FYI

I totally remember seeing shows about these suits years ago with guys rolling down cliffs and getting hit by trucks to test their effectiveness and durability.

Amazing stuff, do want. 

Watch the whole thing but this is the money...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3CzYw5-qdA 

Yes! I hadn't even watched the whole thing when I posted before but lo and behold 24mins in and there's the freaking video footage I remember seeing as a kid! Nostalgia to the max. Good stuff. 

Robocop? 

His newest suit, which is somehow supposed to protect you in Iraq. And he's very proud of the "crotch watch" feature for some inexplicable reason. Supposed to be effective against IED attacks, though Troy does not seem to have any experience in explosives and nothing about the suit looks plausible for protecting against an IED unless you're already very far away. Those things shred steel through concussion. He seems to be thinking in terms of maybe grenade shrapnel, and a flak vest probably would be more effective than what he's done.

Then here he proves himself the lowest douchebag ever when trying to sell the idea to the families of those just killed in an IED attack, and offers to raffle it off to "save the lives" of their remaining kids.

Awhile back Troy said he's invented a ray gun called "Angel Light" that allowed you to see right through walls and other solid objects. They used it awhile, then Troy said he put in hand in front of it and it went numb or tingled or something for like a day and he was afraid it might be dangerous so he dismantled it. Only as an afterthought did he realize they never took pictures or documented anything, but, if you'll invest enough money, they'll put it back together for you. 

Does this guy have a real job? I mean besides professional douchebag. Film was lame, anticlimactic, never gets to wrestle a bear, complete waste of time. 

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/5094/bioshockbigdaddy.jpg 

If i saw a Armoured bear man walking around, id try to beat the shit out of him the best i could. Id expect the same if i had a armoured bear man suit myself. 

Oznog said:

His newest suit, which is somehow supposed to protect you in Iraq. And he's very proud of the "crotch watch" feature for some inexplicable reason. Supposed to be effective against IED attacks, though Troy does not seem to have any experience in explosives and nothing about the suit looks plausible for protecting against an IED unless you're already very far away. Those things shred steel through concussion. He seems to be thinking in terms of maybe grenade shrapnel, and a flak vest probably would be more effective than what he's done.

Then here he proves himself the lowest douchebag ever when trying to sell the idea to the families of those just killed in an IED attack, and offers to raffle it off to "save the lives" of their remaining kids.

Awhile back Troy said he's invented a ray gun called "Angel Light" that allowed you to see right through walls and other solid objects. They used it awhile, then Troy said he put in hand in front of it and it went numb or tingled or something for like a day and he was afraid it might be dangerous so he dismantled it. Only as an afterthought did he realize they never took pictures or documented anything, but, if you'll invest enough money, they'll put it back together for you.

Wow... I didn't know any of the current story on him. Last I remember he was attempting to gain military funding around the time the 88'-89' videos videos aired but that he apparently went bankrupt working on the suit and faded away. Luckily the salvage business worked out for him and he was able to amass the appropriate funds (using the gathered scrap metal?) to build again.

Making something animal proof is one thing but there is no way in hell that is stopping any real explosive force. The suit might remain intact but then you've got a corpse stuck inside a plastic shell thats been shredded by chain mail pieces. Giving families false hope about protecting their kids AND making money off it is fucking low.

I liked the whole suit idea much better when I took at face value it for what it appeared to originally be; an epic body suit centered around new and emerging uber extreme sports including freestyle mountain falling and vehicle assisted longjump. My nostalgia high just went away. :[ 

He is, as the carpenters say, "half a bubble off plumb" but his heart seems to be in the right place. Last I heard he was trying to make hockey equipment. Godspeed Troy. 

I could swear I've seen a video of this guy going absolutely ape-shit about how awesome the Canadian forces are, and how he'd kill anyone who said otherwise.

I almost have the energy to go check on that. Almost. 

wouldn't a bear proof suit just be one of those bomb squad suits with some modifications? 

TL:DNW

that guy is very Canadian btw. 

nice cock clock 

Yeah, the cock clock really sold it for me. Imagine the smile you'd get each time someone asked you what time it was. He could sell the cock clock assembly separately and retire. 

I just watched the whole thing again and the bit where the bikers are beating him with bats outside the titty bar is fucking gold. GOLD JERRY! 

Locktite724 said:

nice cock clock

Crotch Watch. 

Canadians. 

Oznog said:

His newest suit, which is somehow supposed to protect you in Iraq.

Unless you get shot in the neck 

MeatPopsicle said:

Unless you get shot in the neck

Well, ALL his joints appear unprotected, and the hard parts inexplicably bulky. That is, they're not dedicated-purposed like ballistic plates. So I'm doubting the plate will stop a rifle round or flying metal chunks from a disintegrating vehicle. And a proper IED explosion will just rip your limbs off or blow flaming gasoline from your vehicle all over you anyways. 

I keep thinking this is a Beastie Boys video. 

Dewey Scruem said:

Does this guy have a real job? I mean besides professional douchebag. Film was lame, anticlimactic, never gets to wrestle a bear, complete waste of time.

What he said 

hair-raising and hilarious? Bearly. 

Canadian hair ftw 

Is that how Patrick Swayze broke into show biz? 

Swayze started in rastlin'... bear like. (no homo) 

Uh... Go Power Ranger? 

Aw jeah! NFB

Logdrivin' http://www.nfb.ca/film/log_drivers_waltz/

And a walkin' http://www.nfb.ca/film/Walking/ 

See, we Canucks can be just as batshit crazy as you Americans! 

But can he resist Man Bear Pig?