Re: LOTGH starships and comments

>At 09:15 1/28/98, Adrian Bruce wrote:
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>>But anyway, went to WonFes in Tokyo Sunday and picked up some 'Legends
>>Of Galactic Heros' [in japanese it means something more like 'a really
>
>Is it just me, or do the official Neu Swabian League ships bear a
certain
>resemblence to certain LOGH starships?
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>And is is coincidence that the NAC Miyazaki class frigates look mighty
>similar to the one-armed 'fallen' robot in Laputa?
>
>Inquiring minds wonder about these things....

Both sheer coincidence actually. Paul Copeland, who designed all the FT
ships released up until 1996, has never been an Anime fan and therefore
probably never seen Laputa or LOGH. He also designed the NSL ships
before
B5 aired, so the similarity with B5 EA ships is also a (fortunate!)
conincidence....

Jon (GZG)
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