Would you like to pilot a mecha ?

[Rand]

I did not really know where to put this thread but i thought the general anime would be the right place.

Well, I like mechas and watching them in anime. I often wondered how it could feel to pilot such a "vehicle". Of course, mechas can't really exist (hmm after all who knows...?) but i like to imagine beeing in a mecha and walking with it in the streets of a desterted city

I'm sure it would be freaking awsome to take the seat of Yuji or Marlene in Blue Gender, or testing a machine from Robotech, Gunparade...etc


What's your opinion ?

[Invoker]

I have a K'nex Shadowcat on my dresser, standing next to half-a-dozen Z-Bot, a Mechwarrior Darkages figurine, a dozen Transformers, and the great Big Duo.

That pretty much establishes that I'm a mecha fan, but would I actually pilot one?

Well, it depends. If it was a lousy Gundam robot or some other "real robo," then I'd probably pass. However, if it was Grandizer, the Big Duo, or some other "super robo" then hell yeah, I'd jump at the chance.

Actually, even if it was just a Gundam, I'd like to pilot it, but I'd really love to pilot the Big Duo.


The Great Big Duo:

Spoiler:

[bubblehead]

I've always wanted to pilot a Zoid... or at least since I saw the show. Something like a Bladeliger or one of the flying ones. Piloting a Gundam wouldn't be half bad either.

[Kyoji]

Just let me near Tobikage, that's all i want

[Secca]

Few years ago I played Ghost in the Shell game for PSX. If I can ride a mech, I want to ride those thing from Ghost in the Shell.

It feels great, they cruise, they slide, they climb wall, jump over a building, just incredible freedom of movements. I really want to try the real thing. ^^

[Dhomochevsky]

For mechas I always prefered the battletech mechs (you know... the ones in Mechwarrior games and tabletop/roleplay game) over anime mechas.
Most anime mechas dont look dangerous enough. I dont see the point in painting a war machine in bright, happy colors and give it a face/hat/superhero-mask.

1000 ton mechas that are capable of doing flik-flaks in mid air while striking poses also just plain suck... BE MORE SERIOUS YOU OLDSCHOOL ANIME MECHAS!

The only anime-mechas I would go for would most of the time be the "evil" ones. For example I loved those evil mechas in "saber rider" (dont even know the japanes name of that). They were called "renegades" in german tv .

[husyk]

A gundam would be cool, or better yet an Orbital Frame from Zone of The Enders.

[Sakaki]

Originally Posted by Dhomochevsky

1000 ton mechas that are capable of doing flik-flaks in mid air while striking poses also just plain suck... BE MORE SERIOUS YOU OLDSCHOOL ANIME MECHAS!

Patlabor was pretty good at being relatively realistic with their mechas. They even mentioned a few times about size/movement limitations of mecha. And the Ingrams look pretty good too.

The Veritechs in Macross/Robotech were pretty cool too.

But I prefer for personal use, battle/hardsuits, kind of like in Bubblegum Crisis...but maybe a little more masculine for myself.

[Kyuven]

a goddess from Candidate for Goddess...
reading the specs from the manga...i'd probably want the white one

[Inuzuka]

I'd like to pilot an EVA,it'd be pretty cool,except for the fact that i can feel the pain if the EVA gets attacked.(haha)

[ZhanDVG]

Hmm...

I'm clumsy enough as 100+ lbs of meat.

No need to bring 1000+ tonnes of steel into this ;p

[Kamui4356]

I'd like to pilot either a jovan daimajin from Nadesico, *Teleportation + gravity blast cannon = fun* or a zaibach guy melef from escaflowne *invisability cloak + flamethrowers = more fun* It's just a matter of the scale I want to have 'fun' on. heh heh

[Radd]

Sure. I'd love to pilot most any type of mecha ever concieved in anime. I'd pass on something like an Eva due mainly to the idea of feeling pain whenever it got hurt. I want to pilot a machine, not control a living extension of myself. Especially one that already has a soul of it's own.

My all time favourite mecha have to be Shoji Kawamori's Valkyrie designs from Super Dimension Fortress Macross. Especially the VF-4 Lightning III New Valkyrie, my alltime favourite Valkyrie design. Heck, I'd be ecstatic piloting a VT-1C civilian Valkyrie, a dumbed down VF-1 sold into civilian use. The higher end Valkyries such as the VF-22 Sturmvogel II and the VF-19 Excaliber would probably be more fun to pilot, but a VF-4 would definitely be my mecha of choice simply because it's my favourite.

Another factor into this is that I love airplanes, and I'd love to be a pilot. A Valkyrie would be the very best of both worlds.

With mecha like this

http://nanashi.macrossmecha.info/res...vari/vf14.html

How can you go wrong?

[Sid_Burn]

I always wanted to pilot mechs that can be found in the game "Armored Core"(especially the light AC unit ones)... the designs are cool... easy to maneuver and fast too(though others dont)... and is equipped w/ cool weapons...

let's see if Gundam can hit me... a few shots of a plasma rifle and Gundam is destroyed...

[Mr_Paper]

Hmm...

I wouldn't mind sitting behind the wheel of an AV Ingram 98 from Patlabor or an Aestivalis from Nadesico. ^^

[Mugen]

ye id quite fancy piloting the Type 0 from patlabor, as its one of the more realistic mechs

[Dev Gun]

i'd want nimbus from dragon ball ahahahaha

or one of those things from the escaflowne movie, i forgot what they called it,

[Longinus]

Hmm I like lots of different mecha styles, from smaller down-to-earth types like the AV-98 Ingram, to super robots like Ideon.

As for would I want to pilot one.. sure what the heck, I'd even pilot a Ball if I have the chance.

I have a battlemech made outta lego on top of my monitor for crying out loud...

[fantD]

If i had to pilot a mecha, it would probably be a gundam considering that almost 90% of all mobile suits/mecha type vechicles end up being destroyed one way or another. A gundam would most likely be the safest heh

[Mr_Paper]

Originally Posted by Mugen

ye id quite fancy piloting the Type 0 from patlabor, as its one of the more realistic mechs

The mechs in Patlabor are about as realistic as you're going to get. The show's premise was to show how mecha could realistical exist in today's society with technology that could easily exist today.

Anyway, which version of the Type 0 would you be wanting to pilot? The AV-XO or the AV-0 (PeaceMaker)?