Master Dex

Maybe you didn't but I heard that a long time ago, since at least episode 4 or 5 I've known that. It wasn't a speculate I made up I read it at some point. Besides in the first episode even Glass says they'll need to rely on Birla's services even more now which I at the time took to meant the services of SMS of which he is the benefactor and owner. I didn't say that anywhere and then in by episode 4 it was known. I can't remember exactly where I heard it from but I am pretty sure I've known that beyond just speculation for some time now. If I really am wrong then I have at least been believing this for months now, I certainly thought that was known information.

Agreed, I also have a widescreen (mine is 1280x800 but I can downscale others as well).

Very nice pics. Good catch on that, seems the head is naturally that way and it all depends on angles. The current color picture of the toy the head is looking straight at the camera and by your pics that means it would appear wide and it does. Whether it looks slimmer in a different angle on the toy we will have to wait to see.

Me neither, but I don't think he will. I am still open to the serious injury plot line though.

Agreed, March we've known Mr. Birla is the owner of SMS for some time now.

I wasn't meaning to imply that everyone complaining was a Yamato purist, I was just speaking of those because it was mentioned three post before me. I can tell not all of the unhappy people are Yamato purists.

Actually I kind of like that ratchet sound too, I'm certainly not against that. However you are all right, Yamato purists as they are will never be pleased, but I find it sad that something that looks as if it will be so well done is being put down so much when it hasn't even gotten a chance yet.

I don't know much about mahq but M3 is a fan site, something you should keep in mind. March has even said multiple times it is still only a fan site and not supposed to be the perfect source for information. The Compendium still seems like the best place to get information.

Agreed that the Vajra are not created by humans because of the spirals but humans could have something to do with why the Vajra are attacking Frontier and all of that. I think the 117th found the Vajra in some form and subjected them to experiments that may have angered them.

All the data in the computer was erased recently as Alto says, so he didn't get anything.

I don't think his parents would know he is in a paramilitary group. It doesn't seem like something you advertise.

I agree it will most likely turn out just fine in the end, but my point was that there is no good reason for anyone to complain right now. As for the head, you go right on and do that.

Grace isn't trying to start a conflict, the conflict is already there. She is making it worse, making sure it will be hard to resolve the conflict without a huge war that will cost many lives. So far we have had a couple of battles and the reason for the Vajra doing this is unknown. The Vajra may look at the destruction of Gallia 4 as an attempt to destroy their hive and would suspect all humans are in on it. I'm sure LAI knows Grace took that bomb. And who said Luca's parents hate him? I never heard that before, we have never even seen Luca's parents to know what they think of him. All in all though either was of looking at it is speculation, however Grace did say she wanted the hate to spread and she most likely meant hate for the Vajra and vice verse.

People are not liking the head just because it doesn't look like the animation model? If that is the only reason that isn't much to cry about I think. Kawamori seems to want the head that way but he didn't make that change in time for the show or something. Designers prerogative people, the toy will end up how Kawamori wants it, not how the fans want it. It is we who choose to go with the designer and find what is good in the design that end up liking it the most it seems. Maybe if you think it should be a certain way, you can design your own version and find someway to have it made. I'll always try look at it from a designers perspective. Kawamori can put a giant hump on the back of the fighter mode for all I care, as long as it has a purpose and he intended it to have one instead of just putting it there for no reason, I'll go with it. It may not be aesthetically pleasing but designers don't design for looks they design for use, even toy designers. Kawamori feels for some reason the head needs to be wider like that instead of the way it ended up in the show, so he is going to have the head that way. Besides... the head looks fine to me.

That was intentional rather than crashing into something so the 21 had more control of its breaking through stuff, less damage is likely in that case regardless of the fact the ECS seems to do a superb job at protecting the valk.

No Leon would just let them go and hate on the Vajra. It is seeming more and more like the Vajra were just angry with humans for something they did (something on the 113th fleet) and they are simply retaliating. To humans it seems like a random act of violence so we respond. Now Grace does this to spread Vajra hate. Either her goal is to have humans wipe out the Vajra, Vajra wipe out humans, or Mutually Assured Destruction. Why does Grace's faction want this? Who knows.

Seriously, the first prototype pics had people saying it would be a total disaster, then some people kept faith (like me). Then we saw pictures of it getting better and all those complainers stopped. Now we just have the first colored prototype pic and just because it is going on preorder everyone is finding a reason to complain again. Seriously, this isn't the final model, calm down.

One of the upcoming episodes is titled Good-Bye Sister though...

Well that Vajra fleet left Gallia 4 directly to attack Frontier fleet. Lost contact with Gallia 4 and a sudden attack by the main Vajra fleet is going to seem like a very unlikely coincidence probably. They will think the Vajra were involved in the attack of Gallia 4. Also Michel and Sheryl will be arriving with the Vajra, they don't know what caused the Dimension Eater on the planet, they will probably assume it was the Vajra as well. Think about it, giant fleet of Vajra ships lifts off and then a giant dimension eating bomb goes off, without any knowledge as to who really set it off, it makes sense to assume the Vajra are the culprit.

Still though she told Brera to return to Frontier and wait for her orders, so if she still had orders to give it isn't likely she went and blew herself up without have some insurance that she wouldn't die. How she is still around, who knows. One thing to keep it mind, we don't know that the Dimension Eater is truly just a fancy bomb, we just don't know what exactly it is.

Agreed, RPGs always fudge extra information for the purposes of their game play. I tend to not trust them for official continuity on anything, let alone Macross.

Agreed on hands. As for shield, that is what I was thinking but I think you worded it better than how I tried to say it earlier. The shield is on some hinge of some type that swings over the other side of the arm and gets held by both arms in some way to keep it in place. I too noticed originally how far off from it's native arm the shield was in fighter mode so this is the best explanation until we know for sure. You know despite that and the should problem we are having trouble working out completely, there isn't much more about this transformation I'm not sure about. It is almost saddening, I like my meticulous process of looking through screens and others pictures to try and figure these things out. I would start looking into the VF-27, but it seems pretty obvious that besides the wings it's transformation is almost identical to the 25.

Shouldn't this be in the Newbie questions topic?

That is a good catch actually. Some have been theorizing the gunpod isn't stored on the VF-25's arms because in ep.12 we see Mikhails gunpod attached to the underside in gerwalk mode. Further evidence that the gunpods don't attach the arms is how Alto stored his gunpod on his battroid's leg when he went to stab Temjin.

I'm still holding on to my idea that if anything happens to Ozma then its that he won't die but get seriously injured and unable to fly again, thus creating a lot of personal drama. As for Brera, I could see him sacrificing himself to save Ranka, maybe after he and Alto have fought and Brera is turned good (we know he will).