EXO Posted May 19, 2004 Posted May 19, 2004 Whats the difference between the DRYL and TV version?Ay1 care to enlighten? thanks DYRL/2040 re-fit The shoulders are diffrent, the railguns are mounted in, instead of on them. The head doesn't separate in two parts in cruiser mode The bridge is diffrent. ARMD carriers replace the Prometheus and Daedelus The bow was slightly re designed. It's slightly shorter The "feet" are a little diffrent It's shades of grey instead of blue and white There's all kinds of other little design tweaks here and there. Here's a pic of the two of them... By refit they meant that they rebuilt the whole thing on the same exact spot that the old one was on. Quote
do not disturb Posted May 19, 2004 Posted May 19, 2004 you know this topic comes up every other month.... you and everyones mother is ready for the SDF-1 but it ain't happening for a while...atleast another 2 years if we're lucky. Quote
ewilen Posted May 20, 2004 Posted May 20, 2004 By refit they meant that they rebuilt the whole thing on the same exact spot that the old one was on. Sort of like the USS Constellation, originally built in 1797, then "rebuilt" in 1854...Congress wouldn't allocate funds for a new ship, so the Navy took the old one into Gosport Navy Yard for "repairs", broke it up, and used some of the timbers to build a new ship with the same name. Officially, it was the same ship since it had never been stricken from the Naval Register. (I really hate to admit it, because I love that ship and take pride in the fact that the original frigate was built in my home town. I take some consolation in the fact that the new ship is the only surviving warship of its type, while 18th century warships are already represented by the Constitution and the Victory.) Quote
Hurin Posted May 20, 2004 Posted May 20, 2004 Okay, I'll try this again . . . why did they refit it? They sure seemed to put a lot of resources into what essentially appears to be a monument in a lake. You'd think that if they refit it, they'd send it out into the galaxy to explore or defend. Rather than just standing mutely over the city. Or is it there to defend the city? Was it intended to eventually return to space? H Quote
Druna Skass Posted May 20, 2004 Posted May 20, 2004 (edited) Okay, I'll try this again  . . . why did they refit it? They sure seemed to put a lot of resources into what essentially appears to be a monument in a lake.You'd think that if they refit it, they'd send it out into the galaxy to explore or defend. Rather than just standing mutely over the city. Or is it there to defend the city? Was it intended to eventually return to space? H Well it is the UN HQ. I guess not fixing it would be like not fixing the Pentagon after that plane flew into it. And it's original task was to defend Earth, and being the HQ it doesn't have to be in orbit with the fleet. That, and before Kamujin rammed it, it's clearly seen better days. Edited May 20, 2004 by Druna Skass Quote
Blaine23 Posted May 20, 2004 Posted May 20, 2004 Okay, I'll try this again . . . why did they refit it? You could get a big old continuity based answer... But it's probably because with the movie animation they wanted a newer, more detailed design because they could afford better animation, etc. Same reason there's different valks in DYRL as well... because that's what movie versions are all about. Quote
bsu legato Posted May 20, 2004 Posted May 20, 2004 Okay, I'll try this again  . . . why did they refit it? You could get a big old continuity based answer... Yeah, old timers may recall my topic on this subject on the old boards. While there's no real *official* answer, there was plenty of speculation... - the UN Spacy rebuilt it with the intention of returning it to service, but ended up mothballing it - the UN Spacy rebuilt it explicitely for use as an earth-based HQ - the UN Spacy rebuilt it as a monument/symbol Quote
Neova Posted May 20, 2004 Posted May 20, 2004 (edited) Okay, I'll try this again  . . . why did they refit it? Well, it did lift off again in Macross II also but it was blown to hell with only the bridge remaining by the Marduks... but that was post DYRL / FB2012 / Macross Plus by the timeline. Oh wait, thats not canon... My money is with Blaine23 on this one. Cooler animation, updates and etc... and before we get off topic again, Yamato, I would love to have both versions and at least 2 of each to pose in Cruiser and Storm Attacker mode! Edited May 20, 2004 by Neova Quote
ewilen Posted May 20, 2004 Posted May 20, 2004 If anyone's interested, I just calculated that at 1/3000 scale, a Monster is about 1/2" (1.37 cm) long. So tiny little (transforming?) Valks may not be practical, but Monsters would be. So add this as a feature. Plus a Daedalus whose bow opens up. Quote
ewilen Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 About 15 inches long in cruiser mode. That's the size of the 1/3000 Takatoku/Bandai/Matchbox transforming SDF-1 toy--and it's accurate based on the official data. Quote
Druna Skass Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 But the SDF is so fugly looking? I'm just going to pretend I never read that... Quote
Blaine23 Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 But the SDF is so fugly looking? I'm just going to pretend I never read that... Really... dude, it's the Macross... Quote
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