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Re: Recent Mecha Thoughts
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Tue, 8 Jan 2002 03:38:39 GMT
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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
mecha. Are they vehicles for people to ride in and control, or are they
robots? Where does the theme come from? Is it from a line of comics, books
or tv shows? The only thing I have to use is a reference is the old Ultra
Man shows I used to watch as a child (shows my age huh?) or the Power Ranger
movies my son enjoys so much. I guess I'm just out of the loop on the whole
mecha thing.
Now at the same time let me say that I wouldn't suggest that the mecha
community has less of a role on LUGNET than do the trains, space or castle
people. I think may of the creations show a very imaginitive use of LEGO,
but I think I'll stick with trains and let y'all handle the mecha.
jt
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James J. Trobaugh
North Georgia LEGO Train Club
http://www.ngltc.org
In lugnet.build.mecha, Matthew Gerber writes:
> 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).
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> I just wanted to tip my hat to some of the wonderful creations that have
> been introduced here lately by Chris, Stuart, Mladen, Geordan and others. So
> much excellent work from so few builders...this certainly is a prolific
> group (and this leads me to believe that the Mecha session at BricksWest
> will be an AWESOME event).
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> A recent development that I found slightly disturbing though was the thread
> (cum flame war) about avatar images at BrickShelf. Several posters stated
> their distaste for mecha as displayed at BrickShelf when providing examples
> of things they didn't like seeing there. What is up with that? Was anyone
> else aware of this dislike of the mecha models? I thought the genré was well
> accepted, myself...especially given the almost total "fan-only" mentality of
> the overall theme (i.e. LEGO doesn't really do mecha...the small group of
> fans making MOCs is the only real action in mecha). Anyway, weird, huh?
>
> So, that's it for now. I'll be posting some new information about the
> BricksWest mecha session soon (today-tomorrow).
>
> Matt
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | Re: Recent Mecha Thoughts
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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