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  1. Knight26
    THis reminds me of the write up I did about how every Macross series is, as SK stated, a dramatization of the events and not the actual story.
  2. Knight26
    Why dear god, why? Please let this horrid franchise die.
  3. Knight26
    In the interim, are they any good other stands that are still available?
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    Oops, it was ToyCom, not Sunwest. Maybe we can see a revival. http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/ads/toycomad.jpg http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/ads/ToycomadbackcoverToyfare.jpg http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/ads/toycomad01.jpg
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    The RLAM has me curious. And I wonder if something regarding that brought BW to the table. Maybe an actual, script, director and cast have been selected that BW can get behind. Plus, if the RLAM focuses just on the Macross portion of RT, then it wouldn't be that hard to redub the names and rewrite keys scenes for Japanese export. If done right, they could basically get two movies in one.
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    This point actually has me wondering the most. SOme of us old timers remember when the Macross Plus toys were first about to hit, the OG 1:72s. HG had a sort of deal with Bandai and Yamato to allow the creation of a subsidiary company, Sunwest IIRC, to distribute the Valks stateside. HG would have their sticker on the boxes and get a cut. Things were going well then relatively last minute HG pulled the plug on the deal because they figured they could get more money by making and selling their own toys, which, of course, kicked off the bigger legal battle. I wonder if they might revisit that deal, allow distro of all Macross products, so long as they get their cut. It just remains to be seen if those HG stickers will only go on SDF and DYRL based merch or all.
  7. Knight26
    If this is a joke.... Let's have our resident legal experts wade in on this, but if I can get proper Stateside Blu-Ray and toy releases, woohoo!!!
  8. Knight26
    Not so much replace but supplement with a lower cost (procurement, operation, maintenance, etc...) aircraft. The new SeAF realizes that Stealth is pretty much a one trick pony. It is most usable for initial strikes and operations, but once war gets into the thick, the extensive maintenance and compromised aerodynamics and carriage capacity make stealth of lower utility. If the F-36 concept lives up to the plan, then you'll be able to buy 4-5 for the cost of a single F-35, and have each of them conduct two operations for every one the F-35 can conduct due to Mx downtime, all using the same core technology, but in a more robust, easier maintained airframe. It's also not unlike 1950s jets, just stretched out in terms of time frame. Here's the latest and greatest jet, but oh wait its a maintenance nightmare, and here's a new design that is just as advanced but maybe more traditional in design that can do the job better for a lower cost.
  9. Knight26
    It's basically speculation based on SecAFs comments on what they want to replace the F-35. An F-16XL based aircraft is not a bad guess really.
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    V-BR-2 ...

    Knight26 replied to Gidiot's topic in Fan Works

    Great start, as for the gap between the engines, that could be anything, on the lineart one side looks like thrusters, and the other vents. I would go with reactor vents myself, or rear firing missile launchers since it is an intereceptor: Run in, fire, flip and burn away and fire more missiles.
  11. Knight26
    No it wouldn't. You'd be seeing 5Gen+ Tech in an actually useable airframe that harkens back to the 4Gen+. While the plane has stealthy features, they are not at the expense of actual performance. ANd while it might look like an F-16XL (which is a good thing) it would be a 5Gen+ airframe through and through from the materials, to the avionics, sensors, weapon, all of it. Even the new F-15EX is a far different aircraft then anything other F-15 out there, and will outperform the F-22 in every area other than stealth.
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    Here's what I REALLY DON'T GET. Tatsunoko is a much bigger and more powerful company then HG, no matter how you look at it. Since Tatsunoko is the legal owner of the international merch and film rights, why do they put up with HGs BS? More than that, Bandai has a vested interest in seeing Macross getting more worldwide distribution, so with the license coming due any day now, why don't they work a deal with each other? I'm sure Bandai would cut Tatsunoko a much better deal then HG.
  13. Knight26
    We used to have quite a few fansubbers, but that has died down in recent years because of streaming services that offer near simulcast subs. Yes, for older more obscure anime it can be harder to find, so I am not sure where to look there, but I am sure the resources are out there.
  14. Knight26
    1:28, that is a wierd freaking scale. 1:18 would make more sense, but eh...
  15. Knight26
    I'd bet that Hasbro told Funko, "let HG come, we'll stomp them."
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    Late to the party on this one, I don't check this thread often, but that is not even close to 1:60 scale. The J-20 is a beast of an airplane at 20m in length. The VF-1 is roughly 14.25m. Since that is it next to a 1:72 VF-1, it should be almost 25% longer, which it is clearly not. I would hazard that if that VF-1 is 20cm long, then that toy is maybe 22-23cm long, which would make it about 1:90 scale, if it were the same length of the VF-1, it would work out to 1:100 scale. To be 1:72 scale the toy would have to be about 28cm long, and 1:60, 34cm, somewhere between the VF-0 and SV-51 in size.
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    Looks like Zone of Enders LEV and a Macross YF-21/VF-22 had a drunken night together. What scale does it come out to be? With some refinement it could, almost, fit in the Macross-verse.
  18. Knight26
    Looks so much better now, too bad I never give any money to HG, wouldn't mind it otherwise.
  19. Knight26
    When this is completed I would be more than happy to buy the STLs and build my own to match the 1:18 fighters from my books that I am planning to print.
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    Apparently the book offers even less clues about what happened to the Earth. Most of the reviews are glowing except for those looking for an actual Science Fiction novel as those reviews indicated that the science was virtually non-existent and was was there had the same, or worse, holes then the movie.
  22. Knight26
    Hmm, not sure why it won't post. Here is the image from MMM. http://www.macross2.net/m3/sdfmacross/vf-1d-valkyrie/colorcode-vf1d.gif Compared to the VF-1A http://www.macross2.net/m3/sdfmacross/vf-1a-valkyrie/colorcode-vf1a.gif
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    How the heck did I miss that? That is awesome, love it.
  24. Knight26
    Nice but there are significant design changes to the VF-1D that you haven't integrated. The whole forward fuselage is different as is the chest piece and head hatch. They are subtle changes but pretty significant. What you have here is the VF-1C which is a VF-1A with a VF-1D head.
  25. Knight26
    That's because Stealth is really only useful for forward intercept. Once you close with a target and get within range where you are into a "turning fight" the rear stealth characteristics are actually a hinderance. The Russian's have been all about that close in fight design since the Su-27 and MiG-29 family of jets. Yes, in a long range engagement, the F-22/F-35 have the advantage in stealth, but once you get in close, the Su-57 can outturn and outgun them.
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