I shall now join the geeks and keep an eye on this in hopes of it eventually going forward again.  

I am one of those rare and elusive female Battletech/Mechwarrior players.  Not the video games, but the tabletop version.  Though MegaMek is a decent substitute when we can't get a game togther anymore 

As I recall many of the 'classic' Mechs got an overhaul several years back and it is the revamped artwork which is the basis of the ones for the new game.  Okay, I more than recall it, I cried when I saw what they had done to my Crus.

Thank you Harmony Gold for yanking the rights to the old artwork, which yes, was a 'ripoff' of Macross.  Though a legal one when it was done.

Done geeking, the mech is looking very nice regardless, if you ever make a Toad that I would be interested in too :)