Well, they both have two names, one is taken from robotech, and the other from Super Dimension Fortress the SDF names are, if I recall correctly, the Spartan (right) and the Defender (Left)
That would be incorrect to say that they are originally from Macross. Seeing as how Robotech(Macross) itself stems from Battletech. The mech on the left is a 60 ton battlemech named Rifleman, and the one on the right is a 70 ton battlemech named Archer. Most will probably know the mech on the left from Mechwarrior 2 for PC, or from the Playstation port of that game. In which case it was a Rifleman IIC, and being the clan variant, weighed 65 tons.
Brent said: That would be incorrect to say that they are originally from Macross. Seeing as how Robotech(Macross) itself stems from Battletech. The mech on the left is a 60 ton battlemech named Rifleman, and the one on the right is a 70 ton battlemech named Archer. Most will probably know the mech on the left from Mechwarrior 2 for PC, or from the Playstation port of that game. In which case it was a Rifleman IIC, and being the clan variant, weighed 65 tons.
Macross, 1982. Battletech, 1984.
Battletech licenced mecha designs from Macross for their game, Harmony Gold got the license for the anime to create Robotech, legal shenanigans happened..here's from Wiki.
Wiki Says: # FASA, the company that produced BattleTech, sued Playmates for trademark infringement for using several mecha designs that FASA developed for their BattleTech game for their Exosquad toyline. The resulting counter suit from Playmates targeted mecha images taken from Macross and other anime series used in Battletech. The related lawsuits were settled and later products of BattleTech do not use the designs, henceforth known as the "unseen", under contention. In the Japanese edition of BattleTech, all of these designs were redesigned by Studio Nue, creator of Macross. On 24 June 2009, Catalyst Game Labs, the current license holders, announced that they had secured the rights to the "unseen" pictures; as a result, art depicting the original 'Mechs (which have been called the "bedrock" of BattleTech) can be used again. An update On 11 Aug. 2009 has placed the unseen restriction on several designs once again. This update affects only the designs whose images originated from Macross/Robotech. Designs from other anime remain unaffected by this new change.
Brent said: That would be incorrect to say that they are originally from Macross. Seeing as how Robotech(Macross) itself stems from Battletech. The mech on the left is a 60 ton battlemech named Rifleman, and the one on the right is a 70 ton battlemech named Archer. Most will probably know the mech on the left from Mechwarrior 2 for PC, or from the Playstation port of that game. In which case it was a Rifleman IIC, and being the clan variant, weighed 65 tons.
Battletech licenced mecha designs from Macross for their game, Harmony Gold got the license for the anime to create Robotech, legal shenanigans happened..here's from Wiki.
Actually I still like Robotech, since it was my introduction to all this mecha. I guess that's the reason there are still many hardcore Robotech fanboys up to these days. However, I don't like the way Harmony Gold has managed the whole legal issue with the Macross trademark outside of Japan. If they just could only allow the products related to the first Macross series to be sold outside of Japan without blocking the original companies that produced the show...
