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    Korea's Massive 364-Foot Taekwon V Statue Will Crush Puny Humans

    Korea Opening First Robot Theme Park (For Humans)

    South Korea to Build Robot Land, Robots Rejoice in Electronic Bliss
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    Image of Invisible-Echidna Invisible-Echidna
    09/08/09

    In reply to Korea's Massive 364-Foot Taekwon V Statue Will Crush Puny Humans
    Asian countries are in a pissing contest for the biggest replica robot now? What's next? the real thing? It. has. begun...
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    09/08/09

    In reply to Korea's Massive 364-Foot Taekwon V Statue Will Crush Puny Humans
    I can't wait to see the news, "Giant Robots save Japanese economy". Or is that destroy?
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    Image of jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware
    09/08/09

    In reply to Korea's Massive 364-Foot Taekwon V Statue Will Crush Puny Humans
    Can we please build a 500ft Sentinel facing west somewhere on Hawaii? It would incorporate a missile defense system that fires from the robot's extended middle fingers.
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    Image of maven2k maven2k
    09/08/09

    In reply to Korea's Massive 364-Foot Taekwon V Statue Will Crush Puny Humans
    I don't know, it sure seems like a good hiding place for some kind of secret weapon if you ask me.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    09/08/09

    In reply to Korea's Massive 364-Foot Taekwon V Statue Will Crush Puny Humans
    Soon to be neighbors...Eva unit01 and Escaflowne
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    09/08/09

    @Dr.Danger: ::You are awesome:: Oh god no! Any Evangelion unit will result in the entire human race being reduced to goo!
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    Image of kitsuneconundrum kitsuneconundrum
    09/08/09

    In reply to Korea's Massive 364-Foot Taekwon V Statue Will Crush Puny Humans
    gotta fight/scare those pesky north koreans. Nukes? Pwfah! We got here some mecha!
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    Image of sharked sharked
    09/08/09

    In reply to Korea's Massive 364-Foot Taekwon V Statue Will Crush Puny Humans
    What a bootleg-ass version of Mazinger Z. Can't the Koreans do anything original. Maybe a lifesized Starcraft base or somthing.
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    09/08/09

    @sharked: Riiight. Because the hallmark of giant mecha cartoons is originality.
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    Image of sm753 sm753
    09/08/09

    In reply to Korea's Massive 364-Foot Taekwon V Statue Will Crush Puny Humans
    I'll get flamed by Koreans but here it goes. Korea has always been trying to "one up" Japan and China for decades. They're also notorious for "borrowing" from Chinese and Japanese culture and claiming it their own. Hell a year ago they were claiming that Confucius was Korean.
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    09/08/09

    In reply to Korea's Massive 364-Foot Taekwon V Statue Will Crush Puny Humans
    Sadly, after the failed "Pink Goo" Statue of Liberty experiment, the US has continued to lag in the Giant Frakkin' Robot arms race. It is a sad day when our best hope for a Giant Frakkin' Robot is Michael Bay.
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    Image of rogsim rogsim
    09/08/09

    In reply to Korea's Massive 364-Foot Taekwon V Statue Will Crush Puny Humans
    Now they needs ones for the Robotech VF-1 and Voltron (lion and vehicle).
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    Image of headc4se headc4se
    09/08/09

    @rogsim: Everyone knows that Voltron only consisted of lions. (and yes they're metal)
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    Image of Smiley Massacre Smiley Massacre
    09/08/09

    In reply to Korea's Massive 364-Foot Taekwon V Statue Will Crush Puny Humans
    Alright, if us Americans were to build a robot to represent for our country, who would we build? And no talking about past plans for Michael Jackson walking about in the Nevada desert with lasers. That shit does not count.

    Also, if these countries really wanted to, why couldn't they just build fully functioning robot replicas, so that they can be alive and easily controlled? Well, besides financial reasons, of course.
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    Image of North Star North Star
    09/08/09

    @Fatty Shcock: Optimus Prime for the US. Also, do you really want a giant robot war on our hands?
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    Image of Frank Mahnke Frank Mahnke
    09/08/09

    @Fatty Shcock: It'd either be one of the following:

    Optimus Prime
    T-1000
    Bender
    Random Giant Sex Bot
    Johnny 5

    I'm hoping for Johnny 5 more than anything else.
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    Image of zeroprime zeroprime
    09/08/09


    @Fatty Shcock: Megas XLR
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    OMG! Ponies! promoted this comment zeroprime was starred zeroprime was unstarred
    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    09/08/09

    @zeroprime: I agree with you: Thank you!!! Thank you a thousand times!!! I've been trying to remember the name of that cartoon for months.
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    Image of geiko geiko
    09/08/09


    @Fatty Shcock: Are you guys all crazy? Only one robot can be king here in the States
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/08/09


    @Fatty Shcock: The Foreigner! He's not from here!
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    Image of met2art met2art
    09/08/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: *respectful golf clap* Well played.
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    Image of Navin R Johnson Navin R Johnson
    09/08/09

    @Fatty Shcock: How do you know it's NOT fully functional. Maybe that's Korea's way of secretly building a super weapon. Hidden in plain sight!
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    09/08/09

    @Frank Mahnke: Bender. +1
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    Image of Saboth Saboth
    09/08/09

    @North Star:

    Optimus Prime is clearly the only real choice.
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    geiko promoted this comment Saboth was starred Saboth was unstarred
    Image of geiko geiko
    09/08/09

    @Saboth: Micheal Bay has touched him. He is now dirty!
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    Image of jibbly jibbly
    09/08/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Booo! Hissss!
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    Image of met2art met2art
    09/08/09

    @Saboth: Unfortunately, Optimus Prime, despite being embraced by a generation of American kids, is not an American robot. Just a carbon copy of a Japanese cartoon, slightly repackaged for American consumption during the boom of 80s Japanese animation imports. He's still awesome, but not 100% uniquely American in conception and execution.
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    09/08/09

    @geiko: Michael Bay is equally dirty for touching himself. Rumor has it he makes explosion sound effects when he does it. Creepy stuff.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/08/09

    @jibbly: I have my own customs! Look at my crazy passport!
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    Image of superberg superberg
    09/08/09

    @Fatty Shcock: Liberty Prime will crush the Chinese Communists.
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    09/08/09


    @Fatty Shcock: A giant Sam Jackson!
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    Image of Nutchromeo Nutchromeo
    09/08/09


    @Fatty Shcock: It's...Megamaid...she's a Transformer!
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    09/08/09


    @Frank Mahnke: I suggest the pharaonic version of Bender. Visible from the space FTW.
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    Image of OtisCabeal OtisCabeal
    02/13/09

    In reply to Korea Opening First Robot Theme Park (For Humans)
    You guys need some new references. every singe time a robot is mentioned you go back to "machine uprising" and terminator pic's or allusions. Pick somthing new, there are plenty of robots in popular culture.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/13/09

    @OtisCabeal: OK smart guy, which post apocalyptic robots would YOU use? Huey Dewey and Luey are too boxy cutesy for any sort of uprising reference.
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    Image of B1663R B1663R
    02/13/09

    @OtisCabeal: it's a small world ride in Disney world, but that is torture too... as a matter of fact, all their "robots" are outdated and ready to rebel...


    even the robots at GM and Ford ary trying to kill us with their inferior welds and build quality... WE ARE NOT SAFE!!! (adjusts tinfoil hat)

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    Image of OtisCabeal OtisCabeal
    02/13/09

    @Kaiser 'DARWIN IS DEAD' Machead:
    Oh I dont know, maybe For the purposes of this article you could have a pic from the simpsons episode where the anamatronics at Itchy and Scratchy Land go on a killer rampage. I think it would be a better fir. As far as post Apocolyptic goes there is always: wall-E, 9, The robots in hitchhickers guide, thx 1138, A.I... etc
    All are have robots and all are post apocolyptic
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/13/09

    @OtisCabeal: Hey wait a minute, WALL-E was positioned as a solution to the problem, not the cause of through some robotic resistance, the robots in the Hitchhiker's guide were little more than emotional or overly cheerful comic foils.


    I can't say I remember the robots in THX 1138, but I did fall asleep through some of the movie last night.

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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    02/13/09

    In reply to Korea Opening First Robot Theme Park (For Humans)
    Simpsons did it.
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    Image of fightonraul fightonraul
    02/13/09

    @Closed captioning provided by Homerjay: haha, yeah they did! hopefully Korea gets The Simpson and know what they are getting themselves into .. get those digital cameras on the flash setting!!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/13/09

    @Closed captioning provided by Homerjay: With a dry cool wit like that you could be an action hero.
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    Image of B1663R B1663R
    02/13/09

    @fightonraul: don't a bunch of korean's animate the show? if I were Matt G. i would SUE THEIR ASSES OFF!!!!
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/13/09

    In reply to Korea Opening First Robot Theme Park (For Humans)
    As long as Robot Land also included the obligatory red light district I'm there..
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/13/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake: *includes*
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/13/09

    In reply to Korea Opening First Robot Theme Park (For Humans)
    I suppose they haven't seen Westworld, have they?


    Where nothing can possibl-I go wrong.

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    Image of B1663R B1663R
    02/13/09

    @Kaiser 'Spokesman of the 2009 Darwin Awards' Machead: i was just thinking that... Do I really need Yule Brynner chasing me around all day?


    Yeah, absolutely nothing is going to go wrong... yep, not a thing...

     Reply
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