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  1. sketchley
    Note that Japan Post is basically a privatized company*. It is also in direct competition with Yamato Shipping for such things as domestic mail. So, those are other things keeping prices down and promoting efficiency in general. * of course the original (non-privatized) Japan Post was also incredibly efficient to begin with.
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    Near as I can tell, the "face" differs in three places: ① chin line, ② visor shape, and ③ temples. In all three, it looks like the one in Hikaru's colours is more square and with sharper angles (esp. chin/jaw), and the one in Fokker's colours is rounder with softer angles (or curves). As Seito has said, there is no difference in the line art. However, there is a difference in the quality of the animation. Maybe they're just reproducing the differences from that?
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    Is that the VFMF: VF-1S Roy Fokker book? If so, Amazon Japan has been listing Jul. 22, 2020 for quite a while now. https://www.amazon.co.jp/ヴァリアブルファイター・マスターファイル-VF-1S-ロイ・フォッカー・スペシャル-GA-Graphic/dp/4815605297/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=VF-1&qid=1593182488&s=books&sr=1-1
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    Well, everyone is clamouring for sequels to their favourite Macross series. In a way, this lets Kawamori-san off the hook, while still being able to creatively do whatever he wants. Also, Macross F was basically designed around callbacks to previous Macross series (E.g. Miss Macross Frontier, Pineapple salad cake). Isamu's 3-second cameo is basically the ultimate version of that. Not to mention that the VF-19 was supposed to be the next fighter, and many fans were surprised (and disappointed?) when it was replaced by the VF-171. So there's also a bit of "and this is what it would've been like" going on, too.
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    There's always play-by-post. It's nowhere near as fast as in-person, but scheduling a session is no longer a problem. That said, those responsibilities rear their ugly heads even in PBP RPGing...
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    Apparently (if the VFMF books are to be believed) the VF-1 still does fine against the Zentrādi. So, I'm quite certain that the VF-19 would be flying loops around their Mobile Weapons and doing what it was designed to do: cutting the head off of the snake.
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    There's no hard and fast numbers available. However, the general description is that even with FAST Packs, the VF-1 is basically only a short range fighter in space. In publications like Variable Fighter Master File we even get a description that the VF-4 was adopted as a long-range interceptor, and the VF-1 is basically a close-in defence craft. There's also something in the VFMF book about the VF-1's basically having to coast part of the way to the target during the battle in Saturn's rings, and they had to wait for the SDF-1 to come to them to land—as they didn't have enough fuel to make the return trip (keep in mind that those VF-1's didn't have FAST packs).
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    With the thermonuclear turbine reaction engines: yes. Technically it's described as "reactant". Variable Fighter Master File indicates that the booster packs use a hydrogen-oxygen slush for fuel. However, that's not what the thermonuclear engines use—one book in the series indicates that a long duration unmanned test space flight (think decades) uses specially modified engines that can generate plasma with hydrogen. However, its huge fuel tank (lifted from the Space Shuttle) contains separate tanks with hydrogen and "reactant".
  9. sketchley
    Translations of the Macross Chronicle SDFM episode articles: http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/MCRepisode/MCRepisode.php#SDFM
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    Macross Zero has a scene where the pilot tags incoming targets with eye movements before firing the gun pod and head lasers. Presumably something similar is happening with the micro-missiles. As for the quantity... RPGers have worked under the assumption that each missile launcher has a rate of fire (how many missiles can be fired per launcher per unit of time). However, that doesn't exactly describe what we see in all examples from the various series. So, my best guess at the moment is that it is like the firing selector on automatic firearms: single shot, burst (3–5 or whatever), continuous fire until trigger released—per missiles launcher.
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    Rodavan, that scan is from Variable Fighter Master File, and that book series is anything but canon. Aside from the stealth configuration of the panel lines/joints/etc, the shape of such things as the hump behind the canopy and the engine nozzles are quite different from what the OP is asking for. Aztek, as the VF-1X isn't visually substantially different from the initial VF-1, you could get away with using the original lineart from SDFM or DYRL. However, if you're looking specifically for materials related to the Bandai DX 1/48 VF-1X, they might be exceedingly hard to come by... Fingers crossed that someone who owns one will be able to enlighten us if the packaging came with anything!
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    The only thing that I recall along similar lines is that he wanted to do more dogfights in an atmosphere—as most of those were in space in MF. That is, of course, in no way saying that your memory is incorrect.
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    Funny you should mention that. Chisato Mita (the original character designer) is apparently mainly a game character designer... Ah... for the days of Risa Ebata... love or hate her work in MF, the characters were mostly original.
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    In short, the Inspection Forces (aka Supervision Army) are basically brainwashed Zentradi. Nothing really out of the ordinary about that. On the other hand... well, put it this way, a mere 7* of them destroyed 85% of the population in a galaxy-spanning civilization in just nine months! * The caveat is that the Protodevilun brainwashed Zentradi and Protoculture and formed the Inspection Forces, and the Inspection Forces assisted those 7 Protodevilun in all that death and destruction. But by how much? To put that into perspective: after the Protodevilun were sealed away, the Zentradi and Inspection Forces have been fighting for approx. 499,135 years without either side winning by the time SDF:M takes place...
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    The only reason it came to mind is while I was translating the relevant pages in the Master Chronicle, it mentioned that not only are there various sizes to the Factory Satellites (E.g. the one we saw in SDF-1 is one of the smaller ones, as it produces the Rigado), the largest—which produce the Mobile Fortress class of vessel used by Bodoru—are the size of small moons. Nevertheless, in looking up the relevant page, I kinda discovered I had already translated the answer to the question I asked in my preceding post. Old age... That said, I humbly recommend reading it... just for the sheer mind-boggling number of those things out in the galaxy (from Operation Record on the reverse side): http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/MCRmechanic/SDFMzent10aFactorySatellite.php
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    Technically they're "Powered Suits", and are quite different from Power Armour. In short, the torso is a cockpit, with the pilot's upper body and arms in it (the mecha's arms are fully automated), and the pilot's legs only reach down into the thighs of the legs (the lower legs are also automated). TV cockpit interior (note triggers and other hand operated controls at the front): DYRL cockpit interior (note depiction of Zentradi pilot seated in the cockpit in the bottom middle): And some size comparisions (note Zentran and Meltran body size in comparison to the Battle Suits):
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    Part of the reason is story: they needed an excuse to get the hero there in a way that sets up the situation on Uroboros. What better way than to ferry an old VF on its own (instead of transported in the belly of a ship that's part of an armada), and then immediately attacked upon arrival by a rival? The other reason is—if memory serves—something to do with the "experience" that the control AI in the YF-25 has accrued over the years.
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    It's hard to answer your question because a) the postal situation has changed over the intervening years (see Trump's actions and the 2019 Extraordinary Conference of the Universal Postal Union), and b) the Covid-19 affects on air travel and subsequent increase (and restrictions) on air transport. Generally, I'd like to say it's the same all over Japan, but aside from A and B, if you were ordering something shipped from one of the remote islands, I'm fairly certain the costs would go up (but things don't always make sense like that in Japan. For example, NTT charges the same rate for phone calls wherever to wherever you are in Japan...) On the flip side, Yamato Takyubin is in direct competition with Japan Post for domestic mail, so there is a great incentive for not only the post office, but also courier companies to keep shipping costs down... at least domestically (or for domestic customers sending internationally).
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    Well, they are actively seeking them... just not to destroy them—to exploit them for their own uses! Of course, due to age, a lot of them are breaking down. Not to mention being deliberately targeted and destroyed by the Inspection Forces (E.g.: the Guraji producing Factory Satellites have all been destroyed). However, the remaining question is: are there Factory Satellites making Factory Satellites? If so, have they already started breaking down or been destroyed by the Inspection Forces? Or were the Protoculture producing them themselves? (thus, no neverending supply of those things)
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    This is Animation The Select #11 Macross DYRL Pg 76. It's a Super VF-1 "accidentally" bumping into the forward glass.
  21. sketchley
    I'd take whatever the Master File books say with a grain of salt. Aside from the disclaimer at the back of the books that they aren't part of the Official Setting (or 'canon'), they also claim that the VF-4A–F can NOT transform. There is nothing in the Official Setting that indicates that a) the VF-4A–F cannot transform, and b) the VF-4G is bigger than the previous models.
  22. sketchley
    Erm... Pinpoint Barrier equipped Monster Destroids show up in the game "Macross M3". The Energy Conversion Armour that Seito's referring to is different. Instead of only protecting a couple of small areas, it makes ALL of the armour stronger.
  23. sketchley
    Let's not forget the very first appearance of the Konig Monster: the VF-X2 game, where it is a playable VF (rotates slow as hell...) As for the VB-6 and Invid... I recommend you take a look at the opening animation for the VF-X2 game. It shows how it deals with pesky tanks... it steps on them! LOL (the VB-6 stuff starts at around 1:10. But you're doing yourself a disservice if you don't watch from the start! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GZIWmxMoJk )
  24. sketchley
    Well, yes and no. The Protodevilun are a combination of energy life forms from the sub-universe and the Ehvil Series. The Ehvil series are basically the successor to the Zentrādi—thus they are "related" to the Protoculture. So, technically Macross 7 introduced us to: energy life form race Protodevilun (new race from the merger of 2 distinct life forms) AND a new variant of the Zentradi. Giving us: Zentrādi (TV series ver.; basically humans) Zentran (movie ver.; able to biologically join with their equipment) Meltran (movie ver.; essentially have fibre optics for nerves, among other things) Ehvil series (essentially forgo the need for external equipment—like Mobile Weapons and space battleships) And what about the other intelligent life forms? Like the Sharon Apple style AI, or the Galactic Whales?
  25. sketchley
    Seto - what's your source for the movie version having EX-Gear?
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