{"id":419,"date":"2005-07-15T07:27:02","date_gmt":"2005-07-15T11:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scaredpoet.com\/wordpress\/?p=419"},"modified":"2005-07-15T07:33:07","modified_gmt":"2005-07-15T11:33:07","slug":"own-your-own-mech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scaredpoet.com\/blog\/?p=419","title":{"rendered":"Own your own Mech"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n[photo by neogentronyx<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Carlos Owens of Alaska is giving eBayers with enough cash the opportunity to own their own mech<\/a>. The opening bid? $40,000. There’s about three days left in the auction as of this writing, but alas, so far no bidders.<\/p>\n

Owens claims this is a real life, fully functional Mech in the old school Voltron style, with up to 40 points of possible movement. The auction page<\/a> lists the unit as weighing 3,000 pounds, Chassis Type: X (Anthromorphic\\Humanoid), standing 18 feet tall and powered by an 18hp Briggs and Stratton Engine.<\/p>\n

There’s even video footage of the mech in action<\/a> on Owens web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Why is Owens selling? he needs the money to build other Mecha prototypes. He has an interesting vision for his creations; some purposes altruistic, others more true-to-anime:<\/p>\n

Future Neo-Mecha created by Neogentronyx will be used for everything from fighting forest fires far too hot and unsafe for a human, riot control, construction, maintenance, handling hazardous waste and navigating hostile environments, modern day warfare, to the entertainment industry where Neo-Mecha will do battle in an arena setting with different types of chassis being pitted against one another in combat sparring.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I definitely wish him luck, though it’s a shame that so far there aren’t any takers yet. I’m not surprised though; I don’t have that kind of storage space myself. <\/p>\n

Thanks to pier777<\/a> for the heads up on this. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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