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If anyone here thinks Robotech is just an edited version of Macross* then I think you're not much of a Macross* fan. EDIT - * insert the name of any of the three shows there.

That makes sense and wouldn't conflict with what Carl said at all. The "mashed together" version are my words, he said they had "put together a very rough cut that didn't even have audio yet." That was precisely my thought as well. Carl implied that Macross' popularity made the rights to DYRL too expensive to obtain. Thus, HG at that point in time, understood they did NOT have the rights to DYRL? The problem is in that contract that HG has with Tatsunoko and the wording that HG has gotten very greedy with many years after this all happened.

Very doubtful, this is going to be a very low-end toy... it's vinyl. It should be cheap though!

Carl mentioned Do You Remember Love several times and elaborated quite a bit on Robotech the Movie which I condensed in my post. He said a couple big wigs from Cannon (Canon? Sorry, I probably should know that spelling) were watching the TV and saw a report that compared the popularity of Robotech (currently shown on TV) to Disney's upcoming film, the Black Cauldron (crap, I'm probably spelling that wrong too). The news report seemed to suggest that Robotech would be even more popular as a feature film. Later, while in a hot tub with a couple of lady friends, they started boasting that they had inroads with a property that could be more popular than Disney's next film. They picked up the phone and called the head of HG and said "Hey, we want to make a movie." The head of HG then called Carl some time after 10PM and said "Hey, can you make a Robotech the Movie?" and Carl thought of DYRL? and said "Sure, I think we can do that." They went to Japan to make it happen but Macross had gotten too popular for Carl to secure the rights. From there he started making RT: The Movie using Megazone23. He had mashed together a very rough cut taking place while the SDF-1 was in deep space, before it returned to Earth, but a Cannon/Canon exec flew to Japan, watched it, and HATED it. He flew back to the states, told the other execs about it, and they called Carl back to the states to discuss it. Carl was told to do something different with the film so he essentially made the plot up to the current RT: The Movie film while on the spot. He said he really sold the new plot hard, making it sound much more exciting, and they let him finish and release the film. Then, when the film was later put out, it was released the same weekend as Aliens and that was that. He said it didn't do all that horribly bad compared to some other flops at the time but that it was clear nobody knew how to market it. Crap, I should edit my post and include all this.

There already is one roughly 1/60 scale Battlepod toy

We know from Toynami's MPC Alphas that they were releasing production in waves. While Toynami capped production at 3000 I'd guess less than 1500 have been made so far. In no way does that mean they won't ever make the remainder though. The line might be dead in that there won't be a Rook or Yellow but it's not dead in some way where they've tossed out the existing materials.

On a tangental note, since it was mentioned earlier, the Stealth VF-1S toy is actually not very similar to the 25th anniversary Yamato toy at all. It actually has a lot of navy blue in it, some flat grays, and the obvious gold trim. In most pictures you've seen all the dark colors mesh and all that stands out is the gold on what appears to be black... I'll try to have some really good pictures on my site for my next post.

According to RT.com the basic Battlepod stands 17.4Meters and it doesn't say if this is to top of head or top of cannons. We should probably hold off on deducing scale until we have them out or better pictures actually beside other toys.

If you haven't been following my Comic-con posts, here's a pic of the battlepod from a distance to give you an idea about scale: I'm of the impression they're 1/100 scale.

The 1/100 toy is a Robotech Veritech, not a Macross Valkyrie, there is no mislabeling. Toynami has the rights to either name and they chose to make the Stealth a Robotech toy. That's not a mistake, that's a decision. As the stealth didn't appear in either Robotech or Macross there's no reason to argue it should be one instead of the other. To be fair, Yamato made a "Stealth" nearly all black valkyrie. So, you should say "Robotech and Macross names can seem so generic at times.

C'mon guys, if you're going to talk about pictures of the Toynami Battlepod at least get the pictures from my site! Jeesh (alright, I guess I could have posted them on MW but this thread didn't exist back then). Anyway, I'm now writing my piece on the Robotech panel.

Tonight's panel is by HG, I wouldn't be surprised if ther's almost no toynami discussion. Toynami still seems hesitant with the news, I doubt hg would be in a better spot to talk about it

Toynami did say they were "kicking around the idea" of a cheaper all plastic Alpha/Beta combo. That's as far as I've ever heard it go with them. EDIT - I'm off to eat breakfast and get back to the con.

I'm sure some of you saw this coming... Read up about Toynami's Comic-con booth here. I realize many of you won't trust my conclusions and I'm okay with that but I heard the news from Japan and HK before asking Toynami about it at Comic-con.

+1 And ya know... I'm a bit too mature for that. Just a bit.

Totally off topic but I was looking up Tommy Yune's conversation and I found this recent CNN interview: http://video.aol.com/video-detail/ireporte...cid=VIDLRVNWS05 I was expecting an interview about Robotech.

I doubt that's true. Do you think the Alpha would be in it? Probably not because it looks like a boxy 80s design. The new transformers don't look like the old ones either. I would have never expected LAM designs to closely resemble cartoon designs.

You may want to take your cartoons a bit less seriously.

If your grasp of the situation was correct... don't you think the situation wouldn't exist? I'm just saying... maybe there are more legal amateurs in this thread than you realize... Yeah but imagine how cool it would be to see Macross Frontier on Adult Swim or SciFi channel or something. I know the American anime market isn't huge but who knows, it could be lucrative. Apparently not a risk worth the headache though.

The Tats/BW battle ended with it being confirmed that Tats did have rights to the animation and thus the sell of them to HG was legitimate. What wasn't legitimate was the thought that any sort of intellectual property rights came bundled in that package. As the original Macross is part of Robotech, and is called the Macross Saga, they do have a right to the name.

I'm afraid I won't be able to attend. My August calendar just filled up. It's a shame too, I was hoping things would stay open and I could check out J-town with the crew.

Ha, more 1/48 Focker weathering editions!

Wow, when I saw reissue and read everyone's thoughts I was hoping for a reissue of the Koenig with some improvements. Dead stock though? Not so exciting.

I believe that episode is being aired at Comic-con also.