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Old 07-10-2010, 10:16 PM
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Giant Cold War Robots

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I thought I was a Cold War aficionado, but I had no idea....



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EDIT: Yes they seem primitive, but they shall still overcome us one day nonetheless.
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Old 07-11-2010, 01:27 PM
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Its not a robot, but you want some cool cold war stuffif nasa involved go watch To Mars By a Bomb.
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Old 07-11-2010, 03:31 PM
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Not giant maybe but cold war robots for sure.



"The claws were bad enough in the first place—nasty, crawling little death-robots. But when they began to imitate their creators, it was time for the human race to make peace—if it could!"

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This would make for an awesome album cover.
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This would make for an awesome album cover.
Dude! I'd do it if I were still playing.....
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This would make for an awesome album cover.
Rage Against The Machine, perhaps?
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Is that picture copyrighted?
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Not a robot, but certainly "Giant" and "Cold War":


I've always found this thing pretty interesting. More pics HERE.
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Not a robot, but certainly "Giant" and "Cold War":


I've always found this thing pretty interesting. More pics HERE.
And what is that supposed to be!?!?! is looks like a huge advertising space!
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Looks like some sort of radar or radio system?

However, I'd like to think they were trying to make a literal iron curtain.
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Not cold war but cold beverage!
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So that Cold War got pretty crazy at some point, huh?
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So that Cold War got pretty crazy at some point, huh?
If by crazy you mean screwed up the lives of millions of people and came within a hair's breadth of blowing up the world, then yes crazy.

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If by crazy you mean screwed up the lives of millions of people and came withing a hair's breadth of blowing up the world, then yes crazy.

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I meant that, but also "hey-lets-build-giant-robots"-crazy.
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I meant that, but also "hey-lets-build-giant-robots"-crazy.
True. Governments threw much $$$ behind some far out tech ideas.

BTW I do love that woman's facial expression in the OPs pic. Looks like she saw John Holmes nekkid in her mirror.

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