1:1 scale Votoms replica from straight-up sheet iron

[Teuthida]

http://monkeyfarm.cocolog-nifty.com/nandemo//media/img_20050405T141046811.jpg http://monkeyfarm.cocolog-nifty.com/nandemo//media/img_20050405T141048045.jpg http://monkeyfarm.cocolog-nifty.com/nandemo//media/img_20050326T215201328.jpg http://monkeyfarm.cocolog-nifty.com/nandemo//media/img_20050326T215202593.jpg http://monkeyfarm.cocolog-nifty.com/nandemo//media/img_20050224T123531796.jpg http://monkeyfarm.cocolog-nifty.com/nandemo//media/img_20050224T123534078.jpg

http://monkeyfarm.cocolog-nifty.com/nandemo/

Will be shown at an art exhibit in Tokyo in May.


Now I shall make a 1:1 sized Mecha Birdo, complete with giant egg shooting.
http://next.videogame.it/Immagini/articoli/1500/1610/supermarioadvancemarioadvancemario_recensione_gameboyadvance7.jpg

[Happydude]

sweet...does it work?

[Teuthida]

Naw, that one doesn't move...but plenty of people are building mechs that you can actually ride in:

http://img.engadget.com/common/images/3867654775464165.JPG?0.8927358059756318
"Building an 18-foot tall robot (or “mecha”) in the backyard of his home in Anchorage, Alaska. The anime-inspired behemoth is actually a giant exoskeleton that you jump into and ride, letting you take eight-foot strides or, presumably, fight invading aliens. He hopes to have it finished by next summer and will demonstrate it by demolishing a few cars at the local racetrack."

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http://www.sakakibara-kikai.co.jp/products/other/images/LW3.jpg http://www.sakakibara-kikai.co.jp/products/other/images/lw4.jpg http://www.sakakibara-kikai.co.jp/products/other/images/LW_sam.jpg

Video of it "walking" around: http://www.sakakibara-kikai.co.jp/products/other/images/robo_s.wmv

Also shoots pink squishy balls.
http://www.sakakibara-kikai.co.jp/products/other/images/ball.jpg

http://www.sakakibara-kikai.co.jp/products/other/LW.htm

[Typhoid]

Imagine watching these things being used for fighting wars.


They wouldnt be, because they arnt practical, but just imagine it. If a guy in his backyeard can build one, imagine what the military can do.

[GameMaster]

That last one doesn't look cool because it has no arms.

The other ones are neat!

They need to replicate the Iron Giant from the movie.

[Swan]

That last one doesn't look cool because it has no arms.

The other ones are neat!

They need to replicate the Iron Giant from the movie.
The same size!

[DarrenMcLeod]

Bigger!

[GameMaster]

Biggest!

[Crash]

heh, pretty cool, but now it needs to be able to lift its feet up and WALK not ice skate.