From phelan@nando.net Fri Sep 27 23:31:37 PDT 1996
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From: phelan@nando.net (Paul C. Mrstik)
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Subject: List of affected 'Mechs (where they came from)
Date: 27 Sep 1996 16:31:05 GMT
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Chip Minale writes. . .

>From what I heard, FASA the company that owns the rights to 
Battletech lost
>the license from certain mechs based on anime.  You will also notice 
there
>is no Battlemaster, Warhammer, and Rifleman in the game eithier
>
Hello, all!


The list of 'Mechs affected from the Battletech board game includes 
the 
following:

  'Mech     Affiliation  Tonnage  Anime from originally

  Locust       (I.S.)  (20 tons)    "Crusher Joe"  
  Stinger      (I.S.)  (20 tons)    "Macross" (later Robotech)
  Wasp         (I.S.)  (20 tons)    "Macross" (later Robotech)
  Phoenix Hawk (I.S.)  (45 tons)    "Macross" (later Robotech)
  Griffin      (I.S.)  (55 tons)    "Fang of the Sun Dougram"
  Shadow Hawk  (I.S.)  (55 tons)    "Fang of the Sun Dougram"
  Wolverine    (I.S.)  (55 tons)    "Fang of the Sun Dougram"
  Rifleman     (I.S.)  (60 tons)    "Macross" (later Robotech)
  Crusader     (I.S.)  (65 tons)    "Macross" (later Robotech)
  Thunderbolt  (I.S.)  (65 tons)    "Fang of the Sun Dougram"
  Archer       (I.S.)  (70 tons)    "Macross" (later Robotech)
  Warhammer    (I.S.)  (70 tons)    "Macross" (later Robotech)
  Marauder     (I.S.)  (75 tons)    "Macross" (later Robotech)
  Battlemaster (I.S.)  (85 tons)    "Fang of the Sun Dougram"

(The Clan versions of the Rifleman, Warhammer, and Marauder also got
the axe.)


All of these 'Mechs were in the first edition of the Battletech board 
game.  The Locust, Shadow Hawk, Rifleman, Warhammer, Marauder, and 
Battlemaster were included as choices in the original Mechwarrior (1).

Actually, these 14 designs (not 16) constituted all of the original
'Mechs you could play (short of designing your own) in the 1st Edition
of the Battletech board game - released in 1985.  (I'm sure of this 
because I still have it.)  The Jenner (included in both the original 
Mechwarrior and still in Mercs) was one of the first of FASA's own.
It was first seen in the first "Technical Readout - 3025" as an 
expansion for the board game, released in 1986.

Regards,
-- 
phelan@nando.net  (Paul C. Mrstik)
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