Mecha Talk

Okay, there seems to be a little confusion, but I think I can help. The PS3 will be region-coded...HOWEVER, Bluray uses a different set of region codes than DVD. You see... Region A/1 = North America, South America, East Asia except for China Region B/2 = Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania Regi...

It all depends on your definition of mecha; following the Japanese definition, even things like the automail, and possibly even Al himself, would be mecha.

I think part of the problem is that people are assuming that this topic IS for suggesting mecha sections. If it's possible, I'd suggest changing the title to "Suggest a Series for Review" or something similar.

If you check the painting guide from the MG, the color changes are a lot more apparent. For example, the body is listed as 95% white and 5% black, while the dark parts are actually a very dark blue, not black.

They could always put them in different colors...after all, Verde Buster isn't entirely green. Plus, a white Blitz would be pretty snazzy.

Just thought I'd chime in here; in case anyone missed it, the Master Grade IWSP Strike comes with decals that let you mark it as the P202-QX (made by Morgenroete Aerotech) or as the AQM/E-M1. The latter doesn't specifically say it was made by Aktaion, but there is a separate sticker, which labels th...

BFoP was written by Katsuhiko Chiba, who worked on Wing (as well as Outlaw Star and Slayers).

In one of the Gundam Wing mangas (Ground Zero, I think), the writers try to explain how the Wing Zero suddenly got "angelic" wings in EW. As it turns out, Heero simply decided to upgrade the Wing Zero at some point before the events in EW, and this is the result of those upgrades. That's the thing ...

I've always heard it suggested that the wings allowed for thrust vectoring.

This is what it is, Red:

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f356/ ... 363681.jpg

Don't I wish...they include lineart of the Rouge IWSP in the 1/144 manual, but the image is pretty small so it's hard to make it look good.

And here's the corrected Sven Strike, once more by Homeless:
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/2459 ... en2bt4.jpg

Not just the torso, but also that little blue nub on the crotch plate. I'll tell Homie.

Actually, Homeless asked me to butt in and point out that her pic there is an edit based off of speculation; namely, the notion that Sven started out with a basic Strike, albeit gray instead of white. If what people like Ion are saying is true, then after they gathered his data with said Strike, it ...

The Homeless Guy asked me to post this, since her account isn't activating.

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4028 ... venml2.jpg

She wants to know if it's pretty close to what they're describing for Sven's Strike.

Correct me if I'm wrong (and I have a feeling I will be...), but the scans for the MG Strike Gundam IWSP cite it as the CE72 version. The text seems to say that Aktaion produced a second IWSP as part of a joint venture license with PMP, then handed it over to Phantom Pain; this second IWSP's model n...

Does Rahxephon have enough hard data to justify a mecha section? I thought the series was faster and looser with the details... Oh, please don't interpret this as a protest against Rah; I'm just confused. Also, is there any consideration towards Square and Namco's Xenogears/saga series? There seem t...

I definitely recommend Nadesico. In fact, if you do, I've got buttloads of lineart from the series, movie, and video games.

http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f356/ ... /Nadesico/

I'm pretty much the same way. Sometimes I'll get an urge to pick up one of my older games and fool around with it; lately, I'm on a kick with using Sandrock in ACE (it's really good).