Bandai is manufacturing armored cats

[doctorow]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/05/18/tenkomori-v-namimori.html

…

[Melz2]

Far less interesting than what I’d expected:

[Brainspore]

@doctorow

Bandai created armored cats

Mattel had them beat by a few decades though.

[Glaurung]

No sale. I’m holding out for mecha hamsters.

eta: to clarify, giant robot hamsters, being driven by hamsters.

[ninjustin]

At first I thought these were somehow for actual cats. Now I know how I’m torturing my cat for Halloween.

[ianstalk]

I want them all, and then I want a video game based off of them.

[agies]

[Jorpho]

How nice that there’s still room for something like this in the world without first requiring an animated cartoon or line of promotional comics. I might expect a “deluxe edition” with a little more fuzz.

This strikes me as the direct inspiration.

See also: Dex-Starr of the Red Lantern Corps. [Click for album.]

[Album] Dex-Starr, Red Lantern Kitty, prepare your feel glands

[Medievalist]

Edit: R.I.P. Mark Rogers, a super nice guy.

[RickMycroft]

[chrisbachmann]

Heck. I just want some for home with a nice view of the fish tank. My cat would absolutely love it.

[Amstrad]

[scottchilcote]

… inside even more enormous, armored transparent balls!

[Melz2]

[anon30760835]

[anon30760835]

Cat Armor

[GulliverFoyle]

[Malarkey]

Must. Have. All. The. Cats.

[Melz2]

[anon30760835]