Model number:Â HL-99
Code name:Â Rex 2500
Unit type:Â construction labor
Manufacturer:Â Hishii Heavy Industries
Operator:Â civilians
Rollout:Â December 1998 AD
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard cockpit in head
Dimensions:Â overall height 7.50 meters; overall width 4.37 meters
Weight:Â standard 7.92 metric tons; full 8.30 metric tons
Armor materials:Â fiber reinforced plastic; fiber reinforced material
Powerplant:Â unknown
Maximum weight lifting capacity:Â 3.40 metric tons
Minimum revolving radius:Â 5.0 meters
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown; precision manipulator
Fixed armaments:Â none
Optional hand armaments:Â none
The HL-99 Rex 2500 was a construction labor produced by Hishii Heavy Industries. Unlike many other construction labors, the Rex was equipped with a precision manipulator for delicate work. The Rex’s design also differed from other labors in that its lower legs split into two parts: the main leg and a support strut. In late 1998, SV2 AV-98 Ingram pilot Isao Ota rescued a Rex pilot trapped in rubble following a tunnel collapse. In 1999, the terrorist group Earth Defense Army used a Rex to plant a bomb inside an ice sculpture with the intent of sabotaging the Sapporo Winter Festival in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido.
Pilot:Â Takaaki Ichihara
First appearance: Mobile Police Patlabor
Original mechanical designer:Â Yutaka Izubuchi
Patlabor Info
Director:
Naoyuki Yoshinaga
Writer(s):
Kazunori Ito
Mamoru Oshii
Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
Naoto Kimura
Tetsuo Takahashi
Michiko Yokote
Hibari Arisu
Mechanical Designer(s):
Yutaka Izubuchi
Yoshinori Sayama
Character Designer:
Akemi Takada
Musical Composer:
Kenji Kawai
Format:
47 episodes
Airdates:
Japan 10.11.1989 – 09.26.1990
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Cutaway diagram of the VF-1J Valkyrie Fighter Mode from “This is Animation Special: Macross Plus”(1995). Larger versions on my DA profile:
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-detailed-973372931
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-clean-973371729
Art by Kiyomi Tanaka. Original concept by unknown Macross fan. Image built by me
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