"Tachikomas" + Redcrab

[Guss]

Hello ! yesterday I tried to make a lego "tachikoma" from the anime : Ghost in the shell , but I failed !

anyway I liked the models so I kept them^^ :

aren't they cute ?

and I also did another "mecha" , an Anti-fire unit , called the "Red Crab" ( my girlfriend didn't let me the choice of the name, she decided it. )

and finally, some group shots :

Feel free to critics and comments, as it's my first attempt at doing this kind of moc, I need some advices ^^

thanks for watching!

Edited April 30, 2009 by Guss

[Peppermint_M]

"Mr Batou! We're made from Lego!"

I made a Tachikoma myself (on my MOCpages somewhere) and those miniscale ones are wonderful!

I need to get some more parts to make a better one as there are new and useful elements out to make it look much better.

Once Again, those are fantastic.

[Guss]

this one ? ^^ it's really more accurate than mine! ( but way bigger^^) You did well !

Thanks a lot for your kind words, I hope that you'll post your new version when you'll get some parts! ^^

[Peppermint_M]

Wow, that was fast.

I plan on changing the arm and leg joints a bit using the ball and socket joints from the clone gunship (or whatever its called) and make it a bit more accurate, smoothing some edges and such, just making a nice big wishlist on bricklink in hope I find a shop that has enough parts i need to justify postage costs.

[Freddie]

Guss: I think they're awesome. And cute. But then again they were cute from the get-go, or at least they were in SAC. Even though they are way off-model, they're still instantly recognisable as Tachikomas.

Same goes for Red Crab. Actually, I think this one's better. There's more detail to it, and there's gone more creativity into it.

Excellent stuff.

[Guss]

thanks a lot Freddie ^^ I'm going to make another bigger mecha soon, so I think it'll be much more detailed than the red crad ( well, in my mind it is, I just need to see if I can build it like I want to XD )

hehe Peppermint_M, I was going to bed when I saw your post^^ then checked your profile> your mocpage> and found it^^ I hope that you'll find a shop with all the parts because I want to see your new version^^

[Brickmaster]

Very cute! I love the yellow one.

[Lasse D]

It is always hard to make complex and small mechs like tachikomas. I really like how you have given them their civilian paint jobs. Sure the should have been larger (large enough to fit a minifig in the rear).

Any plans on adding a Jefferson and make some scenes from "Tachikoma Days"?

[Guss]

Very cute! I love the yellow one.

thanks ^^

Lasse D

thanks a lot^^ I don't plan on making a little scene, but I'm going to include them in a diorama I'm going to show at an exhibition ( Japan Expo @ Paris ) , along with other little manga based creations.

[Asuka]

Excellent work, they all look simply sweet. I especially like that group shot... looks like a really happy

family... btw, if that cool Red Crab mecha works as mamabot, you would still need a papabot...

[Batbrick]

Aww, so cute! My favourite is the yellow one! Nice work on getting them small enough, and that firebot is neat too, reminds me of a firebot I did last year, except...you know....good

Batbrick Away!

[Guss]

thanks a lot Batbrick , the yellow one is also the more " accurate" I think ^^

thanks Asuka , I'm going to make another mech, way bigger, maybe I'll call him " fatherbot"

[Perterz]

I'm not really into mecha's and all but those actually look pretty cool and cute.

The last one makes me want to look closer and see how it has been build, I find that pretty intresting and it's looking great!

Nice job Guss.

[TenorPenny]

The green and grey one is my favourite. Lovely little builds.