Bandai Star Wars AT-M6 Vehicle Model 012

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Another little gem from Bandai, in their 'palm-size' range of Star Wars subjects. This took all of three hours to do :-D
To my eye the M6 does not have the same 'je ne sais pas' as the original AT-AT but has more fire power apparently :roll:

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It's amazing how much detail they've crammed into such a small model.
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It doesn't have the same 'presence' as the AT-AT, I know it has a lot due to it's size but the original just seemed more frightening because it had less going on. If any of that makes sense please let me know!!!. The M6 looks like the Heavy Metal version of the original!!. :grin:
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It makes sense Mark!
It looks more like a mechanical gorilla to me!
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iggie wrote:It makes sense Mark!
It looks more like a mechanical gorilla to me!
That's it, gorilla at-at!!. Also thanks for saying my stuff made sense!!. :grin: :grin:
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MarkyM607 wrote:
iggie wrote:It makes sense Mark!
It looks more like a mechanical gorilla to me!
That's it, gorilla at-at!!. Also thanks for saying my stuff made sense!!. :grin: :grin:
As opposed to the original AT-AT being a mechanical elephant -- which, at the very least, its legs and gait were based on. Animal resemblances aside, the gorilla looks more like a tank to me (functionally), whereas the AT-AT was more of an APC -- heavily armed, to be sure, but made to carry troops into battle. Do we know if the gorilla carried troops, or was it all about the multiple turrets on its back?
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Tarkas wrote:
MarkyM607 wrote:
iggie wrote:It makes sense Mark!
It looks more like a mechanical gorilla to me!
That's it, gorilla at-at!!. Also thanks for saying my stuff made sense!!. :grin: :grin:
As opposed to the original AT-AT being a mechanical elephant -- which, at the very least, its legs and gait were based on. Animal resemblances aside, the gorilla looks more like a tank to me (functionally), whereas the AT-AT was more of an APC -- heavily armed, to be sure, but made to carry troops into battle. Do we know if the gorilla carried troops, or was it all about the multiple turrets on its back?
With that gun the power supply might need to be pretty big. Not sure if troops would be carried. In the film there were normal AT-AT's so perhaps they carried the troops to attack the base?.
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