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by **Grendel** » Wed May 02, 2007 4:45 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlJLqvrlsLs

these guys built like this mini-wildwild west spider.

I frikkin want one!

News Credits: 49 · by **Senor Hugo** » Wed May 02, 2007 5:24 pm

Thats friggin awesome. I was expecting it to not move very fast, or very far. But I'll be damned it that isn't totally great.

I want one.

by **Mighty Scorponok** » Wed May 02, 2007 5:40 pm

Thats preatty neat, nice looking Spider Contraption, I am surprised it was moving fairly fast. Looked like a miniature of a spider from Wild Wild West movie.

by **Spoon** » Wed May 02, 2007 5:42 pm

Saw it a couple of days ago
All it needs as a finishing touch is a big laser cannon on top

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Wed May 02, 2007 6:15 pm

I thought at first they cheated and sped up the film, but then there were people walking past at normal speed in the back ground.

Doesn't really have the makings of a practical vehicle, but it would be an improvement of over the painfully slow probes we send to other planets. Although with that many moving parts there is quite a lot more to break.

News Credits: 3 · by **Barricade** » Wed May 02, 2007 6:38 pm

omfg

i want one

by **Unicron's_head** » Wed May 02, 2007 10:08 pm

That's awesome!! I want a spider robot

by **Joking Saint** » Wed May 02, 2007 10:28 pm

Awesome! But it needs foot paddings of some sort. The clanking iron is too theatrical.

News Credits: 5 · by **DARKAGEIS** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:53 am

now thats cool!

needs some sort of suspension or padded seat so your not shook to peices by it.

News Credits: 3 · by **Archanubis** » Thu May 03, 2007 12:43 pm

Saw the title and thought, "Oh god, they turned Spiderman into Batman!" Good to see that's not the case.

Very interesting vehicle; the inventor might have something the military and scientists might be very interested in. Like Caelus said, not very practical at the moment, but an interesting and promising start.

News Credits: 1 · by **Duke of Luns** » Thu May 03, 2007 6:04 pm

Thunderscream wrote:Saw the title and thought, "Oh god, they turned Spiderman into Batman!" Good to see that's not the case.

Actually, there was a Spider-Mobile back in the 70's:

It was more of a joke than anything else. The story was, if I remember right, a car manufacturer wanted Spider-Man to build a promotional car for them, and Spidey needed cash at the time, so he accepted the offer. The Human Torch built it for Spidey, and he didn't use it very long at all.

As for the vehicle in the video, very, very cool! Reminds me of this He-Man vehicle for some reason: