Sunday, December 25, 2011

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

From cover art of the comic adaptation of Robotech: The Macross Saga #35: Season's Greetings, by Mike Leeke and Mike Chen (published January 1989). http://robotech.com/infopedia/bibliography/comics/archives/comico.php

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Monday, December 19, 2011

RAND MPC CYCLONE NOW ON SALE FOR $159.99 USD



Robotech.com has put the Toynami/Beagle Rand MPC Cyclone on sale for $159.99 USD! This amazing toy includes the following.

Featuring:
- 1/10 scale
- 7.5 inch tall Rand figure
- Fabric undersuit
- 8.5 inches tall with Cyclone armor
- 2 removable heads
- Several removable hands
- Comes with two handheld weapons
- Comes with display stand



Robotech.com customers also get an exclusive rider "Data Card" containing stats and background info about Rand!


Friday, December 16, 2011

A&E ROBOTECH DVD BOXSET ON SALE FOR $32.99 USD AT AMAZON.COM

Amazon.com has the entire Robotech complete series with all the new extras for only $32.99 before Christmas! With FREE SHIPPING! That $2.57 USD per episode! 

Thursday, December 15, 2011

ROBOTECH 2012 CALENDAR AND LIMITED EIDTION "WE WILL WIN" EP AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER IN THE ROBOTECH.COM STORE!

Today on the Robotech.com webiste  Harmony Gold announced the 2012 Robotech Calendar and a limited edition EP of the newly restored and remastered We Will Win are available for pre-order in the Robotech.com store. 



We Will Win - Limited Edition EP

The "We Will Win" EP includes new restoration and cleanup work on familiar tracks such as the original "We Will Win", and also features all-new tracks mixed together from scratch from the original 24 track recordings. Featured on this limited edition CD are an extended version of "We Will Win" with a never-before-heard third verse, and a never-before-heard Minmei version of "The Way To Love".

The EP contains over 10 tracks and can be pre-rodered $6.99 USD! 



 
 2012 Robotech Calendar

Also new for the holidays, we are proud to announce a new Robotech Calendar! Back in print for the first time in years, the new Robotech wall calendar covers the year 2012. Measuring 11x17 inches when opened, each illustrated month includes notations for common holidays and birthdays of many of the Robotech cast and crew - a perfect way to keep Robotech around all the seasons!

The Calendar can be pre-ordered for $9.99 USD
 CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER THE NEW 2012 CALENDAR FROM THE ROBOTECH.COM STORE



RECESSION BUSTING BUNDLE!
The perfect package to ring in the new year: this specially discounted set bundles the Robotech 2012 anniversary wall calendar and the Robotech: We Will Win limited edition music EP, both also available separately.
You can order the EP and Calendar as a bundle for the recession busting price of $15.99 USD.

VOTE FOR A ROBOTECH FAN'S COLLECTION

Robotech fan Larry Furry is currently in a photo contest over who has the coolest anime collection. Since he's featuring a lot of Robotech memorabilia, you help him out by voting for him here!

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

TIME LASPE GUNDAM

Anime News Network had a story about the 1/1-Scale Gundam.

 The self-described "Gundam videographer" darwinfish began streaming new time-lapsed footage of the 1/1-Scale Gundam reconstruction at Odaiba. The video features work being done on the upper body and torso. The statue is being rebuilt at Diver City Tokyo, a complex under construction on the island by Mitsui Fudosan and Fuji TV

MECHACON ON NHK



 From the MechaCon Website.

This is the video from MechaCon that aired on NHK in Japan. NHK covered our charity auction to raise money for the NOLA Japan Quake Fund. Sorry we don’t have a translation for it yet. Including the Platinum Pass raffle everyone helped raise over $4,000 for the NOLA Japan Quake Fund.

ROBOTECH: THE NEW GENERATION RPG - NOW SHIPPING!

Just in time for the holidays! The New Generation RPG is now available!

The New Generation™ presents the era of the Third Robotech War on Earth, starting with the resistance fighters' struggle to rid their world of the Invid invaders:

• Rules for using mecha, power armor and technology from all four eras of Robotech.
• Kit-bashed mecha and rules for jury-rigging and combining parts from different generations of mecha.
• Freedom Fighter O.C.C.s and resistance organizations.
• Rogues and misfits from the three Robotech Wars.
• New weapons, vehicles, mecha and more.
• Villains, traitors, bandits, Invid henchmen, adventure and adventure ideas galore.
• Written by Kevin Siembieda and Irvin Jackson.
• Printed in standard 8½ x11 sourcebook size.
• 96 pages - final page count may be subject to change.


Thursday, December 8, 2011

1/100 SCALE LIGHT ARTILLERY BATTLEPOD SHIPPING FROM ROBOTECH.COM STORE



Toynami continues their "bad guys" line with the Zentraedi Light Artillery Battlepod! Zentraedi Light Artillery Battlepod is made of a sturdy vinyl and stands about 10 inches tall, compatible with the 1/100 scale of the VF-1 transformable action figures!

Each Light Artillery Battlepod features:

• matching scale with 1/100 VF-1 series
• approximately 10 inches tall
• 11 points of articulation
• rotational cannon joints
• vinyl construction

Monday, December 5, 2011

MEANWHILE SOUTH OF THE BORDER...


On Screen Films will release the new Spanish version of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles in Mexico on December 9!


En Espanol:






En Pantalla lanzará Robotech: Las Crónicas de la Sombra en México el 9 de diciembre!

Friday, December 2, 2011

PALLADIUM BOOKS GIVES A UPDATE ON THE ROBOTECH: THE NEW GENERATION RPG



Kevin Siembieda gives fans a update on the new RPG. 


UPDATE: Robotech® The New Generation Sourcebook ships tomorrow – Friday, December 2. We were expecting the book sooner, but our printer was backlogged and there was a slight delay. We’ll be busy packing and shipping tomorrow afternoon. Anyone who has placed a pre-order will see their book put in the mail on Friday.
We are very excited about Robotech® The New Generation Sourcebook, especially that it offers the ability to play mecha and O.C.C.s from ALL eras of Robotech® in one setting against the Invid. Just think about the possibilities of Veritech Fighters, Destroids, Battloids, Hover Tanks, Cyclones, and “Frankenmecha” – giant robots combined with the limbs, weapons and body parts of two or more mecha – all working together to stop a common enemy. Epic. Plus, there is more information about the Invid, rules for creating Frankenmecha, vehicle combat and crash damage as well as stats and descriptions for new weapons, new vehicles, seven new O.C.C.s (including Invid Genetics and Cyborg Experiments, Invid Princes and Princesses and Resistance Fighter O.C.C.s), key characters from the TV show, world overview, great art and more. Ships December 2.


MENTION OF CARL MACEK ON ANIME NEWS NETWORK



A interesting exchange on The Anime News Network Hey Answerman Column.

Here is part of the question:

If you had an unlimited supply of money, and maximum sway in any negotiation, what would you do to help the North American Anime Industry? 
Here is part of the Answerman's response. 
And in all honesty, even with all that theoretical money and influence at my disposal, I'd still be just one dude. Certain genres and mediums don't seem to catch on and stay relevant just because of one high-profile endorsement; I can't think of anybody who ran out and learned Coptic just because of George Clooney. As much as I hate sounding like a pretentious twat, I'm going to say it - it's all about hitting the zeitgeist. If something hits at the right place at the right time, it's a sure-fire thing. And some people are great at predicting that; Carl Macek was a visionary in that sense, in that he knew there was an audience that was looking for stuff like Akira and Robotech, but they didn't know what it was yet, and he was the only guy who could give it to them.

It's worth reading the whole thing.