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  1. Master Dex
    >.> As you respond to a nearly month old post... lol. I'm just having fun with you, heh. Frankly that is how it was for me after Frontier ended. I came here less and less, barely was conscious of the Frontier movies (I didn't see either until almost a year after Wings of Goodbye was out on bluray), and kinda stopped focusing on Macross for a bit and forgot about the awesome community here. Then I read about Delta by happenstance and after the previous episode aired I was back in full, lol. Trying to stick around now despite no ongoing stuff again, having a new show so soon helps. Frankly if it weren't for here, and the facebook pages run by some people from these forums I follow now, I'd have missed the new show announcement too probably.
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    A zero like series... like some sort of... Macross Zero? Surely you jest good sir. (lol, I think that might be a typo cause the sentence confuses me, but I could not resist doing that, haha.)
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    I'm living vicariously through all of you getting it soon, since I'm keeping mine in the PW to wait for Messer. I figure the save on shipping is for the best. I suspect these are the only Delta valks I'll get. Until the VF-31A appears to tempt me...
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    While I get that a lot of people would love to see Frontier characters magically take part in Delta's story line (if it indeed is continuing), no one can seriously believe that is at all possible... or even really a good idea. Cause I think it sounds terrible. Not because Delta is a worse show (though it isn't as good for sure, and don't get me wrong I love me some Sheryl), but because that is not those people's story. Their story is told, and if they ever get any follow ups... it will not be a part of Delta (big crossover events like Macross 30 are exceptions, but even then that was a standalone story as well and more focused on the original characters in that game). Really with the exception of the Jenius family Kawamori is pretty predictable about not mixing elements of the different series/OVAs/Movies. As for the idea that Freyja will not be fit for the idol role anymore if we continue with Delta, I can see that happening. Echoing an earlier sentiment, I think it would be cool to see Mirage discover a latent power since Asami Seto can sing after all (and marketing sure has gone out of it's way with the implications such as images of Mirage in a Mikumo outfit variant). That said, it wouldn't be the first time a character had a VA with singing talent who did no singing in Macross (Tomo Sakurai who voiced Mylene in Macross 7 is a singer as well, but instead Mylene's singing role was given to Chie Kajiura... who didn't really sound that similar).
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    I got my HLJ payment notification and PW confirmation earlier as well. Now to do my best to wait patiently for Messer to join it before shipping.
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    Kawamori has stated he is not sure he can ever top Basara as a male singer (which in terms of skill sounds hard to argue with), so it is likely we'll only see female idols from now on. I also would prefer him trying it again too though even if I kind of get where he is coming from. Basara may have been an egotistical a-hole, but he was a damn good singer, you get that kind of quality when you use Yoshiki Fukuyama as his singing voice after all, lol.
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    MF... you need to pay more attention around here, lol. We've been talking about that for over a month now. Even a thread for it, full of loving MW speculation and obligatory vitriol, haha. But nah I get it, not everyone watching all the news like a hawk, at least you know now! To answer your quick questions, yes it is true but no we don't know any details about it yet.
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    I'm gonna have the hardest time resisting the urge to just have it shipped instead of waiting in PW for the 31F to join it.... Must stay strong.
  9. Master Dex
    I don't know why he plopped the logo in there but that isn't what the poster was referring to, there actually was an announcement about a new Sheryl project. That said it is unlikely to be directly related to the new show.
  10. Master Dex
    All I heard was part of the 35th anniversary was revealed to be a new Sheryl project. I don't think it was supposed to be related to the new show.
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    I also have it going to PW, since I also have the VF-31F from HLJ... Waiting a whole month to get the Draken sounds rough.. but getting both at the same time for one shipping charge... it's probably worth it. It makes sense the rivals would come together I think too.
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    It is likely not a formal thing. Keep in mind Skull Squadron isn't seen anywhere in UNS/NUNS outside of SDFM/DYRL. We can surmise Earth, and UNS/NUNS Command at Macross City will always have a Skull Squadron... but we don't really know. More importantly, and the real answer... SMS has a Skull Squadron probably just because they wanted to have one. They're a private business, they can do that. It is likely seen as an homage to the Space War 1 heroes though.
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    There is no specific date, but it likely happened in the late 2040s, post Dynamite 7. Some people claim the events of VFX and VFX2 were the spark for it (not the cause though), and those were into the early 2050s if I recall.
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    Don't have time right this moment to get a screen, but I think that was episode 6 during the space battle. One of the only times we saw the 31s with super parts on as well.
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    I try to raise awareness every so often but naturally not everyone sees it, but the "104 valk" is actually called the Sv-154 Svard. To date though no proof has been shown that it transforms... though I'd bet on it still.
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    I didn't because the Frontier Fleet didn't build that, Havamal did, with NUNS funding. They could afford it.
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    On the subject of the YF-24 (inb4 Seto.. but he'll likely give his whole spiel anyway. and better than me, lol) and whether it is better than the VF-25. We know the base YF-24 design created by Federal NUNS is scary powerful, to an extent we aren't entirely clear on because it has had no focus. It is also still a prototype though. Presumanly Federal NUNS (aka Earth) would have then produced a VF-24 from it that is one of the most powerful VFs. However we really don't know anything about that for sure, it is just a smart bet. Now... When NUNS distributes the YF-24 design plans.. they do simplify them on purpose. The Emigrant Fleets and Colonies get a 'monkey model' design which they can use to produce new VFs. Frontier developed the YF-25 from the design, which then then mass produced into the VF-25 (Olympia created a YF-26, which ultimately did not outperform the 25, so it wasn't developed past that, and Galaxy developed the YF-27 and later VF-27 on their own while doing some shady stuff at the same time for the evulz). The refinement of the ISC in the VF-25 from the YF-24 design likely refers to a local improvement on the filtered designs for the 24. It is possible it is still inferior to the Federal version (or maybe not.. hard to say). Frontier later developed the YF-29 which with it's fold wave system is likely on par with a Federal NUNS YF-24... but the YF-29 is so prohibitively expensive they could only afford to make one of them (which Alto went and crashed naturally, nice job breaking it hero). The YF-30 was just a tech demonstrator for the Fold Dimensional Resonance system really, and not actually meant to be a prototype for a VF line. It was termed YF as a sly way for SMS to not have to release all their data if I recall, but they ultimately must have had to since Surya Aerospace was later able to simply it up to develop the VF-31 Kairos (and later the ace custom Seigfried models) without the fancy tech the YF-30 was actually made to showcase. Somewhere there is apparently a VF-30 too, maybe on Uroborous... but we don't know anything about it.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    Master Dex replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    So far as I know, it hasn't been announced. The Messer PO was only just announced the same month Hayate finally released though, and then went on preorder only a few weeks later. So I am thinking we might not have a confirmed preorder date for Mirage (if she is next, which she probably is) until April, likely for a preorder in May and release closer to August.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    Master Dex replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Probably thinking more of the old 'conehead' Seekers based on the original Seekers molds (Starscream et al), which changed the heads to include the plane nosecones. Not unlike the standard Sv-262 really (though that has been compared to the 21/22 as well).
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    So it is the blue/black or white/gold dress thing all over again but VF-sized? lol
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    Kawamori always painstakingly designed every VF though, or had a say in all of them at least. None of them were anime magic really. Unless you specifically mean the animation of them... because yes the traditional cell animation of SDFM through 7 certainly had a habit of fudging proportions at times and other things as a result of having to do a lot of movement animation for action scenes. Typically when still, they got more detailed though and corresponded to the designs. The advent of CGI has enabled VFs to always correspond to design regardless of action or still scenes though. I prefer it now to things constantly shifting in quality though. Macross always tried to be a Real Robot style of anime rather than Super Robot (though sure it did get close to that once or twice) so showcasing them with design accuracy I think is a good thing. YMMV of course.
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    I don't think I've ever seen this anywhere (of course, never bought a master file book, seeing as I can't read it). I don't suppose you could find a picture.. my attempts to google it weren't very successful.
  23. Master Dex
    I'm sure they could get more creative.. but yeah after all the Jenius family is the closest the UNG/NUNG has to royalty if you think about it.
  24. Master Dex
    I.. never considered that before... but it is almost obvious really. They look insanely similar. Frontier basically implied the birdman was loosely designed based on the Protoculture's inspiration from the Vajra though. You can kind of see it in the quasi-organic technology that the birdman is made out of as well. I could be messing up the timeline but it is not impossible that the birdman was a precursor or test version of some of the tech that formed the super dimension organs used for the Evil series later (which as we know.. didn't end up working so well.. or really.. was a case of gone horribly right, once interdimensional vampires possessed them anyway). Sometimes it is hard to believe we're talking about science fiction here...
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    Really by now the Jenius family should have its own emblem or crest that appears on a VF to warn the enemy "Take notice, you are flying against a Jenius... might as well just give up now." Course... this is Mirage we're talking about... but maybe it would boost her confidence some? In that light though, if this is a sequel of some form, I do want to see more focus on Mirage. She got none in Delta... stilted in the love triangle by design almost, given no development in her efforts to become a better pilot amidst the gargantuan expectations her name carries (which IMO was actually a rather cool plot element that went absolutely nowhere). Given she claims in the finale she is done overthinking her flying she might be able to discover her latent Jenius skills now. I'd like to see some of that.
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