Tachikoma spider-style tanks from the popular Ghost in the Shell anime series will go on sale in late February of 2008. The price is 13,440 yen (about US$115).
A USB cable will connect the Tachikoma toy to your PC for remote control instructions. The toy will feature the voice of Sakiko Tamagawa, who provides the voice of the tachikomas in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
The toy is about 9.5 centimeters tall - that's 1/24th scale).
The following video was made of the one-off prototype made by Tomotaka Takahashi of Robo-Garage.
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