Mecha-Medes
This article is about a cosmetic item. For other uses, see Archimedes (disambiguation).
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| Worn by: | Medic | ||||
| Slot: | Cosmetic | ||||
| Equip region: | Left Shoulder | ||||
| Contributed by: | >>-The Heartsman--> Merczy Original Name |
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| Released: | May 17, 2013 Patch (Robotic Boogaloo) |
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| Availability: | Uncrate #58 or Unlocked Cosmetic Crate (Unique and Strange) | ||||
| Tradable: | Yes | ||||
| Giftable: | Yes | ||||
| Craftable: | Yes | ||||
| Paintable: | Yes | ||||
| Nameable: | Yes | ||||
| Craft No.?: | No | ||||
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| “ | Archimedes?
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— The Medic discovering Mecha-Medes
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Mecha-Medes is a community created cosmetic item for the Medic. It is a robotic version of Archimedes. It is a robotic dove complete with team-colored eyes and body, which wobbles with the player's movements. The blood splatters found on the normal RED version of Archimedes are replaced with oil stains for both teams.
When players equipped with this item kill an enemy unassisted by another player, the killfeed shows everyone in Pyroland that it gets the assist, with its custom name if it has one.
Mecha-Medes was contributed to the Steam Workshop.
Pyroland Demonstration
Painted variants
Main article: Paint Can
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| An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge (RED) | An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge (BLU) | Color No. 216-190-216 (RED) | Color No. 216-190-216 (BLU) |
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| Peculiarly Drab Tincture (RED) | Peculiarly Drab Tincture (BLU) | Aged Moustache Grey (RED) | Aged Moustache Grey (BLU) |
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| A Distinctive Lack of Hue (RED) | A Distinctive Lack of Hue (BLU) | After Eight (RED) | After Eight (BLU) |
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| Radigan Conagher Brown (RED) | Radigan Conagher Brown (BLU) | Ye Olde Rustic Colour (RED) | Ye Olde Rustic Colour (BLU) |
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| Muskelmannbraun (RED) | Muskelmannbraun (BLU) | Mann Co. Orange (RED) | Mann Co. Orange (BLU) |
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| Australium Gold (RED) | Australium Gold (BLU) | The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants (RED) | The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants (BLU) |
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| Dark Salmon Injustice (RED) | Dark Salmon Injustice (BLU) | Pink as Hell (RED) | Pink as Hell (BLU) |
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| A Deep Commitment to Purple (RED) | A Deep Commitment to Purple (BLU) | Noble Hatter's Violet (RED) | Noble Hatter's Violet (BLU) |
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| A Color Similar to Slate (RED) | A Color Similar to Slate (BLU) | Zepheniah's Greed (RED) | Zepheniah's Greed (BLU) |
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| Drably Olive (RED) | Drably Olive (BLU) | Indubitably Green (RED) | Indubitably Green (BLU) |
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| The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime (RED) | The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime (BLU) | A Mann's Mint (RED) | A Mann's Mint (BLU) |
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| Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) | Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) | Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) | Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU) |
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| Team Spirit (RED) | Team Spirit (BLU) | Operator's Overalls (RED) | Operator's Overalls (BLU) |
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| The Value of Teamwork (RED) | The Value of Teamwork (BLU) | An Air of Debonair (RED) | An Air of Debonair (BLU) |
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| Cream Spirit (RED) | Cream Spirit (BLU) | Unpainted (RED) | Unpainted (BLU) |
Update history
May 17, 2013 Patch #1 (Robotic Boogaloo)
- Mecha-Medes was added to the game.
- Changed item type to "Mascot".
July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
Trivia
- The item's description refers to Bill's Hat, as the back-story to that item states that it "fell off a table and into the Team Fortress universe", similar to how Archimedes fell off a table into a parallel world. It also references the 1968 movie Planet of the Apes, where the Statue of Liberty is found by the main protagonist half-buried in the sand and decayed.
- The comic number listed is based on the mathematical constant of Pi, the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. The Greek philosopher and mathematician Archimedes of Syracuse helped prove this constant.
- A Flight of Fancy is an idea or narrative that is extremely imaginative yet unrealistic.
Gallery
Steam Workshop thumbnail for Mecha-Medes.
See also
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