Scout Walker Redux

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Scout Walker Redux

Post by mojo » Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:30 am

well, this dumbass thing has got my vote. it has all the problems of the other at series vehicles, and the goddamn pilots are completely exposed.

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you ever notice how many open-air combat vehicles there are? every time i watch a war movie, i'm always like, 'man, why do they make so many tanks with convertible tops?'
i know it's only a lego set, and i don't watch the clone wars cartoons so i don't know if it's actually in the cartoon. i hope it isn't. but the fact that someone thought this was a good enough idea to actually make it a toy hurts my head so bad.
i would think one of the first questions you would ask when designing a war vehicle would be, 'can the pilot be shot directly in the head while driving this thing,' and if the answer is 'yeah', then maybe go back to the drawing board. for christ's sake, there's not even a windshield to keep bugs off his helmet!

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Re: Scout Walker Redux

Post by 2046 » Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:19 am

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/All_Terr ... _Transport

I'm not sure the name is canon, but the design is. It's extensively used as a cavalry analogue in TCW.

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Re: Scout Walker Redux

Post by Praeothmin » Thu Dec 29, 2011 6:23 pm

mojo, if you ever make fun of a Lego set again, I will hunt you, I will find you, and I will stare at you angrily for at least an hour...

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Re: Scout Walker Redux

Post by mojo » Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:35 am

Praeothmin wrote:mojo, if you ever make fun of a Lego set again, I will hunt you, I will find you, and I will stare at you angrily for at least an hour...
that thing looks like SHIT.

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Re: Scout Walker Redux

Post by Lucky » Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:52 am

mojo wrote:well, this dumbass thing has got my vote. it has all the problems of the other at series vehicles, and the goddamn pilots are completely exposed.

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you ever notice how many open-air combat vehicles there are? every time i watch a war movie, i'm always like, 'man, why do they make so many tanks with convertible tops?'
i know it's only a lego set, and i don't watch the clone wars cartoons so i don't know if it's actually in the cartoon. i hope it isn't. but the fact that someone thought this was a good enough idea to actually make it a toy hurts my head so bad.
i would think one of the first questions you would ask when designing a war vehicle would be, 'can the pilot be shot directly in the head while driving this thing,' and if the answer is 'yeah', then maybe go back to the drawing board. for christ's sake, there's not even a windshield to keep bugs off his helmet!
It's a motorcycle with legs, and no worse then the other war mounts out there?

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Re: Scout Walker Redux

Post by mojo » Fri Dec 30, 2011 4:05 am

Lucky wrote:
mojo wrote:well, this dumbass thing has got my vote. it has all the problems of the other at series vehicles, and the goddamn pilots are completely exposed.

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you ever notice how many open-air combat vehicles there are? every time i watch a war movie, i'm always like, 'man, why do they make so many tanks with convertible tops?'
i know it's only a lego set, and i don't watch the clone wars cartoons so i don't know if it's actually in the cartoon. i hope it isn't. but the fact that someone thought this was a good enough idea to actually make it a toy hurts my head so bad.
i would think one of the first questions you would ask when designing a war vehicle would be, 'can the pilot be shot directly in the head while driving this thing,' and if the answer is 'yeah', then maybe go back to the drawing board. for christ's sake, there's not even a windshield to keep bugs off his helmet!
It's a motorcycle with legs, and no worse then the other war mounts out there?
yeah, it's stupid. did you read the words that you typed? jesus christ man, 'it's a motorcycle with legs,' is fucking stupid.

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Re: Scout Walker Redux

Post by Lucky » Fri Dec 30, 2011 4:02 pm

mojo wrote: yeah, it's stupid. did you read the words that you typed? jesus christ man, 'it's a motorcycle with legs,' is fucking stupid.
It is no worse then the actual animals that have been riden into combat beside it at times.

It is a scout vehicle that is sometimes used to attack Armored Assault Tanks with reasonable success.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Armored_Assault_Tank

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Re: Scout Walker Redux

Post by mojo » Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:09 am

all hail the mighty ostrich, known far and wide for it's abilities as a combat mount. since ancient times, all men have known that the ostrich is a far better warbeast than, say, horses, or elephants.. or.. wait..

stupid llamas!

anyway, i repeat:

1. looks fucking stupid.
2. no protection for the pilot whatsoever. fucking stupid.
3. runs around on two giant legs instead of any sort of stable method of locomotion. fucking stupid.
4. just like other idiotic at series vehicles, gun on front is extremely limited in movement. fucking stupid.
5. controlled by.. what the fuck? motorcycle handlebars?! further evidence that the goddamn gun on the front has extremely limited mobility. there's no fucking control for the guns except a button on the handlebars! that implies that it can only fire STRAIGHT AHEAD.
FUCKING STUPID.

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Re: Scout Walker Redux

Post by Praeothmin » Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:37 pm

mojo wrote:
Praeothmin wrote:mojo, if you ever make fun of a Lego set again, I will hunt you, I will find you, and I will stare at you angrily for at least an hour...
that thing looks like SHIT.
Well, I can't travel ATM, but I am staring at your screen name with great anger... So there...

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