this is what they would refer to as men who overcompensate for areas they are "lacking"

sorry- thought I was in the flame thread and got all excited because I didn't have to write it in a stupid haiku.

So... you're saying some men don't have big enough legs?

It's a Labor! Where's Alphonse?! ;)

Way too slow at 1.5km/h; I'd make short work of it with my "snowspeeder" (tricycle with realistic cardboard cockpit) and clothesline "tripping wire."

I love you guys, but Jesus Christ. How about reading a good book? And I don't mean the coffee-table book of scenes from Star Wars. Maybe playing with your kids?.....oh, yeah. Sorry.

They're going to need to install some big arms with pincher claws on them before I buy one. How else am I going to be able to throw large alien creatures out of the air lock?

I guess you could put a midget with a 12-gauge on a turret in each robot calf to take care of the quicker stuff.

Is Stupidity a deadly sin? It should be.

is dorkporn sinful?

Doesn't appear to be.

Just very sad....;-)

Speed that bitch up. Gimme a 120mm Abrams main gun with a 25 round drum mag in one arm, and a
flamethrower/.50 Browning combo in the other with a big mechanical fist.

Yeah, I played a lot more Battletech than D&D....does it show?

RWS,

They have one with a nice pastel sun dress if that would make it more palatable.

It actually kinda shuffles rather than walks.
I blogged this when slashdot carried the orginal Japanese language story a month ago.

RWS - that isn't sad - it's the closest thing to owning an actual Battle Mech than.. oh never mind. You go play with your barbies - we'll crush things in our mechanical dork heads. Heh. :-)

I was thinking more in the way of Imperator Autocannons and Sunspot PPCs, SgtDave, but the flamer is a good idea.

This thing looks like it might just skate instead of stomp. I'm thinking it'd have a problem with sand, stairs and inclines.

Well, to the see and experience the ultimate dorkdom go here.
and click on "watch film" under Darth. Be patient, the next to last scene with Darth on stage is worth the wait.

OH, and this film won some sort of Star Wars dork award. It is 45 min long and downloadable for free.

Go enjoy. Look at it as my dorkgift to you....;-)

Is anyone else thinking more ED-209 than At-At?

Oh, I wish I had know you liked this one, I saw it months ago.

;-).

BTW, three questions:

1. Does it come in Wermacht feldgrau?
2. Can I get it in four legs with a chainsaw?
3. If it fought this guy, who would win?

Cheers,
Dave at Garfield Ridge

why do I find the expression "dorkgift" stimulating?

*wanders off to ponder these things*

Too slow, too big a target to be really useful in combat- at least for now. But, I could see it as having some uses - it would make a great prison guard, for example. Maybe if it was made more like a four-footed animal (at-at) it would be useful in mountains and such, but I can't see this being issued to the troops as is.

Of course, I am not sure what would be better - something like a BattleMech, an AT-AT, or Starship Trooper (the book, not that lousy film) power armor. In any event, we need something for our infantry other than the XM-8 and that new grenade launcher.

See-dubya,

Clearly Battletech/Mechwarrior inspired. But ED-209 is closer than an AT-ST.

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Here's a good look at how they made ED-209: http://www.robocoparchive.com/info/making1-ed209.htm

I wouldn't know Battletech if it stomped me in the bottom.

Yeah, but just think of the expression on the face of your friendly neighborhood jihadi when that comes lumbering out of the smoke and dust.

I salute our benevolent battle robot overlords!

(Actually what this says is "guy with lots of money and way, way too much time on his hands").

It kinda looks like one of the machines in Robocop.

Kirk--

Yeah, like an ED-209!

All I have to say is:

http://www.classicbattletech.com/cbt_home.html

http://www.kerensky.tierranet.com/btech/btech.shtml

Still one of Wolf's Dragoons at heart.