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Kickstarter: Weta Workshop + Giant Stompy Robots

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 10:27 pm
by The Other Dave
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/we ... vy-hitters

...is a recipe for getting funded in just over 4 hours, apparently.

Re: Kickstarter: Weta Workshop + Giant Stompy Robots

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:08 am
by Konrad
Those are some pretty cool giant killer robots. Makes me think of this bad, old 80's sci fi flick. Robot Jox. (no, that's not a misspelling)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kd642Ix5ks

Re: Kickstarter: Weta Workshop + Giant Stompy Robots

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 2:17 am
by Primarch
Konrad wrote:Those are some pretty cool giant killer robots. Makes me think of this bad, old 80's sci fi flick. Robot Jox. (no, that's not a misspelling)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kd642Ix5ks
Bad? That movie was awesome. Admittedly I was about 10 years old at the time it came out, but I watched the heck out of that film as a kid.

Re: Kickstarter: Weta Workshop + Giant Stompy Robots

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 4:31 am
by The Other Dave
Primarch wrote:
Konrad wrote:Those are some pretty cool giant killer robots. Makes me think of this bad, old 80's sci fi flick. Robot Jox. (no, that's not a misspelling)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kd642Ix5ks
Bad? That movie was awesome. Admittedly I was about 10 years old at the time it came out, but I watched the heck out of that film as a kid.
For "bad versus awesome" you can't beat Honest Trailers' take on Pacific Rim. I think giant fighty robots are sort of intrinsically simultaneously super dumb and super awesome.

Re: Kickstarter: Weta Workshop + Giant Stompy Robots

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:52 am
by The Other Dave
Although, as I think about it, what this KS really makes me realize is that I have a whole mess of Monsterpocalypse figs that don't get nearly enough play. :D