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Subject: 
Re: EROS mech
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Date: 
Wed, 6 Jun 2001 23:20:58 GMT
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Christopher Snead at Legosapiens@hotmail.com wrote:

Well, actually, I named it after a small, near Earth asteroid, which in turn
was named after one of the gods of love.  I guess Phobos or Deimos would have
been more appropriate - those names are reserved for more colorful, meaner
looking mechs.  Anyway, why not love?  It doesn't even have a gun, yet! ;-)

Ah, I was just wonderin... since Eros was the son of Aphrodite. He was the
god of erotic love (aww yeaahh). He was blind or often shown blindfolded
(since love is blind), and he shot magic arrows at people that caused them
to fall in love.

The Romans called him Cupid. ;^)

I used to name nechs after stars; but then, "Life on Mars" came out.
Constellations make them sound too much like Oz mobile suits; I'm running out
of astronomy stuff; I'll have to move to physics soon (names like the 'Quantum
avenger' come to mind :-D).

Maybe you should come up with some names on your own. I've always liked the
sound of "Ouch Maker" ;^)

~Grand Admiral Muffin Head
--
Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego



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  Re: EROS mech
 
(...) Well, actually, I named it after a small, near Earth asteroid, which in turn was named after one of the gods of love. I guess Phobos or Deimos would have been more appropriate - those names are reserved for more colorful, meaner looking mechs. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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