Jasonc

You could look at the Anime Expo 2010 footage on Youtube. If it's removed, then there maybe others. I suggest finding a way to save the files onto your hard drive. If it did go down, then it's many, many people's word against one or two. In either case, Tommy should be pissed that Kevin is stirring up trouble amongst the ranks, and putting them more in a hole than they were the day before.

Well, to catch Kevin in a flat out lie is funny as can be. I was there at Anime Expo 2010 when Tommy mentioned that due to Shadow Rising being put on hold for whatever reason, Carl gave them the idea to put new story out in other forms. Thus, it was the 2011 prject. Then, from the rt.com Kevin rant, he basically says that isn't true. So, either Kevin is a fat liar, or he's an idiot for not knowing what page everyone else is on, or a little of both. It's an either or question, and while he'll probably read this and try to put a spin on it somehow, maybe they should have a Robotech pow-wow, and get all the suck-up mods in, and figure out what they're doing wrong, and why the fans are pissed (not that it's too difficult). The left hand has no clue what the right hand is doing, and the right leg is trying to walk to the left, while the right is trying to take a few steps forward. That's how their business model looks to me, and has looked like that since well before Shadow Chronicles came out. Part of that chaos shows in the disaster of Shadow Chronicles.

First off, who the hell is their competitor??? Some show that nobody knows about? If he's referring to the other "competitors", like Transformers, Macross, Star Wars, stuff like that, then, yeah, they are spending money, but they're also making a buttload more than HG is on their franchises. I've not once heard Kevin name these so-called franchises. So, he also says that WB isn't preventing them from producing Shadow Rising??? Didn't Tommy say in effect that they aren't doing anything with it now due to the LAM??? So, either Kevin is lying, or he's flat out calling Tommy a liar? Either way, that makes the HG staff as lying...Uh, yeah, that's something new. I get such a great laugh at the obvious over-the-top attempt at trying o put a spin on what's going on. I'm not even gonna say what they should do or how they should act. First off, I don't work for them, so I could careless how they foul up their wording. Secondly, I find the attempt, at most, humorous. Thirdly, why would I, or any of us be the ones to tell them what common sense in a business setting should be?

If they make it as a completely fixed statue (unk at this time, but I do see that there is a gap between the shoulders and arms), it would totally be possible to customize this toy to make use of joints, either by Revoltech, or some other company. It'd take some work, but to do arms and head shouldn't be that big of a feat for even us common customizers.

I like Amiami's prices for their preorders. Most of the time, it's a great deal. I've bought the BD version of Frontier Movie from them I think for $53, and preordered the YF-29 for I think it was $125 or something like that. Don't quote me, but they're usually well priced. They price their stuff to move fast.

That's not a skirt son, that's an "I'm gonna kick your @$$ lab coat." The stick is to just give reference to that fact. He's gonna beat all my valks to a pulp.

I have a feeling that as this 2011 or whatever project gets closer, the staff is gonna claim that they did all this to show how much they love the fans (after jerking them around for years). Then they'll go on some tirade, putting down every fan who questioned if this thing was ever going to come out in Kevin's own derogatory manner. Then the Banhammer will come by again if people start harshly criticizing the piece...Hey doesn't that soud like Shadow Chronicles??? I wonder if they'll even have a repeat issue with getting a distributor, if they go that direction?

I wouldn't mind seeing a series for the 30th anniversary, but M7? No. I like M7, but not that much. I'd rather see a redo of original Macross like what Macross the First is doing. But, truth be told, I think Macross is sailing quite high with Macross Frontier, and I expect they won't want to move onto other series and have to compete with its own series.

While M7 wasn't too popular amongst fans here in the West, I've heard it was quite popular in Japan. That said, I hope all those who were fans of that show buy this toy, and open it up to other variants with this mold. I really want a VF-19 from VFX-2 Ravens video game. The Blazer Valk would be nice as well. I'm liking the Basara version quite well, and I can't wait to see production pics of it. Those gaps and such should be fixed by then??? (fingers crossed)

Maybe some here should buy Crayons and read the colors that are on the paper wrapped around them. This thing is RED. It may be subjective as to what shade, but it's RED. If that is "pink" then what is pink actually called when it's present?

Thanks...lots of stuff to eventually read up on.

Just now got the new Dengeki Hobby mag, and the new VF-1 is quite awesome. If anyone translates the specs on it, please put it up somewhere here. I also love the new characters.

Love that book. It's got some very nice art in there. I love how each character in there has their own distinct look, their own distinct character. It really shows just how much talent Mikimoto has. He needs an updated book, especially doing the Gunam and Macross art as of recent.

Freakin' awesome. Love that Sheryl figure. I am in for that.

Well, that's at least some good news. I do hope they make the arms at least moveable. If not, I maybe doing some modifications to it.

My Yamato VMF Minmay and the Chinese dress. The doll may not be necessarily one of a kind, but the dress is. I guess if it was a choice between being homeless and hungry, there's no question there, but it's one of the prized Macross possessions. Of course, then there's the 1/1 helmets, and the Gold Book.

That's pretty cool for the 1/48s. Any chance of doing these for the 1/60? If so, I'll be buying many multiples.

Milia was a busy woman on and off that tarmac. I'd like to see a story of the daughters as well. Hot older daughters in combat with different valks and mecha. Man, I need to wipe the drool, hahahah. The Minmay pic is super hot.

I believe they were trying to appease Macross fans by getting Macross 7 Trash Manga over here. While it would've been cool to see it in English, I'm also just fine with the fact that HG didn't have a hand in it. They seem to pollute everything they touch as of recent (and I mean going back for a long time). I've heard that rumor before of using the show, but I'm sure that's all it was, just a rumor. Besides, even if they tried, I don't think there'd be enough footage to make Gamlin into the main character and still look decent. I've skimmed through that thread on rtx.com, as well as many, many others, and it's the same old garbage. Ps99042 and rtsurfer bring out all valid points, and the only comeback is spin talk and empty rhetoric. It's probably like talking to a mule. I don't think you're going to have an intellectual conversation with it, at least not from the mule's side of things. They're there to simply do the work of it's owner and carry a bunch of crap on its back. If I had the energy to go on, I would, but why try to argue with them? They do enough damage to their own fandom and to the franchise they support already. As I've stated before, my goal is just to point out the stuff so we can all get a good laugh before we facepalm. In regards to the convention tour and getting to see new footage. Since no one really has described what this supposed "new footage" is as of yet, I'm starting to get the idea that they are wanting to hide something. Call it intuition, call it being down this road before, but if there was actually something, wouldn't people talk more about it, like they did with the picture of Sera in her Invid suit? As for Kevin, I don't think the Robotech panels are winning people over to the convention tour. Most regular RT panel goers can't remember anything different from one panel to the next. But, if he wants to push that route, and stay in that small comfort zone for them, all the better. It only shows that they're willing to market to a core fan group, and stay there. I wouldn't call him a marketing person by any means. Would you call someone experienced in marketing because they watch youtube videos, or are told what to do by others? Tom Bateman wasn't in the marketing part of the franchise, and did more for Robotech than Kevin. At least he had the smarts to put product up on sale, refer to fans on what they want with product, and bring that info to Toynami, and set up focus groups. I don't think any of it is really supposed to make sense. They're shooting in the dark, trying to hit a dime sized target.

As noted above in a previous post, preorders back up. Just preordered mine. Looks much better than the DX 25s. I wasn't a fan of the 25s at all, but was able to enjoy and find much improvement on the 27. Hopefully this will follow suit, and we'll have an even better designed toy.

How old is the picture? If it's an old picture that was only recently posted, I'd be a little made, but it looks pretty awesome, from what is visible. I hope this project is still alive and kickin'.

Well, look at the most vocal of the fans that are still out there. Thy can't have a normal conversation without involving Robotech, they conjure of fantasies that they know all there is to know about the movie industry and everything that HG and Robotech is doing, they forsake common sense just for the belief that Robotech is going to be the newest and greatest thing since sliced bread, and their only friends a people who seem to agree with their feable reasoning. When does "crazyville proportions" start? I thought it was like that for many, for a long time now?

No, nothing new. Just the same old stuff. Just a guy talking about the past and convincing himself that there's only a couple of people in the world who actually had issues with Robotech's direction. It was pretty boring, and IMO, it seemed like Tommy was kinda tired of talking about Carl, and about all that past stuff. He at least has more energy when talking about that stuff.

I think either option is probably feasible for where Robotech should go. Still trying to pass of as anime is just misleading and a farse, and having done in animated Batman or Ben 10, or whatever is current and fitting a mecha show would be fine. At least it'd be out of the anime guise, and a good reboot would give it a sink or swim chance. If it just disappears into obscurity, I'd be OK with that too. It's sad for "enlightened Robotech fans" to see the garbage that it's become, and if it just died out, at least it'd be a good memory as a kid or whatever. Isn't this question posed every other page on this thread? I'm so tired of hearing about F!@#ing Astro Plan. No offense to you areaseven, but someone, let it go already.

I wouldn't mind getting some PE parts, but is there better picks of all the parts included? I'm also not too big on a gold color. These seem more for the unpainted UNASSEMBLED kit. I'll probably bite, just for the sake of enhancing current projects.