Homemade Mecha Walks in Japan

EtherAlchemist writes "Sakakibara Kikai has pictures and even a movie of their Land Walker robot (Babelfish translation here) which appears to work. Powered by a 250cc gas engine and armed with several guns (including 2 that fire Nerf-like balls) it stands at a little over 3 meters. What makes this one interesting is that it is actually armed and it is piloted instead of being an exo-skeleton. Makes me wonder if the creators of shows like Robotech or comics/RPGs like Battletech have any kind of licensening rights on appearance. I'd like to see a Warhammer..."

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Re:Of Course

[tnibecker]

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Re:Of Course

[Master of Transhuman]

If you knew that and you stayed a soldier, yes, you're an idiot.

An idiot is someone who is willing to die at someone else's command - especially if he doesn't understand what the war is about (which is just about every soldier since wars are NEVER legitimate.) And I say this as someone who enlisted during Vietnam.