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Re: Female mecha
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:36:50 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Karim Nassar writes:
> In lugnet.build.mecha, Mark Sandlin writes:
> > I think Mark is referring to mecha that is anthropomorphically female, not
> > mecha that is piloted by a female.
Yup - Since my wife will be building this, she will be thinking more
of "building a female robot".
> > The Queadlunn-Rau armor, while designated as female armor, doesn't look
> > female or make you think of the female form.
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> > But I'm a Macross geek, so I knew what you were talking about ;^)
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> Well, maybe... Maybe I'm biased because I think of the Queadlunn-Rau I
> associate it with the female pilots, but when you see it move, it is • definitely
> female, IMHO. And when compared to the male Zentraedi mecha, it seems to me • to
> be very anthorpomorphicaly female... buxom, narrow shoulders, wide hips, long
> legs... I think the thing is that it has a definitive "alien" design aesthetic
> that gets in the way of its femininity ;-)
Good point about physically having some female characteristics...
I believe it's not easy to build a good "female form" for Mecha out of Lego
due to the curvature shape -- without making the scale large.
-Mark
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| (...) Well, maybe... Maybe I'm biased because I think of the Queadlunn-Rau I associate it with the female pilots, but when you see it move, it is definitely female, IMHO. And when compared to the male Zentraedi mecha, it seems to me to be very (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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