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Having been busy with BricksWest, I haven't had a chance to be very active here, let alone the rest of LUGNET (or build anything new, for that matter). I just wanted to tip my hat to some of the wonderful creations that have been introduced here (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hmm.. it may have something to do with the apparent stereotype that anime is just a mere baby's cartoon. It has to do with the fact that anime are often connected with mecha, as several cartoons are based on such creations (Gundam series, Zoids, (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Nah, I wouldn't say so. Poeple just have different tastes. I could say the same thing about trains. To *ME* trains all look basically the same, and I'm sure Mecha all look the same to certain people. Afterall, Mecha are mostly humanoid (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Well, from all of the many real-life mecha I've ever seen... 8?P What I mean to say is, isn't it the details that MAKE it realistic? Seriously, it's one thing to build a fire truck that looks like a fire truck, but when you get into the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I agree with Steve some people just aren't into it. I'll stereotype a bit and and say the demographic that ain't into it is a bit older. Is there anybody in the .mecha group that's over 35? I doubt it. Another thing I've noticed is some people (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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I actually caught part of that lame thread. Seems to me that some of the other Lugneters are confussed either by the difference between Bionicle & Avatars or Bionicle and Mecha. Maybe they are simply confussed in general??? I don't really know nor (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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<snip> (...) Ya, my mom refers to anything I make (mecha-wise) as a "goomer". And Shiri just gives me crap about it. :-) Women just don't get it. ;-) (...) I thought about this for a bit, and first I didn't agree with the "most innovative" thing. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) 1. Hmm... It's probably a good thing I din't catch that. I just made a little experiment on my mother. I showed her a military space ship and a military mech and her responce was that the mech was simply too good and it was too obvious that it (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Ok let me step into this one since I just happened across the thread via the web interface. I have no idea what "Mecha" is or are, I see these creations that y'all post to brickshelf and such, but I still don't know what really makes a mecha a (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) See? It hasn't been 30 seconds after my post and there is already a person confirming exactly what I said. I am not surprised that people don't want to see mechs, and note, I have never even critisized Lego for not having a mecha theme. It is (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) This actually makes me very sad. I've noticed a couple people mention that they won't be building mecha anymore and that is a great loss to the build.mecha community. When I see something "awe-inspiring", i take in as much of the "awe" I can (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Quote from the Starship Modeler mecha page ((URL) obvious component to the stable of sci-fi vehicles are "mecha". While the strict japanese definition covers anything mechanical, for our editorial purposes we'll define "mecha" as manned power (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) eeps! That was me! Didn't mean to make you sad. I forgot if they are referred to as "mech" or "mecha", I seem to remember someone being strongly reminded one of the terms was incorrect. Got it now, Mecha. Although, if any of my minifigs saw (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Ha ha ha! No harm done. It was just a perfect illustration of people not knowing what to make of this stuff. Forgive me for using you as the example. :) (...) Yes, they probably would. :) But some day in the not too distant future the minifigs (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Actually I did a bit on this very topic. Take a look: (URL) both terms are correct. Mecha refers more to the Japanese style, and mech is everything else. (Mechs have grease and oil stains. That's about the only difference really...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) You know, it is. I'm not sure why but I'll venture a guess. As with anything you have purists. Legos mean ______ to some people and when confronted with a new idea it gets rejected by the collective that belives the absolute. Sound stupid? (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Now this is completly subjective and open to debate. I personally build what most people consider "cute" and/or "little" fighters. To me they are able to kill almost any other fighter or mech(a) with one shot. Hey my "Empire" the Galactic (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) You know? I really like that...kinda' covers all the bases no matter which side of the name argument one favors. Matt (22 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Well, Matt, my take on the whole antimecha flame war is this: You either get it or you don't. Mecha has quite a bit in common with space and spaceheads like you and I understand mecha much easier than trainheads do. Townies tend to admire the work (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) :-) Thats why I wrote it that way. Seriously though I hope no one took my "Real World Viability" rant to mean I did not like all the cool mech(a)s models that get shown here. (Then again I like all the trains and castles too.) -Mike Petrucelli (22 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Now that I think of it, you have a good point there. In my pure space days there was nothing in the world that could have convinced me that a Gundam could take down a Star Destroyer for example, and there is nothing now that can convince me (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Well, you can't say that is 100% true. How about countermeasures which a tank can employ to block the targeting mechanism of the missile? For example, the Russian T-90 has a whole bunch of things that allow it to survive. First off, and this (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) in (...) than (...) shot. (...) Well my underlying point was that a Tank is part of a well rounded military. If one relys only on Tanks, one lose rather quickly. Same with Mech(a)s. (...) No Tanks are definately not obsolete. (...) Over (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) See to me that sounds like, well this tank can take out that battleship/aircraft carrier. Granted there are a handful of extremely unlikely situations where that could happen. But certainly not in normal combat situations. I wonder, in your (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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