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I never really put too much stock into first out photos anyways, so while they look great, it doesn't really convince me of anything. Like the YF-29, it was the muc later photos that showed all the promise and what the goods really were. So, with that, I'll stay ready, and save my comments till then on the design.

Yeah, in regards to the Battle pods lying around. Why is it that HG says they are at a factory in China because there aren't enough boats and they're in Malaysia? Why didn't Kevin just say that Toynami hasn't produced them yet, instead of some stupid story about waiting for boats to fill up? I mean, that is the truth right there. Someone there can fill the other part in, but an ex-employee of HG corrected some of Tommy's B.S., and called Tommy out. Tommy was kinda fumbling for words. Can't remember exactly what it was about, but it was classic. As for the new animation, the only thing that looked better was cel shading over the CG ships. I'm sure there will be video soon, so while I track it down, hold tight. It's either that, or it's Flash animation, as it looks very shoddy. There's a part where a ships thrusters just blink on and off, and looks very rough. From what they've shown, it appears as though they weren't working on this for too long, indicating they were going one way, and decided to do something different. As with that, they do mention "NO DISTRIBUTOR". Kevin at one point makes an announcement to have an announcement by end of year, and hopefully that's on the panel filmed. Ridiculous, yeah, I know. We can break this panel down into small segments, and most of it says B.S.

Got mine yesterday, but haven't had much time to look at it, being at Anime Expo. Anyways, I bought this on the gamble that it'd be worth it and not a floppy mess, and it seems to have paid off. The plasic seems a bit too "plasticky" but unfortunately, that seems to be the trademark of Bandai. Other than that, I've had no problems with mine, and hope none pop up.

If Tommy says those things to "piss off the Macross fans" that probably backfired, as it just makes them look incompetent. Also, Tommy did use the term "Macross Purist" in one of his answers. I see the sarcasm, but why cut the Macross franchise and dumb it down into a Robotech story? Also Tommy did mention that it would have to be more an alternate universe idea, as it wouldn't fit all that well.

I can almost guarantee you that it will be the exact same panel, maybe with a voice actor to cover the dull talk, but the same. Some of the fan questions were just Effing retarded. One guy asked, no, two people asked about opening talks with Japan to get the Macross series over like Frontier to add to Robotech. Tommy's first comment was that he likes that idea, or something to that effect, and I heard several people giving a WTF under their breath. I know I was kinda shocked that he thought of that as a good idea. Didn't get that on camera, but man, do they know what they're saying, or do they just talk to please the person asking the question. If someone asked me that question about a franchise I worked for, my answer would be a very tactful, "What the hell are you talking about? Why would you want that?" At least it seems Robotech fans know where the good stuff is, and since Tommy and co. can't produce the goods, they would rather see that. Just not a good idea at all.

We were there all day as well. If you go tomorrow, look for us. Tomorrow is specifically for shopping for Cheryl and I.

So, roughly about $7 USD??? Not bad at all. I like the matte finish on it. I got another poster today at Los Angeles Anime Expo, and may pick up another one. I'll post those up and the Frontier promo poster I just got. Running out of space in my poster book.

Stay tuned, B.S. overload report coming soon. ...But for some things to expect... *Kevin's retarded reason for no Toynami light artillery pod gets "docked" *New animation, looks better than Shadow Chronicles, but not saying much (can someone say Flash, Ah-ahhhhhhhhh) *New animation is pushed back supposedly for better animation??? (W....T....F....) *LAM...nadadamnthang *Robotech is cooler in China since everything Robotech is from there. *Robotech 25th anniversary soundtrack will be a Rootech 28th or 29th anniversary soundtrack *Tommy gets royally corrected and caught talking out of his rear by someone who knows something Tommy really didn't. And...someone out there has recordings of the B.S. gotta catch it on film.

I definitely missed these as well, and should a re-release come, I'm on board, but as there are so many other things out there, I can wait at this point. As a consolation, I have my M&M 22s that are sitting pretty in the boxes till I can move (which maybe this year). I hope Graham can talk to Yamato about releasing more of these out into the public. I can't even find them Ebay, which I would use if these weren't an arm and leg already.

I put up my Michael version for sale about 5 days ago maybe (?) and it was right when this thread was out. Didn't read this until after it was up. Well, I'm now 25-less. I'm glad they'll look like they are supposed to, and that proto of the v.2 looks damn good. Still hoping the accessorie sets, like the Galia IV set will still connect.

I'll be going all 4 days as well. Looking forward to this year. I don't know if I'll buy anything big, but seeing new stuff is fun. Going to the Hatsune Miku concert on saturday night.

The poster came from the Gold book, and was in there forever. I have two of the poster, so I decided to open it up, and let the folds relax a bit. These pics were taken right after going into the archive book.

That pic of the 29 with the 25 just makes the 25 look so freakin' sad. He looks like the jilopy red headed stepchild, the ugly duckling in a beautiful family.

Can't wait to get mine. Awesome pictures.

Cool, got you down.

I don't know about that, but if it comes out that Agrama was doing some criminal deals, then I'm sure that is a possibility. Between that and his age, I wonder if they are really looking to move Robotech forward, or just buying time to dump off the franchise.

I haven't built mine yet, and I'm waiting for a couple other projects to get finished up. It's on the list of things to do.

It seems like this movie supposedly in the works "Pacific Rim" or something like that, is indirectly being speculated as the next Robotech movie. Also, anybody hear about the lawsuit going against Tobey Mac for getting paid in high stakes poker games that involved money from ponzi schemes? Interesting stuff. I'd put up links, but at 0145 hrs, I'm not much in the mood for doing too much internet searching. Funny how none of the Row-boat tech fanatics don't talk about all the legal troubles HG/Agrama is in? Just thought I'd bring that up, since they probably want to keep on with the idea that HG is only focused on Robotech. Quite opposite.

Here's another thing I hope they take into consideration. I hope the Galia IV set will still fit with the v.2 releases. I spent good money on that set, and I'm not about to buy it again if it doesn't. I can understand if the armor for the v.1 doesn't fit...the toy maybe retooled in certain places, and to be honest, that armor barely hung on. However, the Galia IV set was just an accessory piece, and was designed to fit onto all the Valks, so I hope they accomodate that.

OK, all figures for set 1 have gone to the printer, and hopefully in about 1 1/2 to 2 weeks, we'll get the masters. Count it down, it's being done.

I'm glad they're doing this. Honestly though, I can wait for these, as the v.1 kinda burned me a bit. I was on the fence, cause I had no idea if this was going to come true, or if I was just gonna take the plunge and get the v.1 25s. I have both 27s, and those are fine, but if they do make a v.2 of those, I'll get those as well. Still gonna wait for the reviews of these, and if they are looking like the 29, I think I'll jump in.

Man, I was hoping not to hear this news. I didn't realize it was coming, and I just put up a bunch of these for sale as well in the for sale section. Damnit. I was buying two copies of each as well, to show support, but alas, what can we do? I hope they are just regrouping, and I hope the magazine did well enough to warrant it to continue. So far, the news doesn't look good.

I know these have been put up, but I was cleaning out some of the posters I have stuck in tubing, and put them in the book. So, here's the added ones. One is Robotech, I know, and one isn't directly Macross, but very cool posters.

OK, boss. Got you down.

I showed my wife a bit of it, and she laughed. Just cute girls with boobs, a super catchy pop song, and geeky guy stuff flashes. It's quite addicting.