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Subject: 
Sousei no Aquarion - 3 mode combiner mecha prototyped from LEGO
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Date: 
Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:53:29 GMT
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Previous I have reported that famous mecha designer Shoji Kawamori used LEGO to
prototype his Macross transformation mechas:
http://news.lugnet.com/build/mecha/?n=9722

Well he top himself again.  The new mecha anime Sousei no Aquarion (
http://www.aquarion.info/ ) features his new design - a highly complex
GettaRobo-ish 3 craft combiner that can combine into 3 different mecha modes -
and he designed it using LEGO.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kolee/Media-watch/aquarion_proto.jpg
(the pic is a scan from the latest Hobby Japan magazine, promoting the upcoming
Bandai toy)

May be I should just switch to colour blind mode when building LEGO mecha and
see what I can come up with.

More info of that anime:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4796



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  Re: Sousei no Aquarion - 3 mode combiner mecha prototyped from LEGO
 
(...) Maybe this is old news, but I was watching the DVD extras from volume V of Ghost in the Shell Stand-Alone Complex, where they were interviewing two of the mechanical designers. One of the designers, Shinobu Tsuneki, had on the table in front (...) (20 years ago, 25-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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