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5. Odds are strong it was a costume

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 24, 2019, 08:19 AM

Feb 2019

The person wearing it would be in the torso and legs, wearing a VR headset linked to "eye" cameras, and using controllers inside to operate the arms. Or those and the jaw linked to the canned spiel.

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8 feet tall humanoid Robot in UAE [View all] salmannaseem07 Feb 2019 OP

"to keep our wives safe, simple and easy" nt greyl Feb 2019 #1

WOAH!!!! SkyDaddy7 Feb 2019 #10

didn't know they had a Comicon in UAE eShirl Feb 2019 #2

That's... disturbing. William Seger Feb 2019 #3

Scares the crap outta me. littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #4

Odds are strong it was a costume JHB Feb 2019 #5

I'm glad you figured it out. ❤ littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #7

It's the same basic setup Jim Henson's people used in "Fraggle Rock"... JHB Feb 2019 #9

Although Im sure your correct... SkyDaddy7 Feb 2019 #11

It's a dude doing a robot cosplay. eShirl Feb 2019 #6

Good to hear. Thanks. ❤ littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #8

Wives? Unca Jim Feb 2019 #12