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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Sir William Idol on August 21, 2007, 01:54:53 PM
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hahah, gotta love the quote from Altus's spokeperson, maybe if these kids had been wearing 8" tall weight belts and wrist straps this wouldnt have happened?
Broken arms prod game recall in Japan
Maker of arm-wrestling machines to yank it from arcades
Armwrestling arcade game "Arm Spirit" was recalled after three players broke their arms grappling with the machine's mechanized appendage.
TOKYO - Lose a game of chess to a computer, and you could bruise your ego. Lose an arm-wrestling match to a Japanese arcade machine, and you could break your arm.
Distributor Atlus Co. said Tuesday it will remove all 150 "Arm Spirit" arm wrestling machines from Japanese arcades after three players broke their arms grappling with the machine's mechanized appendage.
"The machine isn't that strong, much less so than a muscular man. Even women should be able to beat it," said Atlus spokeswoman Ayano Sakiyama, calling the recall "a precaution."
"We think that maybe some players get overexcited and twist their arms in an unnatural way," she said. The company was investigating the incidents and checking the machines for any signs of malfunction.
Players of "Arm Spirit" advance through 10 levels, battling a French maid, drunken martial arts master and a Chihuahua before reaching the final showdown with a professional wrestler.
The arcade machine is not distributed overseas.
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Haha! I read about that this evening and was thinking of posting it! :)
I wonder how many Getbiggers arms would break? ???
Oh wait, I forgot, we're all cage fighting PHD holders here.....
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Oh brother, hahahahaha
Check out the brutal "cage" in front of the screen!
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looks like a cool machine to me!
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I wish we could have a left handed Getbig arm wrestling contest. I haven't been beaten in 20 years. I would break Keiths left forearm!
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That will teach them to eat all that damn rice.
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They have that machine at a few of the movie theaters here in Toronto... I've played it once or twice, it's not that hard.
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I like the one from a few years back where you have to register the hardest punch you can - it's old news now but I loved that machine!
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I like the one from a few years back where you have to register the hardest punch you can - it's old news now but I loved that machine!
I broke that one at Dave and Busters and the manager tried to get me to pay him like 3 Grand. I told him to fuck off!
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I like the one from a few years back where you have to register the hardest punch you can - it's old news now but I loved that machine!
I remember that one too! my buddy who was the European Muay Thai champion for a couple of years broke the one we had here!@
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I remember that one too! my buddy who was the European Muay Thai champion for a couple of years broke the one we had here!@
How much did they charge him for damage?
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That will teach them to eat all that damn rice.
;D
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That will teach them to eat all that damn rice.
lmao! ;D
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I wish we could have a left handed Getbig arm wrestling contest. I haven't been beaten in 20 years. I would break Keiths left forearm!
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fuck im left handed too...its such a bitch trying to find decent competition for a left handed arm wrestle
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How much did they charge him for damage?
We bolted when the bag started flopping around and the numbers went all crazy on the screen, lol