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Re: IRON MECHA Results!
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Thu, 9 Feb 2006 15:53:14 GMT
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With this collection of creations arrayed here, I think it would be
interesting if we had a discussion on what we each think defines a good mecha
model.
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I don’t have enough experience to be up to a serious discussion on this point,
beyond the subjective platitude of ‘if I like the way it looks then it’s a good
mecha’. I mean, the only lego mecha I’ve seen in real life are my own!
But: I’m not entirely convinced by the ‘practical requirements being met’ idea;
perhaps if it was modified with a fair bit of aesthetic leeway. I mean, I
remember reading on lugnet.space here,
Tony Hafner talking about how a ship ‘wouldn’t work’ because the engines aren’t
positioned correctly - no offence to Mr. Hafner, but I don’t really care about
that sort of thing, as long as it looks good. It should be noted that he goes on
to say in a later reply, ‘This is Lego, where for the most part style trumps
reality’. My attitude is: if you want to build something that would work in real
life, build a train. Conversely, if those engines were way out, then not only
would it be ‘unrealistic’, it would probably look pants aswell.
I suppose we could have a philosophical argument here ;) what is beauty?
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If I’m not made to believe in the
design, then it seems like a toy version of a mecha, rather than a model of a
mecha.
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I’m not sure that being a ‘toy’ version of a mecha is such a bad thing; this is
lego we’re playing with here, after all!
For the record, my favourite entries were Fradel’s ‘Thundersnatch’ and Marco’s
‘Little Fist’. I don’t think I could quantify what it is about them that I
prefer over the other entries.
mo.
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| (...) This is like the difference between Fantasy and Science Fiction, which I often like to explain. :-) Science Fiction requires some intellectual rigor and logic. You can certainly make up weird new science, but it has to be self consistent. (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| With this collection of creations arrayed here, I think it would be interesting if we had a discussion on what we each think defines a good mecha model. My favorites in the list seem spread all over the place, so I must have different notion. Mecha (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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