For the moment I'd like to take the opportunity to revisit the charms of all things Tachikoma, the cutest gun-toting AI tank that's ever been created in the history of Anime. Screw you Motoko, your sexiness has nothing on the curves on these babies!
Who can resist the rounded shape of these compact babies, especially when they come in yellow:
Nendoroid Tachikoma (Yellow) by Good Smile
Available currently on preorder at places like AnimeXing.
My husband and I are both Tachikoma fans so we trooped to Greenhills to check out Wasabitoys to see if we could get our hands on one, but unfortunately it was no longer available from their supplier so we may have to wait a good while before we'll be able to get us one.
What they did have though, was the blue USB robot Tachikoma that's been featured in Gizmodo:
It comes with bundled software and a USB cable so you can plug into your computer and it can talk(in nihongo), answer email, play minigames. Needless to say the price tag was sufficiently intimidating for a casual buyer, but was in retrospect was not as expensive as you would expect of something this cool.
For the hardcore fans who are crazy/lucky enough to acquire one, I'm betting it'll be tough to resist the temptation to try to feed with Natural Oil.
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