Editing BattleTech (section)

===Illustrations & imagery===
Rather than create their own original robot art, FASA decided to use already-extant designs that had originally been created for a variety of different Japanese [[anime]], including ''[[Dougram]]'', ''[[Crusher Joe]]'', and ''[[Macross]]''. The rights to these images were licensed from ''Twentieth Century Imports (TCI)''.  In later years, FASA abandoned these images as a result of a lawsuit brought against them by [[Playmates Toys]] and Harmony Gold over the use of said images.<ref name="courtcase">{{cite court|litigants=Harmony Gold U.S.A. and Playmates Toys v. FASA Corporation and Virtual World Entertainment|vol=95|reporter=|opinion=2972|court=U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division|date=June 12, 1996|url=http://www.kaempen.org/alex/harmony_gold_v._fasa.html}}</ref> 

The anime-sourced BattleMechs continued to be referenced in-universe, but their images were no longer seen in new sourcebooks.  This led them to be termed by fans as "the Unseen". When [[Fantasy Productions]] licensed the property, these "Unseen" images were expanded to include all art produced "out-of-house" – that is, whose copyrights resided with the creators, not the company. Catalyst Game Labs has continued this practice.<ref name="rspu">{{cite book| title = Record Sheets: Phoenix Upgrades| year = 2006| publisher = BattleCorps| pages = 1–2}}</ref>