Kyle Rayner was the only Green Lantern who ever really interested me because he actually had the imagination to really USE the ring. For one thing, he was a comic artist in his day job, so his entire job was imagining and creating things. (Setting his own schedule also makes things much easier on a superhero than someone with a 9-5.) For another, while Hal kept manifesting boring things like giant fists and such, Kyle was one of us:
Patlabor!
I think this one was supposed to be an EVA unit from Evangelion?
This one might be reaching a little, but given the other references it could be a Gurren Lagann referance
Don't think this is a referance to anything specific, but still giant robot.
He did more than robots of course, though, but like I said, one of us. He also was given a ring that WASN'T weak to yellow when he started, as he was the last(and only) Green Lantern at the time due to Hal snapping and basically taking down the organization. Hal may be he more powerful overall with his willpwoer and experiance, but Kyle is far more creative, so it's skill vs strength.