Robotech

Traveller · Post by **Traveller** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 5:17 pm

http://www.robotech.com/news/viewarticle.php?id=418

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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 6:24 pm

Yeah, it was sad news. Carl Macek inspired me so many times into realms of sci-fi action. To this day his efforts still make me daydream of some of the most fantastic tales ever.

May Carl's spacefold calculations be precise!

~O
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Eisenmann · Post by **Eisenmann** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 6:33 pm

Oh, man. What a downer. He was only a year older than my mom.

Robotech was a big influence on me as a kid and still is today. It can be seen in my gaming tinkering and designs.

He may not have created Macross, Southern Cross or Mospeada but he made it possible for me as a kid who lived out in the sticks of southwestern Pennsylvania to see Robotech.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 6:56 pm

I wish I was a kid when Robotech was big, but alas I was a young man that rushed home every day from work so I could catch my Robotech.
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Traveller · Post by **Traveller** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:08 pm

I only found out today. As a member of Robotech.com, but not a frequent visitor, I'm glad I got sent the email by them five minutes before I made the post.
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Eisenmann · Post by **Eisenmann** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:12 pm

I was in 6th grade when Robotech premiered over Easter break. Its time slot was before I normally got home. I got *cough* sick so I could watch it. Praise be that by 7th grade I was home in time.

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:31 pm

I have fond memories of Robotech. I wouldn't say I am a fan, but then it was only on for one season where I lived and then it just sort of faded away.
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:30 pm

Yeah, I went into the Navy before Robotech even released in the US, so I was ignorant of it for several years before discovering it. I have never been a big fan of it, I far prefer Evangelion and Gundams.

It sucks to die, let alone unexpectedly, but he leaves behind a legacy many will remember, not a whole lot of people do that with their lives.
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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:13 pm

I rushed home to watch Robotech when I was a kid and got up super-early in the morn to watch it in the AM too. Facinated by the show. What Carl Macek did to combine 3 different shows together into a truely epic masterpiece was nothing short of amazing.

When the show went off the air around me, I remember a kid in school about 8th grade saying he was reading the books. I flew out to the mall to Walden Books to see if I could find them... lo and behod, there they were. When I started reading them I couldn't stop. The books were so much better than the show because not only did they follow the show exactly, the books filled in all of the missing pieces and really got into depth of the characters and world. God I still love the Robotech Books (all 23 of them )

When I got into High School we started playing the Robotech RPG. Through 9-12th grade we played all the time, even more than D&D. At one point in those formative years they guys and would play and I would GM probably 3-4 weekdays of every single week. That was amazing.

Go Carl Macek... and thank you for bringing the Akira film to this country in the formative days of direct sales anime in the US. Those years were amazing too.

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Go0gleplex · Post by **Go0gleplex** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:37 pm

Robotech was awesome. Have the macross saga in my collection even now. Also was one to rush home so that I wouldn't miss an episode...

Bummer deal...
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Keolander · Post by **Keolander** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:50 am

I found out on Monday when I got an email alert from my buddy Tom Bateman (who used to work for Harmony Gold). I'm supposing it was congenital since Tom said Carl was a careful eater and didn't smoke. Shake off the dust of the road, Carl, your boots have space dust on them now.
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slimykuotoan · Post by **slimykuotoan** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:53 am

Was a huge fan of Robotech. Sad news...
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