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Re: Recent Mecha Thoughts
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Tue, 8 Jan 2002 03:49:46 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, James Trobaugh writes:
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> Ok let me step into this one since I just happened across the thread via the
> web interface.
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> 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.
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 too abstract and too foreign for the majority of people, but our
time will come. For now however, I think it is time for ourselves to explore
the world of mecha beyond just Gundams and multi legged tanks. There is much,
much, much, much more out there!
Have fun!
Bobby
P.S...
> 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.
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> jt
And it is only right to let you handle the trains. Space and castle I have
done both, trains are foreign territory to me :)
Have fun building more mocks yourself, and keep in mind that I (and probably
all of us here in build.mecha) regulary check all interesting looking trains
and castles.
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> James J. Trobaugh
> North Georgia LEGO Train Club
> http://www.ngltc.org
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> 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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