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Peter Carranza (uc0088sentinel@hotmail.com)
Sun, 26 Nov 2000 00:54:59 -0800
I don't know the story's explaination, but I read in this month's Animerica
that the large size and bright color schemes are a result of pressure from
Bandai to aid in toy sales, with the assumption that a radical departure
from the prior giant robots would be commercially risky for a toy.
PS , When is the new Animerica Gundam Special Ed. going on sale? (Anyone)
>From: "Echo|Fox" <echofox@wingzero.net>
>Reply-To: gundam@aeug.org
>To: <gundam@aeug.org>
>Subject: [gundam] Why 18 meters?
>Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 01:40:49 -0700
>
>Has there every been an official explanation as to why the head height of
>mobile suits is around 18 meters (+/- 3m or so). My guess is that it's
>either they need to be that height to be structurally sound, or that's the
>smallest size they could make an MS while still packing the smallest
>generator and other internal equipment.
>I was just kind of curious because of the wildly varying sizes of mecha
>from
>various different mecha series ... everything from hardsuits/powered armour
>a la BGC, up to Gasaraki's TA, slightly up to Patlabor's labors, various
>less well known mecha in the middle, eventually hitting Gundam designs, and
>then onto the Really Big Fuckin' Robots(tm). Hard suits make sense, its a
>natural evolution of personal body armor. The TA's are logical advances,
>especially given their role as used in the Gasaraki world (i.e. whooping
>all
>ass on tanks, among other things). Labor's are about as big as you can make
>'em while still permitting them to traverse city streets, along with their
>target of construction labors, etc. Gundam doesn't have such a convenient
>plot requirement, so there must be something technical to it ...?
>
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>Nicholas "Echo|Fox" Paufler
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