jvmacross Posted October 8, 2021 Posted October 8, 2021 (edited) Latest R-Area.... Need more firepower!!! How much more? All of it!!! Edited October 8, 2021 by jvmacross Quote
no3Ljm Posted October 14, 2021 Posted October 14, 2021 On 10/7/2021 at 5:46 PM, jvmacross said: Latest R-Area.... Need more firepower!!! How much more? All of it!!! Those are cool looking Valks. The Tomahawk Valkyrie reminds me of an old custom kit back in mid 80's where the modeller combined a tank with a transformable VF-1J. Forgot what modeller's magazine was that but it looks awesome. Also, can I request to see more of the YF-19 Mave if possible? I've been imagining Mave to transform since then. Quote
jvmacross Posted October 14, 2021 Posted October 14, 2021 1 minute ago, no3Ljm said: Those are cool looking Valks. The Tomahawk Valkyrie reminds me of an old custom kit back in mid 80's where the modeller combined a tank with a transformable VF-1J. Forgot what modeller's magazine was that but it looks awesome. Also, can I request to see more of the YF-19 Mave if possible? I've been imagining Mave to transform since then. Yeah, there were a bunch of "customs" back in the day in several magazines/books....however, to me, it reminded me of that Macross the First issue where they actually slap on Destroid parts onto Super Valkyries....forgot which issue, I'll try and find it.... Sure....I will post more when I get a chance... Quote
no3Ljm Posted October 14, 2021 Posted October 14, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, jvmacross said: Yeah, there were a bunch of "customs" back in the day in several magazines/books....however, to me, it reminded me of that Macross the First issue where they actually slap on Destroid parts onto Super Valkyries....forgot which issue, I'll try and find it.... Sure....I will post more when I get a chance... Was it this one? Edited October 14, 2021 by no3Ljm Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted October 14, 2021 Posted October 14, 2021 2 hours ago, jvmacross said: Yeah, there were a bunch of "customs" back in the day in several magazines/books....however, to me, it reminded me of that Macross the First issue where they actually slap on Destroid parts onto Super Valkyries....forgot which issue, I'll try and find it.... Sure....I will post more when I get a chance... Not the first time that's been done by a long shot. The old FamilySoft Macross games from the 90's had a prototype VF that was cobbled together from VF-1 and Destroid parts called the VF-X3 Medusa. Quote
jvmacross Posted October 15, 2021 Posted October 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Seto Kaiba said: Not the first time that's been done by a long shot. The old FamilySoft Macross games from the 90's had a prototype VF that was cobbled together from VF-1 and Destroid parts called the VF-X3 Medusa. Kind of a stretch to say the VF-X3 looks cobbled from Destroid parts....looks more GBP influenced...and eventually looks to have inspired the VF-11 GBP by the looks of it... ...the VFs portrayed in MtF as posted by @no3Ljm definitely are using Destroid weapons as explained in the manga Quote
sketchley Posted October 15, 2021 Posted October 15, 2021 11 minutes ago, jvmacross said: Kind of a stretch to say the VF-X3 looks cobbled from Destroid parts....looks more GBP influenced...and eventually looks to have inspired the VF-11 GBP by the looks of it... Agreed. Macross Shoji Kawamori Designer's Note (Pg 235): "Mr. Kawamori (...) designed this VF-X3 Star Crusader (also known as the "Medusa Valkyrie" to make a more space fighter-like VF based on the VF-1 Valkyrie. Rather than mounting the exterior on the aircraft, he was reviewing the shape of the parts from the elements that make up the aircraft." Quote
jvmacross Posted October 15, 2021 Posted October 15, 2021 23 hours ago, no3Ljm said: Also, can I request to see more of the YF-19 Mave if possible? I've been imagining Mave to transform since then. Quote
no3Ljm Posted October 15, 2021 Posted October 15, 2021 2 hours ago, jvmacross said: Thanks JVM! This is awesome! Love how it looks. Quote
jvmacross Posted October 15, 2021 Posted October 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, no3Ljm said: Thanks JVM! This is awesome! Love how it looks. Yeah it looks good.... Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted October 17, 2021 Posted October 17, 2021 On 10/14/2021 at 9:04 PM, jvmacross said: Kind of a stretch to say the VF-X3 looks cobbled from Destroid parts....looks more GBP influenced...and eventually looks to have inspired the VF-11 GBP by the looks of it... Not so much a "looks like" as a "was explicitly built with"... the VF-X3 was cobbled together out of Destroid parts and VF-1 hardware by the crew of the Macross in the FamilySoft games. Quote
jvmacross Posted October 17, 2021 Posted October 17, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Seto Kaiba said: Not so much a "looks like" as a "was explicitly built with"... the VF-X3 was cobbled together out of Destroid parts and VF-1 hardware by the crew of the Macross in the FamilySoft games. Tell that to sketchley..seems he is saying Kawamori himself, per the Kawamori Designers Note, indicated that..the VF-X3 was "...designed...to make a more space fighter-like VF based on the VF-1 Valkyrie..." nothing about destroid mentioned at all....I'd sooner brush aside any comments on some videogame booklet over what Kawamori is saying on a book with his name on it.... In either case, take it up with @sketchley...as he is contradicting your comments, not me....my comments were purely based on the visuals, it clearly looks to have no "destroid" parts on it...unlike the kitbash from the R-Area doujin and the VF's from Macross the First previously posted Edited October 17, 2021 by jvmacross Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted October 17, 2021 Posted October 17, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, jvmacross said: In either case, take it up with @sketchley...as he is contradicting your comments, not me....my comments were purely based on the visuals, it clearly looks to have no "destroid" parts on it...unlike the kitbash from the R-Area doujin and the VF's from Macross the First previously posted No reason to, because it's not the contradiction you think it is. 😉 I correctly identified it as an in-setting kitbash that used whatever parts were on hand. He correctly identified the goal behind the kitbashing in-setting, which was to create a much more capable dedicated space Valkyrie. One of the beautiful things about these doujinshi showing kitbashed VFs is that there's plenty of in-setting support for VF kitbashing. It's been a part of the setting since at least the early 90's. IIRC the oldest example of a kitbashed VF is technically the VE-1 ELINT Seeker, which in some versions of its presented backstory from the early 90's or before cited it as a improvised model conceived aboard the SDF-1 Macross while out in space. The oldest in-setting kitbash overall is the Phalanx Destroid. On 10/15/2021 at 4:43 PM, jvmacross said: This just looks... odd. Like a VF-19's wearing a weird flared 80's suit. Edited October 17, 2021 by Seto Kaiba Quote
jvmacross Posted October 17, 2021 Posted October 17, 2021 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said: I correctly identified it as an in-setting kitbash that used whatever parts were on hand. He correctly identified the goal behind the kitbashing in-setting, which was to create a much more capable dedicated space Valkyrie. Sketchley's comment was backing up the idea that the VF-X3 was not cobbled from Destroid parts....his quoted source makes no mention of Destroid parts.....you are trying to shoe-horn in the idea of "kitbashing" to align with your initial comments....my comment was just based on it just not visually appearing to have anything destroid related about it and that it was a "stretch" to see it as such....he agreed and posted the Kawamori comments The quote coming straight from Kawamori apparently says nothing about Destroid parts, thus supporting the idea that no Destroids parts or "kitbashing" was used in the design or creation of the VF-X3 in-setting or otherwise .....so I guess you are referencing obsolete information, perhaps creative liberties were taken by the makers of the game at the time it was released...even so, you would think a VF using "Destroid" parts would have some Destroid-like aesthetic, otherwise, why even bother mentioning it....again, looks more GBP Armor, than Destroid Edited October 17, 2021 by jvmacross Quote
no3Ljm Posted October 29, 2021 Posted October 29, 2021 Posting this on both Books and Magazines thread: Macross Modelers is going to be featured in an upcoming Hobby Japan EXTRA Vol. 23 which will be released in late November. It will feature probably an upcoming Super VF-31AX Hayate model kit. Preorders are now open fot Y1210/Y1100. https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10823400 Quote
jvmacross Posted October 29, 2021 Posted October 29, 2021 (edited) Not really a "book"... Edited November 20, 2021 by jvmacross Quote
jvmacross Posted November 16, 2021 Posted November 16, 2021 Looks like Amazon.jp is playing there "No Direct US Shipping" shenanigans with this release.... https://www.amazon.co.jp/マクロス大解剖-日本の名作漫画アーカイブシリーズ-サンエイムック/dp/477964478X Unless you want to pay triple the MSRP plus non-discounted AJ international shipping fee....you will need to use a proxy...... I picked up a copy using Buyee......you can get it for MSRP (1,100 JPY plus domestic shipping fee) via Yahoo! Japan Shopping or Animate....there may be a few other sites offering it... Quote
jvmacross Posted December 15, 2021 Posted December 15, 2021 AJ's PO link for the Mikimoto Macross Art Book is back up in case anyone missed the initial PO window...3+ years ago! https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/美樹本-晴彦/dp/4041065062/ref=sr_1_3?qid=1639578790&s=books&sr=1-3&text=美樹本+晴彦 Quote
jvmacross Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 crossing fingers on no more delays! Quote
Swann Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 I just receive this today. macross seika note Quote
jvmacross Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 17 hours ago, Shawn said: just placed my order LOL Looking at the page count...seems kind of thin for the amount of time we've all been waiting...was hoping for a more exhaustive look into his art process....like they did for the last Kawamori VF book....but I guess we should just be happy if it actually gets released! BTW...per the translation on the AJ PO page..... Haruhiko Mikimoto's first "Macross" art book The Super Dimension Fortress Macross" celebrates its 35th anniversary. Haruhiko Mikimoto's first "Macross" art book, which includes more than 200 illustrations from the "origin" to the "present", including valuable illustrations drawn at the time of broadcasting! We've been waiting so long that it is now the 40th anniversary! LOL Quote
sh9000 Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 On 11/16/2021 at 9:58 AM, jvmacross said: Looks like Amazon.jp is playing there "No Direct US Shipping" shenanigans with this release.... https://www.amazon.co.jp/マクロス大解剖-日本の名作漫画アーカイブシリーズ-サンエイムック/dp/477964478X Unless you want to pay triple the MSRP plus non-discounted AJ international shipping fee....you will need to use a proxy...... I picked up a copy using Buyee......you can get it for MSRP (1,100 JPY plus domestic shipping fee) via Yahoo! Japan Shopping or Animate....there may be a few other sites offering it... I wish this was available to order normally at Amazon JP so that I could reorder the Mikimoto book and combine shipping. Quote
jvmacross Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 27 minutes ago, sh9000 said: I wish this was available to order normally at Amazon JP so that I could reorder the Mikimoto book and combine shipping. Did you just check....it actually was available as of at least a week ago....I would have bought it via AJ but at the time I ordered it it was not.... Quote
jvmacross Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 (edited) You are right....that is odd how they stopped making it available for overseas shipping....when it became available I was considering a second copy and bundling it with the HJ Extra mook.... Edited December 16, 2021 by jvmacross Quote
jvmacross Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 Macross "Great Anatomy Series" mook....... Great mook covering all of the Macross TV series, OVAs, and films released so far...from SDFM to Macross Delta Absolute Live!!!!!! Covers serveral of the key characters, the "Pillars of Macross"....and, of course, the VFs! A couple of interviews, as well, including one with Max's voice actor. Apparently, there are several errors made, in terms of background data and names, however, as far as a pictorial archive, it provides a very generous amount of content spanning the Macross animated series and films so far....all in one handy source! Quote
Shawn Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 Did your Anatomy book come with the 8x11 piece of paper full of corrections as an insert? Quote
jvmacross Posted December 17, 2021 Posted December 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Shawn said: Did your Anatomy book come with the 8x11 piece of paper full of corrections as an insert? Yep....and the insert includes a link to the website with the errors/corrections.... https://www.sun-a.com/magazine/detail.php?pid=12110 Quote
Shawn Posted December 17, 2021 Posted December 17, 2021 Nice-I missed the pdf correction you can download there, thanks! Quote
jvmacross Posted December 17, 2021 Posted December 17, 2021 TBH....if they had not included the sheet...I would have even noticed until I got around to google translating the bits and pieces that google translate is good at doing Quote
twich Posted December 18, 2021 Posted December 18, 2021 So a question on the Macross 30 novelization. Is that an announcement for preorder or is it currently available to order? Any information would be appreciated. thanks! Twich Quote
jvmacross Posted December 18, 2021 Posted December 18, 2021 5 minutes ago, twich said: So a question on the Macross 30 novelization. Is that an announcement for preorder or is it currently available to order? Any information would be appreciated. thanks! Twich It's an older release...came out in March 2013.... Easily available on auction and other sites including AJ.... https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/小太刀-右京/dp/4048915827/ref=sr_1_10?keywords=マクロス30&qid=1639805427&rnid=2321267051&s=books&sr=1-10 Quote
twich Posted December 18, 2021 Posted December 18, 2021 29 minutes ago, jvmacross said: It's an older release...came out in March 2013.... Easily available on auction and other sites including AJ.... https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/小太刀-右京/dp/4048915827/ref=sr_1_10?keywords=マクロス30&qid=1639805427&rnid=2321267051&s=books&sr=1-10 Thank you for the link. twich Quote
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