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So, if you wipe your @$$ with the TP, does that count as a custom, and will Robotech conventions later on have said customs contest?

Here are some things to consider... 1)In most of Tommy's talks about the 2011 project, he doesn't really mention it as a movie, at least until people kept calling it that. Even then, he seemed very hesitant to call it a "movie", but more a "movie like movie" (whatever that means). 2)He mentions that the production and financing for it is on a much smaller scale than Shadow Chronicles. At first I thought this could be a moving comic or flash movie, but then I got word it was or part of it is LLA. 3)The image Tommy did correlating to the new production could be either a loose tie in to what the movie is about, like what many artist do with comic book covers. Sometimes the cover has little to do with what the content is inside. It can also be simply art to throw people off, and like some have speculated, art that was done awhile ago, and decided to put some use to it. Of course, it could also be directly what the story is, and be new animation. I'm not making the statements of what is as fact, but I'm gonna trust in it to some extent, and simply wait and see. If I'm wrong, it doesn't matter, if I'm right, still doesn't really matter. All speculation.

I can't say for certain, only go by what info has been given to me from credible sources. I have some confidence that the 2011 project will be done. If it's done in time or not, only time will tell, but I'm thinking they are gonna put this and the documentary on one DVD, if not, put it as an online product. I mean let's face it, who's gonna pay $20 for a one episode DVD. Now, add the show, and throw in a documentary, then you have added value to more Robotech fans.

Today I finally got around to starting the front of the Valkyrie. I'll be working from back to front on the nose. I will post pics tomorrow on how the leg connector harness will work, but I have figured out how I'm gonna make the swivel nose connect in battroid. Once I clean up a couple things, I'll seal up the cockpit and then start forming the framework in styrene for the nose. Little nervous about it as I've never really worked on a project this complex before, but if it works out with this section, the rest should be easy cakework. Still debating if I wanna create a custom head, or replicate the original Platypus head unit. I kinda wann put my own mark on this, and using the Patlabor head just as is right now is an awesome looking start IMO. What do you guys think about the head unit?

I think my father approved of it and was fine with it once he put it all in perspective. I have a wife, great job, nice car, and with all that, can still afford to put away and still collect. Don't get me wrong, I don't question people and their sports hobbies. I am an avid football and basketball fan, so I know how fun that can be. Most collectors don't buy stuff for the resale value, either. It's nice at times, but it's the satisfaction of getting something you've been looking for, waiting for, and the thrill of the hunt. And to answer the question of decals, I don't put on the decals, unless I'm customizing a toy, then I'll make it more realistic, but other than that, they stay as they came out of the box. Anyone else got any pics of their displays?

What panels are you doing? We'll probably be there.

To expect any HG member to really say that their product is wavering, that the LAM may or maynot get made, they're never gonna say that. That's why you can't believe what they say all the time. To find the truth in the "health" of the franchise, you only need look around and come to your own conclusion. Comics not selling in U.S., no forward progress of the LAM seen or heard, Shadow Rising on hold, etc, etc. Oh, and on "3 projects being worked on at the same time"...see below... This, I find funny. They supposedly have 3 projects being worked on at the same time. The truth is, LAM is still in the stage of deciding if they're gonna make it or not. Shadow Rising is no go as of now, even though they kepts saying that it was still being worked on. They've pretty much backed off on saying that. Then you have the 2011 animation, which is simply redubbing animation that's already made. A few of us got info that it was gonna be from Love Live Alive, so, that is a hit or miss. Then you have a "Robotech documentary", which is nothing really more than an extra on a DVD, and something that seemed to be more a documentary on Carl Macek. Now that they're calling it a Robotech documentary, it seems like it's gonna be more of a Robotech advertising tool, or probably still a DVD extra. So really, as of now, that leaves the 2011 animation, which is only cut and paste work with new voices. I remember Matchbox doing their own cut and paste VHS tapes for the toys in a show they called Robotech Wars. I don't think it took them a year to put it together, but to call a project like that new animation is misleading. It'd be interesting if I were wrong about that, but again, we'll see.

My father used to give me a hard time like that several years ago and asked me the same thing. However, the counter to that was the fact that my interest was the catalyst for meeting my beautiful wife, and the reason why I have an even broader group of friends than I had before. Not that number of friends mattered, cause I have lots, but my parents have met some really good friends of mine and have been impressed with them. I think the wife was what put it all in perspective. It's not just about the collections, but about collaborating, and sharing interests with other friends and all. In that context, is it really that crazy? How many guys collect junk cars, or spend time collecting tools they'll hardly ever use? It's all perspective.

I've been once. It's a small anime convention, and the vendors aren't in large numbers, but they're more open to negotiating deals. There's still lots of cosplayers and other stuff, like gaming room, video rooms, and panels. It's at least worth a visit once.

Wow, didn't expect this much to come into this thread. I guess that makes 3 more people indirectly verifying what I've been saying about all this. Nevertheless, to those that I've disclosed the backstory, there the basis of it is. I'm sure with all this, will come the peanut gallery in an attempt to change all this around or whatnot. Perhaps there will be an "emergency podcast" so they can bring all the "brilliant" minds together to agree that people are posting here. In the end, a lot of this could've been avoided, but some people just can't let things go. It's all ripples in a pond, and will pass in time.

Awesome pics all...I'd post up my small little collection, but it's stashed in boxes, and not display ready. Waiting to move into the house. Some of you know the stuff I have, and most, if not all of it, has been shown. Keep those pics coming.

Yes, I had to tell the truth, especially since Memo went on a tirade to say I got it from Tom. Truth be told, if I did get it from Tom, it would've never seen the light of day here. It just doesn't make any sense for me to do that. And at this stage of the game, I can really careless about being a hero, or villain to those guys. It's a freakin' image, nothing more or less. I find the whole frantic runaround on rtx.com to be pretty damn funny, in a strange sick sense. If you read on that particular thread there, even rtsurfer mentions the tendency Memo has to leak out information. But yeah, I agree, it would've been nice if the discussion could've just stayed on the subject and not someone making up more conspiracies on some big plot to bring down Robotech. Poor, tortured souls...they inflict their own injuries on themselves.

Rewatching Tenchi Muyo: GXP. This series is just so damn funny, always puts me in a good mood, no matter how crappy of a day I have. I've got about 20 titles I haven't started watching yet, so I should get into those afterward.

Well, if I get a C&D from HG, they'll probably go out to that person as well. If they wanted the image down, I think they would've contacted me to take them down. The fact that it's been awhile already, they're probably glad that I'm indirectly promoting interest in new Robotech mecha. Didn't really think of that till now, but oh well. My opinion is stil that it's good stuff.

Damn, I thought there was new pics, or new info. But, maybe the G-Man can fill us in on the status of this. With a decent price and the product materials it's made out of, it should be an easy, and within budget purchase for many. Who doesn't want a Britai beating on Hikaru's 1J, or some type of figure they can do like that?

You should let the leaks occur, let them come from everywhere, I'm sure no matter where they come from, even if from Memo through Tommy, it'll somehow be Tom Bateman's fault. Miami does sound like a fun place to have a party though, sun, bikinis, and Valkyries galore. We could have a Valk girl competition.

For resin kits, I usually wash them in Simple Green. It's great for sucking the oils and release agent off of recasts, and my highly recommended product to first use. I put that in, with some cold water, and use a soft toothbrush to scrub. Then rinse thoroughly with cold water (cold to avoid any chance of resin warp).

Agreed. It's not hard to figure out what a standard toy is vs. a custom. If you work on the toy to alter it, it's a custom, same thing if you paint it. Now, Yamato has Toy kits, like a hybrid. Have those been settled on where they go? Toys or Model kits, and if you finish one and want to show it off, where do you put it, in custom or model or toy section?

My wife is paying for my 1/60 VF-1 Angel Birds and the VF-X. Other wishlist items for Christmas are really just good health, and happy times. I've been blessed with a lot of things, so I really don't have any needs other than just those. Plus, the two Valks will be fun to take out and display.

I started work on the cockpit leg attachment, and using styrene to form a base to make the big sensor nose. One thing I noticed is that the kit that the original custom was done on, the nose shape is different, and is actually removed and fitted with a different one when transformed. The idea here that I'm trying to do is to avoid having to swap parts, and do all of that. I still wanna keep the "perfect transformation" aspect of it. To do that, the sides of the nose sensor that are back under the cockpit need to be modified, and the angles of the sensor need to be adjusted in order to add the leg attachment. I'm still working to see if I can make it more close to the original, but there may have to be some trade off.

I'll take you up on that beer, and yeah, after thinking about why such a non-important image has been made into a big deal by some RT fans, is this really the only "big news"??? But, there is a more logical reason why someone is already pointing fingers and trying to focus all this on Tom, a guy who I respect, and someone I wouldn't put under the bus. It's because these images came from Memo, quite a number of years ago, when everyone used to trust one another. I never planned to say who this came from, because although I don't get along with him, there was no need to say who it came from. However, the stupid, childish fingerpointing was just getting too ridiculous, so while some of you probably already figured out where it came from, there it is for you guys to see. Maybe the finger pointing was because he thought I was going to do this, and he wanted to divert the attention away from himself, maybe he was just looking for another reason to villify someone who had nothing to do with it, and thinks is an easy target. Whatever the case is, I explained this to a few people, with other facts, and wether people wanna believe it or not, that's up to them. I'm just not gonna let someone just assume how things are and accuse someone without checking facts, or without regard to the truth, wether remembered or not. Still, it shouldn't be a big deal. I mean, really. But you guys are right...to RT fans, maybe the images are a big deal because they have nothing going on. I'm not gonna spend anymore time with the drama of it, cause it's just not worth the time. I think the artwork is good, in most ways, so I put these up with no malice intent at all, and it shouldn't be. A lot of Tommy's artwork I'd defend as being good artwork, some of it I've seen has been awesome. The couple I put up are pretty good. So, they'll probably start wondering why I put them up here...well, when rtx.com was first in its infancy stage, I asked to be removed from the site. I already knew it was just gonna be an extension of Robotech.com, and I just didn't want to have anything to do with stuff like this. Since I chose not to conform to the stupidity of rt.com, I ended up asking to be perma banned over there. Thirdly, all overly involved RT fans do come to this thread specifically anyways, so this is probably one of the more viable threads to put it up on. So far, I'm still debating if I should put up the other images of the hoover cyclone. I know many will just say "put them up." But doing it now would just seem to be out of spite for the drama that's unfolding in another site. I guess if people wanna see it, you can send me a pm, and I'll send it to you. At least people who actually care about it will have it. Sound fair?

Hahaha, yeah, what the hell was wiki leaks in regards to me putting up a picture? I mean honestly, who really gives a $h!t about the pic? They're more concerned with tryig to develop a conspiracy about it. Out of decency, I've been avoiding spreading it out who actually gave it to me, and I'm sure the person has since forgot they did, but if this starts to get out of hand, I might have to put it to rest and just let it out. I don't have any loyalty to the one who gave these to me. LOL, This all has been a big joke,,, but with today off, I did find the additional pics and will put them up later tonight or tomorrow morning.

Not that anyone cares too much about this, but me putting up that pic has raised a big discussion here... http://www.robotechx.com/forums/5-robotech-shadow-chronicles/13993-official-artwork-of-ark-angel-by-tommy.html?limit=10&start=20#14051 I thought it was kinda interesting, cause they're already pointing fingers at Tom, at least some are. Had Tom given these to me, I wouldn't have put them up anywhere, not that it really matters anymore, but I've already received a message from one of their board members who asked me about the story behind the picture, mainly, how I got it and who gave it to me. From what it seems, he was pretty shocked to find out who it was. All this just for showing an old, unimportant piece of concept art. BTW, I'm looking for the other pics, but can't seem to find them. I've got several other piles of paper to look through, so if I find the other artwork Tommy's fan friend gave me, I'll post those up as well....*Waves to Tommy's friend.

I pick the YF-21/VF-22. Even thought the BDI wasn't that successful, the technology put into that Valkyrie from the OVA is innovative, and different to anything done before, and afterward. That's not to say that the design is simply badass.

LMAO,,, "love stick"... Is that what they call it in Macross? That should be a working title for a Macross episode.