's first episode just didn't have anything that really grabbed at me. I'm sure it's half because I'm not a AKB48 fan and I don't like the idea of girls with mystical musical powers also being smack in the middle of combat blocking and dodging missiles, but I'm also sure it's half because they crammed too much into the first episode. I don't feel like there's enough time in 25 minutes to have any meaningful character interaction or story development when they introduce like 15 primary characters (delta squad, walkure, Aerial Knights) and already have them battling their arch nemesis before the end of the first episode (at least Mac F waited a bit before Alto and Brera really began to fight and Brera had that mysterious vibe going for him for quite a while) Add to that Hayate is an unemployed (within the first 5 minutes) slacker prodigy pilot who's not really a likable character (yet). Oh well, it's just one episode. It's not fair to compare complete 36-episode (SDFM) or 25-episode (MacF) series to what's currently out yet for mac D. I just hope I'm not rolling my eyes still at Episode 25
  3. Duymon
    Yeah, shipping costs are Crazy for the Bandai valks. There's a lot, and I mean.. A LOT of wasted plastic on the Bandai sprues. When I was just getting into my Macross Frontier phase I picked up a bunch of bandai Valks and a pair of trimmers while I was in Japan. I then cut every piece off the sprues and managed to carry home 5-6 VF-25's ziploc bags and it was glorious.
  4. Duymon
    Oh, I'm sorry... I totally thought SFDM was a dark, gritty war story where the entire population of an island is forced to flee on a spaceship, wander the earth looking for a place to accept their refugees, only to end up being the remnants of humanity after space aliens nearly commit a full genocide of the human race. My Bad. I suppose DYRL was supposed to be a comedy too right? We have to forget Macross 0 as well. That was goofy as hell when weird stuff like pilots getting splattered in their cockpits or shot after they crashlanded happened. I was like... totally ROFL the entire time. Even Macross Frontier has serious overtones as a macross colony comes close to being totally wiped out by ancient space aliens, only to be saved by the foldwaves created by two songstresses. Macross 7.... er.. ok I'll sorta give you that one.
  5. Duymon
    The Armored and Tornado kits are solid and totally worth it I know there's legit reasons to hate the regular and super VF-25's but the armored and tornado 25's are legit in fighter and battroid mode, though gerwalk is still kinda finicky
  6. Duymon
    *tosses Seto Flame Suit. Ducks down into Fallout Shelter.
  7. Duymon
    Girls jumping out of valkyries and having sailor moon transformations, floating around the battlefield and doing ridiculous things like riding on valkyries by simply holding onto a cord just kills the whole thing for me. Even Hayate dancing around in his work destroid or the "busted" VF-171 that by some miracle transformed without a hitch just had me rolling my eyes. I'll still buy the valkyries, but i'll probably take my sweet time watching this show.
  8. Duymon

    Bandai DX VF-31

    Duymon replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    You'd think they could just sacrificed the inner-leg missile ports and gone for regular landing gear instead like on the YF-29. The VF-31 landing gear scare me, especially if they happened to have painted knees / shins.
  9. Duymon
    The back connection isn't an issue for me. Most people forget the step where you got to fold the swingbars before you connect the back. Doing that allows the entire assembly to click in and it holds very tight. As for the hips... yeah.. they are always kinda loose and out there.
  10. Duymon
    Bandai 1/72's were molded almost entirely in the correct colors. Trust me i have over 10 of them. Pretty sure these will be around the same. They include both decals and stickers and we cam only hope they aren't floppy like the plain 25's or the ..vf-1
  11. Duymon
    I'll get two of these just for kicks.
  12. Duymon
    I'm thinking the YF-30 to VF-31 will be about as similar as the YF-19 to VF-19. Different just enough so nothing works between them. YF-30 is still an awesome plane and has one of the best fighter modes we seen from Kawamori in a while. (Sorry super crazy sukhoi dildo nosed VF-25's and 29's)
  13. Duymon
    on a side note, did anyone watch the hasegawa anniversary macross modelers livecast? IT seems like they're def gonna do all the macross delta stuff
  14. Duymon
    Gerwalk PICS!!!! Ordered 2. VF-1d Fighter got PE parts, gerwalk gets custom resin figs, wonder what the battroid will get ....
  15. Duymon
    Tools are one of the most fun parts of modelling though, as long as you organize everything. Latest set of "tools" i got were 3 sets of Tamiya Photo-etched saws for rescribing panel lines
  16. Duymon
    Make sure you buy a good mask before you start doing anything with that resin. Resin particles def not good for the body
  17. Duymon
    Charger, that looks more like a VF-25 / YF-25 / YF-29 upper intake than a VF-171 part as far I can tell. VF-171 CF's don't really have hip problems. Most fo the issues are the shoulders and knees. A few VF-171's even have breaking swingbars that connect the top chest to the body in battroid. That's why I have so many VF-171's and pretty much part-swap to optimize each one. The ones with strong hips and chest bars are put into battroid and use 3d-printed shoulders, triangles removed. Fighter mode displays get the unbroken shoulder and lower triangles for maximum aesthetics. Kinda sad it came to that but I bought 8/10 of my VF-171's at steep discounts due to them being broken :0 I hope if they every do another CF-171, they use the same plastic as the 171 exes cuz those have all been nothing but legit.
  18. Duymon
    I'll be perfectly happy with the transforming models for now. The DX'es will be for playing
  19. Duymon
    Anyone see the Daily Yomiuri article about a Macross Delta voice actress (Minori Suzuki) that made it to the Chicago Tribune? Surprised me since that's my hometown O_o http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-wp-japan-actress-562e5b1e-f2a5-11e5-a61f-e9c95c06edca-20160325-story.html
  20. Duymon
    A nice pic for this blog showing the surface detail. (http://mac-log.com/goods/2030) Lots of raised panels. Oh god I hope there's not a lot of seams to fill. Also, let's hope that 9 yrs later Bandai knows how to make an interlocking model kit for tight fighter mode unlike the pure friction-held VF-25 kits (has PTSD trying to get super VF-25 to look good in fighter mode... god damn legs!)
  21. Duymon

    Bandai DX VF-31

    Duymon replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Honestly i am more concerned about singing girls flying around and doing weird crap during battle than i am hayate getting a custom valk lol
  22. Duymon
    Man it would ve easy money for arcadia if they rereleased the vt-1, ve-1, vf-1d and max/milia 1j's. Way safer bet than the vf-19 fire valk that almost nobody buys
  23. Duymon

    Hi-Metal R

    Duymon replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I'm having mine shipped to my wife's house in Jpn. I'll pick it up at the end of the year when we visit her parents
  24. Duymon
    Just release the kits in all Grey. Any modeler will paint it anyways after they fill in the seams. For peeps that want small pre-painted fare they can just wait for the Tomytech's
  25. Duymon
    The F-35 will not be able to do CAS like the A-10 in the near future. It can't linger for hours, can't fly slow and maneuver well, can't carry a large payload, is fragile and also very expensive. The helmet is so large that it's hard to look around easily in the cockpit, according to the F-35 pilot who lost a dogfight to an F-16 that didn't even have to drop its droptanks to outmaneuver the F-35 in 2015. Radar signature prolly doesn't mean a whole lot when the A-10 is normally flying low. Plus Long-wave radar apparently can see our Stealth fighters clear as day, and the russians have been improving them for 60 years and sell them to anyone that has money. Of course he's prolly biased because he helped design the F-16 and the A-10, but he brings up a lot of good points I mean, right now our Marines are experimenting with Vietnam Era Broncos to provide CAS because the F-35 is too expensive and won't even have a working gun for a few more years. http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/ov-10-broncos-were-sent-to-fight-isis-and-they-kicked-a-1764407068 Pretty crazy stuff
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