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Offline Nemesis

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Japan building Imperial Walker prototype?
« on: December 13, 2004, 08:03:46 pm »
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Re: Japan building Imperial Walker prototype?
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2004, 08:18:04 pm »
How very very very veryvery veryvery veryvery veryvery veryvery veryvery veryvery very strrange.
Coopl gizmos tho
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Re: Japan building Imperial Walker prototype?
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2004, 07:15:06 am »
the walker will be good if you want to walk on deep snow  ;D ;D

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Re: Japan building Imperial Walker prototype?
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2004, 09:21:25 am »
Then It would be perfect here in Minnesota
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Or fix this hole in a mother's son?
Can you heal the broken worlds within?
Can you strip away so we may start again?
Tell me, can you heal what father's done?
Or cut this rope and let us run?
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Re: Japan building Imperial Walker prototype?
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2004, 10:02:22 am »
Until it gets hit by a strong wind.
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Re: Japan building Imperial Walker prototype?
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2004, 10:15:26 am »
Looks more like a BattleMech than a Star Wars Walker.
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Re: Japan building Imperial Walker prototype?
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2004, 01:24:59 pm »
Until it gets hit by a strong wind.

Or those warm northern temps hit
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Re: Japan building Imperial Walker prototype?
« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2004, 07:41:58 pm »
Hah, just put stairs in...the perfect way to thwart any walker:)

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Re: Japan building Imperial Walker prototype?
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2004, 04:45:25 pm »
I look at that and all I see is a bad Godzilla movie coming out of this.   ;D

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Re: Japan building Imperial Walker prototype?
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2004, 07:53:42 pm »
Hah, just put stairs in...the perfect way to thwart any walker:)

the asimo can walk up and down stairs.

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Re: Japan building Imperial Walker prototype?
« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2004, 07:55:52 pm »
Sounds like a two direction slinky.  But it would be good for disabled people, except that sucker is WIDE.  The contractors are going to love it.  have to widen all the stairs.


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