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Kinda, sorta. "Created by the Robotech people" depends on the scope of the meaning created, but in te question of awesome, I wouldn't go there. Having some mad scientist who gets a wiff of protoculture flower juice, then gets X-File black eyes, then goes to develop a bunch of stuff by accident, does seem a bit contrived. Again, I think it goes back to the arsenal of creative minds involved, and back then, there weren't many. Now, there's a few, but probably amount to about 1/4 of what a normal creative writer could do. And I'm not talking about fan wank garbage that has come from HG for a lonnnnng time. Actual story that is convincing.

That looks absolutely awesome. Sack lunches for awhile.

Well, you have a crew at HG that doesn't seem to have the creative scope to create in-depth characters on their own. They've tried to over develop the established characters, to a point where it almost seems like forced backstory. It's pretty obvious when almost everyone is related to everyone, and everyone is tied to someone else. All the minor characters have these backstories that are almost more elaborate than the lead characters, and while that's usually a good sign of being thorough story tellers, incorporating all of it in the story seems to convolute the plot. 95% crap, 5% good stuff. This is totally evident by the fact that it's not new story at all, just rehashed in some different location in the same timeline, over and over again.

I'd really challenge the "fragility" of the v.2 VF-1. I own about 9 of them, and while my first two needed attention to the shoulders, the others have been just great, and I handle those quite a bit. Back on topic, it appears that whatever Yamato is doing, they are being more self aware of the QC issues, unlike when these YF-19s were first coming out. If they didn't have QC inspectors then, they may have one now, as their toys have had much better quality than before. I'm sure it's also a challenge for someone in a factory to see possible issues with a toy that has so many mechanical parts and internal mechanisms. While this isn't an excuse for Yamato, it seems they are evolving at a very decent rate. We've gone from the 1/72 Macross plus items, to the v.1 VF-1, to the 1/48s, to the 1/60 line in roughly ten years. Not bad, considering their engineering of such complicated toys seems to be better than Bandai, a well established toy manufacturer for how long? I have to admit that I've never had any serious issues with Yamato toys, and the few that I have had, were fixable, and in comparison, not as bad as some other brands I've had.

All this had made me laugh pretty hard, so thanks all. You know, it's gotta be a heap of coals on his head knowing that when one of us speak on this board, we listen, but when he speaks, we all laugh at him. If that's not a telling of his credibility, I don't know what is. But, I guess getting validation from a few (and I mean literally in the scope of all this, by few) f*tards is enough for him to keep getting ridiculed. It's almost too easy. What should I say now to make him whack out?

Why can't it be that suffering leads to anger, and anger leads to hate? Or, doesn't hate lead to anger as well, and that leads to suffering, or hate leada to suffering, and suffering leads to anger? Damn you, Yoda, for all your confusing talk.

Hmmm, I hope the one I sold holds out strong. I never messed with it, so it should be good, but even after I sell stuff, I hope that the new owner is able to enjoy it as much as I did. I'd hate to hear that something I sold disintegrated at the joints. I sold mine in hopes of, a new version, but now I really hope that happens. It's sad to hear this, but since this item is a bit dated, what would Yamato really be able to do about it at this point. Hopefully, if anything, they are, and continue to use better, more durable materials.

The only issue with this the "conversation", is that bendo was told the day that Gubaba can't do it, due to work, timeframe, or whatever, and that's the one time that he's picked. It's a very passive aggressive way of skirting the confrontation, and a diluted way to make him feel like he's won some imaginary battle. What makes it even more funny, is the fact that most people without the "issues" he has, can see through that. I wonder if he thought we wouldn't. To add, I don't think everyone here has been burned. I'd say people here are the ones who just got fed up, but I don't know about burned. It'd take a lot for someone to really get burned, and I don't think anyone here really falls into that. ANYWAYS...Pro-toe-coal-cha, we love it, we need it, we are addicts?

I'm hoping to get a copy of the software soon. I have been cleaning my office out, and hopefully it turns out. It's kinda a mess.

I've never credited it either. Even just before it aired, there was Voltron, which was Go Lion. Then you have many others. Battle of the Planets (Gatchaman), Speed Racer (Mach Go Go?) Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, and the list goes on. During the time that Robotech had been aired, there was a trend already starting, where t.v. stations were starting to see the quality in Japanese anime, and if they weren't bringing it over, they were hiring their staff, artists, and/or, attempting to replicate their animation style themselves. Had Robotech not been there, it's easily conceivable that anime would still make it into a semi-mainstream status. I believe the claim that Robotech made Japanese anime popular is just an empty, extremely subjective claim that Robotech fans and employees hold onto, to validate its existence.

Delay? Delay over what? And yeah, it sounds like a lie, as they delay just about everything.

This thread is sponsored by "Hatorade", restores all the hate and bitterness when your body needs it. LOL I wonder if this will generate another C.O.N.-spiracy?

Yeah, I picked up on that as well. Basically, what I got from our new critic here is "I like Macross, but without Robotech, Macross would be nothing. I also think you all are a bunch of haters, and racists who where white pointy hats, but don't criticize me on it, I wanna be your friend." So, yeah, if that doesn't say troll, I don't know what is. We may not know this guy here, but the few posts he's made is definitely an informative introduction. Typical bendo style...to hide behind a facade of pretending to make the call, but protecting himself with an unreasonable times. I'm still wanting the recap of the last podcast, which should be funny.

Were you still waiting for a certain number of his supposed 6000 "lessoners" to request it? @ Darkwater, you'll have to fill me in on what specifics were there, as I don't really care to listen to morons.

Looks awesome. Very clean. I painted mine weathered a bit. Congrats on a job well done, and I agree...if these are made available again, I'd probably pick up another.

I've kinda been on an anime binge lately. Over the last 2 weeks, I finished watching Angel Beats, and it's VERY GOOD. Also watched Kiddy Grade for the first time, and now watching Hell Girl, and Vandread. I've never seen these either. So far, interesting stuff.

Buy lotto tickets, cause I'd love to get the entire Diamond Force and Emerald Force. BOMBAAAAA!!!

What I've always wondered is why they named the kitty cat planet Garuda, which is, in Hinduism, a bird with golden wings and flown by Vishnu. I know it's not important, but they could've been a little more creative than just picking up books, closing your eyes, opening a page, and randomly picking a name. Either that, or make them bird like people, and make a more direct correlation.

At least with a "Robotech 7", there'd be an original to fall back on. With Shadow Chronicles, there's nothing to make it better.

That's pretty much the same reason I come to this thread. The ad was for Fanexpo, and technically was probably photoshopped, or done with InDesign by a design firm, who probably didn't know the difference between Macross and Robotech: the Macross Saga. They were probably hired by A&E, not by HG, and thus the confusion. At least that's the rundown of what happened. The ad agency that did it, as it was an ad agency, was mentioned in the previous pages (pg. 26) and I'm pretty sure they were called real quick, as the ad hasn't surfaced anywhere else since, and no one has really talked about it since.

My buddy and I were talking on the phone about stuff, nothing in particular, and that ad came into the topic. He told me that there was this long conspiracy that Macross purists put out the ad because they knew that Robotech fans would buy the DVDs, then look for that character, then we'd supposedly point the way to Frontier, and try to "convert" them. After a few minutes of laughing hard, I said, "I should write on MW that I made it, and let him go into a frenzy of conspiracies that a 'Macross Purist' supposedly put it up." After the idea came up, I posted it up that evening, and I didn't want to sound so serious about it, so I put that little tag at the end of the post. I thought he'd pick up on that, but I guess you can't underestimate stupidity.

Well, yea gotta agree there. There were a few people I told that I was planting that, and I think I called it just right. Like I'd go all the way up to Fanexpo, and put up an ad. Isn't that expo in Canada or something? For some reason, he thinks it was at Anime Expo. Here: try this, bendo,... highlight this name "Anime Expo" and put it in your text to speech program. Then highlight this name "Fanexpo", put that in after, and you will hear the difference.

I read the title of the latest podcast from bendo A.K.A. Douglas Woodford, and apparently, my predictions of what would happen right after I made the false claim that I put out that Robotech poster all the way out there at Fanexpo to throw people off. It was an idea a buddy of mine and I had that night I posted the fake report. Even after my post on page 26, I gave enough hints that it was B.S. anyways, I figured that he'd jump right into conspiracies over it, and he bought that story, hook line, and sinker. It funny that he wasted 45 minutes over that. Gotta love it.

I referred to it as iffy, because even if the procedure is done well, if you don't transform or play with the toy, then you don't have to worry about it coming off, but if you do, I've seen some jobs start to look a little unsightly. It just depends on each person's comfort level, toy preference, use, etc, etc. I would suggest matte lacquer, as it's probably a better strength over acrylic and enamel.

That's probably the best way to look at it, but if you're wondering "is outside still too much chance", it does depend on the wind. I use my spray cans all the time outdoors without a respirator. Common sense; don't spray into the wind, or against a wall to get the back wind of it. I usually snap a little paint from the can to see where the spray is going, then put myself upwind of it, and my target part directly where the paint will go. Never had any problems.