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i'll just repeat this from the mech thread from a few days ago since this is the second time the magella attack came up
>they had a good MBT actually, they just fucked it by thinking too hard about countering potental federal mobile suit development
>also it was like 70 years minimum since the last major land conflict on earth
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it's interesting how that worked out. when gundam ditched the toys to pivot into plastic models early on, that basically roped the military vehicle modeling crowd into the audience. so as more of the audience started joining the staff for mecha shows you end up seeing more and more military nerd influence everywhere