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Re: What is a mech supposed............
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Wed, 25 Oct 2000 08:18:02 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Eric Joslin writes:
> There aren't really any hard and fast rules, but:
> 
> In lugnet.town, Bradley Dale writes:
> > What critera are used to determine if a robot is a mech or not?  Does it have
> > to be used for war?
> 
> No, the Labors in PatLabor were used for all kinds of civil tasks.
> 
> > Does it have to be big?
> 
> Not necessarily huge, although most people would say that if you get too smal,
> you really have powered armour instead of a 'Mech.
> 
> > Does it have to be humanoid?
> 
> Not necessarily.  There are Mechs that have no arms and four or more legs, for
> example.  To be honest, I'm having trouble coming up with an example off the
> top of my head, though.

There's a spider mech used in the intro scene for the Patlabor II movie as I
recall. I believe it has 4 legs if memory serves me.

> 
> > Is
> > a Throwbot a kind of mech (they are big compared to minifigs, they have
> > battles, and most are humanoid)?
> 
> I'd say no, because the fairly universal thing about 'mechs is that they have
> human pilots.  Or alien pilots, so I guess I should just say they have pilots.
> 
> eric


Joel



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