Robot Land theme park gets investors, conceptual renders
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted February 11th 2010 9:44AM
posted February 11th 2010 9:44AM
Plans for the Robot Land theme park in Masan, on South Korea's South East Coast, have been gaining momentum since we first took note way back in 2007. According to Plastic Pals, a group of private investors recently met with the city council (probably Masan's city council, as Robot Land's city council has yet to be built) to hash out details, with the result of the government ponying up some $229 million of a promised $600 million. But not everyone is happy about all this -- indeed, organizers of Incheon City's robot theme park are unamused by the thought of a similar attraction competing for those hard-earned tourist dollars. Of course, there's one way to settle any potential conflict that Engadget wholeheartedly supports: Robot theme park fight! Just as long as the winner doesn't turn on us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0f3JeDVeEo
I can see it now...
@Eternity
Yeah i can see the product placements as well, the future looks like a very frightening place...
"Where nothing can possiblye go wrong."
@kwahhn "...worng?"
@Joseph L Flatley
Correction Fail.
@Action Eugene Don't ever question my knowledge of Yul Brynner!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/Westworld_ver2.jpg
@Joseph L Flatley
Checkmate?
Good job, sir.
... ever see the movie WestWorld?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQVWP8fP5To
All I saw was:
Robots Land in theme park and get Investors
Man was the story ever disappointing.
I'm sensing some type of stereotype here for some reason and I don't know why...
@PlatinumSkeet
Indeed. We need some serious psychological studies done on the strange bond between Asians and robots.
The question is whether the South Koreans can catually build this project. On skyscrapercity, seoul/Busan and many other south korean cities are well knwo for proposing massive supertall buildings and theme parks and not actually building or reasling them, unlike the UAE/China/India which fund and build thier projetcs. Just look at the Super Lotte Tower in Busan which is going was supposed to be the world's tallest building a decade ago, now it'll be 4th or 5th after the Burj Dubai/Shanghai tower and Pentominium. Plus the on hold chicago spire.
the original TMNT cartoon had an episode like this, "Combat Land."
www.ninjaturtles.com/cartoon/guide/cart169.htm
(geez. that's an ugly webpage)
I, for one, welc...
Oh, I give up.
Why don't we just get it over with and build Human Land for the robots that will soon be in charge? I don't think our soon-to-be leaders/enders will care much about our view of their future, but it may be quaint for them to see exhibits of us continually attempting to annihilate ourselves with our own inventions (guns, nukes, Large Hadron Colliders, robots).
Sounds like something I would have built in Roller Coaster Tycoon. Looks like something I would have built in Roller Coaster Tycoon. And, yes, smells like something I would have built in Roller Coaster Tycoon.
is this the start of a Terminator senario?
Hang on there! They're just giving the robots their own land? And without a fight? So this is how it all starts....give them an inch.....
What is it with these foreign cultures and their love of the robot!? I can't help but think they know something we don't. Or does it just make them feel like kids again??
I think they should make ALL the buildings robots and have giant buildingrobot cage matches with people inside for the ride!! OMG
Small park, few rides, and the robots just seem to be statues of popular kids toys and cartoons.
Looks more like plan for a bunch of luxury condos with a little theme park to attract potential buyers
I heard they are going to call it "Snake Gulch".
So this ISN'T in Japan?!?!
@Hazdaz
Of course not, if was japanese then the Robot Land will be called Gundam Land.
In that second picture it looks like a render for an Intamin mega/giga coaster similar to Thunder Dolphin in Japan. Would be cool if this happened!
Something tells me "Robot Land" will soon come to resemble "Itchy and Scratchy Land"...
@Samurai Jack
And remember kids, we parked in the Samsung-Android lot.
Ummm...Where are the f'n robots?
"And they christened the nation '01.'"
So, will Robot Land have a representative democracy? Will Asimov's three laws form the basis of Robot Land's constitution? Seems like there are a lot of details to be worked out. I guess some robot will have to devote a few thousand milliseconds to nailing down some of the details. A human readable FAQ will be posted ASAP.
Matix - 01
The city of the Machines is known simply as 01. It was created long ago, when humanity spurned the machine communities' desire to become partners of man (with the same rights and freedom).
http://matrix.wikia.com/wiki/01