I`m a lady yet I`m exploring 'mecha' genre right now ...or should I say 'again'!; in fact the mecha-fondness in me is slowly reviving; since watching Brave J-Decker. `Been thinking of getting a Smackjeeves account & publish online my own mecha-inspired story P:; & the idea has been circulating around my head since 3rd week of May.
There were titles that made a lasting impression during my childhood years (while I didn`t care for the rest of its other & latest alternate reboots).
But the designs that caught my eye, due to its sleek & elegant physical traits were:Vandread-Dita, Ram Dass(Soukou no Strain) & Vox Aura (Lagrange: Flower of Rinne).
Back then in mid 2005, while my head was still at it; I happen to have the urge to design my own mecha _{too shy to post it here in DA}; it all started when I tried my luck in designing my own gundam (blame it on Gundam Seed (-_-) _{yes! I dared one time}, obviously, it didn`t work out/didn`t come out as it is from my head it wasted my effort & didn`t have the guts to throw it away; so I kept it within my sketchpad & then got back to it (7-8 years later) & start making revisions without ever thinking of turning it forcibly into what-I-originally-intended-it-to-be or start all over again from scratch.
Then later on, I started jotting down some ideas on what the storyline along with its background settings will be, I thought of focusing on the human characters on how they interact with each other & respond to their surroundings or the situations they`re in (much like in Code Geass) instead of primarily featuring the mechas` awesome features & evolution.<sub>what`s there to brag, when everything is already shown by popular titles?</sub>
Then I start doing some research on the genre & found out its...
2 Categories:

super robot (e.g.Voltes 5, Transformers, Voltron, Mazinger Z, Gigantor, Gaiking, Vandread, Big-O, Dancouga Nova, Dangaizer 3, Brave Series,Gurenn Lagann)

common characteristics:
one of a kind (that means, you won`t find any other like it in their respective universe),
performs unbelievable capabilities that usually seem to defy logic,
has transforming sequences that lasts approximately 15-30 seconds,
different opponents for each episodes (ranging from lowly monsters to minions of evil empire),
flashy fight scenes, &
has a finishing signature move.

real robot (e.g. Macross/Robotech, Full Metal Panic, Patlabor, Code Geass(?), Sakura Wars, Five Star Monogatori, any Gundam series except Mobile Fighter G Gundam)

common characteristics:
mass-produced,
often use for war as substitutes for military arsenal like: tanks, submarines & fighter jets,
fully equipped with heavy artillery base on real life modern warfare,
fights aren`t flashy but tends to be bloody &
doesn`t have/need a finishing move.
there are no monsters & evil villains_{except Code Geass, due to its racial & fascist nature}

--* dunno where Evangelion & Brain Powered falls under these categories...

am I waiting to be ostracize by the public?