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Re: Recent Mecha Thoughts
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Tue, 8 Jan 2002 04:25:40 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.
Quote from the Starship Modeler mecha page
(http://www.starshipmodeler.com/mecha/mechintro.htm):
"An 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 suits and giant robots. A
Japanese import, mecha became popular in the States during the 80's, through
translated (and often extensively re-written) TV shows such as Voltron and
Robotech. Since then, the concept has been accepted into many western sci-fi
creations.
Of all Japanese mecha, those from the Gundam series of movies and TV shows are
far and above the most enduring and extensive. But the number of mecha-related
shows (and their associated models) is dizzying... and we're happy to cover any
and all of them!"
For *me*, a mecha is anything that mimics animal OR human movements AND has
moving appendages OR limbs. This is a crappy definition, but it's the best that
I can do. ;-)
http://www3.sympatico.ca/mladenpejic/
Mladen Pejic, over and out!
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> 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
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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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