MACROSS... are there any other big fans out there?

I'm a pretty big Macross fan. I've got a collection of stuff I made in the 80's when you could only get it by mail order houses (anybody remember the 'Galactic Trade Commision'?). I've got all the 1/100 scale Destroid kits from that era plus a 1/200 Monster (I have on display at my website), a 1/72 Spartan and a 1/100 Glaug. I had a 1/72 Regult that I gave to someone who was going to try to make a resin kit from it.

I have all the variants of the Variable/Veritech fighters that Imai produced and am now collecting some of the Hasegawa kits. Today, I just picked up the Hasegawa strike Valkyrie for $20.00 from a retail store in Poughkeepsie, NY (marked down from $35.99!).

For a dedicated fan site of Macross, check out www.macrossworld.com. I'm trying to do my YF-19 kit in a color scheme I saw in a Model Graphix image I saw in the magazine photosection there.

I had just seen the Yellow Submarine 1/100 VF-4G on Ebay a couple of days ago. I'd like the 1/72 Reppu model. Ebay is your only chance for getting something like that now. However, Bandai is re-releasing alot of old Macross kits in the coming months (check www.hlj.com). Maybe other manufacturers will re-release some of their Macross products as well.

I'm a big fan of Macrossworld.com. I post there as Less Than Super Ostrich. I'm finishing my first Hasegawa model. I'm going to post it when I'm done. I'm trying to do a camoflauge color scheme (something a little different).

Look forward to seeing your YF-19. I have the kit... but I haven't started that one yet!

I love macross, right now I'm working on A hasegawa 1/72 VF-1J. I post at macross world as jbxman

I like Macross 'cuz its a great series and has a model for just about everything that appears in any of the shows. Besides Gundam, I don't think there is any Sci/Fi/Anime program that has such an extensive line of models.

I used to hang out at MW all the time, but there was always too much toy discussion. Lately though I have been lurking and am pleasantly surprised about how much discussion and talent there seems to be about modeling.

All I would ask is that,
would the Macross fans kindly PLEASE stop posting about Macross in MechWarrior/Battletech threads? They ain't the same!(MechWarrior/Battletech is cooler, anyway!)
Other than that, Gundam is cool, but Macross stopped being cool the moment they stole BTech mechs and called them "their own"(they then had the gall to get that claim proven in court! Lieing sons of yankees!)!

I disagree, Tenchi. Macross came first. Mech Warrior DID take Macross designs (namely the GLAUG) and repaint them for their world. And also Macross IS cooler!

Tenchi......Aurora....down boys!!!!!
Actually Aurora is right...... Robotech was out a long time before Battletech. If you know anything of Battletech and or Robotech, the makers of BT (FASA) was sued by the makers of Robotech for copyright infingment. FASA purchased the rights to use the designs from RT, and when the licensing expired, they continued to make the 'Mechs against RT's orders. Hence, the lawsuit. Because of that, many of the origional 'mech from BT ceased production....Marauder, Rifleman, Archer. Locust, Wasp, Stinger, Battlemaster, Warhammer, Crusader, Shadowhawk, Griffin, Wloverine, Phoenixhawk etc.....
These 'mechs have been redesigned and re-relaesed by the new owners of Battletech (WizKids, Iron Winds Miniatures) See www.classicbattletech.com ...... Project Phoenix
See....Working at a hobby shop does have it's advantages!!!!!
I am a big fan of Robotech and Battletech.....But Battletech Rules!!!!! lol

QUOTE: Originally posted by TenchiMuyo81 All I would ask is that, would the Macross fans kindly PLEASE stop posting about Macross in MechWarrior/Battletech threads? They ain't the same!(MechWarrior/Battletech is cooler, anyway!) Other than that, Gundam is cool, but Macross stopped being cool the moment they stole BTech mechs and called them "their own"(they then had the gall to get that claim proven in court! Lieing sons of yankees!)!

Oh lord... this is sacrilege. First, its Macross... NOT Robotech! Robotech is the congolomeration of Macross and two other japanese anime. Beautiful Valks crush any Btech mech you got. Those Hasegawa, Club-M, Wave, and Yellow Sub models are GORGEOUS! I can't believe you put the two in the same category, let alone the same universe.

Just playing with you. I love all mech, but I like the Macross story MUCH more than the Gundam and/or BTech stories.

HI All, I am a super fan of macross since it was launch in the 80's. But I was too poor to buy any model back then. Last year I started collecting the Macross series from Hasagewa and now I have almost all the complete series but I have yet to start work on them. The past model I have bulit are mostly Gundam series from Bandai which are snap together and dont need much painting. Thus, I abit worried that I might "destory" my precious collection...... Hope I can pick up more advise in the web before I start work.

Greetings Bretheren... YES, big fan of MACROSS/ ROBOTECH and BATTLETECH . 1984, I was 13 when my older brother and I discovered Robotech/Macross and BattleDROIDS. HE-HE-HE, lol. Yes BATTLEDROIDS was the first name of what is now B-TECH. My dear brother even has the original game box with the name Battledroids on it . FASA had to change the name from DROIDS to TECH because George Lucas(aka Lucasfilm) owned the rights to the word 'DROIDS' as it is a simple contraction of the word ANDROID. I'm also a big fan of STARBLAZERS and I grew up on STARWARS. OK back to subject at hand. My brother colected the Macross comics and the only TV station that would run the ROBOTECH series in the Chicago area was WPWR in Aurora and that was at 6am and he' d record it so I could see it after school. He was in H.S. and I was in J.H. Our initial discovery to the whole subject ( Macross-Robotech-Battletech,) was when REVELL released the ROBOTECH 1/48and 1/72 scale model kit series. We tried to collect them all including the Robot Factory that exclusively featured in1/72 scale A Crusader and Warhammer in the same kit . I still have some R-tech kits here & there, some in great need of Frankenstine work . I played B-tech as original game and also when FASA created the game (simulator) center at the North Pier shopping ctr in Chicago in 1992 now a thing of the past. ANYWAY.....STILL big fan of all the above; I even have a toy of the SDF-1 that MATCHBOX produced for avery short time .Can you believe TRANSFORMERS ( by Hasbro Toys)beat out Robotech (carried by Matchbox) on the marketing front . TRANSFORMERS an idea copied from the origin which is MACROSS....................................................peace, and may the force be with you all Macross fans........

I too am a HUGE Macross fan. I got into it in '83 when I saw a gigantic pile of the Imai and Arii kits a mall on a family trip. I have been hooked ever since. I had to get a storage unit for my old stuff and the Hasegawa kits have taken over my closet. I even did quite a bit of scratch building of Macross stuff in highschool. I still do a little today.

Here is a 1/32nd scale Valkyrie I started last year. I will probably get back on that at the beginning of next year;

http://home.comcast.net/~cobywan/Templates/VF.htm

QUOTE: Originally posted by cobywan I too am a HUGE Macross fan. I got into it in '83 when I saw a gigantic pile of the Imai and Arii kits a mall on a family trip. I have been hooked ever since. I had to get a storage unit for my old stuff and the Hasegawa kits have taken over my closet. I even did quite a bit of scratch building of Macross stuff in highschool. I still do a little today. Here is a 1/32nd scale Valkyrie I started last year. I will probably get back on that at the beginning of next year; http://home.comcast.net/~cobywan/Templates/VF.htm

hey COBYWAN!!! It's me... Less than Super Ostrich (from Macrossworld.com and Starshipmodeler.com boards). Wow... I had no idea that you were doing that scratchbuild. It looks amazing. You are a true artist!

cobywan,
incredible work so far! Are you working off the old RPG manuals, or some of the old toys? Just incredible detail.

demono69

I have been meeting up with members across boarda left and right.

As to my reference material....I have an extensive library of original Macross books and magazines. And (Guilt mode here) I used the Hasegawa kit as reference. I made proportional changes to the decal illustrations from the instruction sheets to use as a template.

Been a Macross/Robotech fan since I caught the 2nd episode one October morning back in '84 or '85, whichever year had the first run of the series. I like all the Macross series except Macross II, which was only good for the mecha ( the VF-2ss was just TOO kewl!! ). While Macross Plus could be compared to The Right Stuff or Top Gun, Macross II was more like the Wing Commander movie.

OK, Macross 7 gets on my nerves after a while, too. It seems to be geared for teenagers and evenually the Japanese teeny-bopper feel gets intolerable, no matter how cool the mecha are.

My Macross kit collection.
- Arii's Destroid Defender and Gladiator
- VF-1 Valkyries of all types and in several scales, from the 1:250 scale (?) non-transformables to the 1:72 transformable re-issues from a few years back.
- Two "twin kits," one of the heavy armor VF-1 and another with the Zentraedi "ostriches."
- A few Zentraedi warships.
- Resin kits of the YF-19 and YF-21 ( from Macross Plus ) in Battloid and Fighter modes.
- Small-scale "twin kits" ( with a Fighter and Battloid for each mecha )of the VF-11, VF-17, and "Fire Bomber" VF-19 from Macross 7.
- 1:100 scale transformable VF-19 ( from M7 )
- Multi-media kit of the VF-17 Battloid ( from M7 )
- And what collection would be complete without the Macross itself? I have both Revell kits of the ship.

One of these days, I'll finish them all. Maybe in time for the 35th anniversary of the show.

BTW, From the "Useless Trivia" department: The 14 designs from the original BattleTech were from 3 series, all from the producers of the original Macross, Tatsunoko Studios. The Stinger, Wasp, Phoenix Hawk, Rifleman, Crusader, Warhammer, Archer, and Marauder were from Macross. The Griffin, Shadow Hawk, Wolverine, Thunderbolt and Battlemaster were from a series called "Dougram." Finally, the Locust was from a show called "Crusher Joe."

The scary thing is, I can name all of these without looking them up in the rulebook I bought nearly 20 years ago.

All these shows predate the BT game by at least 2 years, so Tatsunoko was within their rights to pull license from FASA. Remember, very few anime series are shown on TV in the States, and many don't even see video/DVD release here, regardless of commercial potential, because some Japanese creators are afraid of how American translators and writers will butcher their shows. Star Blazers ( yeah, sure that's a bottle of rare "spring water," Captain ) and Robotech ( they did WHAT with our completely-unrelated shows?! ) were great in that they helped bring anime into mainstream America, but it made a few nihonjin reluctant to allow room for further altering of their creations.

Sorry to get so windy...yet again...


I couldn't even find my way back to "normal" with the Hubble!

Much of what you say about the DVD releases was true. I just got the translated Crusher Joe dvd set and the first installment of Dunbine. Even Votoms has been released. I think the new wave of translators has made the old studios comfortable cashing in on thier old properties.

Hi,
Definitely a big fan of Macross. Right now am working on a VF-01A Strike Valk and will be starting on the VF-19 shortly (in a month or two).