Ghogiel, on 07 October 2013 - 12:33 PM, said:
Both of the toy lines that transformers was based on dates to pre Macross.
Actually, that is incorrect. The toy lines that Hasbro bought were Diaclone and Micro Change, from the New Microman line, for release in 1984. Diaclone was produced in 1980 and Micro Change in 1982. This was after SDF Macross began production in 1979.
An interesting fact is that Shoji Kawamori and Kazutaka Miyatake from Studio Nue designed the vehicles for Diaclone. Both of them worked on SDF Macross in designing the mecha and ships in the series.
Tycho von Gagern, on 07 October 2013 - 12:44 PM, said:
I've never been a big LAM user, but I don't have the deep hatred for them that others do. I don't think it would be that hard to do a few mechs that could take 10 seconds to switch to guardian mode (Aerospace mode is out, I think) and enjoy a really really really slow expenditure of jump-fuel and in-jump manuverability, at the cost of all armor reduced by half.
I'd be for it just to see a few matches without assaults for once.
It would be something new and everyone would use them for a while. Then everyone would complain about how vulnerable ("broken") they are and most people would quit using them. A few will stick with them, learn how to make them rock, and just about everyone else will hate them.
Same as every other new mech.
Well, LAMs have less armor, but nowhere near the half armor you suggest. They can mount armor up to their weight class. The conversion equipment is 10% of the mass of the mech, so it would have to make sacrifices in weapons and speed in addition to armor.
Edited by James The Fox Dixon, 07 October 2013 - 12:59 PM.