USA [MegaBots Inc. MK. II] Challenges Japan [Suidobashi Heavy Industries KURATA] to Giant Robot Duel

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**Enigwolf**

I backed the original MegaBots Kickstarter because a buddy and professor of mine who taught me in engineering school was working on the project. Imagine my surprise when I saw this email from them earlier today.

MegaFans,

We just finished the Mk.II, a 15-foot-tall, 6-ton combat robot. It has one purpose in life: to destroy other giant robots. And now, it's targeting computers have locked on to an opponent - the KURATAS robot, made by Suidobashi Heavy Industries. It's time for the Mk. II to fulfill it's prime objective.

We've put together the most red-blooded, gunslinging, 'MERICA-f*ck-yeah challenge video possible. Watch it. Share it - everywhere. Force your friends to watch it. Send it to your entire company. The more eyes that see this video, the more people that desperately want this to happen, the harder this challenge will be for them to ignore.

Help us give the world the giant robot fight it's been waiting for.

Thoughts? Who's going to win if they accept? I'm a little impartial to MegaBots myself because it was purpose-built for giant robot fighting than aesthetics and show-off, which is what the Suidobashi one looks like.

**Gallia_Comata**

No words can really express how much my inner child wants this to happen. Please japan let this happen.

**Co'tor Shas**

I want this to happen so much.

**TheDraconicLord**

I am squeeling like a schoolgirl. You have no idea how I looked in my workplace and I'm usually pretty calm.

I NEED THIS! C'MON JAPAN!!!!

AND THIS BETTER BE THE FRAKING THEME SONG!!!

I am so fething excited, way more than what I should be!

**Sinful Hero**

Holy cow, 3lb paint balls at 100mph?! That would be an epic fight, but isn't the Japanese bot just for show?

**Ratius**

Epic stuff

**curran12**

I am saluting with manly tears of freedom streaming down my face.

**hotsauceman1**

Are we one step closer to Robot Jox?

**CthuluIsSpy**

Sinful Hero wrote:
Holy cow, 3lb paint balls at 100mph?! That would be an epic fight, but isn't the Japanese bot just for show?

Yeah, apparently its an art piece. Its not meant to be in an actual fight.
I suppose Suidobashi can modify it though.
They better give it a functional pile bunker / onager gauntlet.

**Desubot**

CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Sinful Hero wrote:
Holy cow, 3lb paint balls at 100mph?! That would be an epic fight, but isn't the Japanese bot just for show?

Yeah, apparently its an art piece. Its not meant to be in an actual fight.
I suppose Suidobashi can modify it though.
They better give it a functional pile bunker / onager gauntlet.

Im sure Japan of all places would be up for the challenge

I want this to be a thing.

**Co'tor Shas**

Just make those miniguns shoot real bullets, that would end the fight pretty quickly.

**Ketara**

I want this to happen so badly. I would watch the hell out of a Mechwarrior version of Advance Wars.

**BeAfraid**

The Japanese would need minimal time to convert their Giant Robot to actually fight.

It is technically the heavier of the two robots, with armor that would actually stand up to the giant paint-balls.

But it lacks functional weaponry.

But this so needs to happen.

MB

**Enigwolf**

Yeah, Sudobashi's is designed more as a "technical display" more than anything else. It carries a lot of on-board electronics and not much in the way of armour or weapons. MegaBots was designed from the ground up to brawl in a fight, with critical systems hidden deep inside and weapon systems that potentially can rival present-day firearms (without even needing any gunpowder, to boot).

If anyone is in Boston, I might be emailing my old prof sometime soon to see if I can visit the MegaBots facility. It's literally 15 minutes away from my place.

**jhe90**

That's insane, its brilliant and this has to be done.

Robot warfare, its like robot wars only more fun :-)

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Time to build a 300 foot, nuclear powered Jagger?

Better start before Japan does.

**TheDraconicLord**

JAPAN ACCEPTED! THEY ACCEPTED!!!

IT'S ON! IT'S fething ON!!!!!

**LordofHats**

That's epic.

**Tyr13**

Damn. This is going to be GREAT.

**jhe90**

Yes, now this will be fun!

**Kanluwen**

I swear to God, if this is a Pay-Per-View event?

I am ordering it. And having a party.

**Sinful Hero**

This cannot happen soon enough.

**CthuluIsSpy**

Dakka vs Punching.
Soon we shall know which is better.

**SBG**

Just like MMA, the winner will be whomever is more skilful in grappling. And, of course, whomever weighs more.

**Gallia_Comata**

TheDraconicLord wrote:
JAPAN ACCEPTED! THEY ACCEPTED!!!

IT'S ON! IT'S fething ON!!!!!

Beautiful. No words only giant robots.

**Enigwolf**

YESSS.

**Grey Templar**

Its on like Alderaan!

**Iron_Captain**

I fething love Japan. The first giant robot fight in human history... It will be hilarious.
I'll have to nudge Putin about building a giant robot too

**Grey Templar**

My prediction is the japanese put a bunch of melee stuff on their bot, but it gets knocked over by the huge paintguns on the American one before it closes.

**Enigwolf**

Grey Templar wrote:
My prediction is the japanese put a bunch of melee stuff on their bot, but it gets knocked over by the huge paintguns on the American one before it closes.

The Japanese one is a roller on four legs. Would think it'd be hard to knock over. That said, the paint-guns literally look like they go right through metal... I wouldn't be surprised if instead it took out critical electronics and servo systems in the Japanese one.

I'm curious to know how they're going to protect the pilots, though. Seriously, we just had someone crushed in a car factory in Germany the other day by an industrial robot's arms (not hard to assume something equivalent to this will be on the Japanese 'bot), and we've seen the penetrating power of the American dakka. The pilots are really gonna be in harm's way.

**Sinful Hero**

I believe the Kuratas can be controlled remotely at least. You also have to wonder about any bystanders being hit by paint cannons and such.