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Re: Super Robot 12
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Mon, 5 Dec 2005 04:55:51 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Brian Cooper wrote:
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(multiple images linked above, keep clicking “Next”)
Builders Notes:
At one point I collected a bunch of shiny, black and rounded parts, because
they had a unique shiny, black and rounded quality. It took quite a while to
develop a mecha skin design that did them justice. It’s a lot easier to make
a large angular mecha than a rounded one. This one is halfway between round
and angular - roundular. It evokes the super robots of the 70’s.
Pseudo Reality:
Super Robot 12 seems to be somewhat of a retro style machine, but this belies
its true sophistication. Its primary weapon, a chest mounted High-Powered
Microwave (HPM) beam (juiced up with superconducting components and a nuclear
power core), gives it far more versatility than conventional weapons.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1513702
Unruly mobs rioting in your cities? Use low power microwaves to disperse them
with painful, but minor, skin burns, or insidious psychotronic
effects.Terrorists lobbing mortar shells and rockets over your
borders?Detonate them harmlessly in the air, then irradiate the launch sites
to take out the belligerents. Cruise missiles, smart bombs? Fry their
electronics at long range, explode them at close range.
But destruction isn’t all you can do. You can also bombard computers with
modulated signals carrying control viruses. Take command of any computer
guided machine, and therefore any enemy robot or weapons system. Turn the
enemy’s own weapons against them, then cook up a batch of microwave popcorn
and watch the battle from the sidelines. You could even pre-empt a war by
destroying the enemy’s economy and means of production - simply a matter of
taking down all their computers with a maximum power microwave pulse, an easy
afternoon’s work for Super Robot 12.
The robot is armored with reinforced composites, formed in large curved
plates, providing ballistic and thermal protection without excessive weight,
making the machine relatively agile.
Since it was deemed too costly to create a cockpit environment that could
protect the pilot against g-loads, Super Robot 12 has no cockpit, just a
systems maintenance bay. The machine could be controlled from within the bay,
but under combat conditions the pilot would be turned into a bubbling puddle
of jelly. There is a floor grating to collect the residue in the event this
happens.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1513706
Super Robot 12 is semi-autonomous, responding to the vague voice commands of
its human controller. Much work was put into making the machine able to
resolve ambiguity and generally “do what I mean”, figuring out for itself all
the implementation details.
Acceptable voice commands:
“Help those people!”
“Protect the city!”
“Defeat the enemy!”
“Show them what you’re made of!”
“Don’t give up!”
“Super Robot 12!”
The last is a catch all, and the robot will interpret any situation based on
past experience and do what you probably want it to do. (It’s generally
prudent to specify a verb, however.)
K
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I remember you once declaring you would never build another mecha out of black
parts because it was too hard to photograph...
Glad you changed your mind...
This mecha does feel a little like a Blacktron Getter Robo...mostly because of
the head.
I happen to like the retro giant robo feel - they seem more streamlined; I
suspect this mecha is more easily posed than the standard Teknomeka.
I agree with Soren that a Zaku would be interesting, but I think I was more
impressed with the Giant Robo model that you built than I would have been with a
Zaku. Considering the Giant robo, the Teknomeka, and this “Super Robot 12”
Model, I think the versatility of your Technic frame has been well established.
As a slight aside, I have to say, my Teknomeka model never ceases to amaze
people who see it in person. I had old friends of mine saw it over
Thanksgiving; they used to be into Lego as children and teens, but had since
moved on to other things. I brought it out to show their kids, and they were so
impressed, exclaiming, “I had never thought along those lines before!” You
could see in their expressions that ideas were brewing, and they were plotting
to dig out their old collections...
I’m glad to see that you’re still coming up with new skins and refining your
techniques. I always look forward to seeing a new one of your mecha appear on
Brickshelf; and your backstories are always entertaining to read :)
Later,
Chris
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