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Pilots and service crews, gather around! We at Mechahub are pleased to announce
an exciting new contest. The theme for this contest is Civilian Mecha. The only
real restrictions are that the mecha possess no weaponry (i.e. not for military
application) and the limits of your imagination. There are no technology time
frame restraints either so it can range anywhere from Steampunk to Futuristic.
The contest will run from March 16th to May 25th.
There are several examples of unarmed mecha in popular science fiction and anime
like the exo-loader in the movie Aliens, construction patlabors in Patlabor, and
the logger mechs in Battletech. Some ideas to explore are salvage and retrieval,
warehouse/dock and spacedock workers, EMS/first responders, communications,
sports, and entertainment, tugs, product vendors, etc.
4 Categories are the following:
Land
Sea
Air
Space
The 3 sizes per category are:
Minifig scale with pilot, unmanned minifig scale (i.e. drone), and microscale.
You may enter only one moc per category so please do not rush to post. Please
only enter new creations. If you have made a civilian mecha that predates this
contest, and has not been posted before then it can be accepted. Placing the
mecha in a diorama to showcase its ability would greatly enhance its
presentation but is not required. A secret council of shadowy personnel will
declare the winners for each size and category.
Submit entries to the Mechahub Civilian Mecha Contest thread on
Lugnet.Build.Mecha with one picture link of the moc, directing to your gallery.
This contest has been posted on other AFOl forums/websites to give other people
a chance to enter. For easier compiling purposes for the judges, just pick one
forum to post your entries. Please do not multi-post your entries. For example,
DO NOT post your entry to both Flickr and Lugnet.
Steve Witt and the Lego Group have generously provided fantabulous prizes.
Now go forth to your fabrication units and churn baby churn!
P.S.
The Mechahub site is currently down due to hosting issues. We apologize for the
inconvenience and hope to rectify things soon.
We also reserve the right to modify the rules at any time if it suits the best
interests of the contest.
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| (...) The contest deadline has been extended to 6/6/09. Extending the contest was not a decision that was taken lightly. The pros and cons were weighed and in the end, you can't satisfy everyone. It was felt that the community would benefit with an (...) (16 years ago, 27-May-09, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | Entry: Mechahub Civilian Mecha Contest - SL-10
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| (URL) SL-10 This is a space robot. (I see how you go back. You just push that button [Points to backspace button]). He can walk on the moon. Do you know that some people even golf on the moon? I'm true. The long black arm turns and collects samples. (...) (15 years ago, 7-Jun-09, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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