Mecha Press Magazine first saw publication waaay back in 1991 with the prototype issue #0. It only last 17 (18 if including the prototype issue #0) ending publication in 1995.
This magazine was a sister publication to the then popular Protoculture Addicts as a companion that focus only on mecha and their anime, mecha being typically humanoid robots but also ships and vehicles as in Japan mecha is just short of mechanical, whereas Protoculture Addicts was a broad based anime magazine.
It would give a brief synopsis of the series/ova/movie being focused on then follow that with snippets of the mecha in the show along with technical information for them, such as height/weight/weapons etc. In addition to that they would include game articles in which certain select mecha would get written up for a variety of games as well as article for assembly and painting of models or miniatures.
So, you are probably asking yourself "Okay so what is the point here?"
I was a fan of the magazine and recently acquired them all on pdf from DriveThruRPG.com (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/) and realized how their isn't a publication like this anymore. While it's research could be called light and at times circumspect, at the time that information really wasn't widely or easily available so it was all we had.
My intention is to do a "fan" version to continue the "legacy" of the magazine of sorts now that so much information is available. I will continue the tradition of one issue focusing mainly on a single series/ova/movie but also including game stats for mecha that have any and articles on painting/assembly of models/miniature (or at least links to such).
All sources will be listed and credited fully where possible.
I will start with issue #18 (as a homage and fan continuation of the original) and that issue's focus with be The Super Dimension Fortress Macross and it's companion movie The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? and other issue ideas are listed below. Other ideas are welcome and encouraged as I hope to continue this for some time.
I intend this to be a quarterly "publication" so look for Issue #18 by end of March all things willing. I am also currently undecided as to the format I will do this in, as in do I do it as only an online item and just post it all here or do I do it as PDF or do I do it as both? We shall see in time but until then....
May all your battles be successful.
Mecha Press - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecha_Press
Issues for 2021:
18 - The Super Dimension Fortress Macross/The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?
19 - Bubblegum Crisis/Crash
20 - Space Battleship Yamato 2199
21 - Voltron Defender of the Universe (Originally Beast King Go-Lion)