Own your own REAL Japanese Fighting Robot

Looking for a way to make your commute easier?  We may have found it.  A company called Suidobashi Heavy Industry has created a 12-foot tall, 9,920 pound, fully functional transformer-type robot that you can actually drive around town. The Kuratas has a top speed of about 6 mph, and is powered by a diesel engine. The chest opens to reveal a cockpit with wrap-around view screens from which you can control all the driving functions, as well as the two fully articulated arms, scissoring legs, and pivoting torso.  Instead of heated seats and cup holders, you’ll find Kuratas equipped with water-propelled missiles and Gatling guns that fire 100 BB’s per second.  You may think the $1.35 million dollar price tag is the scariest feature, but you’d be wrong.  The scariest feature is the fact that the Kuratas has a Kinnect system that uses your smile as a trigger to fire the weapons.  (Can’t afford Kuratas?  Here’s a very cool but much cheaper alternative.)

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