Tag Archives: mecha

3D Printed Skeleton Lets You Make LEGO Robots: LEGO Build Fighter

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You can already build mecha or any robot with LEGO. I mean, it’s LEGO. There’s even a tactical tabletop wargame called Mobile Frame Zero that uses LEGO and other building toys instead of figurines. But if you’d like to have a standardized way of building humanoid robots, MyBuild might be what you’re looking for.

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Made by Hero Design Studio, MyBuild is an articulated skeletal frame that you can 3D print. It has joints, plates and studs on which you can attach LEGO pieces.

Here are some of Hero Design Studio’s MyBuild creations:

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Hero Design Studio also has a couple of stop-motion short films that feature MyBuild robots, showing off their range of motion and just how cool they can be.

Ready to build your Legpla? Download the MyBuild 3D model on Thingiverse or directly from Hero Design Studio’s website, which also has guides and sample builds.

[via Prosthetic Knowledge]

Big Hero 6 Toys Reveal leak the Robot Powers

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The Big Hero 6 film has been bubbling away on fan sites but this week gets a major shot in the arm with more information forthcoming from various sources. This is the movie from Walt Disney Animation...

E3 2014: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Trailer

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The E3 trailer for Hideo Kojima’s latest Metal Gear entry has leaked ahead of its scheduled E3 broadcast. It shows a bloody-faced Big Boss, a bunch of bleak, cinematic encounters and fights, and the...

Giant Robot Slippers with Sound Effects: Stomp in Comfort

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ThinkGeek already sells a wearable sound effects device, but if all you want is to stomp like a mecha check out the shop’s very own Giant Robot Slippers. They emit the appropriate sound effects when you raise and lower your feet.

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Fortunately, you don’t need a nuclear reactor to power the slippers. Four AA batteries will do. They also have a power switch, which naturally should always be on the “On” position. Otherwise what’s the point?

Summon the browserzord and buy the Giant Robot Slippers from ThinkGeek for $30(USD).

[via Walyou]

Pacific Rim Jaeger Arm Conference Table: Today, We Are Canceling the Board Meeting!

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Like many of us, the folks at the new game development studio Robotoki love Pacific Rim. Unlike many of us, they had the funds to go big with their geekiness. Robotoki worked with Tom Spina Designs to make a conference table with a 12ft. severed Jaeger arm underneath.

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The arm was based on a sketch by Robotoki concept artist Stan Chan. Tom Spina Designs made it out of steel, PVC piping, fiberglass, wood, and foam. The arm weighs about 300lb in total. If you think that’s heavy, Robotoki said that the table’s three glass panels weighs about 250 to 300 lb. each.

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Here’s Robotoki’s silly unboxing video:

You’re welcome.

[Nerdist via Nerd Approved via Archie McPhee]

Official Titanfall Atlas Action Figure Is En Route

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The fan-made Atlas action figure is one of my favorite catches, but there’s nothing like an officially licensed and faithful replica of Titanfall‘s poster boy. The toy will be released by Threezero this year. It stands 20.5″ tall, while a complementary pilot action figure stands at 6″ tall. Yes, you can open the Atlas’ cockpit and fit the pilot inside.

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Threezero has not revealed prices for the toys yet. The company also mentioned on Facebook that they “have more Titans in the works”, so there’s a good chance that fans of the Ogre and the Stryder are going to go broke as well.

[via Threezero via Nerd Approved]

Reebok Gundam Instapump Fury: Mobile Shoes

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To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Instapump Fury, Reebok will be releasing 27 different variants of the lace-less shoes throughout spring and summer. I don’t know why there will be 27 variants and not 20, but I do know that two of those variants are based on the Gundam series.

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The first colorway takes after the RX-78-2 aka the OG Gundam. The scheme makes the Instapump Fury look like kid’s shoes, but perhaps the gray part of the upper is more pronounced in person. The second colorway is based on another classic Gundam robot: Char Aznable’s MS-06S Zaku II. I actually like that one better because it’s gaudy, which is exactly the look that a freakin’ Reebok and Gundam mashup should aim for.

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According to Milk, the shoes cost HK$1,499 each (~$190 USD). They should be in Reebok retailers soon. I bet Laplace’s Box has one of these inside.

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[via RocketNews 24 and Sneaker News]

Lego Robot Solves Rubik’s Cube In 3.253 Seconds

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In October of 2011, Mike Dobson and David Gilday’s CubeStormer II robot, built from Lego kits and powered by a Samsung Galaxy S2, set the world record for solving a Rubik’s Cube: 5.27 seconds....

LEGO Xenogears Concept: Weltall Order

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As I’ve mentioned before, Xenogears is one of my favorite games. So I was so excited when I heard that someone had proposed LEGO versions of the PlayStation classic’s mecha. Sadly, Diego Cabrera submitted his proposal on LEGO Cuusoo back in 2012 and it still doesn’t have the minimum 10,000 votes.

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I don’t know if Diego edited his proposal since he first created it, but as of this writing all you can see on Cuusoo is the image of Xenogears, the final form of Fei’s Weltall. But Video Game Stuffs was able to save Diego’s LEGO models of the other Gears. I’m not sure if these are all he made – the other heroes’ Gears are missing, such as the awesomely bulky Siebzehn – but right now these images are all we have.

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I don’t know if Cuusoo places an expiration date on proposals, although I was still able to place my vote for Diego’s proposal. I do know that Xenogears is no Back to the Future, Ghostbusters or Minecraft. But if you’re a fellow fan of the game it wouldn’t hurt to show your support for this awesome concept. I hope Diego updates or resubmits his proposal now that it’s getting a new wave of attention.

[via Video Game Stuffs via Destructoid]