Someone built a mecha. No joke. No fake.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I'm just sitting here grinning. It's only three meters tall and it doesn't move very well, but it's an actual mecha!

Babelfish translation of page:
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sakakibara-kikai.co.jp%2Fproducts%2Fother%2FLW.htm&lp=ja_en

Link to different forum where I found this: http://www.closetgamers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=118

[Puke]

very cool, but it does not pickup its feet.

[Spoo]

So when can I pick up my Eva?

[Kevin Arisa]

Puke said:
very cool, but it does not pickup its feet.



LOL! All it needs is a cane and it's my grandpa. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[NarfsCompIsBack]

I think you people are expecting to much for the first mecha. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Gandalf Parker]

Thanks for that. I sent the link to my wife saying "I found your birthday present". She is big mech player. One of the reasons I wanted someone to draw a "fem" version. So I can put it on Tshirts and mugs with sayings like..
"does this suit make my butt look phat?"
and
"thats MISS Mech Warrior to you!"
and finally...
"yeah but 3 days a month I totally rule the arenas"

Gandalf Parker

[Atrocities]

Now I know for sure that some people have too much time on their hands...

[Kamog]

I hope he starts selling them. Then we can pilot a mecha instead of driving a car.

[Randallw]

My links not a mech exactly but it is the start of power armour, and as RIFTS fans know from power armour you can progress to mechs.

http://bleex.me.berkeley.edu/bleex.htm

[Jack Simth]

Kamog said:
I hope he starts selling them. Then we can pilot a mecha instead of driving a car.

And at 1.5 kilometers an hour (a little under 1 mph, if I recall my conversions correctly), you'll never need to worry about getting a speeding ticket again! (Obstruction of traffic, maybe)

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Oooh I want one of those..... let's open a mutual bank account for all forum members into which we can pool our resources, then we can all buy one and conquer a modest nation for ourselves..... Phong Nation, anyone?

[AgentZero]

Looks dreadfully unstable. Give it a good push and you could tip it over. Not really something I'd want to use to carve out a nation for myself.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Nobody COULD tip it over. As soon as they get near, they'd be under fire from 2 different kinds of weapons.

No, we'll let them develop the design a bit further, and THEN we'll use them to carve out a nation dedicated to SEIV, SEV and Malfador.....

[El_Phil]

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/011705/sta_20050117006.shtml

With nail guns and flamerthrowers! Woooooo!

[AgentZero]

Strategia_In_Ultima said:
Nobody COULD tip it over. As soon as they get near, they'd be under fire from 2 different kinds of weapons.

No, we'll let them develop the design a bit further, and THEN we'll use them to carve out a nation dedicated to SEIV, SEV and Malfador.....



Two weapons, which, from watching the video, appear to be highly inaccurate pingpong ball launchers. All it takes is one hobo with a trash-can lid shield and it's all over. It's still bloody impressive, though, but I think it's a good few decades from being able to dominate anything larger than the neighbourhood pets.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

/me slaps his forehead.....

Well you gotta outfit the bloody thing with REAL ammo then! Rockets in the 6-barreled rotary launcher, a machine gun on the other side, and voila! You can use it to kill people!

[El_Phil]

And nine inch nails and 20ft flame burst can't? I'm going with Canada's finest exo-suit power armour type thing, at least that has the weapons already integrated.

[Kamog]

When can I purchase a Wing Gundam to fly around in?

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Oh, simply add rocket boosters and a pair of wings to the thing and it'll fly.

[Raging Deadstar]

I'm thinking it wouldn't fly...

More "Falling, With Style!" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif Though considering the weight and size of those things maybe "Plummeting" would be more apt.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Or perhaps it would be more like "falling the way a 1000km meteor does".

Well, if the rocket boosters you attach are big anough, and the wings can carry its weight, it can fly - you just can't steer.