I was in my thirties when Robotech first hit US television. I worked for a military electronics co. at the time, and there was ONE other guy there that stayed current with it enough for he and I to compare notes. It was more than enough (I was not alone). The scene I remember as being the first one I just happened upon while switching around channels is the one that got me hooked : an Earth pilot was inside his Robotech F15 in robot mode, and was hiding in a giant closet in a Zentraedi spaceship. A Zen was looking for him, and when he opened the door, the pilot lifted up one of his ship's robot legs and blew the Zen backwards with the blast from the engine in the foot, then ran off down a hallway, with the Zen in hot pursuit. Doesn't sound like much, but it stuck out in my brain as a pretty cool scene. Robotech machines display a lot of professional industrial design packed with details that are fascinating and cool. I'll take Robotech over Mobile Suit Gundam any day !
