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    Newbie Questions on Macross

    in Hall Of The Super Topics

    Posted

    I'm a bit 'on the fence' there my self... as a lover of aircraft in general, a lot of my stuff is displayed in fighter mode, but I agree that the VF-0's are stunning in gerwalk mode (personally, I think they have the best gerwalk of all valks). The solution? Get one of each! I have a VF-0S with the ghost booster displayed in gerwalk mode and a VF-0A (standard... love the missles that come with the standard version) in fighter mode as the low-vis markings make it look more like a contempary fighter. Nice. In an ideal world I would have 3 or so of each version for displaying in all modes... hmmm... need to break out the card again.

    Yeah, I'm with ya. I would love to justify three of each, but that is just not going to happen. I have a irresponsibly expensive (and fast) Mustang to sink money in too also. :rolleyes: I have been trying to pick and choose the ones I think are sexy and also trying to represent each “family”. I currently have a VF-0S in fighter mode and it’s OUTSTADING! I also have a VF-0A in Batroid, but I am going to let that one go (it’s in the for sale section) to replace it with the VF-0S “Ghost” to be displayed most likely in Gerwalk. I am not blown away with the VF-0 in Batroid mode and I have VF-1’s, VF-11’s, VF-19’s and VF-21’s in Batroid so the Batroids are very well represented.

    I think with the addition of the VF-0S “Ghost” and a VF-1J with “Armor” I will have it covered fairly well. Or at least that is what I keep telling myself :huh:

    Newbie Questions on Macross

    in Hall Of The Super Topics

    Posted

    Alrighty there Mr vermillion01, I read one of your past posts and you mentioned owning/running some sort of design company and that you enjoyed your "models" because of the design aspects, etc. I feel the same way and I think we enjoy them for the same reasons. So here is the question. What looks better? The VF-0S ghost in gerwalk or fighter mode?

    I think they are both beyond outstanding! But I will only be buying one and I can't decide how I want to display it. I am leaning toward gerwalk a little bit.....and I am not a huge gerwalk fan, which means I realy, realy like it. Ohhhh I'm so cofused! :blink:

    Newbie Questions on Macross

    in Hall Of The Super Topics

    Posted

    DYRL was first a movie version of the series. But in Macross 7, it was mentioned that DYRL was actually a movie "based on the actual Space War One" events that was the original series. So if you lived in the SDF: MACROSS / Macross 7 universe, then DYRL is just a movie with actors that looked incredibly like the actual persons were depicted.

    Wow, I'm glad I asked. Who would have thunk?

    So would it be safe to assume that most Macross fans see themselves as part of, or in the SDFM Universe and that DYRL is something along the lines of the Clint Eastwood film "Flags of Our Fathers"?

    Newbie Questions on Macross

    in Hall Of The Super Topics

    Posted

    In the "Mecha Manual" (thanks again Mr March) I only see the VF-0A listed with the ghost booster, the "Angle" I believe is the designation.

    Did a VF-0S ever show up in Zero with the Ghost? Like in the Yamato below? Or is this a Yamato creation? I would like to have a VF-0 with the ghost booster for my now overpacked shelves, and I think the "S" looks a little more sexy, but I want to have something that was actualy in the show (that I have on DVD but have not gotten to yet), not a "fake" designation.

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    So to be accurate and true can I get the VF0S with the booster, or should I get the "A"?

    thanks

    Newbie Questions on Macross

    in Hall Of The Super Topics

    Posted

    OK, who can explain this quote to me? It's in reference to how Fokker died in SDFM and is in DRYL??

    "I forgot to mention, DYRL is supposed to be a movie about SW1 (Space War 1) within the Macross world. This would mean that the Roy you see in DYRL is not the real Roy Focker, but is, in fact, an actor playing the part of Roy Focker. Confused yet? "

    And yes, I am confused yet :wacko:

    WTB DOYUSHA 1/144 Die-cast MACROSS

    in Wanted

    Posted · Edited by sqidd

    Have you tired getting some from HLJ :) ?

    HLJ Macross completed Models

    I will give them a shot on the 21. I got one, but it's missing the landing gear, I would like to have one complete if I could. Thanks for the heads up.

    Update

    I have picked a few up in the past week. I got:

    VF1-S x1

    VF1-A x3 (I have no idea how I ended up with three)

    VF-19 x2

    VF-21 x1 (no landing gear though)

    If anyone has a heads up on another 21 or the other ones I am seeking drop me a line please! :p

    thanks

    Jason

    Macross DVD questions

    in Movies and TV Series

    Posted

    Release order:

    1982 - Macross

    1984 - DYRL

    1987 - Flashback 2012

    1992 - Macross II

    1994 - Macross Plus / Macross 7

    1997 - Macross Dynamite 7

    2003/4 - Macross Zero.

    Looks like what you really need to get is 7.

    No wonder Zero looks so bad a$$, that makes sense.

    DYRL and 7 and I'm good to go

    thanks

    Macross DVD questions

    in Movies and TV Series

    Posted

    Well I am half way through the SDFM series right now. I watch 2-3 a day. Strangly enough my wife got into them! Which is cool. I have to wait for her to be home to watch and episode now though :lol: I am sooooooo impressed with the series over R%$&*$#@!. I'm glad that I only watched the first 6 episodes of the re-issue last month before I got the SDFM series. It's cool that I watched those episodes so the Macross series could be put in perspective. As in, how much better it is. I had not seen a R%&^*%$#@$ episode since I was 15, so I don't remember much of the story line, which is cool because SDFM is all surpises for me.

    I just saw a clip from Zero ad I had no idea that the anumation was so much more advaced, I can't wait to watch it!

    I thought of something the other night though that I didn't ask in this thread. I asked for the timeline and the order of Macross, but what I didn't ask for is in what order they were released. I am assuming that SDFM was first ad at some point Zero was a pre-quil. Is that correct? What order were they released in?

    I curretly have:

    Zero

    SDFM

    Plus vol 1

    Plus vol 2

    Macross II

    I am thiking I need to get my hands on DYRL at this point. It's not like I need another DVD yesterday or anything, I am ot watchig them that fast. But I do want to start lookig for more soon so I have them in waiting.

    thanks again for your help!

    WTB DOYUSHA 1/144 Die-cast MACROSS

    in Wanted

    Posted

    VF-1A Hikaru

    VF-1S Focker

    VF-1J Max

    VF-1J Miria

    YF-19

    YF-19 Bronze (limited event edition)

    YF-19A blue (video game edition)

    YF-21

    I have to get my stuff together than. I have a major love affair with anythig 19, and the "Game Version" even more so. Thanks for the heads up, I eed to keep my eye out it looks like.

    I tried searching eBay Japan last night but I need some sort of translation program to effectively search. They seem to have a lot of stuff listed on some sort of yahoo auctions also.

    If anyone has a heads up on any of these please let me know

    spank you B))

    Yamato's 1/60 SV-51.

    in Hall Of The Super Topics

    Posted · Edited by sqidd

    Got mine out of the box tonight. I also have the floppy / droopy wing problem. No big deal, I set up up in "Launch Mode" on the stand anyway. Wigs don't droop aymore and I think it looks incredible going balistic! You get a real sense for the shape of it.

    When I saw the pictures I was a bit sceptical, something didn't look right with the balance between the nose/front section and the back. I am more than pleased with how it looks in real life though. The balance is perfect and maybe I would go as far as to say elegant. It certainly is pretty.

    The only think I found I wanted to "change" was to put the little missle's on the wingtips and both rocket pods toward the inside. I think it works with the shape of the plane a lot better. For my eye it "flows" better. Give it a shot and check it out, it changes the look quite a bit.

    Too bad about the droopy wings though. It would not be easy to do a quality fix without doing something dramatic. What I think it needs is a hole all the way from the wingtip to the body and a metal rod or even flat, thin metal "plate" that would be iserted all the way through the wing and into the body a bit. When you traformed it you could just pull the metal renforcements out and there could simply be another slot to put them in somewhere if "using" all of it's parts was a big deal. if not they could be added as tripm peices to the stand. This would be more a re-design than a fix though. If I were hell bent on displaying mine flat I think I would cut two little strips of carbon fiber and screw them to the underside of the wings right under the hinge. Of course this would slow the transformation process down a bit, but thats what multiple units are for :blink:

    All in all, I am very happy with it though. It looks like a million bucks, comes completely "kitted out" and has a very effective stand. For $196 shipped it's a pretty damn good value. If I didn't just spend another $2000 on my hot rod this week I would probably order another to leave in Gerwalk mode.

    WTB DOYUSHA 1/144 Die-cast MACROSS

    in Wanted

    Posted

    How are the sizes of the Chara-Works vs. DOYUSHA versions, are the the same scale?

    I was in the Los Angeles China Town this past weekend and there was a big toy store selling the Chara Works valks but I think it was for $9 a piece I think so I skipped.

    I have never had one of the Doyusha ones in my hands, but the Chra-Works ones are completely badd a$$! I have the Vol. 1 set and there is just something totaly cool about those little suckers. They have these sweet little stands, etc. I was amazed how nice they were. I am 100% happy with my purchase. I think I spent $60 shipped from Canada

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