Topic: Mobile Suit Gundam: Nippon's Counterattack (Read 2795 times)

A² · « **on:** November 10, 2008, 03:25:02 AM »

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/11/japan_will_not_rest_until_gundam_is_real.php

...dibs on Deathscythe Hell.

Guild · « **Reply #1 on:** November 10, 2008, 03:56:04 AM »

I'm honestly not too worried they'll ever succeed.

Defenestration · « **Reply #2 on:** November 10, 2008, 04:01:41 AM »

Quote from: Leia on November 10, 2008, 03:25:02 AM

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/11/japan_will_not_rest_until_gundam_is_real.php

...dibs on Deathscythe Hell.

Goddammit, what the hell.

I was just coming here to post that.

And you WOULD want the Deathscythe. Poser. You know what I'm all about.

EDIT: ...We really need to con someone into being Luke.

Guild · « **Reply #3 on:** November 10, 2008, 04:08:39 AM »

Off topic: Does anyone have topless robot pics? For some reason I really want to see that now.

Guild · « **Reply #4 on:** November 10, 2008, 04:09:33 AM »

EBWOP: I just reread my last post. Please ignore it. I absolutely did not mean that, stay away from me all of you ~~well ok post a little~~

Defenestration · « **Reply #5 on:** November 10, 2008, 04:14:34 AM »

Guild · « **Reply #6 on:** November 10, 2008, 04:48:07 AM »

*fap fap fap*

Cthulhu-chan · « **Reply #7 on:** November 10, 2008, 05:43:25 AM »

I cannot even imagine what you really meant.

Catloaf · « **Reply #8 on:** November 10, 2008, 07:45:54 AM »

Quote from: Leia on November 10, 2008, 03:25:02 AM

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/11/japan_will_not_rest_until_gundam_is_real.php

...dibs on Deathscythe Hell.

I call Gouf! I also demand a Haro so I don't die.

Koah · « **Reply #9 on:** November 10, 2008, 11:33:06 AM »

Dibs.

Anyway, even if the whole "building giant robots of war" thing doesn't pan out I figure that whatever they do come up with will be at least tangentially useful to some other field. Even if it's just narrowing down what doesn't work.

Guild · « **Reply #10 on:** November 10, 2008, 01:58:15 PM »

Why did this get jailed? It certainly falls into the category of "what the fuck?" imo.

Arc · « **Reply #11 on:** November 10, 2008, 03:18:25 PM »

Overzealous staffer; non-story. Split.

Odds of the Department of Defense opening a file on this activity?

Defenestration · « **Reply #12 on:** November 10, 2008, 03:30:19 PM »

Well, the US Army has its own power armor in the works. Not Giant Mecha scale obviously...

And really, do we have the kinds of materials that are cheap enough to mass produce literally walking tanks? Building a 20 foot walking (and not necessarily bipedal) robot that's mobile enough to justify development would need some lightweight construction, no? Even if you built the whole thing out of titanium, I'm not sure that would work.

Guild · « **Reply #13 on:** November 10, 2008, 08:53:18 PM »

There are some youtube videos of a gas-electric robot with four legs... thing looks like an animal. During one video it walks out over some ice and compensates, maintaining an upright position spectacularly (and quite creepily). At one point someone kicks it and it stumbles for a moment and recovers.

Totally picturing these things with a wounded soldier strapped to their backs, marching through the woods toward medical beacons...

I'll find a link tomorrow and post it.

Norondor · « **Reply #14 on:** November 10, 2008, 09:13:57 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww

no need!

Brentai · « **Reply #15 on:** November 10, 2008, 09:18:22 PM »

I was totally going to post a page out of Gyo in response to that, but after looking back through it I decided, um, nah.

And holy crap is that a Metal Gear?

MadMAxJr · « **Reply #16 on:** November 10, 2008, 09:38:43 PM »

Big Dog was cooler when he was in Beta

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJZVZFRFJc

Cthulhu-chan · « **Reply #17 on:** November 11, 2008, 01:02:11 AM »

Saturn · « **Reply #18 on:** November 11, 2008, 01:58:10 AM »

Bigdog triggers some sort of primal "MUST DESTROY WITH BLUNT OBJECT" reaction with me.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #19 on:** November 11, 2008, 07:52:01 AM »

It's the Silent Hill effect.

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