Go Me

[mikailborg]

Once I take care of a remaining piece or two of WizKids paperwork, I'll be approved to carry a loadout of 12 tons of armor, a particle cannon, 6 lasers, two machine guns, and a six-missile launching rack. However, I may not be allowed to appear in public thanks to the lawsuit over Dougram/Macross images.

Comments

Re: Obscure References

[vond.livejournal.com]

The hell? What anime is the design for the Battlemaster from? I know about the blatant ripping of the Wasp, Stinger, Warhammer, Marauder, Rifleman, and a few others from Macross, but can you elaborate on others that were ripped off - is there a list somewhere?

Re: Obscure References

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

The Battlemaster's from an anime called Dougram... most of the borrowed designs that weren't from Macross were Drugram designs.

There's a list here: http://brianscache.com/unseen/

Trivia note: In the old Marvel New Mutants comic, Warlock (the living nanotech machine) used to form armor, flight packs, and weapons for his friend Cypher, the human universal translator. Cypher's real name was Doug Ramsey... and in an incredibly obscure visual pun, one of the first forms Warlock took for Cypher was Dougram power armor. Obviously the artist was an anime fan.

Re: Obscure References

[polar-bear-sama.livejournal.com]

Dude.... that's just sad. That's almost as bad as my encyclopedic knowledge of Warner Brothers cartoons.

"If it's the captain's mess, let /him/ clean it up."

PB

Re: Obscure References

[corin-wolfkin.livejournal.com]

Ok, to prove there are other sad cases out here, if mikailborg is talking about the issue of New Mutants I think he is(One of the annuals where the kids ended up in Asgard and Dani Moonstar became a Valkyrie), Warlock also came swooping to the rescue in the shape of the upgraded Enterprise. Also, I believe the Dougram in question is called a "Shadowhawk" in Classic Battletech.

Now, if I could just remember the things I needed to, I'd be set!

Re: Obscure References

[jdunson.livejournal.com]

Useful reference page. My favorite mecha designs were actually the Dougram rip-offs, and favorite aerospace designs the ones from Crusher Joe. While it wasn't the only reason, I lost interest in Battletech around the time the "anime" designs finally got pulled from continuity.

Somewhere around I've got the pair of original Japanese Sun Fang Dougram tactical boardgames, with the double handful of quite cool pewter 25mm mecha minis. IIRC the anime itself was a bit depressing, but the designs made far more sense than typical for a mecha show.