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MikeM wrote:

Colonel Wolfe wrote:

ZINO wrote:Palladium Books® Weekly Update – Sept. 15, 2011
By Kevin SiembiedaUPDATE: Robotech® New Generation Sourcebook. My editing and writing for Robotech® New Generation™ is done. Wayne is doing his edit of the final quarter of the book. The rest has been submitted to Harmony Gold for review and approval. I have assigned some of the artwork and will be assigning more. I love this book and hope final approval from Harmony Gold is quick and easy. An October release is looking solid.
[translator] Look for it Jan or Fed 2012[/translator]
UPDATE: Robotech® Genesis Pits Sourcebook. I’m really shooting for a December, 2011 release with the Genesis Pits sourcebook. Irvin has been working on it for a while now and it is coming along nicely.[/i]
[translator] Look for it june of july 2012[/translator]
UPDATE: Robotech® Marines Sourcebook. I want to see this book out early in 2012.
[translator] Look for it Jan or Fed 2013[/translator]

and not a mention of the Spaceships book....

LOL. So true. I still think it will be December before we see New Generation and summer before we see any other Robotech book.

UPDATE: Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook is in final production. I assigned the artwork last weekend and sent the rest of the text in for Harmony Gold’s final approval. Apollo Okamura has finished the cover and it too has been submitted for approval. Apollo is also illustrating the characters from the television series. Allen and Brian Manning are busy illustrating the mecha, vehicles and other parts of the book. Pending approval from Harmony Gold, this book is on track for an October release.

UPDATE: Robotech® Genesis Pits™ Sourcebook. I think we have an excellent shot at seeing this book released in December, 2011. Irvin has been working on it for a while now and it is coming along nicely. Apollo doesn’t have time to do the cover for this one, so I’m thinking about which artist I should approach to do it.

Robotech® Sale
- Three books including RPG for $24.93

Get the manga-sized Robotech® Shadow Chronicles RPG and the two current sourcebooks, Robotech®: Macross Saga and Robotech®: The Masters™ Saga at wholesale prices. ALL three books are the manga (digest) size and format, making them small and easy to carry anywhere. Fun to read, even more fun to play. A Mega-Damage setting compatible with Rifts®. Everything you need to start your own Robotech® campaign except dice and players.

Robotech® Sale
- Three books including RPG for $24.93

Get the manga-sized Robotech® Shadow Chronicles RPG and the two current sourcebooks, Robotech®: Macross Saga and Robotech®: The Masters™ Saga at wholesale prices. ALL three books are the manga (digest) size and format, making them small and easy to carry anywhere. Fun to read, even more fun to play. A Mega-Damage setting compatible with Rifts®. Everything you need to start your own Robotech® campaign except dice and players.

Tiree wrote:

Robotech® Sale
- Three books including RPG for $24.93

Get the manga-sized Robotech® Shadow Chronicles RPG and the two current sourcebooks, Robotech®: Macross Saga and Robotech®: The Masters™ Saga at wholesale prices. ALL three books are the manga (digest) size and format, making them small and easy to carry anywhere. Fun to read, even more fun to play. A Mega-Damage setting compatible with Rifts®. Everything you need to start your own Robotech® campaign except dice and players.

That's actually a fairly good deal. When you think about it that two books is around $32

Gryphon wrote:So they mentioned that they were going to reprint the earlier books in full size format, right?

Is this softcover like the older books, or hardcover like the deluxe shadow chronicles, and if its softcover, while the new TSC be the original of the deluxe version?

Gryphon wrote:So they mentioned that they were going to reprint the earlier books in full size format, right?

Is this softcover like the older books, or hardcover like the deluxe shadow chronicles, and if its softcover, while the new TSC be the original of the deluxe version?

Jefffar wrote:So as I've always said, if you want the full, buy the manga

KS says !!!!
A half dozen new books are closer to release
I am thrilled to report that new books are coming together and nearing completion.

UPDATE: Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook is in final production. I assigned the artwork last weekend and sent the rest of the text in for Harmony Gold’s final approval. Apollo Okamura has finished the cover and it too has been submitted for approval. Apollo is also illustrating the characters from the television series. Allen and Brian Manning are busy illustrating the mecha, vehicles and other parts of the book. Pending approval from Harmony Gold, this book is on track for an October release.

UPDATE: Robotech® Genesis Pits™ Sourcebook. I think we have an excellent shot at seeing this book released in December, 2011. Irvin has been working on it for a while now and it is coming along nicely. Apollo doesn’t have time to do the cover for this one, so I’m thinking about which artist I should approach to do it

Jefffar wrote:I suspect full-size perfect bound - once they run out of the mangas.

So as I've always said, if you want the full, buy the manga

ZINO wrote:

KS says !!!!
A half dozen new books are closer to release
I am thrilled to report that new books are coming together and nearing completion.

UPDATE: Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook is in final production. I assigned the artwork last weekend and sent the rest of the text in for Harmony Gold’s final approval. Apollo Okamura has finished the cover and it too has been submitted for approval. Apollo is also illustrating the characters from the television series. Allen and Brian Manning are busy illustrating the mecha, vehicles and other parts of the book. Pending approval from Harmony Gold, this book is on track for an October release.

UPDATE: Robotech® Genesis Pits™ Sourcebook. I think we have an excellent shot at seeing this book released in December, 2011. Irvin has been working on it for a while now and it is coming along nicely. Apollo doesn’t have time to do the cover for this one, so I’m thinking about which artist I should approach to do it

well what you think

dataweaver wrote:Beware the oncoming train.

Alpha 11 wrote:All I can say is, we finnally have light at the end of the tunnel.

Arnie100 wrote:

Alpha 11 wrote:All I can say is, we finally have light at the end of the tunnel.

This is Palladium, remember?

Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook. The text and the initial batches of artwork are in Harmony Gold’s hands. Art should be finished next week. It will see release in October.

NEW! Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook
– Ships October, 2011

The battle for the liberation of Earth starts here. For the first time in its history, the Earth has been invaded and occupied by alien invaders – the Invid. The Invid think they have won, but Freedom Fighters, UEEF soldiers and other heroes continue to fight. This is the first sourcebook to combine ALL generations of Robotech® into one epic setting.

A setting in which Battloids, Veritechs, power armor and technology from all eras of Robotech come together.
Kit-bashed mecha and rules for jury-rigging and combining parts from different generations of Robotech® mecha.
O.C.C.s include the Freedom Fighter, Patcher, Urchin, Pathfinder and Invid Protoculture Experiments; seven in all.
The resistance and how it operates in the New Generation setting. look forward to see this
New weapons, vehicles and mecha. YEAH
Guidelines for survival and rules for exposure.
Stats for notable New Generation characters such as CorgYEAH , Sera, Lunk, Annie, Rook and others.
World overview and adventure ideas galore.YEAH
Written by Irvin Jackson. Additional text by Kevin Siembieda.
Cover by Apollo Okamura.
A standard 8½ x 11 inch sourcebook.
96 pages – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 554

. October 2011 release.

2012 Releases in the Pipeline

UPDATE: Robotech®: Genesis Pits™ is in the process of being written by Irvin Jackson. It should see release in December or January (we’re shooting for December
I DON'T THINK SO WAT TO POSITIVE SORRY

Two more Robotech® books to follow.

Kagashi wrote:Palladium really needs to take some time management courses.

dataweaver wrote:But where would they find the time?

dataweaver wrote:But where would they find the time?

Arnie100 wrote:I'm just waiting for the official release date! Then I'll order. And do some back-flips, screaming "FINALLY! After all these years of waiting, it's actually going to be released!!" I don't wanna jinx myself, do I?

Colonel Wolfe wrote:http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/21188.html

heres the Cover... man... its very uninspiring.

jaymz wrote:

Colonel Wolfe wrote:http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/21188.html

heres the Cover... man... its very uninspiring.

No less inspiring than the other three covers were....

Colonel Wolfe wrote:http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/21188.html

heres the Cover... man... its very uninspiring.

Jefffar wrote:It's a change from the 'Charlies Angel's' look we got if you put the first 3 books together.

Jefffar wrote:It's a change from the 'Charlies Angel's' look we got if you put the first 3 books together.

Colonel Wolfe wrote:

Jefffar wrote:It's a change from the 'Charlies Angel's' look we got if you put the first 3 books together.

yeah, this one screams, Let me hid like a cowering child afraid of the boogy man.... The Beta on the Cover would have been better, say standing on a scouts head, or Corgs dead body.

Jefffar wrote:One man's hiding in fear is another man's waiting in ambush.

Gryphon wrote: Those don't get any real screen time until much later on in the series.

Jefffar wrote:It's a change from the 'Charlies Angel's' look we got if you put the first 3 books together.

Jefffar wrote:One man's hiding in fear is another man's waiting in ambush.

Gryphon wrote:The biggest issue here is that the Cyclone is facing the wrong way....

Gryphon wrote:Honestly, this is the best of the lot, though not by much.

Gryphon wrote:It this Apollo again?

ESalter wrote:

Gryphon wrote:The biggest issue here is that the Cyclone is facing the wrong way....

What do you mean?

ESalter wrote:

Gryphon wrote:Honestly, this is the best of the lot, though not by much.

I like it a lot; very suspenseful. But the way he's holding the rifle annoys me.

http://www.icv2.com/images/21188RobotechNGSB-xlg.jpg
(YEAH )

'Robotech New Generation Sourcebook'
Palladium Books will release the oft-delayed Robotech New Generation Sourcebook this fall. The 8-1/2” x 11” volume (not manga-sized, as previously announced) will be 96(NOT ENOUGH !!! ) pages and retail for $16.95. The new sourcebook will include a setting in which all generations of Robotech, including Battloids (YEAH ), Veritechs (YEAH ), power armor (YEAH ) and technology(YEAH ), come together(YEAH ). It will also provide for jury-rigging and combining parts from mecha of different Robotech eras(YEAH ) .
Robotech New Generation Sourcebook is written by Irvin Jackson with additoianl text by Kevin Siembieda. The cover is by Apollo Okamura.

Kagashi wrote:

ESalter wrote:But the way he's holding the rifle annoys me.

Me too. If it is indeed an ambush, the rifle would be pointing at the opponent, not the ground. At the very least...at the ready. You would think an REF trained soldier would know that. Then again...he could be a freedom fighter who happened upon a cyclone suit and has no such training.

Gryphon wrote:That's more or less what I meant. If he was doing it "right", we would be seeing the back of his head mainly, and part of a rifle, not very sexy that. This version is technically wrong for an ambush, or really any kind of engagement save for a full fledged withdrawal, but it gives us more detail on the Cyclone, and we still get a perspectivized view of a menacing Invid Shocky, so its all good.

Tiree wrote:Either way it's too little information in a RT book. One of the reasons I've wanted a combined compilation book.

Kagashi wrote:Yeah, the 200 page manga sized books were about on par with the 90 page zentraedi sized books in terms of amount of material. The only difference was, you had one mecha spanning six pages instead of 2 plus a pic causing unnecessary flipping to read said source material. That and you cant put the book down to record said material on the computer which uses two hands to type without some creative ways to keep the book open. The old books stay open just fine. Same material...more functionality. And if you really want portability, get a PDF for your Kindle or Nook like normal people who understand technology. Or use a backpack like the millions of students do every day. Having a manga sized book stuffed in your jeans back pocket on the bus is just...weird looking.

A Rifts size book would have covered all three previous re-imagined Robotech books and Palladium wouldnt have made three times the sales. And now they get to pull a George Lucas and reissue them in a new format (which is what I wanted to begin with, so in this case, unlike a few rocks in front of R2D2, I will buy the zentredi sized books). Although I love the idea of a single compilation book, Palladium is making all sorts of money off of Robotech.