John Funk said:
Hurr Durr Derp said:
Gonna rain on your anime parade and suggest a Madcat.
http://files.nebulastation.net/madcat_03.jpg
Or, just for shits and giggles, have them attempt to build a life-sized Imperator-class Titan.
Considering that it's JAPAN building all of these, I think that anything from Battletech and Warhammer is probably out of the question.
And also lamer.
Not necessarily. I mean, some of the Battletech mechs
are ripoffs from certain Japanese animes like
Macross.

But in that case, they are more likely to recreate the originals.
Personally, I would love to see them recreate the Rick Dias from
Zeta Gundam. For me, that was easily one of the best designs I have ever seen and it stood it's ground preety well against the more custom-made designs in the show:
Alternatively, they could also choose an original mecha from
Super Robot Wars, considering how a lot of shows owe their renewed popularity thanks to it. Personally, I would go with the Lion. Second only to the Huckenbeim (which is a ripoff of Gundam) in terms of mass-produced models and boasts a preety unique design:
But regardless of what they end up choosing, I would perfer if they chose a Real Robot. Not just beacuse I prefer Real Robots, but also beacuse their smaller sizes make it more likely they will be built in full scale. Personally, I find it kind of lame when they have to restrict themselves to recreating the torso or even just the head, beacuse it would be too big to build otherwise.