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You don't really think of Optimus Prime as being much of a jokester, but he's actually quite funny in this exclusive clip from Saturday's new episode of Transformers Prime. More »
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A giant killer robot stalks the cityscape, in this awesome new T-shirt from designer Mingo Lamberti, with art by Wesley Van Eerden. It's just part of Lamberti's new "Sci-fi Range" of T-shirts with gorgeous art prints, including steampunk and apes. More »
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How would we cope with giant robots in space? Adam Elkus, an analyst specializing in foreign policy and strategic studies, looks at the anime classic Mobile Suit Gundam for some answers. More »
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In the industrial wilds of Petaluma, California, a group of giant robot artists called Survival Research Labs (SRL) staged a smackdown with an enormous metal chicken and "Big Arm." (Yeah, it's really big.) Witness the robot rumble! More »
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The live-action movie of Korea's animated classic Robot Taekwon V has been in the works forever, but it's finally coming in 2011. And some new concept art shows that the taekwon-do-champion robot could look a lot like Michael Bay's Transformers. More »
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Robosaurus torches cars and tosses them to the ground with contempt, as he makes his debut in Sydney, Australia. This is not your average robot monster: It took 30 companies two years to create this 27-ton, five-storey robot. More »
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Just when you were craving more mega-bot destruction of vast urban wastelands, MechWarrior comes to save you. And it's not your grandmother's game - this is a brand-new reboot, with slicker graphics and more multiplayer strategy. More »
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Raydeen, giant robot protector of the Lost Continent of Mu, can look out into your bedroom and offer protection from the Demon Empire, thanks to this new art print, for sale by Dano36 on Etsy. And T-shirts are coming! More »
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With everybody talking about that up-skirt shot in Transformers where we see Devastator's, um, wrecking balls, it's time to consider the fine history of robot crotches in pop culture. We've got the ten best moments of robo-nethers in history. More »
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A massive robot addresses the media, in this awesome new still from Astro Boy, the movie that might actually be too beautiful for its own good. Every still so far has looked desktop-pattern amazing. Update: Another image really is below. More »
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Soon Megatron will be conquering theaters, but would he really be the greatest robot if he didn't have Megan Fox in his orbit? Take our poll and vote on which giant robot is truly the most smashing. More »
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Rumors have swirled about a possible live action Voltron movie for next year, but there's one piece of Voltron news that's solid. The cat-fisted giant robot is joining tabletop game Monsterpocalypse next year. More »
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Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen's cowriter, Roberto "patience of a saint" Orci, has been fielding fan questions for months over at the TFW2005 forums. He finally broke down and admitted that Megatron is coming back. More »
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The full-length trailer for Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen is in theaters, and someone managed to store their visual impressions electronically. It's going for "epic war movie," but hits "funky boogie bots" instead. [GiantFreakingRobot] More »
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McG didn't just show off all-new Terminator 4 footage the other day — he also brought some fiery concept art. I never thought I'd be using terms like Turner-esque to describe giant robot mayhem. Spoilers?! More »
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Nearly all of Barnaby Ward’s comics and narrative illustrations feature beautiful young girls, slender, hip, with unruly hair and too much eyeliner. But these girls provide an anchor for Ward’s far wilder depictions of giant robots, elaborate machines, and grotesque monsters, creating manga-inspired works with tinges of Edward Gorey. Check out our gallery to see more of Ward’s glamourous women and their mecha-flavored adventures. More »
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Anyone who ever spent a Saturday afternoon as a kid gleefully watching Godzilla or Gamera battle weird space dragons or giant robots while destroying the vital infrastructure of Japan has got to love the idea of Monsterpocalypse. We've played a bunch of games to see if the game lives up to the hype - and by "hype," we mean, "our fervent kaiju-loving desire for an awesome giant monster fighting game." More »
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All giant robots are just not built the same. Some mechas tower over your city, while others just sort of tower over your garage. When the fate of the world depends on giant robots smashing each other — as it so often does — you want a giant robot that's really giant. Luckily, we've got you covered with our run-down of which giant robots actually deliver on the "giant" part of the equation. More »
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As pilot Boris Vassilev directs his heavy-class 'Mech into the five-acre arena, the thundering footfalls are nearly drowned out by the crowd's roars of delight. Viewers in five systems are watching this live, as Boris prepares for a one-on-one battle against top-ranked pilot Inese Lassonde and her heavily modified Nova Cat. There's cash on the line, of course, but for both pilots, this battle means much more. Reputations are made and destroyed in these arenas. Welcome to Solaris VII. More »
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Rumors have been flying for months about the live-action remake of 1980s giant robot series Voltron. But now it looks like we're close to achieving liftoff, with new financial backers who say they want to do the five-robots-make-one-giant robot effects using the B-tech CGI that made 300 look so sweet. But can those effects make giant morphing robots look good? More »
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Kaiju fans probably already have their eager hands on issue #0 of the new Monsterpocalypse comic book, but the rest of us can head down to our local comic shop and put in a pre-order for issue #1 starting this week. Based on Privateer Press' upcoming collectible miniatures game, the comics will flesh out the back story of a global defense force that uses giant robots to fight off repeated attacks by giant alien (or other-dimensional) monsters. We've more details on the free limited edition figure you can get with the comics, along with some interior art previews. More »
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The raging forest fires of the future will be fought, not by puny humans, but by giant hulking robots like this one. (Note little human figurine for scale.) This robot, designed by student Jordan Guelde in a senior project, is willing to do what it takes to contain a fire — including massacre a lot of trees. Want to see more pics of the model, plus some computer images of the robot cutting a swathe through a roaring inferno? More »
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I am convinced that this giant robot, from the 1957 movie Kronos: Ravager of Planets, is perhaps the very best of the abstract giant robots. And by "abstract," I mean Kronos here looks basically like a modernist building — just a big box on giant struts with a spherical head topped by two antennae. Sure there's some backstory here, like a flying saucer crashed in Mexico and suddenly there was this giant robot who is mind-controlling everybody so it can eat electricity or atomic bombs or something. Really, though, all you need to know is that there is a hulking robot building thing roaming the countryside, and being followed by three intrepid robot geeks wearing awesome coveralls that say "Labcentral" on the back. Damn, I want those coveralls. And that abstract giant robot! Here I've put together the very best of the giant robot scenes for you. Watch Kronos from far away, from up close, and in full burnination mode! [Kronos via IMDB] More »
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If you've ever wanted to climb into a giant, customizable battle robot and have blazing gun and sword fights with other giant robots, your desires are about to be fulfilled. You can do it all, for free, in the new MMORPG Exteel. Filled with Robotech-style mechs waging war in a series of futuristic environments, Exteel is a straight-ahead arena fighting game. And it rocks. Tweaking your build and jumping into a Territory Control battle is a great way to spend 20 minutes on your lunch break. More »
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Over on Flickr there's a great collection of Japanese toy robots who've been Photoshopped to look half-menacing, half-romantic by giant robot enthusiast Jeff Simmermon. Here's his do-up of Godzilla (click to see full-size glory), who looks like he's ready to pounce — or kiss. Check out the whole set. More »
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You can never have enough giant robot movies and TV shows, and that's why we can't wait to see Steam Wars and MORAV, two giant robot projects that are about to get of the ground. The best part is that both projects are spearheaded by designers, so there is a lot of amazing concept art for both. Steam Wars is an alternate history of nineteenth century warfare in which soldiers fight from inside giant, humanoid tanks. More »
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Josh Cotter has just released a trade book of the first four issues of indie comic fave Skyscrapers Of The Midwest. Cotter describes the book as being about "observations of childhood isolation and existence in the American Midwest. With giant robots." He talks to Tom Spurgeon and Newsarama.com all about it. More »
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