The story wasn’t helped by Macek frankensteining several unrelated series together and grafting his own plot on top. But I admit that Minmei wears thin pretty quickly.
There’s a major difference between “there are toys related to this show” and “the entire purpose of this show is to advertise toys”.
Most of the original Battletech mechs were also Robotech copies. Wasp/Stinger/Phoenix/Crusader were all Veritech variants; Ostroc/Ostscout/Marauder were Zentradi battle pods; Warhammer/Archer/Longbow/Rifleman were assorted non-Veritech Earth mecha.
