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Re: My First Mecha and a new fighter
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lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space
Date: 
Thu, 4 May 2000 02:16:42 GMT
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in article Ftzxxz.JwJ@lugnet.com, Mark Sandlin at sandlin@nwlink.com wrote
on 5/3/00 12:27 PM:

> By the way, you have to follow this path:
> 
> Front Mission 3 -->  Features --> Customization
> 
> Unfortunately, the screen pics are a bit simplified. If you really want to see
> the mecha, you should try to find pictures of the toys.
> 
> I'll report back if I find any.
> 
> ~Mark
> 
> In lugnet.build.mecha, Mark Sandlin writes:
> > Buy extras.  :^)
> > 
> > I just bought my second X-wing set this week. I just love the new Star
> > Wars parts... lots of good parts.
> > 
> > I finished a new mecha last night. Turns out I have a wealth of red
> > slopes, so I decided to build a red mecha with black and gray • highlights.
> > 
> > If you guys want some ineresting mecha designs to look at, check out
> > Front Mission 3.
> > 
> > http://www.squaresoft.com/web/games/index.html
> > 
> > Nice, rough, real-looking mecha. No pretty-boy stuff here.
> > 
> > ~M
> > 
> > In lugnet.build.mecha, Jason J. Railton writes:
> > > In lugnet.build.mecha, Patrick Justison writes:
> > > > Thanks Jason, you are too kind>
> > > > Pat J
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Well, I've just tried to build a Mech and dismantled it again because it • was
> > > tat compared to yours.  I've done another one now, a sort of cross • between the
> > > PatLabor Mobile Police Suits and Marvel's Transformers.  You can • have
> > a look,
> > > just as soon as I figure out a way of getting pictures onto the web.  The • head
> > > took the longest to do - I just can't build something in the smooth • Manga
> > or
> > > BattleTech style.
> > > 
> > > What went into yours?  It looks like two X-Wings and a SnowSpeeder • to
> > me, from
> > > the cowlings around the arms and legs and the cab window.  It's those • that
> > > really give your model its style, but I don't want to break up or mix my • Star
> > > Wars models.
> > > 
> > > JJ.
Check out:
http://www.hlj.com/cgi-local/category.cgi?manufacture=Science-Fiction

Look at Front Mission 2 and Front Mission 3 for some other pics of these
mecha.  Be aware the Front Mission 3 mecha are action figures and are
pictured in blister packs.
Gotta say though, the Type 107 Kyojun, and the Zenith Rev, look pretty darn
cool sitting on the shelf over my desk, right next to my Ronin.  Wahoo!

The Zenith V in the Front Mission 2 pics is what my Kodiak is loosely based
on.


Ben

Ben Vaughan
buster@marsbase.com
http://www.marsbase.com



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By the way, you have to follow this path: Front Mission 3 --> Features --> Customization Unfortunately, the screen pics are a bit simplified. If you really want to see the mecha, you should try to find pictures of the toys. I'll report back if I (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)

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