A mech needs the ability to stomp on its fallen enemies. Not roll over them like a death bringing shopping cart.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'japan, mech, Suidobashi Heavy Industry, hi powered bb gun, mobility' to 'japan, mech, Suidobashi Heavy Industry, hi powered bb gun, mobility, kuratas' - edited by lucky760

I don't see why they couldn't build a construction loader like the one Ripley used in Aliens.

I thought this "mech" is a nice accomplishment, and the video is very tongue-in-cheek - and real depends on your perspective. If some rich mecha fan wants to buy it, that's great - I'm sure it would get ticketed an impounded if he drove on the streets. I certainly hope any military weapons procurement expert would simply laugh at this video... or at least smile.

>> ^AeroMechanical:

I think I'd rather have one of those walking lumber machine things:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2V8GFqk_Y&feature=player_detailpa
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Even if it is really slow... it's got a chainsaw on a big hydraulic arm. Probably whup this thing in a mech battle.


Bagger 288 eats those things for breakfast! By the handful!

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>> ^sickio:

Smile activated machine gun, well thanks Einstein for telling us it was fake.


Why don't you have a quick search for this on the web and find out just how many people DO think it's real before you are Mr snide arse.

I think I'd rather have one of those walking lumber machine things:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2V8GFqk_Y&feature=player_detailpage

Even if it is really slow... it's got a chainsaw on a big hydraulic arm. Probably whup this thing in a mech battle.

@Auger8 Spot on... and the artist's name is Kogoro Kurata (hence the name of the robot), he's made other large mech statues and animated installations in the past.

Also, this thing was unveiled at Wonder Festival, which is an event to show garage kits and models etc. Hardly a place for a 'real' robot to be launched.

Plus it seems kind of odd that in all the still shots of it it has a massive metal beam up its butt to hold it up... seems like it has issues standing on its own.

Very cool piece of art/toy, but not a real, functioning robot as 'sold' in the video.

Best article I can find on it and I'm still a bit suspicious since the company website is down though it may have gotten flooded with traffic.

http://io9.com/5930029/now-you-can-buy-a-13-million-japanese-mech-over-the-internet

>> ^GenjiKilpatrick:

@spoco2
You never got hugged as a child. Did you?


Why do you have a problem with me pointing out that this is 99% sure to be a 'hoax'? It's being reported everywhere as real (although a number are saying the video has the whiff of fake about it), and it irks me how readily people fall for things online.

If this were being shown as 'Hey, look at this cool art project' or 'Look at this thing that a guy built in his shed, isn't it awesome? Doesn't really 'do' much, but it's cool' then it'd be a cool video.

But it's being reported everywhere as a REAL robot suit you can really order for 1.3 Million and it'll really do what the video promises.

Would you prefer I just say 'AWESOME! TAKE MY MONEY! I WANT ONE! GIMME! I FOR ONE WELCOME OUR NEW ROBOT OVERLORDS!'?

>> ^GenjiKilpatrick:

http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kuratas_robot.jpg
You were saying.. Mr. Buzz Killington?
>> ^spoco2:
No-one else sees this for the joke that it is?
No one?
No one notices that it's CG when driving through the streets or find the smile shot to be odd... and the crash position part of the video?
No?
We're just going to think it's real then.
Ok, fine, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you, looks like a giant coat hanger.



Yeah? What? I get that they've made a full size 'thing' that moves and such, but there's no way this is a real product with a real 'Robot OS' and a real 'Smile Shot' shooting system. And those videos of it driving in the streets were CGI.

It's just a big 'art' project or something, not a real, for sale useful robot.

http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kuratas_robot.jpg

You were saying.. Mr. Buzz Killington?

>> ^spoco2:

No-one else sees this for the joke that it is?
No one?
No one notices that it's CG when driving through the streets or find the smile shot to be odd... and the crash position part of the video?
No?
We're just going to think it's real then.
Ok, fine, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you, looks like a giant coat hanger.

>> ^rottenseed:

My boner became inverted once I saw it rolled. WTF? How could they lead me on for so long?!


Yeah, "mechs" with wheels are a dime a dozen. "It's not a mech until it walks." - Says I.

Gotta use expensive paper to write well with those pens too. The cheap stuff bleeds through or catches the pen tip, or rips holes through the paper when you try to make the pen flex and write stylishly.

Gets fairly expensive with the cost of fountain pens, decent ink, and good paper.

I used to use a fountain pen when I was younger and cared more about how my writing looked and was a little bit of a collector of weird pens/mech pencils. Then I got into computers, realized typing was loads easier because you could screw up all you wanted...and the carpal tunnel started, etc etc. Was just easier to use the keyboard versus having the cramping hands from trying to write neatly.

And now my handwriting looks like a little kid or doctor wrote it, and I hate people who hand me a clipboard to fill stuff out. Clipboards have to be pretty close to the most horrible writing surface you can have to write on...they are not natural to hold at all for me.