Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
2/15/25 8:19 a.m.

While I was browsing Japanese stationery (I love how much effort is put into product design), I came across CRAB TANKS.

More specifically, anti-aircraft crab tanks.

Never change Japan, never change.

Karacticus
Karacticus SuperDork
2/15/25 8:37 a.m.

Also, spider tanks

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
2/15/25 11:24 a.m.

In reply to Karacticus :

Very much yes to spider tanks.

Now I want to watch Ghost in the Shell...

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
2/15/25 11:47 a.m.

I've had to check work performed on an M-1 and the Crusaders, can't even imagine the moving parts involved in a hexapod crustacean.

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic SuperDork
2/15/25 3:49 p.m.

TIL that Fiddler crabs have a 50:50 chance of having the big claw on the left or right.

This made me wonder about human twins because my DIL is one and TIAlsoL that if a fertilized human embryo splits between 3 to 5 days after inception, the identical twins are the same - left and left handed or right and right handed. However, if the embryo split occurs between 5 and 8 days, the identical twins are very likely to be mirrored, one left handed, and the other right handed including moles, finger prints and hair cowlicks.

And, the later the split occurs, the entire body can be mirrored, including the internal organs which can make it tough if the opposite twin ever needs a heart or liver transplant.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
2/17/25 9:26 a.m.
Karacticus said:

Also, spider tanks

Batou!!

slefain
slefain UltimaDork
2/17/25 9:59 a.m.

In reply to Karacticus :

Gotta choose ARM if you want to use the SPIDER unit:

 

Paris Van Gorder
Paris Van Gorder Associate editor
2/17/25 10:08 a.m.

In reply to Colin Wood :

I love Gacha Capsule in Japan they have the strangest things in them. Some of my personal favorites were ice skating cats, miniature massage guns and tiny singing bass. 

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
2/17/25 10:14 a.m.

In reply to Paris Van Gorder :

I'd blow so much money getting Gacha Capsules and canned coffees from vending machines if I visited Japan. laugh

Paris Van Gorder
Paris Van Gorder Associate editor
2/17/25 11:12 a.m.

In reply to Colin Wood :

Oh, I did 100%. To make it even worse, to use the subways, you get these cards that you can refill with money since the trains are the biggest mode of transportation. Almost every Gacha machine, vending machine, and claw game accepts those cards as payment. I may or may not have almost gotten myself stranded in Shibuya.

Mndsm
Mndsm MegaDork
2/17/25 11:17 a.m.

CRAB BATTLE! 

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