<![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> @Spaceboy: well actually Jules Verne was born in Nantes, the city where the Machines are located. There indeed is an inspiration, by purpose.

DocChewbacca

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> "Les Machines de l'ile de Nantes are gigantic mechanical animal vehicles currently on display in the French city of Nantes"

> Actually it's not just "currently" on display : the "Machines de l'Île" will stay in Nantes permanently. Currently, the only Machine that's 100% functionnal is the Elephant. The other ones are being built in what used to be Nantes' Shipyards. The squid and fishes here on the photos are parts of what will be a merry-go-round with 3 levels.

> More photos available on my Flickr set about "Les Machins d... (most of them from the day when the Machines were officially opened, with the first run of the Elephant)
> More details on the official site (in French)

DocChewbacca

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> This would be an awesome getaway car if it went faster than a human can walk. You could say "So long suckers!" as you ride off into the sunset on a speedy elephant or squid while holding sacks of money with dollar signs on them.

finalgearsolid

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> Look Frodo! Elefants!

I wanna see the squid go underwater.

Escamotage

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> All shall perish under my elephant mech filled wrath!

barrakuda

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> Do the aquotic ones really swim?

xXCapto-ExsequorXx

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> oh! it's my hometown on gizmodo!

usagi

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> they look hella badass but... call me back when they move faster than 2mph

thisbeatisbadass

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> Epic. Truly a work of art.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> Not exactly how I imagined the first AT-AT coming to be, but I'm willing to accept it as such.

B.Zanetti

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> replace elephant shell with at-at.. so cool

cybergrunt

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> That would make one heck of a seafood dinner if it were real.

gadgetfanatic

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> you mean these frogs didn't make a mech frog?...haha, sorry...too easy.

killthebabysitter

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> If they have a mechanized ostrich, then all of my World of Warcraft dreams will come true.

secret_asian_man

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> ZE SQUID!!!! ZE SQUID!!!!

Rand

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> Something straight out from my nightmares.

ninjatales

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> and what sort of gas mileage does this thing get?

tidybowl

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> Combine that with [gizmodo.com]
and you've got something.


Gann

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> @BigDaddyM: I guess you could do something waaaay more impressive than that couldn't you

redbearded

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> "Lurching" is not a synonym for "crawling".

Still, they look really good.

Oneon1isto

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> ride the shoopuf?

It is very impressive… until you realise it is actually on wheels, the legs do nothing at all, and it still moves slower than human walking pace…

oh well.

Accordion

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> Whoops, the link in my previous post didn't parse right because of the apostrophe. Need to add the "'s_Elephant"...

SlipperySid

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> Yeah this would've been cooler if it was actually walking by itself. It's just a huge tricycle with wheels that move the elephant. The legs probably provide support but they don't propel it foreward.

danielsmi

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> Did you see the size of that Carbon Footprint? Al Whore is going to be pissed.

xyz

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> They did a spectacular four day show in London in 2006. It started when a Jules Verne style spaceship "crashed" in to town, out of which came a huge marionette girl. More details and photos at [en.wikipedia.org]'s_Elephant

SlipperySid

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> is there a giant pooper scooper to accompany this?

amehrich

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> AT-AT walker version 0.1

keronian

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> The tractor sticking out of his ass kinda spoils it for me.

SgtBeavis

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> If it didn't need that balancing pod in the front so that the elephant actually did walk, it would be very cool, otherwise it is still just a Disneyland trick...
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BigDaddyM

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> I just got through re-watching LoTR: RoTK

Oliphant!!

thebear91

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> Royal Deluxe is just cool. Apparently they are planning some huge thing for Liverpool in September

bytepusher

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> That's just too cool.

tek_nic

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> now lets put a cannon on it and really have some fun.

gdam78

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> Just attach some frickin lazers!! That is some insane merde right there.

Evan394

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> "Mecha Robotic Elephant goes on killing Rampage, film at 11".

Evdor

]]> <![CDATA[Gigantic Mech Animals are a Seriously Stylish Way to Travel]]> Jules Verne predicted this about 150 years ago.

Either that or the designers were inspired by his story.

can go either way :)

Spaceboy

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