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What are the biggest Mecha/Giant Robot Vehicles?

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Within Rifts itself I think the Gurgoyle/Gargoyle robot is the largest. Other than that they seem to top out in the 20'-35' range until you look at Robotech/Macross, I think they top out in the 40'-50' range. Is there anything larger than these that I'm missing?
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X-5001 Devastator Mk II in Triax 2 is 58' tall.
Archimedes from The Olympian Club (CB2) has The Atlas Suit that's 50' tall.

Also couldn't the SDF-1 turn into a bot of some sort?
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The Mechanoid Spider Fortress comes in at ~1600ft tall.

Coming in at 70ft tall we have the:
-Battleram Attack Robot (DB2: PW)
-Kittani Dragon Dreadnought, when standing upright (WB2:Atlantis)
-Galapogos Submersible Robot (WB9:SA2)

The Behemoth Explorer (Rifts Main RPG, SB1r) comes in at 60ft tall, the Colossus Automaton (WB16:FoM) comes in the 60-68ft range but is magical and might not count.

At 50ft we have the:
-Gurgolyle G-40 Super Bot (SB3:MW)
-IR-5000 Tatsu (WB8: Japan) when standing on its rear legs
-X-5000 Devastator

At 40ft you have:
-X-2010 Missile Carrier (WB31: Triax 2)
-X-2700 Dragonwing (WB5: Triax)
-Imperator Assault Robot (DB3: PW SB)
-IR-2050 Apocalypse (WB8: Japan)
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Mutants In Orbit has some big stuff in it.
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Killer Cyborg wrote:Mutants In Orbit has some big stuff in it.

Not terribly big

It has 3 GB's all at 11 feet.
The Samurai is 20 ft
Mikado is 25 ft
The Steel Dragon is 30 ft long but only 25 ft tall

So nothing in the ranges already listed about.
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Yep, Mechanoid Spider Fortress is pretty big, just looked it up, Sourcebook 2 pg83, Height 1598ft (487m).
But, the Mechanoid Digger is even bigger, Body length 1080m width 732m, or 1772m with arms outstretched.
The Mechanoid Octopus Type 1 and Type 2 are also around 50ft in height or length.

Another contender if we are counting magical constructs are the Giant 500ft tall Mystic Automaton Statues of Modeus and Andras (DB10 Hades pg208)
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Warshield73 wrote:
Killer Cyborg wrote:Mutants In Orbit has some big stuff in it.

Not terribly big

It has 3 GB's all at 11 feet.
The Samurai is 20 ft
Mikado is 25 ft
The Steel Dragon is 30 ft long but only 25 ft tall

So nothing in the ranges already listed about.


Huh. I remember the Steel Dragon being bigger.
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Killer Cyborg wrote:
Warshield73 wrote:
Killer Cyborg wrote:Mutants In Orbit has some big stuff in it.

Not terribly big

It has 3 GB's all at 11 feet.
The Samurai is 20 ft
Mikado is 25 ft
The Steel Dragon is 30 ft long but only 25 ft tall

So nothing in the ranges already listed about.


Huh. I remember the Steel Dragon being bigger.

Nope I double checked the numbers. The artwork might make it look bigger but I think at the time it and the Mikado were in the top 5 largest mechs, but 30 years later not so much.
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The statues from Hades got me thinking

At 72' the Giant Moai (WB32, p29)
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Killer Cyborg wrote:
Warshield73 wrote:
Killer Cyborg wrote:Mutants In Orbit has some big stuff in it.

Not terribly big

It has 3 GB's all at 11 feet.
The Samurai is 20 ft
Mikado is 25 ft
The Steel Dragon is 30 ft long but only 25 ft tall

So nothing in the ranges already listed about.


Huh. I remember the Steel Dragon being bigger.

Maybe your mixing it up with the Kittani Dragon Dreadnought or the Japanese IR-5000 Tatsu, both have standing on rear leg height and the Steel Dragon does not.
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My books ain't handy, and it's outside Rifts, but the walking factory in the I Am Legion Splicers articles/compilation book is gigantic.
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Curbludgeon wrote:My books ain't handy, and it's outside Rifts, but the walking factory in the I Am Legion Splicers articles/compilation book is gigantic.


I show the Factory Walker at 90' height
in Splicers I am Legion, p51
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The biggest humanoid looking vehical... there are two: the SDF1 in both RT1 and RT2, and the Macross Cannon in one of the Macross 2 game books. But to say they are a bit outside of the Rifts game would be would be quite an understatement. ;)
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i'd say lets avoid the licensed material and stick to PB original materials. not only does that make the question a little simpler but it also helps cut down on questions on how to define 'robot
(like "is an SDF in attack mode really a robot? or is it just a ship that looks like it has limbs?)"
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If we've exhausted all the giant mecha/giant robot vehicles in the PB material already ( I doubt it ), Are there any canon rules anywhere for rolling our own?
In HU2 Robot Construction p 200-202 there are rules for creating various types of "giant robot vehicles" but I don't see anything over 22' tall or 35' long.
There is an additional note about how building the vehicle to accommodate 4-6 persons increases size and weight by 20% (22' tall + 20% = 26.4' tall). I must have my math wrong 4.4' doesn't seem like enough additional room for 6 people?
Are there alternate rules to build something bigger anywhere, maybe in a Rifter or something?
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In Rifts WB33: Northern Gun 1 there are a couple of tall robots:

EX-9 Super Behemoth Explorer: 70'
MMB-01 "Big Papa" Mobile Medical Robot: variable, from 20' when legs are retracted, to 86' with everything at full extension
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