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Old 23 March 2008, 09:00 PM
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Old 23 March 2008, 09:05 PM
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for some reason im finding that thing kinda scary but damn fecking cool at the same time !
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Wow that is a little scary but amazing too.
Old 23 March 2008, 09:24 PM
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pretty damn lifelike. Looks just like my dog when I throw it on a frozen pond.
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the buzzing would do my head in... also all the wires



is there people inside it?
Old 24 March 2008, 10:42 AM
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Im guessing , a lot
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By the look of it's spindly legs Posh Spice may be at one end
Old 24 March 2008, 12:04 PM
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That is cool, love the way it recovers from being pushed or sliding on ice - almost lifelike
Old 24 March 2008, 12:11 PM
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Poor horse has no head
Old 24 March 2008, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by abbott
for some reason im finding that thing kinda scary but damn fecking cool at the same time !

Agreed

I want to know why its partly funded by a Defence research Agency
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Because it's being developed to carry equipment and supplies for soldiers?
Old 24 March 2008, 12:42 PM
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I am surprised there hasnt been a Scoobynet outcry about that bloke booting it sideways.

Going to see if I can find out more about it, like why it sounds like a power tool, I am assuming thats a petrol 2 stroke to generate electrical or hydraulic power for the legs ?
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Originally Posted by Adidas
Agreed

I want to know why its partly funded by a Defence research Agency
Send the troops guns it will arrive in two years time
Old 24 March 2008, 01:34 PM
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the way the legs move make it look scary,espeacialy when it was walking towards the camera in the woods,was funny when it was slipping on the ice though,I thought it looked and sounded more like a fly at first.
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