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I have to say that I don't think that was there intent. I know there was a season when they wanted to bring Macross stuff over here on there terms and get Macross 7 Trash translated, but as they don't know how to conduct business correctly, I think they offended BW with their offers and probably mucked them ever getting that chance. I think the person you talked to was either specifically talking out of their ass about that, or they really have no clue about much of anything. To answer your last question, I don't know. It may all be in the RTSC art book. A concept hoover cyclone, color sketches of Ariola and J.U.G.S (Aerial and J.A.N.I.C.E.) concept sketches of Scott, Vince Grant, Space Sta Liberty, Robotech Factory, and some invid called the Gosamu, and of course the Gamma Fighter. I tried finding the file that I downloaded, but when I had issues with my computer before Windows 7, I lost everything. I printed out some of the stuff, so I think that's what I have that's relevant to that...That and nothing else. Most of what is mentioned I think is in the artbook.

I'll be doing whatever fix I need to do on the first one, so that when I get the one that comes with the Angel Bird toy, I won't have to mess that one up. Aren't they like 2000 yen at hlj? I may have to get another as well.

It looks like it's the rear part of the cockpit that is maybe built up a little too high and prevents the canopy from closing properly. When I finally do build mine, I'll keep playing with the sanding portion. Maybe there's a way to put a spring in there that will keep it from popping up. Options, options.

I had one of Tommy's good fan buddys link me to it several years ago, supposedly, he got it from Tommy, which I believe considering they're best friends and all. Anyways, he posted up some of those images in some rapidshare file or something like that, and I downloaded them. Later, they were taken down when someone at HG made a big stink about them popping up (speculating, or maybe I just wrote the wrong link down). I think there's just a few people that have all the images that were on that file. No one ever told HG who the person was that put it up, although it'd make for some unnecessary drama in their camp. On the appearance of the Ark Angel, I don't think it looks like battle 7 at all. Battle 7's top deck looks a bit more like an aircraft carrier, and looks like a space warship. This resembles more of a MOSPEADA design, of course with the Macross idea of the transforming ship.

I see them pop up from time to time, but mostly they're so far out of price range. Especially if you want a decent one of Noriko.

Looking pretty awesome. Can't wait to start seeing real colored pics. Great work on the Blazer valk too. Looks like that would be very promising.

Yeah, but the way they show boobs, it wouldn't surprise me if they "retcon the name". Also, J.A.N.I.C.E. should mean (Jugs and Nipple Implants Certainly Enhance). I always wondered that myself when I first read that, but, it is concept art, and probably just brainstorming. If they did do that, you'd have to wonder why the SDF-1 was able to have artificial gravity, and newer colony ships can't.

Sorry guys it took so long to put up the pic. I had to find the pic I downloaded long ago, and then, had issues with my scanner clipping the page. Nevertheless, here you go.

From the backside, it actually doesn't look too bad. I may not like Tommy's character designs for anything, but the mecha designs aren't that bad. I did wonder though, why he'd draw all these designs, if only to use rehashes and the most basic, blocky looking ships later on. It's like they started with better stuff, and worked downwards. The ship doesn't look as much like it did in the movie. As stated above, I think they took a slightly better design, and decided to strip and dumb it down.

Give me sometime and I'll go through my books, notebooks, and magazines, and see if I can find the transformed Ark Angel. It's not a big pic at all, but it is out there.

Whatever happened to the Britai Viny 1/60 figure? They should at least maybe go that route in the meantime between the slow-down. I started work on my own super custom 1/60 that hasn't been done yet, so I'm glad they at least did the unassembled versions. There's still the Angel Bird and VF-X (Christmas gifts). I hope the Regults sell well enough that equate to making a toy version, even if dumned down. Graham, since you are in contact with Yamato, how about a VFX Ravens VF-19? That was my favorite colored 19 model. Still don't know why the "Nut Cracker" or "Double Nut" (WTF) and the "Bird of Prey" were done before that. MILK THOSE MOLDS, BABY!!!

Nice cel you got there. My wife and I are saving up for AX this year, so depending on what cels they have, we'll be getting a few more. I want to get some of M:Plus, but it's all about selection. I'll also be looking for some more of Orguss, and the ever elusive Gunbuster cels. Heck, I'd even like to get a good one of Miriya (not the crappy drawn versions).

On the contrary, I do. It's a pic of the ship, and a pic of it transformed in a 3/4 view. Almost the same as the Gamma fighter picture. He never shows a frontal pic, but it is shown transformed. There's also some of a hoover cyclone, and Tommy's version of Showgirls in Space, AKA, JANICE and Ariola. Seeing those pics is why I laughed at Tommy's excuse for why all the girls were in skimpy clothes with big boobs. The studios were just making those characters off of his designs that he signed off on. Anyways... On the issue of new news for Robotech, really? I mean, REALLY? Fanboys will probably say that all is moving, but even if that were the case (which really isn't), perception is everything, and if you're name isn't out there, you're product is dead. Supposedly, the new work for the old animation is still being worked on, as well as Carl's documentary, but there's nothing new that's been announced since they first announced the "new animated series". Fans seem to be doing some stuff though, and the ones that are actually doing something very cool, I'm fortunate to be working with. Hopefully the end result will be worth the time involved.

They look great, if only they had them for the 1/60, I'd be able to use them on the unassembled kit. They look great.

With all the 1/60s I've had, I haven't had an issue yet, and I transform them often (not all of them, but some of the older ones). I did loosen the shoulders and the hinge that rotates the arms during transformation. This is probably a key to prevent the catastrophe. I think on my 1J Hikaru, I may need one soon, but there still isn't any cracks.

Maybe in my glancing, I missed where to get these, but is there a site to download them? I'd love to put one of these together for the 1/60 scale.

I love the Sheryl figs and will buy them all, but man, they're getting to be a little hard to catch up with. I'm also a bit bummed out about the no Grace, and no Kathy, heck, even Nanase. And, if they're gonna make anymore large size Klan figures, they should make one posable, playable, and in 1/60 to fit with the Valks, with armor attachments included. Yeah, I know, I'm just dreaming.

It would've gotten 2, one from me as well. I do find it ironic that the one with the least votes is the one that's getting done. However, maybe in Japan, the numbers are different. I know we don't matter as much, but just sayin'. I would rather see a VF-2SS or a VF-4 over the other choices in a heartbeat.

I should probably clarify, I'm not wanting an MP3 player inside the valk. but making the speakers able to have some sort of MP3 player or ipod connection that'd let you play those through it would be cool. I don't wanna spend too much money on it, but all that extra stuff cost. Oh well. Worst case scenario, we still get the Valk. No complaints.

What can you say, not everyone has good tastes in toys. If they do make a working speaker set, I think it'd be cool to have just to display and act as a little sound system. I'd be interested in that, and if it did come with a Syvil figure, I'd be all in.

Thanks for the compliments guys. Still have a lot of touch up to do on it, and still waiting on hlj to ship the other BJ-05 joint set for the other arm. If I get lucky and get another one of these later on, I'm definitely gonna do the purplish or maybe that tan color. I think the colors I used were a good match. I was a bit scared of the green, cause without any background color after primering, it looked too grey. I'll definitely remember these colors.

I'd put up some of a step-by-step, but I'm almost done with mine. Exo maybe more suited for it in regards to the styrene or rubber hose fix for the joints. Here it is so far. Still need some work on him, as well as one part for the other hand.

They had designs of the Ark Angel transformed. I have a pic of that too. It was pretty decent. IMO, anything that could've made RTSC more original and different was trashed out for space hookers and someone else's designs as standby. If asked, I'm sure HG has some lousy excuse as to why they didn't use any new fighters and all, but what I posted earlier is Tommy's real reason.

Just played the game today, and I'm really happy with it. It's a great game to play, and the support character specials are awesome. I love when Sheryl and Ranka sing their songs..."Dynamique" hahaha. Lots of fun.

I thought originally they were going to make an attempt to phase out the Mospeada designs and attempt a new "verytek". Commentary aside on the design of the Gamma fighter, it would've been a great attempt at a soft transition...i.e. getting rid of the past show stuff, and bringing in new stuff. I think George Sohn at Toynami would've been happy to see something different and maybe could've worked with it. Also, from what I remember hearing, Tommy didn't want to "desing". Instead, he wanted to direct and the Gamma fighter was nixed. Well, that shot came and went, and here we are, Robotech and Macross fans alike, bashing the hell out of Shadow Chronicles. If Frank Agrama had any smarts, he'd at most make Tommy a creaive art director, and not creative director overall. Wait, what am I saying. All of Robotech would still be big busty women in club outfits. His mecha art isn't too bad, and he is a pretty good artist. If he worked under an overall creative director who actually cared about this stuff, he maybe able to turn out some decent stuff.