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  1. sketchley
    It says "61st Shizuoka Hobby Show - 32nd Modellers Club Joint Exhibition. Production Name: Destroid Phalanx (rest cut off at bottom of frame)"
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    I'm not fully privy to all the details (I don't think anyone is outside of the people who actually signed the contract), but my understanding is that HG has the distribution rights of Macross outside of Japan solely for the SDFM TV series. If they want to deal with any of the other parts of Macross, they have to negotiate a separate contract. At the present time, it looks like Big West is directly selling to the international (= outside of Japan) market.
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    Were any of those 3 my translation of the Macross Chronicle article, perchance? http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/MCRgoods/08MacrossTheMusicalture.php Aside from my aforementioned translation, the only other sources in English that I am aware of were by members of MW who posted their experiences on MW. As for the figment part, one thinks that perhaps those people only skim read the synopsis that were made available, and jumped to their own conclusions—it sounds like they've cherry-picked some of the "facts" and "in-universe opinions" of the setting materials...
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    LOL! And at first blush it seems oddly plausible! (given that he's a hologram and all that)
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    Arcadia VF-5000G

    sketchley replied to daBlah!'s topic in Toys

    http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics.php#Variable_Fighters The above link should clarify how it all fits together. The VF-5000 dates from the 2010's. The VF-19 & VF-22 begin development in the mid 2030's, and their production models are from the 2040's. http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/MCRmechanic/All01aVFmasterpiecesVF-1.php http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/MCRmechanic/All01bVFmasterpiecesVF-17-19-22.php http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/MCRmechanic/All01cVFmasterpiecesYF-24family.php
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    I understand. What I'm getting at is just a handful of squares in a relatively small area. To mitigate leakage, perhaps using a thinned down paint? This may require multiple passes to 'build up' the desired panel (aztec) design. It will never be as good as a set of decals, but I'm approaching this from the angle of "what's easiest and cheapest to do, that won't put excessive strain on the hands." Yes. That's why I mentioned an eraser shield: small area, thin, and flexible. The mental image I have is one of the ones with the square shape cutouts:
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    Agreed. Reading this, it got me thinking: is it possible to create some type of cardboard cutout with a rudimentary template for spray painting the aztecs? Something that doesn't require a lot of cutting, but you can use like an eraser shield to wipe paint on the surface (or rubbing charcoal or whatever). Something that is just wide enough to do a small wedge of the saucer each day. The next day, flip it over (or move up or down a bit) and repeat to build up the aztec details.
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    That Lego YF-19 is... wow. There is a lot of creative solutions in it. I'm especially intrigued by how the folding wing mechanism was reproduced with a rod and clips, as well as the sliding mechanism in the back using "antenna" (or flagpole?) elements.
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    Is there a mechanical component involved? Ie: the coin forces a lever to move, and that lever pushes down into something (a 'touchpad') that activates the electrical switch? If so, what is the state of that touchpad and does it register when the lever touches it?
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    If memory serves, something to that effect was brought up in the "Macross the Musical" stage production. Among other things, that show's Super Long Range Emigrant Fleet's setting was experiencing demonstrations (and riots?) because that fleet was essentially poor.
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    That's what the text on the artwork says: "missile".* So yes, the toy was envisioned to have a spring-loaded missile, which is effectively the size of a battleship. * Note that the artwork was only produced for the toy version. Such a huge missile (or clip on wheel chassis) was never used—or intended to be used—in the TV series.
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    There's probably an in-universe explanation, but design decision wise, Mr Lucas (or Lucasfilm) had a rule something along the lines of: if you can't understand what it is within 0.5 seconds, then the design will be rejected. I'm not sure if that only applied to the prequels, but it does explain the design "logic" of an intake in space.
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    Until Japan's companies start giving workers significant raises (not likely in the short term), the central bank is most likely going to continue resisting raising the interest rate; which is the prime reason why the value of the JPY has become so low*. So, unless the global situation greatly changes in some key way, the JPY will continue staying comparatively low for the time being. * to clarify, it is the reaction of overseas investors to that which is driving the value of the JPY down.
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    Max and Miria. Even after they 'overcame' their differences and got married in SDFM, their rivalry is still going strong dozens of years later, as seen in M7.
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    Fan art and other derivative work (i.e. 3D renders) is fundamentally different from an illegally acquired database of artwork used to train the AI. Nevertheless, the finished works of both fall afoul of copyright law—both the moral rights and the economic rights of the copyright holders: https://www.cric.or.jp/english/clj/ocl.html If I'm not mistaken, fan-art falls under derivative works, and one reason it is tolerated is that it generally doesn't compete in the market with the original works and doesn't damage the original creators' profits.
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    I do not want to derail this topic, so I'll keep it short: The problem with AI art is the dubious means used to acquire the art database(s) the AI were trained on. The vast majority was "scraped" from the internet, and violates copyright, on top of not having asked the individual artists for permission to be included in said database(s). It should also be noted that some artists have been fired (or otherwise lost their job) because of the advent of AI generated art. The issue was not whether the artist was good enough (i.e. at the top of their game), but the quantity produced for the cost. Truly AI produced art per se is not disagreeable. However, the current incarnation is violating artists' rights, causing detrimental harm to artists, and like an ingrown toenail—based only on what it is trained on, and not able to evolve beyond that. So, while it would be nice to see more Masami (et al)-style Macross art, can we ask Masami-san (and the others) permission to do that? Can we get permission from Macross's copyright holders to use their IP in this way?
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    As an artist, believe you me when I say just say no to AI generated art. The Zentradi Heavy Attacker (aka Gorg Ganz Charts) from DYRL: http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics/ZentraadiAerospace/golggants.php
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    It does say "Macross" (마크로스) and something along the lines of "As seen on SBS TV" on the box. My Korean is not good enough to understand everything, but I see the words for "license contract" on there (the 2nd and 3rd words after Paco Enterprise Co.)
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    Maybe it was a marketing decision? (I.e. the marketing team chose the scale, not the actual model designers.) To make it easier to bundle together with their other 1/100 lines? Or that the 1/72 scale turns off (domestic) buyers since they're not used to that scale, or that it eats up too much 'display space' when finished?
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    Aside from being the only item without either a scale (1/12, 1/100, etc.), it is also the only one by Arii (the others are all by Imai). Perhaps it was released bundled with another kit? (or simply not released?) Correction, there's a ￥300 Arii kit (the GERWALK?) on the lower left.
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    In short, yes. It's fairly safe to say that the ship came down a lot harder than they intended—perhaps they intended to park it in orbit. But such things happen when one is plotting a course based on rudimentary scans from 10 light years away (and possibly millennia-old information if the Inspection Forces had access to the Protculture survey of Earth).
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    That was kind of covered in the first couple of episodes of the TV series: it was left behind as a booby trap by the Inspection Forces when they retreated from this part of the galaxy to slow down the pursuing Zentradi Forces. It was most likely abandoned and put on autopilot. However, Earthlings did find evidence of the crew, as they knew how large to make the VF-1 in Battroid to facilitate 'communication'. That evidence hasn't been described, but it is most likely such things as airlocks, crew facilities (beds, tables, chairs), and spacesuit remnants.
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    The trajectory doesn't quite make sense (as visualized by Pengbuzz). A lot of the landmarks that it passed over are thousands of km apart, and if the ASS-1 was producing such a shock wave, it means that something on the order of 1/3 to 1/2 of the Earth would be catastrophically damaged. However, it makes a lot more sense if the trajectory was on a curved path, like how the ISS orbits: heading northwards from Canada over Greenland, with an apex near Iceland, then curving south—passing over Stockholm and Moscow, and then starting to curve back northwards around Mount Everest with the lower apex somewhere around Hong Kong, until finally pancaking on South Ataria Island. Something like this, but farther north, and half as far south:
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    Apparently it knocked the top (third?) off of Mount Everest. In other words, low enough (and fast enough) to cause considerable damage over a wide swath of the globe. The route from there to the Ogasawara Islands (where South Ataria Island is) has it travelling almost directly over all of Bhutan, a lot of heavily populated provinces in China, and almost directly over Taipei (Taiwan) and Naha (Okinawa). So, I wouldn't be surprised if tens to hundreds of thousands of people were injured or killed, with several million people affected by the devastation. Note that that's only from Mount Everest. Going in the opposite direction, there's New Delhi and even further Kuwait, Israel, and the most populated parts of Egypt! However, I think anything west of Pakistan is probably pushing it.
  25. sketchley
    The only situations that come to mind are the aforementioned needing more bullets for an extended engagement, as well as for balance when flying (left and right side have an equal amount of aerodynamic drag [in an atmosphere] or weight and center of gravity [in outerspace]). There may also be a need for gun pods when facing opponents where physical bullets perform better then beam weapons do. However, I'm not sure what that would be. The only thing that comes readily to mind is the Anti-Optical Weapon coating on the VF-171EX. It's possible that something similar existed earlier in the Macross timeline, but I haven't come across any mention of it outside of the VF-171EX! That said, it loops back into the dual gun pods for more bullets...
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