Ah.. just do the original Gray Death Legion novels (coincidentally a trilogy ) followed by the trilogy about the Clan Invasion and cap it off with Operation Bulldog aka Payback's a bitch as a trilogy.. there, huge Mech action for the next ten years or so
I'm surprised no one has brought up Rinko Kikuchi's hotness factor yet. For shame, sci fi nerds, for shame... Guess I'll handle it.
If anyone here has scene Babel, she was the deaf Japanese girl in that. She did an awesome job in the movie. She also had some pretty explicit nude scenes.