Manila, PH -16 March 2009- Staff. A would be bank robber, wearing suit of homemade “robotic” armor, clanked into the main branch of the Philippines National Bank in downtown Manila only to find himself greeted with peals of laughter rather than the shock and fear he had hoped to inspire.
Bank tellers say that around 12:30pm local time, they heard a noise not unlike a large piece of machinery just outside the main door. When they looked up, they saw what they could only describe as a “metal trash pile” moving slowly into the hall. As the bank’s staff looked on in shock, a voice issuing from deep within the metallic contraption weakly commanded them to drop to the floor. At that point, tellers say, they realized that the “robot” had only a fake cannon attached to one arm, and one teller’s wry chuckle soon mushroomed into raucous laughter.
During the ruckus, staff activated the silent alarm, and Martin Ruiz, 21, was taken into custody shortly after, mainly because his outfit, crafted in part from scrap metal plates and spare engine parts, weighed nearly 300 pounds, making a quick getaway next to impossible.
Inspired by his favorite cartoon show, Mobile Suit Gundam, Ruiz had cobbled together a suit made entirely of pieces of junk he had re-purposed. According the police report, Ruiz had thought that a robotic suit would be more intimidating than a weapon and would also make him impervious to police. Ruiz is awaiting trial and could serve up to 5 years in prison for the attempted robbery.
8 responses so far ↓
1 イチロ イノ Ichiro Ino // Apr 14, 2009 at 9:15 am
source please?
2 Gabriel Gadfly // Apr 23, 2009 at 12:30 pm
The suit weighed 300 pounds? That’s a bit hard to believe, but I suppose not entirely impossible.
I don’t buy it, personally, but it’d be cool if it were true.
3 fuk u // Apr 26, 2009 at 9:00 am
very STUPID
4 smoke juice // Apr 27, 2009 at 9:52 pm
He should get off on insanity plea. Everyone knows robots don’t need money. Now, had he robbed a Radio Shack, it would be a different story.
5 Bionicjoe // Apr 28, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Ichiro,
Shouldn’t you be asking for “Source prease?”
You raff. You ruse.
6 EvilGod // May 6, 2009 at 7:26 am
Congratulations Bionicjoe. You are both a perfect example of the anonymous internet asshole and what is wrong with the planet. Bigot!
7 Anon // May 7, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Bionicjoe is a massive newfag and should GTFO the internet.
8 5u623r0 // May 9, 2009 at 8:55 am
Well people are weird we had a bank get robbed by a banana then Santa and then the same bank same month a gorilla
HEY PEOPLE CHECK THIS OUT FOR ME PLEASE!!! I’ll give you pickled flavored cake!!! (its a short video I made I’d just like to hit 1000 views so if you would tell ever one for me as well)
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