I 100% agree with GogDog here, acuracy to scale and cannon are not a main concern when I'm watching Macross. Fun is.

I've havn't watched DYRL in a long time, I think i'll check it out.

To be honest, I don't really care about the scale that much. I still enjoy the franchise jut watching it while eating popcorn.

And I got the impression that in DYRL, they had encountered the Zentradi just like in the series (they still mentioned the fold to Pluto, and I assume it was for the same reasons?), but the movie just didn't pick up UNTIL they reached Saturn.

Though now that I think about it... In DYRL, when Max followed Milia (sp?) into the Meltrandi ship and they're in close-quarters, the Battroid and Queadluun-Rau were very similar in size. But I thought this was another animation error.

Perhaps... they reset some of the sizes for DYRL? Because in that continuity, humanity doesn't encounter the Zentradi until after the SDF-1 is at Saturn; not before like in the series. So maybe that's why soldiers are smaller that Battroids in the movie...
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--Andrew

because just based on the TV series, Zentradi are constantly shown larger than that- you can see in several episodes when they hold the humans, as well as human objects, they are much bigger than that. It's not just the 2 leaders either, or only the "prisoners" episodes.

Not looking to get into a major debate, this isn't MacrossWorld. just want to know where you're getting the info from.

I know its meant to be a long-range support Destroid 'n all, but depending on only two weapon types seems a bit restricting. All of its weapons use ammo, which means it runs out fast. (Gundam Heavyarms, anyone?) No energy-based or auto-cannons to back the big guns up.
Now, that's not to say other Destroids are any more flexible. The Defender uses only paired laser cannon turrets, and the Phalanx has only 22 missiles; but that's it. Those are worse than the Monster- they have only one weapon type. I would prefer the Tomahawk, which has a whole slew of guns 'n missiles all over it. The Spartan is also pretty cool, but it's designed also for melee-range/inner-city fights- which all of the others aren't.

As for me? I'm a missile Mech freak. Why? Cause if the bad guy get close enough to spit at you, you're dead. Plus, missiles are multi-role explosives that can chew up turf when need be, they are longer-range than bullets or grenades, and they are slow enough that- as the victim- you can see them comin' at ya, making for some nice psychological warfare right before ya get blown to atoms. (I especially like fire-and-forget missiles- while they're flyin', you're movin' on to the next victim.) Bullets might make small holes in something, and energy cannons are good for slicin' stuff up, but its missiles that'll chew bad guys up. Then you can go in and waste energy by laser-ing their corpse into tiny pieces.

But the moral of the story is, the less you have to depend on limited-ammo weapons, the better off you are.

You can tell I've played BattleTech-based video games a lot, huh?
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(BTW, I double-checked this, and I was amazed to find that all of the Destroids are actually shorter than Battroids! I thought it was just the reverse- Destroids were supposed to be the size of Regults.)

At least the Monster still stands tall above the others.
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