BlueMax

I'm personally leaning towards epoxy (used it myself). basically epoxy can act as a putty and yet maintain a strong bond between the 2 past, effectively making the hinge radius wider for the offending fat end of the pin. also, epoxy is a little more think, and thus will give you alot more control over normal super glue Only thing is that it is just a little troublesome (gotta mix parts A and B) and that it takes a little while to set properly

My VF-1S (with both broken shoulders, but since fixed with epoxy!) on a Bandai action stand

Great work, totally amazing. edit: deleted repeated pic in quote

thats right, me neither

Great stuff, wonder who's the lucky customer....

Great stuff.... still remember the somewhat low viz vf-1 you did a few years back

It was somewhere in 2000 right after I bought the 1/60 Version 1 Roy that I found MacrossWorld, and it has since been a staple site that I MUST visit on a daily basis.... Many thanks to Shawn and Graham for starting this amazing website. happy birthday Macross World!

why are the hadns chubby? because the TV series valks don't have the "mechanical" type hands, byt rather the "gloved" hands

Very nice.... as usual!

Actually I should add that Kawamori and Kanno odes not automatically = WOW, but rather, the potential is immense, if both are... on form, then PLUS and Frontier is what we get. . When I was 1st watching Macross Plus, I had totally no idea who wsa Yoko kanno, but the music definitely left quite an impression on me and it was from there that I bothered to find out who was behind the music, so yes, I agree its the latter too! Gotta agree with that: It IS a matter of taste However, I believe both their flavors goes down very well with the masses/ majority (though definitely not run of the mill), rather than acquired taste. Hm... but then again, most of us can't understand the japanese language as well! lol~! But like I've said, there are definitely people who do appreciate Zero's music. Agree that an OVA generally has less room to showcase sound tracks, but amazingly that has not stopped Kanno in Macross Plus. That says quite abit abt Agree with that as well, Fukuyama definite definitely did a great job. Memorable series, but not my favorite Macross series by quite a long shot. Actually the both of of them working together also increases each of their fanbase: I'm sure quite a few new macross fans are actually Kanno's fan who subsequently got exposed to Macross. Likewise, quite a few macross fans will also become fans of kanno's music, just like what happened to me after watching Macross PLUS.

Don't mind me, but these are pretty random thoughts came into my mind and I need to get them off my chest: I do know that both were already well known in their own fields. However, However, it just appears to me that that when these 2 collaborate, the synergy that results is truly amazing, which each other leveraging on the skills/ strengths of each other, pretty much unparalleled from what I have seen so far. The reason: Macross. I know that they have collaborated on some other projects previously, however, the result for the projects, while I’m sure is successful, never had the results that was achieved while collaborating on Macross, as seen on Macross Plus and of course the very recent Macross Frontier. Although not absolute proof, I think from what I have read on these boards about the wildly popular concerts, the episode ratings for the last few episodes, and of course the fact that an OST from an anime actually topping the sales chart (totally unheard of). Just maybe a couple of years ago, Macross, though popular, seemed destined to be headed the way of the dodo with few new generation fans, but now? I believe that Macross is a perfect platform for their collaboration, for a few reasons. First, Macross is unique from other anime for 2 main reasons: Valkyries and Song. Other anime of the same genre of course have their own share of mecha (some variable, some not). Maybe with the exception of MOSPEADA, there isn’t really anything that can come close to a Kawamori designed valk. What guess what made Kawamori famous? Valks of course.Although valks played a huge factor in the popularity of Macross, but they (and the supporting mecha of course) alone aren’t the only factor, no matter how cool they are. Case in point: Macross Zero. While I love the SV-51s and VF-0s (not forgetting the Destroid Cheyenne), I have always felt that it had lacked something, and I soon realized that the something it lacked was a solid soundtrack. While I’m sure that there are people who do appreciate the soundtracks for Macross Zero, but you really have to ask yourself: Besides maybe Arkan, is there really title that you can still remember now? I have often wondered if Yoko Kanno had been the composer for Zero, would things ended up different? Maybe. But with their latest collaboration, it is clear that kanno’s music is perfect for Macross/ Shoji and Macross is perfect for Kanno. Most of the time when one is the composer for anime, your name gets relegated to the sidelines. Do you know who is the composer for the Gundam series? While slightly better , almost the same thing goes for composers for popular singers. Most of the time, the singer gets the fame, while the composer gets fame mostly just within the music/ composer’s circle, and in both cases, almost never into the mainstream listeners. With Macross (esp Plus and Frontier), things were different. Music is not simply openings, endings and background music (BGM). It takes centerstage. Besides Valkyries and love triangles, the focus is also on the power of song. Yoko in Macross don’t just do BGMs and theme songs. The songs she wrote can and has reached the mainstream, thanks to avatars like Sharon Apple/ Myung Fan Lung/ Sheryl Nome/ Ranka Lee. Where else do you have the composer that is more famous/ popular than the actual real life singers? Where else also do you have sold music concerts tours for an anime?. Where else do you have anime song singers becoming new pop sensations? Only in Macross. Especially when it is a Kawamori/ Yoko Kanno collaboration. Yoko Kanno has the songs, but she needed the platform to showcase them. Shoji Kawamori has the stage that is Macross, and Macross needs powerful music to fulfil its focus on songs. Unique and popular concept of Mecha amalgamated with Music. Music, on the other hand, gave heart and soul to the resulting numerous memorable scenes that were seen in Macross. Therefore, I believe that the popularity of Macross right now has both of them to thank and I sincerely look forward to their continued collaboration on (prayerfully) more Macross(s) to come.

Yeah.... we need subs!!!

man.... if only i could be there.......

gg's out

anything that we can think of as filler, can get scrapped, especially the episode 8

both sound tracks are good, but I chose frontier because of a more diverse range of instrumental and vocal tracks.

There is no joke really. "Booby Duck" is simply a code name used in SDF: Macross to designate the prototype Super Valkyrie FAST packs, just like "Conroe" to designate Intel's 1st Core 2 Duo processors

Not really, while I agree that the songs could have been mixed better and the general pacing could have been better as well, I think the (dis)honor of the worst macross ending has to be from macross zero

they might or might not be aound th region. the vajra network transcends distance and thus has no lag between folds. That is why earth is also shown at the same time

Man... need a clear RAW... can't wait to see all the details!

Hm.... Duke, until we get a clear picture, people here and elsewhere seem be be a little divided about whether was that Ranshe or Minmay (Ranshe would almost mean Dicky B. is Ranka's...... gulp... dad.....)

at its peak just now, it reached 180

Thats the best way to end the triangle..... by keeping it as a triangle! lol~! This way, 'shippers of both Ranka and Sheryl can't say "i told you so!" to each other

Great! and I was worried to death in case i brought false hopes for everybody.... phew!

It was pretty damn quick, I just saw the words "Macross F 剧场版" accompanied by the saggitarius don't be late song, all for about 1.5 seconds!