We all know the debacles with Harmony Gold/Robotech and FASA/Battletech, but was there anything on the Transformers front? I mean, Jetfire's design was copied from the VF-1, right? Was there any difficulty when G1 was brought to Japan?

Simple, really... Thanks to - and no, we're not kidding - a coincidental encounter between a Hasbro executive and Marvel's President in the men's restroom at a charity event. Hasbro's executive mentioned that they were planning to relaunch their G.I. Joe brand of figures but were having trouble com...

'bout the only way to get your hands on mecha model kits or toys back then would've been to go to one of the very niche, specialized trade shows that were held every so often where importers would occasionally showcase their wares. It was one such trade show where FASA discovered mecha anime model ...

I know that Gigantor was aired in the 60s, but between that point and the mid-80s when shows like Transformers and Voltron were aired, how niche was mecha to the larger American audience? Like, I think I've seen pictures of Japanese mecha figures being sold in America in 81-82, but how widely were t...

Anyone here have watched Akū Daisakusen Srungle? I've just found this show while reading about Go Shogun.

I recall an earlier thread talking about the anti-air clip for the Zaku machine gun. https://mechatalk.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=18129 But the nice Japanese wikipedia listed the difference models: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%AFII#%E3%82%B6%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3...

So the Desert Zaku is equipped with either one of two variants of the 120mm Zaku machine gun: either a compact model with a lot of things removed ( this ), or one with a different stock and longer barrel with barrel jacket ( this ). Could anyone figure out what the second variant is supposed to do? ...

Not a lot. It's a more obscure type of Zentradi battle suit leftover from the Protoculture's civil war, though it isn't clear if it was once a part of their standard arsenal like the Glaug was or if it was a niche development by one of the Protoculture's emigrant planets. It's noted to be structura...

What do we know about the green battlesuit that was used by the Zentrandi at the beginning of Macross Plus? It seems like there isn't a lot of information about it on the net.

Jameedaark wrote: ↑Tue Dec 14, 2021 6:52 am First thing I've tried....
I have noted that Toysdream is missing from this forum from 2013 and that also gundam ultimatemark is also abandoned...
What a pity, I'm so sorry.

You could try contact him on Twitter (https://twitter.com/toysdream) and inform him about the problem.

Which super robot weapon do you think is the weirdest? Feels like 90% of the time they just use the oversized version of whatever weapons human use.

Say, is there any interview with Keiko Nobumoto that goes into her involvement with Macross Plus and her thought on it? In light of her death, I've seen people discussing her works, and some even said that had she helmed Macross Zero's script, it wouldn't have ended up that bad. To think about it, M...

Real troopers are humanoid fighting robots that utilized a lot of Extra-Over Technology, while personal troopers does not, right? So why do I see a lot of places categorize the Huckebein series as personal troopers, while they are clearly real troopers?

I mean, I could accept them building the 4th, 5th, and Alex Gundam. They are just fancier things of already existing models anyway. But then they just had to add the four Pale/Red/Black/White Rider, plus giving away the RX-80 frame of the Pale Rider to make the Blue Destiny 1, 2 and 3 in the manga. ...

It will probably show up in one of the mangas on Gundam Ace--or maybe it already has, and us English-speaking fans have no idea.

Do you think the Lightliner has any particular disadvantage (or maybe advantage) that caused the EFF to just copy the Dodai after the war?

I've just started watching Votoms last week and now are looking for good places on the Internet (beside MAHQ) to read about it, especially about the AT. Do you guys know any website like that?

So, I understand the various development lineages of the Jegan as follow (I'm not talking about CCA-MSV): 1. Jegan => Jegan Ground Type/Jegan Type-A2 => Jegan Type J/M/R => Heavygun 2. Jegan => Jegan Type D => Jegan (ECOAS)/Escort Type/EWAC 3. Jegan => Prototype Stark Jegan => Stark Jegan (The Proto...

I thought that one of the thing that made the Zeta special was how they put the reactor and thermonuclear jet engines in its legs? And it was also a pain in the ass to do? I think I've read that the Re-GZ has these things too, but since the ReZEL took more after the Methuss, I doubt it has them.

Speaking of the arm raker of the Jegan, didn't the Jegan Type D changed it back to the good old sticks, and the retrofitted Gustav Karl from Hathaway had a cockpit that looked a lot like the ones on Zeta-era suits?