# Japanese battle mech for 1.3 million $ -- the future is \*here\* (and looking for Sarah Connor)

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**Created:** [August 2, 2012, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-battle-mech-for-1-3-million-the-future-is-here-and-looking-for-sarah-connor/630159 "2012-08-02T09:52:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-battle-mech-for-1-3-million-the-future-is-here-and-looking-for-sarah-connor/630159/1 "2012-08-02T09:52:38Z")

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So, apparently there’s a company in Japan (where else?) who have developed a 4m tall, 4.5 tonne heavy, fully functional battle mech called ‘[Kuratas](http://suidobashijuko.jp/)’. It comes with several weapons, including a ball-bearing gun, but it’s greatest feature is that it’s completely customizable and will be made to order. So, how long’s it gonna be before the estates of the wealthy will be protected by privately-owned robot armies?

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-battle-mech-for-1-3-million-the-future-is-here-and-looking-for-sarah-connor/630159/2 "2012-08-02T10:31:34Z")

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Release the Robotic Richard Simmons!

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**Author:** ![AndrewL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@AndrewL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndrewL)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-battle-mech-for-1-3-million-the-future-is-here-and-looking-for-sarah-connor/630159/3 "2012-08-02T14:35:45Z")

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Not much of a mech. It doesn’t actually walk - the ‘legs’ have wheels on the bottoms. So it’s basically a really badly-designed tank.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-battle-mech-for-1-3-million-the-future-is-here-and-looking-for-sarah-connor/630159/4 "2012-08-02T14:57:28Z")

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I predict scenarios like this:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/A9l9wxGFl4k/hqdefault.jpg "Robocop Mr Kinney VS Ed 209.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9l9wxGFl4k)

Or else, something like an old sig line of mine:

> [@](#):
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> Biddi-biddi-biddi – “Sarah Connor?”
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> ```
> ------Skynet unwisely goes with the lowest bidder
> 
> ```

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-battle-mech-for-1-3-million-the-future-is-here-and-looking-for-sarah-connor/630159/5 "2012-08-02T16:24:42Z")

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I was all set to say, “Fuck Yeah! About damn time I have my own Mech!” but then, in the second video, they say, “No smoking in the cockpit.” and my dreams have been dashed. I still hold out hope that someday I may have a mech of my own.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-battle-mech-for-1-3-million-the-future-is-here-and-looking-for-sarah-connor/630159/6 "2012-08-02T19:07:22Z")

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Is this the most expensive toy ever?

My favorite line is when the say the fake rocket launcher, which appears to squirt out water bottles, “will occasionally hit its target”.