RavenHawk

Thanks. This is the first Macross I've seen with the city in space element that really made me think of Megazone. I've seen the original, I've seen Clash of the Bionoids (the US release of one of one of the old Macross ones; bought it on VHS when I was in middle school, I think), Macross Plus (as much of it as is available on Netflix, I know it's not the whole thing) which really bored me, Zero last week, which I really liked, and thought it was just the right length, and now Frontier. Never saw 7.

Just finished Burst Angel and the prequel OAV. While the action scenes were solid, overall it just bored me. Weak plot, not much connection episode to episode, very repetitive, and the last 6 episodes or so reused a TON of footage. Now I just watched the director's cut first episode of Macross Frontier (just starting this series, sorry, I know it's old news for most people on here). Wow! Not a big Macross sequels fan, but the artwork here is gorgeous! The action is fantastic. Backgrounds are nice. First pass at the characters makes me think they may actually be interesting. Very much looking forward to this. I do love the flying suits that all the pilots wear. Very cool idea for a use of exoskeletons (MOSPEADA concept, in a way, but with a Macross flair). I know the original Macross came before Megazone, but as far as Macross Frontier is concerned, or at least the first episode, it reminds me of Megaonze 23 Parts 1 & 2. Cities flying through space. Aliens attacking with deadly tails and tentacles on their mecha. And the idol there, with her very militaristic outfits during the concert in this episode, reminds me of Eve during the alien attacks in Megazone, where she was reprogrammed in her new videos to be wearing a militaristic outfit. I know these are very superficial similarities, but just thought I'd share.

Ok, them falling to pieces did look pretty bad, but I guess it was sort of meant as a shorthand way of emphasizing that they're supposed to be hollow shells. I actually though it had great potential. Remember, the Sentinels movie was essentially put together from scrap bits from what little had been animated of a few different episodes of what was meant to be the ongoing series. I've said it before, but I want to re-emphasize: while the Sentinels movie may be worse than Shadow Chronicles, considering that it was put together from random bits, and Shadow Chronicles was animated as written right from the start, I think we need to cut Sentinels some slack. I actually believe that if it had come out complete, all the episodes, fully funded and animated, it would have been pretty decent and very good for a series from 1985.

Ok, just tried it. It is definitely better than Google, but still kind of confusion. The text on the page that is on a blue background makes NO SENSE to me at all. Something about mail order? Is it some sort of exclusive Shinji Aramaki item if you order it directly? They say the color is a commodity provided or something like that, but I don't know if that means it will be colored, or if coloring instruction are provided. I think it also says that the deadline for reservations is June? Sorry, that's the most I can make out. The help so far is appreciated (thanks again), but any more anyone can offer would be wonderful.

Gubaba and Sketchley, Never heard of that site, but I'll give it a try. Thank you!

By the way, I have tried translating it using the Google translator, but it is pretty much completely unintelligible.

I posted this in the Viper's Creed thread a good few days ago, but no one replied. I guess no one who reads that thread can read Japanese. So, I am posting this here, in the hopes that someone can translate this for me, even if they're not a Viper's Creed fan. http://studio-halfeye.com/works/maneuver_b...mblade_top.html Can someone please translate this page for me? Specifically, I would like to know if it says when this is coming out, if it will be painted or not, and if there will be other versions released later? Thank you in advance.

What is that clip from?

Funny, in my opinion: http://www.robotech.com/news/viewarticle.php?id=388 Even though the sidebar says: "Anime Central guests include (from top to bottom): Steve Yun (Harmony Gold), Vic Mignogna (Hikaru voice actor in Macross), Matt Greenfield (English voice director on Macross), Bruce Lewis (Robotech comic artist) and Fred Perry (Robotech comic artist)." The post on the front page says: "Meet Harmony Gold's Steve Yun and Macross voice actor Vic Mignogna this weekend in Illinois for Anime Central! " So, we should be excited about meeting voice actors from a show that Harmony Gold won't let us watch, and the BIG HIGHLIGHT is we get to meet Robotech.com's WEBMASTER!?!?! Oooooooh.... Now, Fred Perry, on the other hand, I would enjoy meeting.

The Invid War comics were actually surprisingly good.

The more I think about it and look at them, the more the wheeled legs are growing on me. Thing is, I especially like it on the silver one (Sideswipe?) with the blades on his arms. Just really accentuates the sleek look. Somehow, on the bikes, they just kind of look rushes though. I do appreciate that they look different. The Decepticon bike, Knockout, just looks boring and traditional. I actually liked Arcee from the first movie toyline. My second favorite Transformer motorcycle toy, after Animated Prowl.

I'm sure that they had to make some changes, but it does look like this time around the toys are a good bit closer to their movie counterparts than they were in the previous movie. The new characters' toys look very very close to how they look in the prequel comics as well.

My kids and I have a long-standing in-joke about ice cream trucks being the physical embodiment of pure evil on Earth... though I normally only buy motorcycle Transformers, and as much as I agree with you 100% on the hatred of these Jar Jar Binks type characters being added to this movie... I think I may have to buy this as well. Thanks for the link, too. Like I said before, I'm just hoping a combined, bigger form makes up for how awful and sloppy this is...

Where are you seeing the combined forms?

I have the two Artmic Entertainment Bible books. I also have scans of the Bubblegum Crisis RPGs. If they're from some other Artmic books, like B-Club specials or something, then I don't have them yet.

For those not following the Transformers threads on here, here is the toy of the new Arcee. Again, wheels for feet... As I said in the other thread, I assume that how awful her robot mode and Chromia's robot mode look are going to be justified by the two of them and the third bike combining into a bigger robot.

People who know me on here know it's all about the motorcycles for me, so I'm just looking at Arcee here... Ok, I agree she looks pretty bad here. I assume, however, that her robot mode looking so bad, and Chromia's robot mode looking so bad, mean they combine with the third bike to make a larger, hopefully better looking, robot.

Those mototerminators definitely look cool, but I don't think they're variable. I think that that form you see in the ads is their only one, they don't unfold or anything in regular terminators.

Not so much unicycles, I think, as using wheels for feet. At least half the new characters in this movie don't have regular feet, but rather ride on wheels when "walking." Maybe they enjoyed Rideback too? Maybe they're basing designs on Transtech Cheetor? On a different note, I love the motorcycle mode (a combo of a Yamaha VMax and a Suzuki B-King, in my opinion) but think the robot mode leaves a good bit to be desired. Maybe this was only ever intended to be a scout class design, and not deluxe class?

New pics of Chromia from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, for those who are interested:

I think so. He was being very... antagonistic, let's say... to other members in a thread or two a couple months back. As for the content of this link, it is very interesting to see the other side of the story, or maybe just a much fuller view of that side. As Roger himself had explained it a couple months back, about half of this information was not presented. At the time, he only said that he got his hands on the material, the original owner gave it to him asking him not to post it, and that he hoped he could talk Harmony Gold into publishing it. None of the other details, such as empty promises, were mentioned. At the time, Roger was also being very rude and atangonistic to people on this board and others, so it was difficult to feel exceptionally sympathetic to the little bit of the story that he was presenting at the time. Assuming that all of this is true, I will not continue asking for the pictures, but, as a fan, I do hope that they someday soon do become available to us, even if it is as a self-published book, or even a website which accepts donations to offset Roger's financial burden and frustration.

No issues here, but I don't really open and close mine much. Mostly just have the boxes closed on a bookshelf, and the toys displayed on shelves on my desk.

In all fairness, The Art of the Shadow Chronicles book, which I bought (for the pretty pictures, not the text, which was pretty much all fluff in my opinion, but I do like to own hardcopy books, even if I already have jpegs on my computer) had a lot less than what you suggest. As far as I know, it still sold reasonably well. I really think this book would sell very well too.

Very expensive. Like they're new one in the Neiman Marcus catalog... Actual performance reviews of their bikes are not bad, but not good enough to justify the price tag, at least from a functional point of view. Seems like most people who buy them do it just to own one, not really to have a bike to put through its paces.

Who's the black and white Autobot in the second one?