Article 25616 of rec.arts.anime:
From: saint@tina.dei.unipd.it (Gian_Uberto Lauri 228495)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Mecha lead miniatures (Crusher Joe, Dougram & Macross)
Date: 13 Jul 92 15:19:20 GMT
Organization: Universita' di Padova, Italia
Lines: 135

In article <1992Jul11.210934.23797@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (The Blabbermouth Man) writes:
>Then again, you could do what I did.  Take the appropriate Battletech models
>(I forget which, Gian Uberto Lauri has the list) and a Macross art book,
>and paint away!  I have a Wasp on top of my terminal which I got painted
>with the Valkyrie paint scheme.  I'll have to take a photograph and scan
>it some day.

Ok, I have the list but it is in my poor brain's floating memory
banks.

Anyway :

As a thumb rule, if a Fasa Battlemech(R) looks nice it is a japanese anime
mecha.

For the original boxed set the "anime to Fasa" correspondence is:

Locust                  Crusher Joe (Ral partha miniature exists, and
				 is nice).

Stinger                 Macross (it is the standard Varetech. Ral
				 partha miniature is fine. A gerwalk
				 configuration miniature is available
				 as Stinger LAM.)
Wasp                    Macross (That one for better pilots - Warning
				 Fasa lousy "artists" usually depict
				 it with the weapon mounted at the end
				 of the arm, but without weapon. I
				 hope that people at Ral Partha did a
				 better job. I don't know if there's a
				 LAM miniature.)
Phoenix Hawk            Macross (The famous Skull leader -with boosters-,
				 whose insigna and paint scheme were 
				 heavily used by Fasa. Avoid recent
				 drawings!!. Again Ral Partha made
				 miniature for both birobot and
				 gerwalk, again called LAM)
Crusader                Macross (The armoured Varetech, the miniature
				 from RP looks nice).
Rifleman                Macross (the Raidar X, nice miniature
				 available from RP)
Archer                  Macross (The Gladiator, nice miniature this 
				 one too. But *WARNING* !!!!!!!!!
				 There's a Battlemech called
				 Bombardier that looks like an ugly
				 Archer and whose miniaature is sold
				 as that of an Archer by RP.)
Warhammer               Macross (The Excaliber/Tomahawk, even if its
				 miniature shares the same legs of the
				 rifleman it is GREAT.)
Marauder                Macross (The Glaug officer battlepod, this
				 time for uman sized pilots. With the
				 Warhammer is one of the most loved
				 Battlemech. Again miniature warning:
				 Ral Partha Produces two different
				 versions of this mecha miniature. The
				 first I got was hard to assemble but
				 did a GREAT result. I fear it is out of
				 production. The second one is even
				 harder to build and very bad -shorter
				 and larger torso weapon, diffferent
				 arms ending and joints. I don't know
				 if there's a miniature for the
				 Marauder II, a FASA invention.)

Griffin                 Dougram
Wolverine               Dougram
Shadow Hawk             Dougram
Thunderbolt             Dougram
Battlemaster            Dougram (For all of these there's a nice
				 miniature from RP).

Other 'Mechs(R) than the ones listed coming from Japanime:

Longbow                 Macross (The Spartan, again a miniature is
				 available but not common since it's
				 not popular.)

Goliath                 Dougram (? Both with miniature whose pieces don't)
Scorpion                Dougram (? fit too well)

I think that even the Catapult Battlemech(R) could be a japanese
mecha.

The Valkyrie is a FASA horror based on the Super Veritech without
boosters.

There are some boxed sets of 4 miniatures, those with "interesting"
mecha are at least :

Recon Lance             (with a label that tells you that "recon" is a
			 trademark of Palladium Books)
	2 Locusts
	1 Stinger
	1 Phenix Hawk (birobot)

Heavy Lance

	Griffin
	Shadow Hawk
	Rifleman
	Crusaader

Assault Lance

	2 Warhammers
	1 Battlemaster
	1 Marauder (lousy one)
	
Fire Lance

	2 Archers
	1 Rifleman
	1 Phoenix Hawk (birobot)


As all you know there's also a Robotech RPG book that contains the
address of the producer of the original Robotech miniatures.

Just to tell a nice rumor, there's the boardgame of Dragon Quest, the
aanime/manga (?) from the videogame with the same name, with
miniatures.


Final Disclaimer :

- This list isn't supposed to be complete. Corrections and new items
are welcome.

- My English stinks.

o   oooooo      Gian Uberto Lauri       
      o    o    saint@alessia.dei.unipd.it
     o o