Comments on: Kwi Chang goes bipedal http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/06/kwi-chang-goes-bipedal/ Blogging the Brick. It's what we do. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:28:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: LEGO Blog: The Brothers Brick » Blog Archive » Izzo’s bipedal homage to Kwi Chang http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/06/kwi-chang-goes-bipedal/#comment-39396 LEGO Blog: The Brothers Brick » Blog Archive » Izzo’s bipedal homage to Kwi Chang Sun, 25 May 2008 18:49:16 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=2211#comment-39396 [...] Kwi Chang’s bipedal mecha featured earlier this [...] [...] Kwi Chang’s bipedal mecha featured earlier this [...]

]]> By: Timmay http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/06/kwi-chang-goes-bipedal/#comment-38926 Timmay Sat, 17 May 2008 17:00:56 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=2211#comment-38926 I'm inclined to agree about the mech thing. Perhaps it's down to culture stretching back over the millenia. As far as I can see, in the west we've been preoccupied with war and industry, even when we made churches. (For example, the church in Ambi, France is a fortress/cathedral built by the catholic inquisition from about the 1250s-mid 15th century.) That, and the industrial revolution. All of that contributes to a sombre, utilitarian mindset, even in fiction. On the whole anyway. By my limited knowlege of Japan and Japanese culture, things built or created there have tended to have a fantastical nature, cumulating now in the mass of bright colours and lights and slight lack of a sense of scale. Hence Gundam. And no, I'm not some kind of sociologist or something, I'm 16 years old and finishing off my GCSEs. I'm not normal, am I :( I’m inclined to agree about the mech thing.
Perhaps it’s down to culture stretching back over the millenia.
As far as I can see, in the west we’ve been preoccupied with war and industry, even when we made churches. (For example, the church in Ambi, France is a fortress/cathedral built by the catholic inquisition from about the 1250s-mid 15th century.) That, and the industrial revolution. All of that contributes to a sombre, utilitarian mindset, even in fiction. On the whole anyway.
By my limited knowlege of Japan and Japanese culture, things built or created there have tended to have a fantastical nature, cumulating now in the mass of bright colours and lights and slight lack of a sense of scale. Hence Gundam.
And no, I’m not some kind of sociologist or something, I’m 16 years old and finishing off my GCSEs.
I’m not normal, am I :(

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/06/kwi-chang-goes-bipedal/#comment-36882 Anonymous Thu, 08 May 2008 19:27:46 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=2211#comment-36882 I'm western and like short mecha because they look like they might actually exist some day but giant piloted robots the size of the Sears Tower are less likely to me. I’m western and like short mecha because they look like they might actually exist some day but giant piloted robots the size of the Sears Tower are less likely to me.

]]> By: Memory http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/06/kwi-chang-goes-bipedal/#comment-36611 Memory Wed, 07 May 2008 16:13:11 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=2211#comment-36611 Perhaps the Western mind sees _mech's_ as types of tanks, and the Japanese mind sees _mecha_ as giant samurai. BTW, you guys can take Brick Blogue off the blogroll... for now... Thanks for having put it up, though. Perhaps the Western mind sees _mech’s_ as types of tanks, and the Japanese mind sees _mecha_ as giant samurai.

BTW, you guys can take Brick Blogue off the blogroll… for now… Thanks for having put it up, though.

]]> By: Kidthor http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/06/kwi-chang-goes-bipedal/#comment-36578 Kidthor Wed, 07 May 2008 13:12:03 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=2211#comment-36578 If I was capable of loving a man, Kwi Chang would be that man. If I was capable of loving a man, Kwi Chang would be that man.

]]> By: Lone wolf (jk) http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/06/kwi-chang-goes-bipedal/#comment-36576 Lone wolf (jk) Wed, 07 May 2008 13:06:30 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=2211#comment-36576 Verry nice. Love the minifigs for scale Verry nice. Love the minifigs for scale

]]> By: novusvir http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/06/kwi-chang-goes-bipedal/#comment-36573 novusvir Wed, 07 May 2008 12:58:38 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=2211#comment-36573 Looks like Metal Gear Rex to me. Looks like Metal Gear Rex to me.

]]> By: Lukas http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/06/kwi-chang-goes-bipedal/#comment-36547 Lukas Wed, 07 May 2008 09:59:08 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=2211#comment-36547 Totally agree with you on the mechs- I've noticed it as well. Totally agree with you on the mechs- I’ve noticed it as well.

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