What does the above picture looks to you? Miniature and unfinished Strike Gundam, or the robot used by Morpheus in Matrix? It reminds me of the classic Mospeada, though it shorts on wheels. This is an exoskeleton BattleMech designed specifically for children, by Sakakibara Kikai. Yes, it’s Japanese. What are you expecting, mate? It’s called the Kid’s Walker, and it walks. That’s all. No bullets, no flamethrower, and no nuclear-power.

The Kid’s Walker stands just over five feet tall and weighs four hundred pounds, and though the gasoline-powered creature doesn’t exactly walk, its wheeled feet definitely stroll around. The Japanese company said that the suit isn’t presently for sale — just rentals for now — but would probably cost about 1.8 million yen (around $21,600) should it come to market. If you ask us, that’s a small price to pay; everyone knows it’s always the young mecha pilots from an unknown high-school that end up saving the world, and turned into an emo kid.

[sakakibara-kikai via Gizmag]