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wolfmage75 In reply to Alucard-Dracula01 [2009-01-09 15:29:08 +0000 UTC]

Alucard, I say wrote above:
"For those of you that know it as the SDF-1 in Robotech and are confused as to why there are ARMD platforms in its arms instead of the Dedalus and Prometheus, this is the Macross as seen in the Japanese movie DYRL and subsequently in Macross 2 and Macross Plus."

In true Macross, not the americanized/altered/ Macross, there was no SDF-3. The followup to the Macross was the SDF-2 MegaROAD, not Megalord, and it was in fact a totally different looking ship that was mainly a colony ship. Further down the Macross timeline, New Macross class colony ships are created, and the design for their battle sections is somehwat similar to the original SDF-1.

I encourage you to check out Macross Plus, which is available stateside, and to try and find import versions of the other shows (which the creators of Robotech have blocked from releasing outside Japan.)

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archangel72367 In reply to wolfmage75 [2010-03-30 23:00:19 +0000 UTC]

The problem with alucards presumption is that he is taking a role playing game as "canon" While the game designers usually go to great lengths to "get it right" there is always leeway and compromises made to get everything to fit...as far as screen time all I can comment on is that the SDF-3 and -4 were also seen in the Robotech Shadow Chronicles.
I think the pic is awesome btw!!!

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Lahis In reply to wolfmage75 [2009-03-04 22:56:05 +0000 UTC]

Actually, in the real Macross continuum there have been made atleast 3 confirmed, and presumably 4, SDF -class ships. The first was of course the SDF-1 Macross and the second was SDF-2, which was being build prior to the Space War 1 but the building was halted because of the war. After the war the incomplete SDF-2 was refitted to become the Megaroad-1.

In Macross Frontier, it was revealed that atleast a fourth SDF -class ship, SDF-4 Global which looked just like the SDF-1 and had ARMD carries docked as it's "arms", was build and it remained in active service untill late 2040s, when it was destroyed in combat. Imho it wouldn't sound too farfetched that SDF-3 was built in between the SDF-2 and 4, though it must have been like Macross and Global, and not like the one from Robotech.

About the pic itself: it is absolutely gorgeous, though it looks a bit too toyish to be an 1200 meter long warship. The light source could also be on the front of the ship, so it's front side wouldn't be so shadowed.

(I'd love to see this one animated like the newer Macross -class ships from the latest series
[link] <-Quarter from MacF)

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