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Re: Most Inspiring Anime/Manga Poll
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Thu, 10 Feb 2000 16:52:19 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> Personally, I can't see why Gundam is so popular. I haven't seen the show
> (and I suspect that this accounts for a lot), but the all the mecha look
> so...ornamented. Lotsa exciting curves and stuff, but otherwise kinda
> vapid-looking. The mecha in Macross, OTOH, look more functional. But then
> again, I've watched Macross, but not Gundam.
You should check out some of the other Gundam mecha. It's true that many of
them are heavily ornamental, but if you scour through some of the 20-odd
different series, you can find more "military" looking mecha.
Some of my favorites:
Zeta Gundam - has more of a "Macross" feel
http://www.hlj.com/cgi-local/hljpage.cgi?BAN52673
Super Gundam - Really just a RX-78-2 with a big carrier fighter on its back,
but still cool.
http://www.hlj.com/cgi-local/hljpage.cgi?BAN71420
Gundam Leopard D - This is one of the more military-looking... a real waking
arsenal
http://www.hlj.com/cgi-local/hljpage.cgi?BAN55162
Leo Custom - a very simple, but practical-looking model
http://www.hlj.com/cgi-local/hljpage.cgi?BAN55152
Heavy Arms Custom - MMMMmmmm.. micro-missiles.
http://www.hlj.com/cgi-local/hljpage.cgi?BAN59767
Serpent Custom - This is the most Military-looking of all. Love that bazooka!
http://www.hlj.com/cgi-local/hljpage.cgi?BAN61216
0Z-07 Aries - Really cool flight mode... I like this a lot... would
translate well into LEGO
http://www.hlj.com/cgi-local/hljpage.cgi?BCL1851
Gundam Double X - I like this one because of all the heat-sink foils that
open up when you put it in satellite-cannon mode.
http://www.hlj.com/cgi-local/hljpage.cgi?BAN55012
G-Falcon Unit Double X - This one is my personal favorite. I got this model
for X-mas :^) Has a great dropship-fighter attached to its back, as well as the
awesome twin satellite cannon. The Gundam can swing its legs backwards into
the fighter for flight mode.
http://www.hlj.com/cgi-local/hljpage.cgi?BAN55021
Hmm, I better stop now, before the list gets too long. (actually I think it
might be already ;^) ) There are a few others that look good without
getting too
flowery, but I'll leave it up to you guys to investigate that. :^) HLJ is a
good place to look anyway because they have such nice pictures.
Even if you're not a Gundam fan, they have some excellent ideas for weapons
and accessories like flightpacks or carrier-fighters.
> IMHO, Macross is *much* better in terms of story line and characterization
> than Robotech. Even with subtitles, I found it to be much more entertaining.
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> Cheers,
> - jsproat
Yep. I highly recommend everyone check out Macross Plus. Excellent
animation, excellent story, excellent mecha... and you don't have to know
anything about
Macross to watch it, because it has a self-contained story. Toycom is
releasing transforming toys of the mecha very soon... hooray!
~Mark
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| Say, is there a good guide around anywhere to mech terminology, especially weapon types? One of the notations I've seen a lot of, for instance, is "SRM##", where the ##'s seem to be the count of rockets (i.e., SRM8 or SRM20). At this point, I can (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) Seems to me that the only craft that are heavily ornamental would be the super powerful mobile suits, say for instance the Gundams or Tallgeese (sheesh...did I spell that right?). My sister thinks Gundam is too power-rangerish with all the big (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) Robotech, man! :-, Then Go-Bots and Transformers (blech now), and Battletech later, though since early Battletech stole mucho from Robotech (which in turn stole mucho from Macross and Mospeda) I feel I can't really count that. I also got a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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