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US and Japan set for epic giant robot battle
Fox News ^ | 07.08.2015 | James Rogers

Posted on 07/08/2015 2:07:19 PM PDT by dware

It’s the moment robot fan boys have been waiting for. American firm MegaBots, which builds giant fighting robots, is gearing up for an epic battle against a creation from its Japanese rival Suidobashi Heavy Industry.

San Francisco Bay area-based MegaBots threw down the gauntlet in a YouTube video last month, pitting its 12,000-pound Mark II robot against Suidobashi’s Kuratas machine. “You have a giant robot, we have a giant robot - we have a duty to the science fiction lovers of this world to fight them to the death,” growled MegaBots, in a YouTube post accompanying the video. “Prepare yourselves, and name the battlefield. In one year, we fight.”

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This should be interesting.
1 posted on 07/08/2015 2:07:19 PM PDT by dware
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To: dware

I smell another Rocky themed movie just like the miserable “Real Steel” travesty.


2 posted on 07/08/2015 2:12:19 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: dware
“You have a giant robot, we have a giant robot - we have a duty to the science fiction lovers of this world to fight them to the death,” growled MegaBots, in a YouTube post accompanying the video

When the Japanese respond, the lip movements shouldn't match the video.

3 posted on 07/08/2015 2:13:47 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: dware

LOOK! Squirrel!


4 posted on 07/08/2015 2:28:30 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Unmutual and Disharmonious)
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To: dware
I've been following this and I don't think Japan has a chance.
Their machine is ripe for being torn apart. To many intricate parts.
5 posted on 07/08/2015 2:34:00 PM PDT by MaxMax (Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS,)
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To: dware

Paging Grant Imahara, please pick up the white courtesy phone.


6 posted on 07/08/2015 2:39:45 PM PDT by rikkir (Anyone still believe the 8/08 Atlantic cover wasn't 100% accurate?)
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To: dware; Slings and Arrows; Lady Jag

7 posted on 07/08/2015 2:42:12 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro; FReepers; Patriots; FRiends




Be an Iron man



8 posted on 07/08/2015 3:08:38 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society)
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To: dware

How can you win against Suicidobashi robot? Or a Kamikaizebot?


9 posted on 07/08/2015 4:09:20 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Kamikazebot


10 posted on 07/08/2015 4:09:58 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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“Prepare yourselves, and name the battlefield. In one year, we fight.”

Well isn't that just Prime.

11 posted on 07/09/2015 6:08:04 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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