Fascinating

@Maxbricks14 said:
"It looks so much like a B-1 Battle droid!"

Was gonna say, this definitely reminds me of those cursed Star Wars X Technic sets we used to get, fortunately before I was born

@AverageChimaEnjoyer said:
"Sorry, what the heck does a robot have to do with Honda?
Better question: why is there a LEGO set of it?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZngYDDDfW4

Still on the lookout for this one. Refuse to pay shipping as much or more than the purchase price.

@AverageChimaEnjoyer said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"It looks so much like a B-1 Battle droid!"

Was gonna say, this definitely reminds me of those cursed Star Wars X Technic sets we used to get, fortunately before I was born"

Before I was born too. I would have packed away all my LEGO and never played with it again if I saw those abominations!

@Gyra said:
"It's crazy to me that we got a little technic polybag of the Honda ASIMO, but after almost a decade, we've yet to get a Honda in Speed Champions despite how massive and prolific the company is. Where's our NSX..."

Buy 76934, tinker with the rear spoiler...done!

Had no idea this existed lol. This is the kind of real world object we should get from LEGO, not vintage radios or Polaroid cameras.

This was big around 2K, then dimmed down I guess. Being a sci-fi fan, I was following it as much as I can.

This count as minifig?

@PurpleDave said:
" @sirventricle said:
"Famous for being the only set ever to feature a 3L pin in white! "

I ended up building a copy of this over 20 years ago, and that stupid white pin is the only part I had to substitute."
I wanted to build a white Technic car MOC a while ago (James Bond Lotus Esprit) and thought it would look so much better with the white version of said pins. But since I needed several dozens of them, sourcing originals would have been unreasonably expensive.
Thankfully I found a better solution ;-)

https://www.bluebrixx.com/en/partpacks/609033/BPP6558-white-3M-CONNECTOR-PEG-X-200-BB-Part-Packs

They work just like the original, and in contrast to other off-brand parts you can't really tell it's not LEGO with these.

@Spritetoggle said:
"The comments not recognizing ASIMO are making me feel old, and I'm only in my early 30's.

Oh, also... Honda makes plenty of things beyond just cars. And a company the size of Honda has resources to innovate, whether the goal is innovation itself, boosting public interest in their brand, or something else."
As an aside, when I was a kid, Honda to me was best known for their motorbikes, which had quite a reputation and seemed to be winning lots of races. Also, when boats or other watercraft were shown in movies or TV series, lots of them had the Honda name on them.

@AustinPowers said:
" @Spritetoggle said:
"The comments not recognizing ASIMO are making me feel old, and I'm only in my early 30's.

Oh, also... Honda makes plenty of things beyond just cars. And a company the size of Honda has resources to innovate, whether the goal is innovation itself, boosting public interest in their brand, or something else."
As an aside, when I was a kid, Honda to me was best known for their motorbikes, which had quite a reputation and seemed to be winning lots of races. Also, when boats or other watercraft were shown in movies or TV series, lots of them had the Honda name on them. "

I echo both comments. Though, I think it's mostly the outboard motors that are Honda, not the entire boat? Though there seem to be Honda boats as well; one of those Japanese companies that produce everything...

@kfr said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @Spritetoggle said:
"The comments not recognizing ASIMO are making me feel old, and I'm only in my early 30's.

Oh, also... Honda makes plenty of things beyond just cars. And a company the size of Honda has resources to innovate, whether the goal is innovation itself, boosting public interest in their brand, or something else."
As an aside, when I was a kid, Honda to me was best known for their motorbikes, which had quite a reputation and seemed to be winning lots of races. Also, when boats or other watercraft were shown in movies or TV series, lots of them had the Honda name on them. "

I echo both comments. Though, I think it's mostly the outboard motors that are Honda, not the entire boat? Though there seem to be Honda boats as well; one of those Japanese companies that produce everything..."
Yes, I did mean the name on the outboard motors. Which was usually quite prominent.

@Maxbricks14 said:
"It looks so much like a B-1 Battle droid!"

My first thoughts were "That's a chunky cute battle droid"
Oh well.
The ASIMO was an astounding creation, the precursor to all the terrifying output from Boston Dynamics.
Roger Roger

At school Honda meant SS50... and whether it was better or worse than the FS1E!

@AustinPowers said:
"What I find interesting is the fact that LEGO went to the trouble of producing an exclusive colour for said Pin 3L with Friction Ridges, even though it wouldn't have been necessary since a black one would have been just as inconspicuous.
Just imagine how good some current Technic sets could look with colour-matched pins. "

Or any post 2003 Bionicle set. That was afaik the first community to be bothered by the mismatched color pins.

Honda inconspicuously developing a B1 battle droid army since 2001.

@AustinPowers said:
" @Spritetoggle said:
"The comments not recognizing ASIMO are making me feel old, and I'm only in my early 30's.

Oh, also... Honda makes plenty of things beyond just cars. And a company the size of Honda has resources to innovate, whether the goal is innovation itself, boosting public interest in their brand, or something else."
As an aside, when I was a kid, Honda to me was best known for their motorbikes, which had quite a reputation and seemed to be winning lots of races. Also, when boats or other watercraft were shown in movies or TV series, lots of them had the Honda name on them. "

Talking about Honda motorcycles has the Beach Boys running through my head...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Gr5lIdykE

@lost_scotsman said:"Roger Roger"

We have clearance, Clarence, What's your vector, Victor?

@TheOtherMike said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @Spritetoggle said:
"The comments not recognizing ASIMO are making me feel old, and I'm only in my early 30's.

Oh, also... Honda makes plenty of things beyond just cars. And a company the size of Honda has resources to innovate, whether the goal is innovation itself, boosting public interest in their brand, or something else."
As an aside, when I was a kid, Honda to me was best known for their motorbikes, which had quite a reputation and seemed to be winning lots of races. Also, when boats or other watercraft were shown in movies or TV series, lots of them had the Honda name on them. "

Talking about Honda motorcycles has the Beach Boys running through my head...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Gr5lIdykE

@lost_scotsman said:"Roger Roger"

We have clearance, Clarence, What's your vector, Victor?"
"Surely there must be something you can do."

"I'm doing everything I can... and stop calling me Shirley!"

@RatchetingClank said:
"Honda inconspicuously developing a B1 battle droid army since 2001."

'This can only mean one thing - invasion!'

I built that set recently. Of course I'm just missing its inexplicably white 3L pin.

That reminds me of how in the late 90s / early 2000s we got some weird colored Technic parts in some sets. 7163 had green 4L axles, 3451 had brown ones. 7186 had light gray 6L axles, a color that was used only on odd number axles. 8009 got white 6L axles and 7468 used tan ones. The part 32054 (Technic pin 3L with friction and stop bush) very common in black, red and light bluish gray, appeared in blue, green, yellow, dark turquoise, white and even purple in a few sets during that era...

@MeisterDad said:
"Still on the lookout for this one. Refuse to pay shipping as much or more than the purchase price."

I also pined after this set for years, trying to build my own as best is possible without the correct parts. Finally picked a new one on ebay a couple of years ago and it was not expensive.

Of course, it looks nothing like the real ASIMO but still a nice one to have at last.

It's the white pin man!

The only real robot to get a LEGO?

@560heliport said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
" @AverageChimaEnjoyer said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"It looks so much like a B-1 Battle droid!"

Was gonna say, this definitely reminds me of those cursed Star Wars X Technic sets we used to get, fortunately before I was born"

Before I was born too. I would have packed away all my LEGO and never played with it again if I saw those abominations!"

Really? You wouldn't just say, "Eh, not my thing," and ignore them? "

I was being dramatic.

I liked the South Park version - Awesom-O. Too bad there isn't a LEGO version of that one!

Fonda ain't got a motor at the back of her Honda