RavenHawk

Do you think a live-action movie can work with all women in the leads? I know apparently Charlie's Angels worked, though I could never sit through more than about 5 minutes of it at a time, but, in general, do you think that the typical scifi/action movie-going public is more receptive to males in the lead roles?

I think Aramaki is friends with him and is more kind of consulting on the project, rather than really working on it. Nandy is a custom bike builder, so this isn't supposed to be variable, just a custom bike inspired by MOSPEADA, kind of looking like a prototype for a MOSPEADA before any transformation sequence would've been incorporated.

Yep, I've been checking that site and his progress weekly for a couple months now. FYI, if you right-click on the page, go to "page info", you can click on a translation of the page done by google. Not perfect, but enough to give you the gist of the page.

Yes, I think so. I haven't seen them, just read some posts mentioning them, so I'm going to assume that that's it. Love to see more of Aramaki's new designs for the MOSPEADA, like on the Animation Bikes book cover. Looks like a combo of the old MOSPEADA with a Yamaha R1 to me (which, being one of the bikes that I own, makes me an even bigger fan of new designs for this...)

Sorry, these were the designs I said that I actually like, though others who have posted here seem to pretty universally dislike.

Am I the only one that actually LIKES this redesign? Sorry for reawakening old topics here, just discovering some of them for the first time now.

Ok, here are the transforming/variable bikes that I am aware of right now. I split them up into a group that can be found in the Animation Bikes book, and then ones that I had found elsewhere already. From Nandy’s Animation Bikes book: - Genesis Climber MOSPEADA – MOSPEADA bikes turn into armor (pp. 24-25) - Megazone 23 – Garland (p. 26), Hargun (p. 27) - Megazone 23 Part II – Proto-Garland (p. 28), Garland GR-II (p. 28) - Megazone 23 Part III – E=X Garland (p. 29) - Bubblegum Crisis – Moto Slave (p. 30) - Zillion – Tri-Charger (p. 32) - Blue Comet SPT LAYZNER – Majin Hero WATARU (p. 36) - Metal Armor DRAGONAR – Stark Gan-Dolla (p. 39) - Wingman – Winard II (p.43) - Galactic Gale Baxingar – Reppoon, Harricane & Typhoon, Others (pp, 46-47) - Transformers 2010 – Wreck-Gar (p. 56) - Machinerobo Revenge of Cronos – Bikerobo (Scooter, Police Bike, and Futuristic Bike also shown) (p. 56) - Dead Heat – Makoto’s FX (FX, A FX, B FX, and C FX also shown) (p. 57) - Mr. Muscleman – Bikeman (p. 62) - Bubblegum Crash! – Moto Slave (p. 64) - Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 – Moto Slave (p. 64) - Scramblewars – Moto Slave (Garland also show) (p. 65) - Armored Police METALJACK – Redsepter (p. 72) - Energy Bomb GAMBARUGER – Gambarbike (p. 74) - Matchless Passion GOSAURER – Saurerbike & Saurerside (p. 75) - Brave Command DAGWON – Thunderbike (p. 75) - Brave Police J-DECKER – Gunbike (5 other bikes that combine into 1 robot also shown) (p. 76) - King of Braves GAOGAIGAR – Gundober (p. 77) - Transformers: Beast Wars II – Simiicar (p. 83) Other Sources: - Blassreiter – Paladin - Bubblegum Crisis and sequels – Moto Slaves (as mentioned above) - Denjin Zaborger – Motorcycle that turns into robot - Get Ride! AMDriver – Moto Bisar Griffon, Neoamdriver Ragna - GoBots/Machinerobo – CyKill, Scooter, Night Ranger, Throttle - Kamen Rider – Agito Tornader, Delta Side Basshar, Faiz Auto Vajin - Maisto – Prodigy, Maximus, Quik, Res-Q, Arch, Cyk-One, Grip, Gas, Quikrip - M.A.S.K. – Barracuda/Jackal, Bullet/Bandit, Buzzard, Condor, Detonator, Dynamo, Firecracker, Fireforce, Iguana, Piranha, T-Bob, Vampire - Mecharider – Ripoff of Megazone 23 Garland - Megazone 23 and sequels – Garland, Hargun, Proto-Garland, Army Garland - Microman – Automaster, Cassette Machine MC-08 Battle Bike HG90, Hyper Speeder - Misc. – Various assorted motorcycles that transform, all using same method, from eBay - MOSPEADA – MOSPEADAs (various) - Power Rangers – Several bikes that turn into armor - Roadbots – Harley-Davidson FLHRC Racing Classic, Kawasaki Ninja ZX12R - Robotech – Chariot, Cyclone (MOSPEADA) - Transformers – Afterburner, Arcee (various versions), Ariel, Axer, Bumblebee (WWII motorcycle w/ sidecar), Chromia, Crossover General Grievous, Crossover Spiderman, Crossover Spiderman (black), Dirt Rocket, Double Face, Flamewar, Flareup, Groove (various versions), High Test, High Wire/Highwire (various versions), Iguanus, Nightbeat, Oil Slick, Override, Paradron Medic, Perceptor (various versions), Prowl (animated), Prowl (action blaster), Ransack (various versions), Rapid Run, Refugee, Road Pig, Road Rocket (various versions), Sideways (various versions),Sureshock (various versions), Thurst/Vehicon Drone (Best Machines), Wreck-Gar, probably some Minicons I’m missing too - Vor-Tech – Battletracker, Roadheat - Zillion – Tri-Charger

That's what I figured. There are a handful of drawings by him towards the end of the book. Do you have it too?

Doesn't ring a bell. I'll take a look in the Animation Bikes book though. There are a bunch in there I intend to use, but don't remember the names at the moment.

Did anyone ever get anywhere with the translations of this book? Seems like it's been a while. Thanks.

I assume it was the same person who did the artwork on the author's website with his proto-MOSPEADA project bike. If it is one of the original creators, I don't think it would be him, since her did more of the Inbit design. Shinji Aramaki did the bike design for both MOSPEADA and Megazone 23 and seems to have personal contact with Nandy, the author of that book.

I'm doing searches through old posts, but haven't had any luck finding anything yet.

I never heard about any of this. Can you remember anything more? Anyone know anything about this?

Yep, I just got it... which is why I'm resurrecting a 4 year old thread... Sorry

Yep, had all three of those already. Thanks though.

Transforming bikes I've never seen before? Please do. Anything you're willing to share with me for info on this, absolutely, please do!!!

Cy-Kill... Scooter... Night Ranger... Actually, have you seen the Transformers Transtech version of Cy-Kill? Pretty cool.

My main interest (read: infatuation) is bikes that turn into robots and/or armor. However, I was planning on including bikes that change into anything, like Stormhawks, the animated Batman toy bikes that turn into hovercraft, etc., and I've put together a list of all the old M.A.S.K. bikes as well. It's all cool, but I do love the robots and armore best.

I've found Kamen Rider Agito Tornader, Kamen Rider Delta Side Basshar, and Kamen Rider Faiz Auto Vajin.

Yeah, I think there were. I think those were some of the first things Shinji Aramaki designed, before working on MOSPEADA. I've done some google searches on them and haven't had lucking finding more than a list though. Thanks.

I'm not familiar with those, but I'll google them. Any info you want to provide would be appreciated.

Well, my interests are really just in the bikes and mecha themselves, not the storylines (though I do enjoy the storylines as well... think I'm one of the few AD Police fans out there too). If you wanted to do something together, I could handle the mecha side of it, and you could do wherever your interest may lay.

FF Cloud's bike seems cool, and I'm a big fan of Blassreiter, but for now I want to stick to transforming bikes. I know it seems like there is limited material, and, to be honest, I've collected a ton together already, but just posting it up will be a serious time commitment. I've got work, kids, other hobbies... in addition to this one unhealthy habit. Do you have a link to the Revoltech stuff you mentioned?

Thanks. I'll hit you up this weekend, if that's ok? Got a couple of crazy days ahead of me at work first. Which ARTMIC materials do you have? I have 2 entertainment bibles, though I've never been able to find their Variable Bikes book that was advertised in one of them.

As I've mentioned once of twice before, I'm a little bit on the obsessed side when it comes to variable bikes. That means MOSPEADA, Megazone 23, Bubblegum Crisis, Zillion, certain Transformers (and Go-Bots, but we'll just keep that in parentheses), Blassreiter (the Paladins), and various others. Since I have yet to find a decent website on this topic, I'm thinking about (fairly amateurishly) putting one together myself. Does anyone have a) suggestions on a decent free host to use, and b) any particular items they want included? I'm basing it on the above shows which I am myself a fan of, some separate items such as toys that I've found searching around on the web, and a few other shows I had never heard of, as shown in Nandy's book "Animation Bikes." I can provide a more complete list if anyone is interested. Let me know.