ITT: we post our favorite mecha designs of all time
>>14658435
It's too plain. Even Metal Wolf managed to look more American
<3
I like all the EVA's but Unit 00 remains my favorite.
>>14658435
>There will never be any action figures or model kits of this design ever
Fucking CLAMP, man, they could have capitalized on Rayearth's multiple demographic appeal and made it so much bigger. I guess they just hated money or something in the 90s. I wonder how that changed when they started designing for Code Geass
I love each of Exia configuration, this is by far the best drawned by Ebikawa for its details.
>>14659166
>>14659334
What is it with Nagano and large head protrusions?
My holy grail when it comes to model kits.
It will happen eventually... Someday...!
>>14659536
I'm an ignorant faggot. What is this?
>People Have Replied
>No Jehuty
Wow, whatacceptably differenttaste you all have.
Real talk though. Jehuty is a legit candidate for the greatest mech design of all time. Until somebody posts Anubis, and I'll probably change my mind again.
Not even trolling
>>14659576
I still can't get over that cockpit
There's so many to pick from but I'm gonna post this because I really really liked the mecha in this show.
Have any of you seen Cassette Girl?
Once I saw this design I fell in love with it
>>14658435
For some reason people seem people seem to dislike the Hizack. I love it though. It's the apex of Zaku varients to me.
>>14658435
the way this thing moves <3 SH-101 Spearhead
I just really love the Ingram.
inb4 go home Noa
>>14660117
Bunny ears are literally the toppest tier
Once Sciricco get his head straight, he did good.
>>14659863
It's a Zaku with more grubby bits.
>>14658435
The red, black, and gold, the stylish lines, the intimidating helm... say what you will, but the Sinanju is just a nice design.
>>14658435
>>14659863
You and me both
I honestly didn't find Evangelion all too great and was bored throughout most of EoE but these fuckers are my favorite.
I wish I could have a miniature one as a pet in real life.
The moment I fell in love with Xenogears was when he showed up.
It's a toss-up between The Big O and Earth Engine from Captain Earth.
I actually enjoy watching Big O, though, so I guess it wins by default.
>>14660232
They look so strong and tough
Like
>yeah we're a bunch of fucking badasses. Get under my boot so I can start oppressing you spacenoid. I hope you like the smell of G3. Oh sorry, just got a call from your mum kiddo. She's waiting in our love capsule if you catch my drift
I loved how it maintained a "sober" color scheme, despite being a combined robot.
Also the sword, the cannon, how there was a good chunk of the show where each mecha fought individaully and that.
Also
>>14660297
How heavy the Megadeuces looked was impressive. Especially in those fight against Big Fau; all that debris and the damage it took airborne.
>>14660256
I might consider the Xenogears itself to be my favorite design, although I think I like the way it looks in PlayStation graphics more than in illustration. Also, I was sort of disappointed in the lore behind its existence.I was expecting something more than just an enhanced Weltall, something that truly made it a "Xeno" "Gear", like if it had been a piece of Deus which had existed since the crash. I had the same problem with the Omnigears, I liked the idea of ancient Gears you have to dig up, when most turned out just to be magical transformations after you find the relics, it seemed a little meaningless.
>>14659576
Anubis>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Jehuty.but for real I like both.
Nothing beats big and blocky.
>>14659566
Looks like something by Fujita.
>>14660536
Wait. Recca?
As in THE Recca?
Like Summer Carnival '92 insanely hard nintendo game?
>>14659631
Why is this so hilarious
>>14659837
Too bad that all except like five fucking minutes of the entire series was the slowest political drama ever, inter-spaced by exposition and traditional fucking dancing.
Fuck, I bought the whole series on tape of fucking Gasaraki. Felt so fucking ripped off....
I have a deep love for this old timer.
I can't put my finger on it for some reason.
>>14659863
I didn't like the fact they were still fielding it when it was utterly inferior to everything else in the battlefield.
I mean c'mon Titans, you got a reputation to uphold.
>>14659863
wait what
people DISlike the hizack?
How have I never heard of this?
>>14660744
I fucking adored this unit
What other units in Gundam can kill shit in melee with a shovel and their treads?
>>14660766
I don't remember the Hirdolfr taking out any Zakus with just the shovels
>>14660766
I'm not talking about the tank variant.
Just the old ms-05s
>>14658435
I NEED a model kit of this. Apparently, someone made a custom of it but I need to own one myself.
>>14660810
>So what sort of mech is it?
>King
>Er, right, so the theme is a King. What's it look like?
>King
>... right, yeah of course. Weapon?
>King
>.... anything else?
>Make it more King please
>I.. like, what, a crown or something?
>Like a crown but more King
>what?
>King
>no that wasn't a... nevermind.
Eldar Titans
>>14658435
This is my favorite large robot.
>>14660873
This is my favorite small robot.
>>14660878
This is my favorite transforming robot.
>>14660886
This is my favorite clunky robot.
>>14660873
>>14660878
>>14660886
>>14660895
And there are a million other robots that I love. I can't be forced to pick between them all. Such is life.
>>14659834
COCKpit
>>14660897
Fuck those bums, man. I never give them any money since they'll just use it to fuel their Sunny D addiction.
>>14659844
Optimus?
>>14660779
Anon probably remembered VS Full-Boost, where the fucking thing gets airlifted in space as its jump too.
Surprisingly dangerous in melee for something that's so obviously an artillery/sniper "player 2" kind of mech. Very cheap points-wise for how dangerous it is, and surprisingly capable once you understand its ammo cycling.
>>14660873
But that's a model kit.
It's really more like a small robot.
"Legs are just for show"
>>14661095
disagree
>>14658435
Jehuty
>>14658435
I love it
Out of all the designs in the game so far, this one speaks to me the most.
>>14659576
If Jehuty didn't have an enormous cockpit I would probably like it a lot. As it stands it's an awkward and ill-fitting protrusion.
I know alot of people will not agree with me but fuck it anyway.
>>14661095
Amen to that!
>>14658435
cool guy who doesn't afraid of anything
>>14661198
GOAT PS1 shmup.
>>14661198
>>14661447
This had the most amazing fucking demo ever, there were so many hidden paths and weapons in it, damn shame neither Squaresoft/Squeenix revisted it.
>>14661198
Okay as a fan of the Gundam Balls, I'll bite: Is there any reason outside of "we chopped off your legs, here are your new zaku legs" for AMBAC to have anything to do with legs instead of more manipulator arms, especially when we get to models that'll hover anyways when planetside ( >>14661444 related)?
For that matter wouldn't agile manipulators with a wide range of motion like the Einhander ones be preferable as well?
In other words; wouldn't small mobile armors be potentially cheaper and better designed than mobile suits while still offering the same "characters swordfighting" as the legged things?
>>14659844
Looks like optimus prime with eva shoulderpads and generic badass cape
>>14661153
Looks like someone watched Megas XLR when they designed that...
hate/rate/berate/castigate
F91: sleek, powerful, and most importantly, very very fast.
>>14661601
>wouldn't small mobile armors be potentially cheaper and better designed than mobile suits while still offering the same "characters swordfighting" as the legged things?
Not really
While maaaaaybe a bit cheaper, in (universe) practice the MA are wasting far more energy with lots of thrusters to even actually turn as fast as MS, that can simply shift its leg thrusters to change their direction in short order, so its performance is not as efficient as MS it self.
As for doms, hoverlegs offer more maneuverability than standard hover because of easier auto-adjusted stability and faster turn by shifting its own center of gravity, just like rollerskating.
>>14661163
But it's a
Cock
Pit
Pretty much any Nagano mecha or Izubuchi mecha.
>>14661852
You seem to believe ambac movement is explicit to having *feet*, as opposed to moving parts in general.
Moving parts that can hold/be weapons.
>>14661786
I think that's why it speaks to me so much. Here's a corgi-piloted voltron, too.
Just love the mobility and those turn spikes
>>14661075
But why the spinning boost thing though, I wonder. If you could fire the guns during it it could be useful but you can't.
>liquid metal melee and ranged weapons
>flamethrowers and claws
>flight mode transformation
>stealth manteau / cloak
Need more medeival themed mecha series.
Toeizinger is my favorite version of Z, I just like his proportions.
>>14661137
God dammit, I was going to post that... Oh well....
>...ill just have to settle with the Vic viper
>>14661178
Getter Dragon is pretty cool
>>14660117
Same. I've always thought they really nailed the design of the Ingrams and authoritatively police, with enough soft lines and rounded edges to not be frightening and militaristic.
>>14659576
>>14659834
>>14660435
>>14661163
>>14661137
>>14663114
My nignogs
No feet/Bladelegs/pointy skaters are the best
Jehuty is absolute GOATI'm not even joking, Yoji Shinkawa is the greatest mecha designer of all time
>>14661163
I have the exact same problem with it, but on the other hand, I feel like that's what makes Jehuty and the other orbital frames unique. It would just seem a little generic without it. Anubis wouldn't, though.
>>14661974
Nah, Ambac can be applied in moving parts in general. But it will works correctly if it designed right, not just with slapping arms everywhere.
I just believes that legs offer flexibility of movement since, you know, you place much of your thrusters there, legs can simply readjust and shift those thrusters position at will. Also, ambacs works arround the Newton third law, so if the limbs are all used for simply holds weapons, how you able to counterbalance the force generated by the main thrusters?
Where my Dangaibros at?
I relly like original Getter 1 and Shin Getter, the others? not so much.
but I FUCKING HATE GETTER DRAGON 1.
>>14659385
Because Nagano is a predictable hack.
>>14663906
RIGHT HERE
CROSS
FIGHT
I really like a ton of the shit posted here and it's impossible to pick just one but lets go with good ole Ultra Magnus/Powered Convoy, especially with Diaclone colors. An Optimus-type robot wearing an even bigger and bulkier robot suit that transforms into a truck that can carry other transforming robots. It's pretty grand.
>>14661153
>>14662297
Source?
>>14664456
http://100ftrobotgolf.com/
Check the dev blog for the announced characters and robots and stuff.
>>14663208
>I'm not even joking, Yoji Shinkawa is the greatest mecha designer of all time
Amen to that brother, here's to hoping Death Stranding has at least one cool robot somewhere
>>14660743
I actually enjoyed the slow burn, Yeah the mechas where just apart of the setting because of the political and ancient stuff that was going on but I really enjoyed it and the supernatural elements. The series really lost me when it became about FUCKING RICE But then the episode before the last episode had a full blown confrontation between the Raidens and the Ishitars.
The Laevatein is cool and all, but the Arbalest will forver be in my heart.
the right kind of gangly and weird
>>14659576
Testament was probably the first mecha I ever felt a real attachment towards. And it sucks like nothing else that there's no high rez art for it anywhere. This CG shot works well enough, I suppose, but it's no real substitute.
>>14658435
I watched like 6 or 7 episodes of this show and it was unbearably bad and predictable, does it get better later
>>14663201
That picture is the only reason why I watched the show in the first place. And I'm glad I did.
So the Ingram it is.
I don't have huge favorites over others, but I really liked the one from Metal Wolf Chaos (I don't even know if it has a name). The design is otherwise very generic, but the gigantic openable weapon pods on the shoulders add so much to it.
As a big fan of both robots and monsters, there's something so appealing about Alles Geist and it's upgraded/evolved form.
>>14665658
it's literally called the Metal Wolf piloted by MICHAEL WILSONRICHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD!!!
Pretty obscure but I thought this was a pretty cool looking gundam when I saw it for the first time.
Wish there was more of it in the show.
I really like the marasai, the normal version, the AOZ version and the weird Zimmerit coated kobayashi one
It's like a sleeker Hizack
>>14664199
Don't you have a Gothicmade thread to shit up Moononymous?
>>14666505
It's basically the epitome of the Zaku-style line (includes Goufs and all the other not!Zakus til Zeta) in my opinion. I have one sitting on my shelf right now.
This fucking Rick Dias kitbash.
Or failing that, the regular Rick Dais.
>>14665621
BIG TIME, one of my favorite things about it is how unpredictable it gets later on.
>>14658435
>>14663201
>to not be frightening
Too bad Ohta is piloting Unit 2.
EEEEEE-De-OOOOOON
>>14659334
top-teir taste
>>14664192
>I relly like original Getter 1 and Shin Getter, the others? not so much.
How can you not think Black Getter is the best then? It may be one of the edgiest mecha out there but it is so fucking cool looking.
>but I FUCKING HATE GETTER DRAGON 1.
I think everyone hates the Getter Robo G mecha, they are objectively the worst versions of all three forms of Getter. I fucking hate Mr Moustache, Boob Getter, and literally who.
>>14669064
Forgot my picture
>>14658435
Nu Gundam Ver. KA for me. It never fails to make my pants tight.
>>14669105
>full body psychoframe on Nu
Katoki has a serious boner for the Unicorn doesn't he.
>>14665626
Daiguard is fucking beatiful
>>14658435
OMEGA BOOOOOST!
>>14659536
http://www.hobbyxstyle.com/EN/productDetail.asp?PID=1354&Price=198
You can buy it right now if you have $208 to spare.
plebs
No love for Sumos ?
>>14658435
ive had a wet dream about shamblo
>>14659157
>Unit 00
My nigga. Will never not be pissed that they traded that sexy blue for yellow in Rebuild.
Personal fav is Gunbuster, but I love Cherno Alpha, the MMPR Megazord, and Mazinger Z too.
>>14658435
>Is real
>Not a jap cartoon
>Actually kills and destroys
>>14674964
Please leave /k/
>>14674964
>not a jap cartoon
Dumped
Now go home with your glorified metalbox, rednec/k/
>>14658435
Gasaraki's designs don't get enough love
>>14675039
They do look good, haven't seen it yet but the mechs look good.
>>14674906
>cherno alpha
Quality taste. Any other mecha besides this and the Big O with pilebunker-like punches?
>>14660221
You sir, are my nigga.
>those colors
>drop tanks
>sanic fast and nimble
>no stupid gimmicks, just a solid suit
My favorite design changes fucking weekly.
Right now I'm really feeling the Shiranui TSF.
>>14663201
You can also see how it relates to the rest of the technology in the setting. Take off the head and make the shoulders a little boxier and it would look just like a construction labor.
Maybe because it might have been the first giant robot I ever saw or I like the utility of the lions and all the different weapons it can summon, but I really love Voltron's design.
>>14675097
>Zeek ricer nonsense everywhere
Step aside.
I just love this red fat fuck
One of the most iconic and flawless mecha designs of all time.
I'm not even a big fan of the other Wing designs, but the asymmetry and colors just speak to me.
>>14663201
>>14660117
I love Patlabor so damn much.
But I love this variant so damn more.
>>14679910
I liked him better as a goriller
>>14677953
I like this, I feel like it's got the same designer as the MP Guncannon.
Haters 'gon hate
>>14661939
fetal alcohol syndrome
>>14660886
>>14661114
I always liked the 22s better myself.
I always liked how the Original Seven Armors looked more like armored giants than machines. It made them contrast really well with the other mecha seen in the series.
>>14674842
Tell us about that anon
>>14679910
>optimus
>A mechajust kidding good choice
Sugitabot is love.
>>14660873
Oh anon, so few people understand the beauty of the amazing.
It's a good combination of my love for zakus, pistols and increase in both mobility and amour.
The Knight and Strider frames have all the best designs.
>>14660117
Well, since you already posted my favorite, here's my #2
>>14658435
>ctrl-f "ksh"
>no results
>scroll through thread to double-check
>still no results
>>14674828
Gold Sumos are the best
nobodies posted best mecha yet
Maybe not my all-time favourite, but close enough.
You like collecting mecha toys? Then why not have a toy-inspired mecha?
Would clang so hard.
>>14674491
BLLOODDY ROOARRR
>>14669488
Rlan rlan rluuuuu?
I like all the getters, but this one, Go, and Shin are probably the best robots out there in my opinion. I've always thought of them (especially classic Getter 1) as the ideal robot designs.
>>14667166
Mah Nigga!
obligatory
>>14686712
>that one nigga running away from the kampfer
>that other nigga staring him down on foot, determined to take down the metal giant
A true federation hero ;_;7
>>14686584
Based taste. It's such a pity that the game it comes from is so shit. Real waste of talent.
>>14688747
All Getter designs are great... except for Getter dragon. Also Getter Poseidon and Go's Getter 2 also suck.
But that's a damn good track record.
>>14689258
Nigga, I love those designs you mentionedok Getter Go 2 is objectively pretty bad but I still like it
Have you read Getter G yet? I hated Dragon until I read it
>>14689258
Shin Dragon is by far the worst Getter design of all, it's a fucking barrel. Especially disappointing when the dormant version was this fantastic ominous monster. I don't care for how it was a copy of that thing from the manga either.
>>14689258
I like Getter Poseidon because it looks like a scuba diver with oxygen tanks on its back, but I can see why people wouldn't like it.
>>14689548
fuck let me rephrase that, the missiles on its back looking like oxygen tanks.
>>14662331
VOTOMS just look damn fun to pilot.
>>14689763
>VOTOMS
close but no cigar
Apparently there was some debate on whether to go with the accordion joints or not, some people at Capcom thought they looked lame.
>>14689299
I hate Mr. Moustache, the face on Getter 2 looks so fucking stupid to me. From a story perspective I love what they did with Getter Dragon in Shin Getter, but I really hate it's design. It also feels like it has the most awkward proportions of any Getter, Getter 1 may be fat but it's design flows better and for me has a lot more charm.
>>14689301
I was alright with Shin Dragon, but I agree with you that it's dormant stage when it was a mountain was way cooler.
>>14689548
I hate Poseidon because it's so bland looking and it has possibly the last screentime of any Getter. And yes, all Getter 3s usually get the least screentime but pretty sure in Getter G Poseidon only is in like 10-15 pages total.
>>14658898
>even
What are you a communist?
>>14665601
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp8_cCw3DGM
I wish we could get a proper orchestration of the game's music. GBA sound quality a shit
>>14658435
I can't help but love the old art.
Hard to find good pictures of this guy
>>14660148
I WAS GONNA REPLY THIS
>>14660526
Top tastes
>>14660526
Top taste
>>14694570
Hell yeah, Dicks Noof.
As far as powersuits go this is perfect to me.
>>14659157
Dat shit taste
>>14697714
No u faggot, blue Unit 00 >>>>>>>*
Big, yet sleek, and classy.
I've always loved the fact that despite being bigger than average suits, the Tallgeese main defining feature was always their insane speed.
>>14697846
Somehow the Tallgeese II never felt right to me, much as I love the other two.
Too used to the mostly white color layouts I guess, and II's mohawk is extra ridiculous.
>>14662540
>compact mode looks like a giant cock and balls
Banpresto is better than most anime studios at designing mechas now
This is my favorite OG personally, it looks so good in motion
https://youtu.be/4_1slM-40zQ?t=1m17s
>>14680193
Different character pleb.
>>14684286
22 has better plane mode, 19 has nicer battroid.
All of the mechs in the show were great, but this one's the best.
>>14660895
>iglesias' shad
good taste, anon
[spoiler/]shame it's trapped in a shit game for now
>>14668420
My nigga
>>14702310
Have you played it recently? there's no singleplayer campaign, but it's still a hell of a lot of fun and way more fleshed out now.
Its an amazing salt powered transforming mech piloted by a small bird.
>>14685078
>>14698829
>Banpresto designs
>Good
The good ones are the outliers and 9 times out of 10 the MK mechs look really bland in motion.
>>14658435
This guy
>>14683683
I second this
I love the Mubrub TSF designs, but the MiG-21 is pure sex.
>>14661839
You. I like you.
The F91 is sleek, powerful, fast, has the curves of a sports car and the firepower to beat almost anything.
i'm impresed no one posted this beast
>>14659864
>Why'd you put the pile bunker on its forehead?
>Just in case.
>>14661794
They're giant robots that surf in the sky and transform into dragsters. It's hard not to love them.
BIG DUO!I really liked Schwarzwald, but I liked Big Duo's 2nd design.
>>14659844
It was sorta annoying, but the main mech was cool
>>14677157
transforming carriers are my thing
Love the proportions and design.
>>14659170
Because they jump from one series to the next. Besides, more doesn't mean good. However, they really should have developed it more.
>>14675039
Probably because the show itself was a mess.
>>14661198
>>14712590
CUTE
>>14660708
>tfw someone knows about Recca
Not that anon, but it looks like a rehashed version of the original design
>>14711525
>Gasaraki was a mess
I'LL KILL YOU
>>14712590
What is this from?
>>14712824
Style and lighting make me think World of Final Fantasy.
>>14712865
Cursory digaround says yes.
To which I ask wtf kind of cameo sorcery is Squeenix dabbling in, and how far will it go?
>>14712819
But it was. Good mecha designs and ideas but very poorly executed. That's all.
>>14712949
Are you going to explain yourself, or am I going to have to kill you?
>>14712865
>>14712907
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RX3DUO_OH0
Kind of makes me wish I had a PS4, guess I can always hope for a PC port. Probably won't happen though.
Gundam Virtue. Mechs are basically bipedal tanks so they should be like tanks: bulky, slow powerhouses.
It's the mech that got me into the genre