How to waste money: Build a gundam.

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  1. Dragoncoals

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    What’s the best way to waste away money? Why, build a huge (and I mean HUGE) ****ing Gundam, of course!
    Of course, it depends on your point of view. [​IMG]

    According to the SciencePortal website, building a real Gundam would cost millions of dollars, about $0.7 billion to be exact. It’s not stated whether it is actually possible (or not) though, so keep your fingers crossed.
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    But there’s a high chance it may never happen. Why, you ask? It’s based around a single point:
    What’s the point?
    If you think about it, a Gundam wouldn’t actually serve much purpose in the world today, especially since the $0.7 billion price tag doesn’t cover any support for weaponry or flight, so all we have is a lumbering Gundam that only theoretically works, and as we all know technology is never 100% perfect about anything.
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    Aside from that, the money could be used to fund some other cheaper (and yet more efficient) projects, or maybe utilized for a completely different use altogether. I’m still keeping my fingers crossed though. XD


    grocery list:
    Aluminum alloy (honeycomb) x 43,875
    $79,000,000
    Manufacturing & processing the alloy
    $240,000,000
    Main computer
    $1,550,000
    Gas turbine engines (GE) x 7
    $364,000,000
    Superconductive motors (IHI) x 30
    $7,800,000
    Motor drivers x 30
    $7,800,000
    Reducers x 30
    $22,800,000
    Sensors
    $910,000
    Cockpit
    $450,000
    Total
    $724,310,000​


    *stolen from some blog*
     
  2. redearth

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    I'f I become a billionare, I'm getting a gundam. And I'll take over America, then Canada, then the world!!!! Muahahahaha. I'd think making a giant mechanical robot would could more then $5 billion. Wow.
     
  3. Willmatic

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    Don't think you read this part:
     
  4. RadiantRain

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    Why do they waste money... I hope it's not America Funding this project... 0.7 billion could help out a lot of other people.
     
  5. XxSpix

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    Wow
    So....
    Pointless yet very entertaining
    I wish I'd thought of that
     
  6. Arch3m

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    See, that $0,7 billion price tag is the only thing stopping me from theoretically stomping around the front yards of millions of Houston residents right now.
     
  7. Ryan. K.

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    Yeah it is a waste of money, but hey, we need to experiement, pretty cool though, really if it's gonna work.
     
  8. Norlinsky

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    Yes, it really could. Maybe they should think of other ways they could use this money...
     
  9. desert elite

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    if its possible(probably not) I want one
     
  10. Thorax tehGREAT

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    that would own if it work unless like a tank shot it or something
     
  11. Willmatic

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    Yeah i can imagine it rushing towards a city, someone sees it and 10 minutes later national guard is there and a single tank shot tackles it. There goes 700 million dollars gg!
     
  12. JASONYO

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    some countries tax dollars at work!
     
  13. Draw the Line

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    That looks like a movie prop to me. Have there been any Gundam movie rumors lately?
     
  14. redearth

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    I read it. I don't care if it works. That would just be cool.
     
  15. M.Jelleh

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    What's wrong with researching a gundam. 700 million dollars is only a fraction of a cost that it takes to afford a war or something else big. I think that we better make one before this guy
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  16. Caboose 702

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    Gundams aren't efficient weapons, I agree with some of you in saying "wow that's cool" cause it really is cool. However if the plan is to make one of these a weapon well then I'm sorry to tell you that the gundam is going to get it's butt handed to it by a much more efficient weapon of war, the tank, or the airplane...or even a dude with a rocket launcher...
     
  17. Roche178

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    Womans way of thinking.

    Mans way of thinking.

    Just found that lol.
     
  18. Skill Caster

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    Lol Roche, that's the simple truth. Even though it would be a total waste of money; if I had an extra bank account lying around or two and I'd already donated to a bunch of charities, I'd just build one to go on cruises on Sundays. Lol.
     
  19. Wraith

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    Think of the 0.0001 mpg gas consumption. Yes, you probably can't go a mile with a single gallon of gas in it. Add on the money you have to spend to fill-er-up. Might as well build an army of Priuses, armed with missle launchers that lock on to certain targets.

    I agree with the title of this thread, it is pointless. C'mon, an Animation in a movie would be cheaper than actually making one. We don't have nearly the technology to create one that could fly around and slash energy swords at each other. A nuke would easily kill ten of those things.
     
  20. Dragoncoals

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    Fool. It's going to run on song fuel.
     

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