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Old 03-15-2003, 10:55 AM
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Is a Gundam really possible?

Excuse me if this post seems insane, but i've been watching Gundam Wing straight through for the past day or so and it got me thinking if something like that is really possible?

Would a 50 Foot high robot that you can control internally be that far fetched? I have given this thought and the hardest things I see are Controlling something of that size and a power source to keep it going. I personally think that anything is possible if you put your mind to it and it can happen. Take flight for instance, people have dreampt it for centuries and we can do it now with no effort, anybody who understands the basics can make a plane of their own.

So back to what I was saying, is it possible? Because I really want one

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Old 03-15-2003, 11:07 AM
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Um...sure it is...but all in good time. You must remeber too that in Gundam the way they control the robots. Like VR, only you're not attached to anything. They kind of just read your motions but I stil see it possible. Even now, but they wouldn't match up to the ones Gundam has of course.

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Old 03-15-2003, 12:14 PM
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Hey when i was a kid and was mad crazy about Macross i though that our air force had plans like that that turn into robots and do battle in the sky!!!! Man i wanted to be in the AIR FORCE so much hehe im sure something humanold like that will be done one day

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I think that gundam shit is so fucking stupid
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I think that gundam shit is so fucking stupid
well, that's your opinion and you're entitled to it, but some people here like it alot, so settle down and give them some respect.

i think that in this world, almost anything is possible. if they can make spaceships and boats that are 1000 feet long, then why not a measly 50 foot high robot?
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yes, but i can't see how that would be usefull. unless you are fighting giant alien robot wariors. turning one soldier into one fifty foot soldier realy doesn't acomplish much that current weapons can't already do. thats a lot of money to move just one guy around. now voltron... with that you have highly mobile units that can intercept enemies and when the shit hits the fan, five of you can get together and make a super robot.
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well i love how the Gundams look and all, but i don't really think that it would be in the world's best interest if we were to build these things, not only would they deplete the world's resources, but it would cause the world to suffer greatly, plus i would kind of like the world to make robots like Johnny 5 first before we make Gundams
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I think that gundam shit is so fucking stupid

w3rd................The same thing applies to this whole anime craze- I mean for fucks sake Who the fuck blows little clouds in the shape of mushrooms out of thier mouth when they are depressed???? and Those silly little poses they pull......................Someone shoot me please
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w3rd................The same thing applies to this whole anime craze- I mean for fucks sake Who the fuck blows little clouds in the shape of mushrooms out of thier mouth when they are depressed???? and Those silly little poses they pull......................Someone shoot me please
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I agree Voltron is much more economically sensible.





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I think that gundam shit is so fucking stupid
now the giant robots in power rangers on the other hand....
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I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before, but I just thought things like gundam robots might be used for war. Go back 300 years and tell people there will be a big vehicle that's nearly indistructable and can shoot giant bullets out from the front ,(I'm refering to a tank, if you hav'nt noticed by now), people would probably laugh at you , the same way people will laugh at you if you tell them there will be giant fighting robots for each country in the next 300 years. Just a thought
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