Macross - Merchandise (Figurines, Artbooks, DVDs, etc.)

[Tak]

Originally Posted by magnuskn

Just to make a note, as a PC gamer who also speaks no Japanese, I am quite jealous of you guys.

Yeah, until its time for the World Cup...

- Tak

[BetoJR]

What, Brazil's?

[magnuskn]

Originally Posted by Tak

Yeah, until its time for the World Cup...

- Tak

Well, this time it's in South Africa, so a bit farther away than, um, at home, like last time. ^^

[Tak]

Originally Posted by magnuskn

Well, this time it's in South Africa, so a bit farther away than, um, at home, like last time. ^^

Yeah, and German broadcast will always be more extensive than ours.

- Tak

[BetoJR]

Who told you to live in a country that treats the noble breton sport as a mere second-fiddle to something that's not even played with feet, most of the time?

[ickem]

Originally Posted by BetoJR

Who told you to live in a country that treats the noble breton sport as a mere second-fiddle to something that's not even played with feet, most of the time?

I think you are mistaken about the place that soccer holds in the hearts of the inhabitants of the US. It doesn't rank even as high as second-fiddle.

[Tak]

Originally Posted by BetoJR

Who told you to live in a country that treats the noble breton sport as a mere second-fiddle to something that's not even played with feet, most of the time?

Er, my parents.

Didn't have a say in the matter

And we had absolutely the worst and perhaps most hilarious reason to migrate.

- Tak (hell, almost became Canadian...)

[BetoJR]

Originally Posted by ickem

I think you are mistaken about the place that soccer holds in the hearts of the inhabitants of the US. It doesn't rank even as high as second-fiddle.

Well, I was trying to be polite...

Originally Posted by Tak

And we had absolutely the worst and perhaps most hilarious reason to migrate.

- Tak (hell, almost became Canadian...)

Those words seem to be the beginning of a very interesting story, actually.

[LynnieS]

Originally Posted by magnuskn

Just to make a note, as a PC gamer who also speaks no Japanese, I am quite jealous of you guys.

There is that "Macross VO" and the "Macross VO XP" remake games that came out for the PC back in 2001 and 2002 by Bothtec. As far as I know, though, these are the only Macross games that are available for the PC. I actually wonder if the game will work under Win7 (JP)...

[Jinx626]

I just got my Sheryl Nome visual collection artbook and was wondering if anyone who reads japanese and has the artbook can give a Synopsis of the Original Short Story Infinity contained in there?

[ippus]

MY CHIBI MF FIGURES CAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE



THEY'RE SO FREKKIN CUTE



Rest of the photoshoots:
http://ippusuru.net/sblog/?p=476#more-476

[Shiroth]

I must know where you ordered these adorable chibi figures from. Please.

[Der Langrisser]

These chibis figs are too cute, it's a crime to be this cute !

[ippus]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

I must know where you ordered these adorable chibi figures from. Please.

We have hobby shops here in HK :< Where they order I have no idea.

The place we go to tends to allow single buys but....for this set I couldn't figure which ones I didn't want yet so I went and bought the whole box *failure*

[Yot-chan]

Is anyone still reading the Frontier manga? I picked up Volume 4 yesterday...and while it's still not good, I think the art has improved over the first couple of books.

It was also kind of interesting that the death of Michael was handled TOTALLY differently, but still worked pretty well.

[Mei19]

Originally Posted by Yot-chan

It was also kind of interesting that the death of Michael was handled TOTALLY differently, but still worked pretty well.

Like how?

[Yot-chan]

I'm tempted to go with the grade-school book-report answer and say, "If you want to find out, read it yourself"...but I won't.
Michael and Klan go out and fight the Vajra swarms in space, outside Island 3, while Ranka is singing inside. The Vajra arrive, the MDE Bomb is about the be detonated, and Klan's Q-Rea gets seriously damaged. Michael helps her out of the Q-Rea, grabs her and starts flying off with her, but the Vajra are still attacking. Michael gets wounded, but he still keeps pushing forwad, carrying Klan to safety.

They apparently get far enough away (and she's embracing Michael's battroid), the MDE bomb explodes, Island 3 goes bye-bye, and Klan "imagines" that she and Michael are standing in a field, and Michael tells her he's sorry.

After the explosion, she's still hanging on to the battroid, and starts saying "We made it! We're alive!"

...and then notices that the torso and legs of Michael's Valkyrie are gone, sheared clean off by the blast.

[BetoJR]

Yeah, I'm curious, too.

Drat. Too late. Thanks for the info, dude.

Don't know which one I'd prefer as canon, even if I still have only seen the TV series' way of dealing with it - since the manga isn't exactly affordable to me, right now.

[Yot-chan]

Originally Posted by BetoJR

Yeah, I'm curious, too.

Drat. Too late. Thanks for the info, dude.

Don't know which one I'd prefer as canon, even if I still have only seen the TV series' way of dealing with it - since the manga isn't exactly affordable to me, right now.

Oh, the TV series is VASTLY preferable, I think. The comic is very compressed overall, and the art...umm...isn't the best. The one thing that's kind of fun about the comic, though, are the other little homages that the artist throws in, like having a grown-up Flower Girl at Sheryl's concert.

A lot of it's different from the show, but it's all kind of hit-or-miss.

[BetoJR]

Nonetheless, I did think the idea was actually interesting - even if that kind of situation has been done to death (pardon the pun). Don't know if it would fit well in animated form, but let's see how they go - if they do - in the movies.