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hentai4me
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Funny...isn't this what I suspected it would be when th news first came out?
A bulletproof suit with linked electronics... |
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CommunistHamster
Joined: 13 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:40 pm |
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| Needs more powered-exoskeleton-type stuff to be considered gundamish. |
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ANBUx3
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:46 pm |
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| CommunistHamster wrote: | | Needs more powered-exoskeleton-type stuff to be considered gundamish. |
Or at least a blue, red and white color scheme.
Nothing about the suit really says 'Gundam' to me. |
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kokuryu
Joined: 07 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:48 pm |
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| As long as they keep saying they are working toward the final realization of an actual Gundam, I think people will continue to be excited about it... |
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prime_pm
Joined: 06 Feb 2004
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Location: Under Your Bed
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:00 pm |
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| "Mom says I have to wear this cause it's cold." |
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ikillchicken
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:15 pm |
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Oh yeah, I can totally see where those are comparable...  |
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GATSU
Joined: 03 Jan 2002
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:22 pm |
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I think they confused Gundam with Jin Roh.  |
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gfunk01
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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Location: CA
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:51 pm |
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| I'm not sure what is so special since the US army already uses stuff like this (GRAW is based on this type of soldier). Wouldn't gundam be more like a new bipedal type vehicle? |
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ZeetherKID77
Joined: 17 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:40 pm |
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| So I could tape a flashlight to a bicycle helmet, wear kneepads, camo and a bulletproof vest and that'll make me a Gundam? |
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Futagi
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:23 pm |
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| ZeetherKID77 wrote: | | So I could tape a flashlight to a bicycle helmet, wear kneepads, camo and a bulletproof vest and that'll make me a Gundam? |
I can see the cosplay now... |
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Tsukae
Joined: 27 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:26 pm |
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It is interesting seeing how advanced the Japanese are getting (yes they are way more advanced than America in general). It is sad though that Japan is clearly planning invading or something of that sort. South Korea is more concerned about Japan than North Korea.  |
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stararnold
Joined: 22 Sep 2007
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Location: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:50 pm |
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| Reminds me of when NASA named a space shuttle "Enterprise" in honor of "Star Trek". |
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Fallout2man
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
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Location: San Diego, CA
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:08 am |
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| kokuryu wrote: | | As long as they keep saying they are working toward the final realization of an actual Gundam, I think people will continue to be excited about it... |
If they play their PR right it might work, but anyone who actually reads the articles and isn't really dim (and knows WHAT a gundam is) would know these are nothing alike, and apart from the ideas of miniaturizing computer systems, the research would probably never benefit an actual Gundam project.
Then again, if you really think about it, we'd never really be able to prove we had a real Gundam unless we could show it could fight in space, and last time I checked we had trouble securing enough funds just to get five people and/or maybe a few tons of cargo up their at best. So getting a possible bipedal weapon of mass destruction up there might be a little hard for a while. :p |
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The Seventh Son
Joined: 27 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 4:57 pm |
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| Tsukae wrote: | | It is interesting seeing how advanced the Japanese are getting (yes they are way more advanced than America in general). It is sad though that Japan is clearly planning invading or something of that sort. South Korea is more concerned about Japan than North Korea. |
Japanophiles would go crazy at this notion. but the Japanese don't have nearly enough people in the JSDF for any kind of invasion. |
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