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Re: Stupid/Strange/Weird news stories.

Post by ScholasticSpastic » Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:47 am

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Holy shit... that is some serious steampunk. 8-)
And made by Dr Finklestein ,what a great name for a mad robot scientist :-)
Yeah. :biggrin:

Shame there's no prototype picture, but I guess it'll look something like this:

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Re: Stupid/Strange/Weird news stories.

Post by Guy_Montag » Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:16 am

Gutted - no battling flesh-eating, zombie robots for me then...

Fleash eating robot a vegetarian
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Re: Stupid/Strange/Weird news stories.

Post by Pappa » Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:30 am

Guy_Montag wrote:Gutted - no battling flesh-eating, zombie robots for me then...

Fleash eating robot a vegetarian
Meh... I won't be getting one for my son for christmas then.
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Re: Stupid/Strange/Weird news stories.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:32 am

Pappa wrote:
Guy_Montag wrote:Gutted - no battling flesh-eating, zombie robots for me then...

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Meh... I won't be getting one for my son for christmas then.
They didn't mention the after-market kit, now did they? :coffee:
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Post by Pappa » Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:35 am

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Guy_Montag wrote:Gutted - no battling flesh-eating, zombie robots for me then...

Fleash eating robot a vegetarian
Meh... I won't be getting one for my son for christmas then.
They didn't mention the after-market kit, now did they? :coffee:
You mean it can be chipped and a carnivore upgarde added? Would that void the warranty?
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:40 am

Pappa wrote:
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Pappa wrote:
Guy_Montag wrote:Gutted - no battling flesh-eating, zombie robots for me then...

Fleash eating robot a vegetarian
Meh... I won't be getting one for my son for christmas then.
They didn't mention the after-market kit, now did they? :coffee:
You mean it can be chipped and a carnivore upgarde added? Would that void the warranty?
The salesman gave me a "nudge, nudge, wink, wink." I took that as a solid guarantee.
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Post by Pappa » Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:49 am

Gawdzilla wrote:
Pappa wrote:
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Pappa wrote:
Guy_Montag wrote:Gutted - no battling flesh-eating, zombie robots for me then...

Fleash eating robot a vegetarian
Meh... I won't be getting one for my son for christmas then.
They didn't mention the after-market kit, now did they? :coffee:
You mean it can be chipped and a carnivore upgarde added? Would that void the warranty?
The salesman gave me a "nudge, nudge, wink, wink." I took that as a solid guarantee.
Nice! I will get one for Felix then. I heard a rumour that somebody is writing an alternate OS for them, allowing you to run your own code in ROBOTC.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jul 22, 2009 2:48 pm

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:29 pm

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Post by owtth » Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:35 pm


I know where that's being held, it's about half an hour away. Maybe I should pop down and examine the evidence. Nah, I think I'll drink beer instead. :cheers:
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