Real-Life Transformer Robot On Sale In Japan

Modellismo writes "Last May a Japanese hobbyist revealed a DIY, real-life Transformer Robot Car that received lots of feedback. Now Kenji Ishida is back with a new version that will be officially presented next weekend at the Maker Faire Tokyo 2012. This new 1/12 scale autobot is made using a custom 3D printer (build by Kenji himself), and finally Transformers fans around the world will be able to buy it. The official price has not been disclosed. For now the production is limited to 10 pieces. It's possible to choose the color of the robot that comes built and programmed, complete with a wireless controller in a numbered case."

Re:Why not full size?

[Anonymous Coward]

The 1960s can put a man on the Moon.

We certainly can't.

All of the profit! none of the risk!
Shareholders! shareholders! rah rah rah!

Re:The Japanese and robots

[K. S. Kyosuke]

Well, it's not like the West didn't have its own fair share of humanoid automata, fictional or not... The Mechanical Turk (a fake, but a nice one), the contraptions of Jaquet-Droz...I'd even throw the Golem of Prague into the mix, although that's more like "magitech". :-)