Coolest Toy Ever?

Their description, not mine, but still pretty cool.

http://www.wimp.com/coolesttoy/

Screw the toy, build me a life-sized one!

Yeah, can my evil Dictatorship order a few dozen life-size ones?

I expected a bad penis joke.

Ok how about 1843 model.

Holy CRAP !!! One of those, a few LED lights and I'd have cop station switchboards lighting up all over the State!

Wonder what the military version looks like. Battery life? One could really have fun with one of those in a shopping mall. Heehee.

That won so hard, I peed a little

No, this is the coolest toy ever!

cwh wrote: Wonder what the military version looks like. Battery life? One could really have fun with one of those in a shopping mall. Heehee.

These guys are making it so that you never need to recharge in the air : frickin laser power!

Yep, been around for a while and they are more scary than you thought!

http://hplusmagazine.com/2010/09/07/fly-your-pov-around-your-own-personal-quadcopter/

There was a crazy mofo that built one they could ride on. I think it used an exercise ball in the middle for landing and the rider controlled it like by standing up and leaning.....

Joe Gearin wrote: No, this is the coolest toy ever!

I had that toy! I think it was a garage sale item by the time I go it, but I wore that thing OUT, and kept playing with the bike til it was long past broke.

Even scarier are the drone versions. Robotics with sights set on AI. check out 2 of them playing catch. By themselves.

http://youtu.be/3CR5y8qZf0Y

turboswede wrote: There was a crazy mofo that built one they could ride on. I think it used an exercise ball in the middle for landing and the rider controlled it like by standing up and leaning.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L75ESD9PBOw

mndsm wrote:

Joe Gearin wrote: No, this is the coolest toy ever!

I had that toy! I think it was a garage sale item by the time I go it, but I wore that thing OUT, and kept playing with the bike til it was long past broke.

I got that for Christmas one year and my cousin had destroyed it before noon. I have still not forgiven him.

Oh boy... now you've got me excited!

Holy cow. The first time it left at full speed I was speechless. I would decapitate myself with that thing.

I second the suggestion for LED lights.

cough

http://ardrone.parrot.com/parrot-ar-drone/usa

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/10/the-300-quadrocopter-your-iphone-is-a-remote-control.ars

ultraclyde wrote: Even scarier are the drone versions. Robotics with sights set on AI. check out 2 of them playing catch. By themselves. http://youtu.be/3CR5y8qZf0Y

BTW, the one in the OP appears to be an open source project
http://aeroquad.com/showwiki.php?title=Introduction

turboswede wrote: *cough* http://ardrone.parrot.com/parrot-ar-drone/usa http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/10/the-300-quadrocopter-your-iphone-is-a-remote-control.ars

cough on sale at TigerDirect right here cough

Your Welcome Merry Christmas

or you can tare it apart and then Happy Chanukah!!!

they had one on Top Gear that was controlled via an app on an iphone..

Yeah, but the toy grade units don't haul 37 types of ass like the one in the original post. Holy cow.

OK, maybe I played a few too many late night video games in high school, but did anyone else think:

"OMG, a head crab! Where's my crow bar?!"

Never mind then...I want one. Though I will probably keep that crowbar handy...

Javelin wrote: Yeah, can my evil Dictatorship order a few dozen life-size ones?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6bGOBIW5PE