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Post number 16150

machaus — Sat, 06 Apr 2002 15:33:53 -0800

Remote controlled rock 'em sock 'em Transformers from Japan. Check out the quicktime movies, and read the safety disclaimer:

Please be aware that DF01 will make sudden abrupt movements that may frighten children and pets. It also has capabilities to shoot ammunition such as rubber pellets and therefore should be aimed in a responsible manner. Finally, numerous parts of the DF01 can and will fly off during combat.

Do not taunt happy-fun ball. Link via core77.

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Sat, 06 Apr 2002 15:56:28 -0800

So, what do they transform into?

By: Aikido

Aikido — Sat, 06 Apr 2002 16:00:18 -0800

Um, why the hell are you calling them Transformers? Oh and... ~ Battery pack - a 90-min. charge enables a 20- to 30-min. operation. Sensor is present too. Lame.

By: machaus

machaus — Sat, 06 Apr 2002 16:06:39 -0800

OK, OK, transformeresque robots. sheesh...

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Sat, 06 Apr 2002 16:45:48 -0800

I think the accepted term is mecha.

By: Optamystic

Optamystic — Sat, 06 Apr 2002 17:07:53 -0800

The man gives you a link to neato rocket launching remote controlled robots, and you want to play semantic games? While they may not transform into anything (except chew-toys for your very freaked out dog) they are a step toward the implied promise that was made to every kid who ever owned Rock-em Sock-em robots. That promise, of course, was that one day soon, we would be able beat the crap out of each other using robotic proxies. I, for one, say keep the dream alive!

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Sat, 06 Apr 2002 17:20:24 -0800

Thou shalt not take Transformers in vain.

By: Aikido

Aikido — Sat, 06 Apr 2002 17:39:42 -0800

trans·form·er n. 1. One that transforms. 2. A device used to transfer electric energy from one circuit to another, especially a pair of multiply wound, inductively coupled wire coils that effect such a transfer with a change in voltage, current, phase, or other electric characteristic 3. Transformers. More than meets the eye. Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of... the Decepticons. Transformers. Robots in disguise. Transformers. More than meets the eye. Transformers.

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Sat, 06 Apr 2002 18:03:20 -0800

...not that I've purchased any recently. No, that would be silly...

By: geoff.

geoff. — Sat, 06 Apr 2002 18:06:22 -0800

BB gun?! It shoots BBs?! I want to find more about this robot. Think of the cats that can be terrorized.

By: RokkitNite

RokkitNite — Sun, 07 Apr 2002 07:46:31 -0800

If it's remote control and has projectile-firing capabilites, then the possibilities for improvised personal modifications ('transforming' them, if you will) are fantastically vast. If these had come out when I was a kid, I would have wasted many hours attempting to convert them into weapons of mass destruction. I was the neighbourhood OBL, only without the beard.

By: GirlFriday

GirlFriday — Sun, 07 Apr 2002 09:44:51 -0800

These things should be co-opted by the military.