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Of all the things, my younger brother asked if he could borrow my Robotech DVDs today, so I drove them over to his house. He grew up with me watching the series back in the day, and while not an anime fan or hardcore forum posting robotech fan, he did like the show back then. He was asking a lot of questions about where the cartoons came from (the robotech 101 questions) and I filled him in. Needless to say, he's interested in the originals now, and wants to see Dyrl. It struck me funny that supposedly this show is more popular now than ever, but all the people I know that watched it back then, only remember bits and pieces of The Macross Saga and The New Generation. I'm sure he'll definitely like the Macross story arcs as much, if not more though. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

If you're looking for original SDF:Macross (what Robotech was based off of) only ADV had an english dub version of it, and to be honest, it isn't good. You may get more enjoyment out of the original Japanese language, but if you have to have the english dub, goto rightstuf.com and see if they have the ADV set. For the other Macross stuff, only Macross II and Macross Plus can be found with english, and you can probably get those at www.rightstuf.com as well.

This is a small sidenote I've noticed after last years AX2009. The only "Robotech" cosplay I saw was SDF:Macross cosplay, and then tons of Mac Frontier cosplayers. Even the girl hosting the Battle of the Bands was dressed as Sheryl, which was quite hot. Funny how you don't see people cosplaying as Robotech Shadow Chronicles characters, especially since the perception fans and staff like to suggest is that it's one of the most popular animes of the decade. Apparently, the anime community as a whole doesn't agree with that assumption. I don't even consider it anime, to be honest. I don't think that would even happen. HG would basically ruin their chances of having any sort of decent presence at AX in the future. They'd really have no basis for sending one out, especially since the venue, as stated, is promoting music, and isn't Macross specific.

I was listening to that one podcast with Tommy's interview, where someone mentions Dr. Lang dying, and the answer that fan got back was, "did you see a body?" All the fanboys who don't think about stuff like that were lauging, and you heard the "EHH?", the "Ohhhhh" and the "Ahhhhhhs". Any normal persons reaction would've been, "WTF?" The hint was that perhaps he's not dead, which is simply strange. Then the comment of "In sci-fi, just about everything is possible." That's true, but why would you suggest to kill off a character, then bring him back for no reason at all? Then, to make a comment like "did you see a body", I almost wanna say, "Would you really work on making the story even more lame and convoluted than it already is?" If the answer is no, then yeah, he's dead as per PTTSC, and Chronicles of the Shadow. I was also thinking, if the idea was to kill him off, why not just own the idea that you killed off the character. My response would've been much simpler. It would've gone more like "Well, he wasn't a big character, and in the scope of what Shadow Chronicles is, there just isn't a place for many of the characters, so we decided to end their stories." Plain, simple, clear cut, and out of the way.

My guess is he's probably in some back alley getting his proto-fix.

There's this really cool Doctor named Dr. Lang. I'm sure he's familiar with this problem. He's probably also familiar with the Chronicles of the Effin' Shadow.

Hanging out with bands is freakin' awesome. A number of years ago, my old band opened up for the Spin Doctors at the Key Club. Before we went on stage, we hung out with them and all their groupies on their tour bus. Then, we went on, did our set. After we had a crew pack our stuff up (never had that done before) and getting compiments from the band, they went on, the we partied with them more afterward. Gun times, indeed.

I would hope you guys do pass some out at AX. If we can get enough printed out, it shouldn't be a problem. And for the record, if anyone is going to any other conventions in the near future, and would like to pass out flyers, let me know, let me know. There's Macross fans all over this country, and I think it'd be cool to get some coming from everywhere.

Shouldn't be too hard to create. When Cheryl and I get home from dinner tonight, we'll email it to you.

Thanks guys. All I really did was provide images and some ideas, but my wife is the one who put it together. She's a graphics designer, and a damn good one. There is a high res version of this, and a poster size can actually be done (800 DPI version) It may be a good one to use for a welcome board for the con. In looking at the flyer, what a cool show that would be to see all those characters in one concert, hahaha. This will be the flyer that gets passed around to various conventions, and put in a couple anime and comic book shops (if they're willing).

To answer your question, there isn't anyone really doing decal or sticker sheets...However, when I did mine, I had to make my own custom decals, and use some 1/72 scale decals. I'm in need of finding high quality decal sheets so that I can start making some for people. If anyone has links, or knows where Anasazi used to get his decal sheets from, I can make some decals possibly, or at least we can make all our own.

You can never go wrong with Iron Maiden. One of the last concerts I went to was to see The Cult at Club Nokia, downtown L.A. If you haven't listened to them before, and you like Hard Rock w/ hints of metal, that's one helluva band to listen to. They throw probably one of the grittiest, guitar thrashing, high energy concerts out there. Right now, I'm listening to the Cult, and the Used, another good band with a great vocalist.

Out of curiosity, what time will people going to the concert get there to wait? I'm probably gonna have my gear ready and my wife and I will probably get there early, say 11 or 11:30. I wanna make sure we get real close seats. If anyone is planning on getting there earlier, perhaps we should all set it up where we at least try to get in line around the same time? Oh, and the Yardhouse does get packed, but not too packed to where you can't get in at all. If we ask for outside, it will be a shorter wait too.

Hey all, I'm pleased to show you the first flyer of the con. As more info comes out as far as what will be showcased at the con, the info will be added to the flyer. Hope you enjoy.

You know, that pic makes Minmay look like an 18th St cholita down at the hood mall, waiting to take her glamour shots, with "Rascal" giving the big thumbs up in the background. If Minmay looked like that, I could totally understand why she lost out to Lisa.

Frikken' A!!!! Preordered!

If you want to show it at the MWcon10, you can always ship it and have one of the panel people display it. Who knows, they may even be able to help with the shipping. I'm not in charge of that, but there are people that ship their custom stuff for display. It's nice to have this stuff in the company of other customs.

Congrats on your recent marriage to come. If it's in that book, it's most likely the piano sheet music, if that's what you're looking for. I've wanted guitar sheet music, but I think the beauty of the song is that the note and chord progression can be improvised and still sound and keep the original sound of the song.

Here's better sized pics of them. Here's most of my collection in sections, and I didn't take them out cause it'd take way too long, and some is missing for a project my wife is doing. Additionally to this, I have the manga of Mac7 trash, original and the new printings, SDF Macross Manga, and Mac: The First. For macross Chronicles, I have them all, finally, but it doesn't show here (project). Sorry if the pics are large.

Hey, humble or not, you got some great stuff there, and you shouldn't be humble about it.

Hahaha, that's what I thought, it was just such an in depth discussion. One of my friends though, who isn't really a fan of any of this, used to have the RoyFocker screen name for Playstation 2's SOCOM US Navy Seals when we had are REF clan. He used to love yelling over the head set FOCKER!!! (Faw-ker). We always got a good laugh at it.

I'm pretty sure it's always been pronounced (Foe-ker) in both series. Is this really a debate?

Welcome to the anime composed like swiss cheese, full of holes. That out of the way, I find it entertaining, even with it's rough edges. It's not refined like Macross, but it can be entertaining if you're not trying to pick it apart. As for the voice actors, that's one of the things I thought was done right by HG. The voices fit the characters about as much as possible (except I'm not a fan of Minmay's american voice.) Still, that is one of the shining moments in the franchise. As for the specific scene you're talking about, where Roy yells out Rick,,,there's two ways to look at that. 1) You can say that he doesn't say it with enough emotion and that the line was said poorly, or 2) In a more realistic setting, being a squadron leader, you'd understand that Roy is a man who's not gonna lose all composure during a battle. I think that part was done just fine. Too much emotion, and the character loses the "Skull Squadron" leader feel, not enough, and he seems like a robot. I think it was done just fine. That's my opinion though.

Just a heads up.... I wasn't able to get enough confirmations for any reserved space at the Yardhouse, so I'm thinking we should settle for food/drinks in the patio. It should be nice and warm outside. I think if we meet up in front about 6:45-7:00p.m., we can figure out the number, and if they'll need to move the patio tables and chairs.

Looks pretty cool. I'm quite busy with work, and doing extra work on other projects, but when I get some time, I wouldn't mind trying to add to your site. Looks fun, and covers other anime too.