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3D-Printed Chess Set Transforms Into Robot: Checkmecha
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Believe it or not, 3D-printed chess sets are nothing new, but Joseph Larson’s version of it is most certainly novel: a mighty morphin’ chess set. The pieces can be snapped together to form a giant robot that will make Deep Blue shut down in fear. If Interplay thought of this… |
April 9th, 2012
Mech Warfare Launches Kickstarter Project to Build a New Robot Arena
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One of my all-time favorite video games was MechWarrior…. I played that game for hours on end and wished on more than one occasion I had a real robot with rail guns and missiles. That real mech hasn’t happened yet, but I bet a lot of us would like |
March 14th, 2012
Guy Builds Deadly Mech out of Girly LEGO Friends Parts
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The hardcore LEGO geeks over at The Brothers Brick have said that the new LEGO Friends play sets aimed at girls kill the imagination, but I don’t agree. My daughter is seven and her name is Emma. One of the little LEGO Friends characters is named Emma as well. That… |
February 9th, 2012
Giant Gundam in Pieces, World Comes to an End
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Japan’s Giant Gundam sculpture was one of my favorite man-made since I started writing this here site. So when I stumbled onto these images and video footage of the recently-dismantled Gundam statue, I wept. Okay, so I had just been cutting onions, but it still made me sad.… |
August 21st, 2011
Your Very Own Mini Giant Gundam
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If you’re lucky enough to live in Japan, you’ve had plenty of opportunity to check out the giant Gundam statue that’s been around for the last year or so. But for those of us here in the States and other places around the world, we’ve got no giant Gundam love.… |
November 13th, 2010
Gundam Robot Phone: Only in Japan?
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If you don’t have an iPhone or an Android phone yet, why not get a Gundam Robot Phone instead? This phone will be released by Japan’s third biggest mobile phone carrier, SoftBank Mobile, who has 25 million subscribers. The phone itself is based on a Sharp 945SH, which has 3.2-inch… |
September 13th, 2010
10-Foot Gundam Made From Leftover Model Part Trees
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Ever wonder what to do with those stupid grids of plastic left over when you assemble a model? How about build a Gundam? That’s exactly what these guys did with their leftover bits and pieces. It took over 250 man-hours to build the RG (Recycle Grade) RX-78-2 Gundam, which measures… |
August 28th, 2010
Warhammer 40000 Dreadnought Casemod: Mind Blown
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Holy crikey! This is one bad-ass casemod job. Created by modder pinchillo, this mech-style computer casemod is inspired by the Dreadnoughts from Warhammer 40,000…. But even if you’ve never played the game, you have to appreciate the sheer spectacle of pinchillo’s amazing case-building skills. |
July 27th, 2010
Element Commune: Legohaulic’S Walking LEGO Mech
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Tyler Clites, who’s also known as Legohaulic, put together this amazing LEGO build. He calls it Element Commune. When you first see it, it looks like a great design, but then when you see the thing walking around, it’s takes it to a whole ‘nother level.… |
March 11th, 2010
Overturn: Everybody was Robot Fighting [Wii]
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Looking to throw down with some giant stompy robots in a realistic, immersive way? Upset that virtual reality tech hasn’t swept in to take care of this for you? While you may not be able to climb into your personalized mech and brawl your heart out, thanks to a forthcoming… |
May 8th, 2009
