MAC II DESTROID TO BE THE NEXT ROBOTECH RPG MINIATURE KICKSTARTER STRETCH GOAL?

From the Robotech RPG Tactics Kickstarter page.

A big stretch goal deserves a big model, and there are few bigger than the UEDF Mk.II Monster. Once we reach $325,000 the Monster will become a reality!

Then there is this!

Love Destroids? Love MONSTERS? Have you always wanted to punch through a Zentraedi Battleship and unleash wholesale destruction? Of course you have! The Daedalus Attack Add-on is for anyone who wants to recreate this seminal moment from the anime on the battlefield.

The Daedalus Attack Add-on includes 3x Mk.II Monsters, and 8x Destroids that can be built as Tomahawks or Defenders.

CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ROBOTECH RPG TACTICS KICKSTARTER PROJECT!  

ROBOTECH RPG KICKSTARTER FIRST STRECH GOAL

When the first stretch goal was reached in under 8 hours Palladium Books & Ninja Division unvelied two new miniatures for a add on of $20 USD

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ROBOTECH RPG HITS PRIMARY KICKSTARTER GOAL IN 3 HOURS!

Last week Palladium Books and Ninja Divison opened up the first ever Robotech Kickstarter project. The goal was to raise 70,000 in 32 days to get the project off the ground. They reached that goal in 3 hours.

Here is the press release from Robotech.com

Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Kickstarter – April 18, 2013

Palladium Books® and Ninja Division (the creative minds behind Soda Pop Miniatures and Cipher Studios) are proud to announce the launch of the Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Kickstarter.

Robotech® RPG Tactics™ empowers you to take command of the fighting forces of the United Earth Defense Force (UEDF) or lead the massive clone armies of the Zentraedi Armada in pitched combat. Relive the massive battles on your tabletop, engage in stand-alone tactical games or use the dynamic game pieces to enhance your Robotech® RPG experience. Collect your favorite mecha from an expanding range of world-class game pieces.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE PALLADIUM BOOKS / NINJA DIVISION ROBOTECH RPG KICKSTARTER PAGE! 

ROBOTECH PROTOTYPE BATTLEPOD FROM NINJA DIVISION

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ROBOTECH GOES TO THE LAND DOWN UNDER!

To update Australia fans on all the latest Robotech productions, the Robotech Convention Tour will make its first ever stop at Supanova Melbourne on April 13-14th!

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROBOTECH CONVENTION TOUR AT SUPANOVA MELBOURNE 

A INTERESTING ARTICLE ABOUT MARKETING, SPOILERS AND THE INTERNET

From HitFix.com's Drew McWeeny column "Motion Captured":

I've seen the screen capture on the front page of sites, and it's been impossible to miss. And because Marvel included it in a TV commercial, it feels like all bets are off. No one considers that a spoiler anymore.

I can tell you that in my own house, if I were to tell my wife any story element of "Iron Man 3," I would be severely punished for my transgression. She would not be pleased. Despite living with me, she pretty much walks into any movie completely cold at this point. She doesn't do spoilers. And over the last few years, she finally decided that she really doesn't even want to see trailers. If I can't describe a movie to her in two sentences that she seems interested by, she's not going to see it.

I've heard the arguments by people like Robert Zemeckis that you have to do that now or audiences won't go, but that runs so counter to everything I've heard from people in real life that I'm wondering if there's any intersect between the conventional industry thinking and what audiences actually want. I have to include myself in the "part of the problem" column, and I have been thinking about it recently. Like everyone publishing online, I live and die based on traffic, and traffic is generated in a number of ways. It would be disingenuous to pretend that we do not depend on a certain amount of traffic generated by content that other people source and link to. Publishing something unique, something that people are curious about, is a part of this business, and I think there is a balance that I continue to try to define between feeding the curiosity of the audience and respecting the process by the filmmakers.

Here's where the confusion and the struggle gets weird. Let's take a Robert Zemeckis film, for example. When I covered movies like "What Lies Beneath" or "Cast Away," I did not reveal plot details while they were in production. I did discuss things that were not public knowledge based on my own reporting at the time, but I did my best not to give too much away. In both cases, I would argue that the trailers that the films cut revealed more than I ever would have. They did it with a disregard that I almost found shocking. These days, I see trailers routinely use images from the last act of the film, and sometimes the final images of the movies, and those images are part of the marketing, sometimes from the very first teaser trailer on. That seems like madness to me.

This article is a must read and its something I've been talking about for a long time. It's good to see this pop up on the other side of the spectrum as well. 

CLICK HERE TO READ THE WHOLE  ARTICLE ON HITFIX.COM

NINJA DIVISION DESTROID PROTOTYPE

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NEW ROBOTECH MINATURES TO BE PRODUCED BY NINJA DIVISION

            

At the GAMA Trade Show last week, Ninja Division showcased their new line of Robotech miniatures for attendees. The video is a must see!

TALKING ABOUT PIRACY AT THE SUMMIT ON ANIME IN NORTH AMERICA

             Photo from the SANA webpage.

Fire Up the Quattro has post a brief report about the discussion of streaming, downloading and piracy at SANA.

 Funimation appears to be doing what they can to keep again in the game with offering their own streaming, collectors DVD sets and BluRay and keeping ahead in the game. But I think it’s important as anime fans we really be conscious of the numbers involved and the economics because:

If licensers lose money, and cannot buy titles, it means less anime in America, and will affect anime production in Japan because studios also don’t get the income of selling these titles for US distributing  Meaning less anime FOR ANYONE.

While we have become the instant gratification generation with so much available to give us things in minutes, we also need to remember as much as this is a hobby, we are also consumers of a product and if we pirate that product, in the end everyone ends up losing.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE ON PIRACY AT SANA 

DENVER POST ARTICLE ON THE SUMMIT ON ANIME IN NORTH AMERICA

 Sarah Sullivan, left, and Christopher Bevins of FUNimation speak during the Summit on Anime in North America on March 23 at Denver Airport Marriott at Gateway Park. Photo by Joe Nguyen, YourHub

The Denver Post has a great article on the Summit on Anime in North America (SANA) and here is an excerpt.

From “Robotech” to “Naruto,” Japanese animation — or anime — has grown from a small niche market to a multibillion-dollar industry in the United States.

Experts gathered in Aurora to speak about the genre’s rise in popularity in the U.S. at the Summit on Anime in North America on March 23 at the Denver Airport Marriott at Gateway Park.

“What makes anime so special in America?” said Jeremy Pieta, co-secretary of Rocky Mountain Anime Association (RMAA). “There’s not a whole lot of academic discussion about it.”

The event, co-sponsored by RMAA and the Consulate-General of Japan in Denver, explored anime’s history in the U.S., particularly the 1980s boom that launched its success.

Anime showed that cartoons were not just for kids, something that had been lacking since “The Flintstones,” said Kevin McKeever, vice president of marketing for Harmony Gold, the company that brought “Robotech” to America.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE DENVER POST ARTICLE ABOUT SANA

PHOTOS FROM THE SUMMIT ON ANIME IN NORTH AMERICA (SANA) NOW ONLINE

Why is anime so popular in North America?

Is it the culture? Could it be the quality of animated work or the storylines? Or, perhaps it's something so intrinsic that it's unique to every person who discovers it?

The Consulate-General of Japan in Denver and the Rocky Mountain Anime Association hosted SANA try and find the reason why, with the blessings of the Japanese government. This is the first time Japan has explored this issue in North America.

For one snow packed 8-hour day, with 6 keynote speakers and 200 invitation-only guests, SANA answered that question.

CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL THE PHOTOS FROM FROM THE FIRST EVER SUMMIT ON ANIME IN NORTH AMERICA