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The New Phoenix Hawk... Is This Coincidence That The New Mech Looks Scary Similar To This Gundam?

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#21 Volthorne

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Posted 02 March 2016 - 09:08 PM

View PostSigilum Sanctum, on 02 March 2016 - 08:34 PM, said:

*prays for the Cyclops*

Hate to disappoint you, but the Cyclops is more like a Geth than it is the Rick Dom.

#22 Sigilum Sanctum

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Posted 02 March 2016 - 09:09 PM

View PostVolthorne, on 02 March 2016 - 09:08 PM, said:

Hate to disappoint you, but the Cyclops is more like a Geth than it is the Rick Dom.


HAH HA HA YOU ASSUME I WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED!?

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Posted 02 March 2016 - 09:14 PM

View PostEl Bandito, on 02 March 2016 - 08:57 PM, said:

Bro, do you even Unseen?

The Phoenix Hawk design was originally ripped off from Macross' VF-1S Super Valkyrie. Hence its similarity to Japanese anime mech.

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I originally thought it looked like the VF-1S, believe me I love me some Macross AKA Robotech, but I personally thought it looked like the

LM312V04+SD-VB03A V-Dash from Gundam.



Everyone commenting is pointing out the features that dont look similar, but thats common sense. The design DEV isn't that stupid... Hopefully to completely copy the robots piece per piece... The similarities in my eyes are much more drawing to me than the differences.



#24 Gattsus

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Posted 02 March 2016 - 09:19 PM

Just saying.
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#25 Volthorne

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Posted 02 March 2016 - 09:22 PM

View PostSigilum Sanctum, on 02 March 2016 - 09:09 PM, said:

HAH HA HA YOU ASSUME I WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED!?

We need MOAR GETH! AND STUNLOCKS! AND GETH STUNLOCKS! AND GETH THAT SUMMON STUNLOCK DRONES SO THEY CAN SHOOT THEIR STUNLOCK MISSILES AT YOU!

...help...

#26 Sigilum Sanctum

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Posted 02 March 2016 - 09:23 PM

View PostVolthorne, on 02 March 2016 - 09:22 PM, said:

We need MOAR GETH! AND STUNLOCKS! AND GETH STUNLOCKS! AND GETH THAT SUMMON STUNLOCK DRONES SO THEY CAN SHOOT THEIR STUNLOCK MISSILES AT YOU!

...help...


There is no help...there is only...the geth.

#27 Sheriff x

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Posted 02 March 2016 - 09:29 PM

View PostSigilum Sanctum, on 02 March 2016 - 09:23 PM, said:


There is no help...there is only...the geth.


Negative.

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Edited by Sheriff x, 03 March 2016 - 03:43 AM.


#28 Sigilum Sanctum

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Posted 02 March 2016 - 09:30 PM

View PostSheriff x, on 02 March 2016 - 09:29 PM, said:


Negative.

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Dead image. The funny is lost.

#29 Levi Porphyrogenitus

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Posted 02 March 2016 - 09:38 PM

View PostEl Bandito, on 02 March 2016 - 08:57 PM, said:

The Phoenix Hawk design was originally licensed from Macross' VF-1S Super Valkyrie. Hence its similarity to Japanese anime mech.


Fixed. FASA got the art rights fair and square.

#30 SkaerKrow

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Posted 02 March 2016 - 10:11 PM

View PostSigilum Sanctum, on 02 March 2016 - 08:34 PM, said:

Still waiting on my Battlemech equivalent to this thing:
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*prays for the Cyclops*

Too strong, it would DOMinate the game. Eh? Ehhh? Posted Image

...I'll get my coat.

#31 jonfett

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Posted 02 March 2016 - 10:14 PM

View PostSheriff x, on 02 March 2016 - 08:26 PM, said:


YEAH MAN. NO KIDDING. IT'S LIKE THE SHAPE AND SMALL CHARACTERISTICS OF CARS. THEY'RE ALL THE SAME, LOL.

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Well, both of those have four wheels....

#32 Sheriff x

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Posted 03 March 2016 - 02:27 AM

View PostSigilum Sanctum, on 02 March 2016 - 09:30 PM, said:


Dead image. The funny is lost.


Grunt is very alive.

#33 Mead

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Posted 03 March 2016 - 02:45 AM

View PostSheriff x, on 02 March 2016 - 08:26 PM, said:


YEAH MAN. NO KIDDING. IT'S LIKE THE SHAPE AND SMALL CHARACTERISTICS OF CARS. THEY'RE ALL THE SAME, LOL.

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SCARY SIMILAR

#34 Jzaltheral

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Posted 03 March 2016 - 03:24 AM

There's a reason they look alike. The designers from the TT game took a lot of "inspiration" from the mecha based anime of the time.

(HG called it "theft of intellectual property" but meh, let's not quibble over semantics.)

If you want the whole sordid story, head over to http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Unseen

But in short, no, it's not a coincidence that they look similar (or damned near identical).

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Posted 03 March 2016 - 03:30 AM

View PostJzaltheral, on 03 March 2016 - 03:24 AM, said:

There's a reason they look alike. The designers from the TT game took a lot of "inspiration" from the mecha based anime of the time.

(HG called it "theft of intellectual property" but meh, let's not quibble over semantics.)

It's been a long time since I saw anyone take HG's side. Whatever floats your boat I guess.

#36 Lily from animove

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Posted 03 March 2016 - 04:08 AM

View PostKira Onime, on 02 March 2016 - 07:50 PM, said:

Don't really see any resemblance outside of the 2 things on the back of the Hawk vs the core booster of the victory gundam.
Core booster being the backpack of the gundam itself.
remove that and there's even less resemblance.


this anythign else, face, gun arms, shoulders, hands, legs looks entirely different. If OP thinks they look extremely the same, then you can say spider, commando and Firestarter are also "scary similar"

#37 Impyrium

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Posted 03 March 2016 - 04:30 AM

The Phoenix Hawk looks nothing like a freakin' Gundam, neither does the Black Knight!

I know my mecha designs, and MWO mecha are just fundamentally different from Gundam designs. Don't make me throw my pen at you. :P

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Posted 03 March 2016 - 06:13 AM

View PostEl Bandito, on 02 March 2016 - 08:57 PM, said:

Bro, do you even Unseen?

The Phoenix Hawk design was originally ripped off from Macross' VF-1S Super Valkyrie. Hence its similarity to Japanese anime mech.

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So the Phoenix Hawk is so expensive because it turns into a fighter jet? That's pretty cool, gonna preorder.

#39 Lugh

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Posted 03 March 2016 - 06:18 AM

Looks like it will have some profoundly unfriendly hit boxes.

Hope you like STD engines.

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Posted 03 March 2016 - 06:37 AM

View PostFull Metal Idol, on 03 March 2016 - 06:13 AM, said:


So the Phoenix Hawk is so expensive because it turns into a fighter jet? That's pretty cool, gonna preorder.


If the PHX-HK-M was a variant, yup....





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