I can't help but make a profit.
Megabots, a startup company that made the battle of a giant robot as entertainment for the public.The company was once a huge robot confrontation with "Kratas" created by Japanese Suidobashi Heavy Industries, and collaborated with Simone Geirz, who claims to be the "queen of the fucking robot."
But they are now selling assets before bankruptcy applications.
A sad video is posted
On Monday, they posted videos on YouTube and reported that they would sell 15 tons of Eagle Prime Battle Mech, the most prominent assets.And why did you decide to fold the company?There was also an explanation.
The future was bright
When the company was established in 2014, the co -founders conceived to create a new form of a huge robot that a huge robot that humans could maneuver, and the news agencies said this one billion.It might be a dollar -class sports league. "And in July 2015, Megabots had the first challenger with a "Kratas", which weighed about 5 tons, created by Suidobashi Heavy Industries, a Japanese robot company.
The long -awaited battle was eventually held in October 2017, and expectations for the International League of Battle Machine increased.At that time, Megabotz co -founder Brin Cre Warren commented on CNBC.
I think the Megabotz League we are trying to establish will be the top three sports in the world within 10 years in terms of audience, revenue, and connection.
The matchmaker was found and the people lost interest
However, it was revealed that many games were not apt but were directed and edited, and people could not enjoy their victory.
And one of the co -founders of Megabotz, Matt Aline, explained in the latest video that this sport was not as established as he expected, and the funds have fallen again.increase.
I'm not making money with this
Aline.Megabotz has become unable to pay any more interests for the loan he assembled a few years ago.So the company decided to sell assets and apply for bankruptcy.
I couldn't collect the cost
According to the explanation, Megabotz appeared in the past year and a half, and the money that sold promotional items was loan interest, warehouse rent, health insurance, repair and maintenance cost, and himself.It is also said that it was not enough to pay the salary.
In addition, he believes that consumers were not enough to continue this sport.According to his story, the video of Japan's game on YouTube gained about 5 million views in the first two weeks, but the game against Canada, released in April this year, went only 25,000 in the same period.It seems to.
I think this is a very clear sign that indicates that the desire for a huge robot confrontation between nations (or the desire for the mass market) has disappeared.
But he still has hope for the future of this sport.
This does not mean that it cannot be executed, but that I could not achieve it.I'm really happy to be able to give this light
The light (that is, Eagle Prime) will be handed over through ebay auctions.The details are written as "430 horsepower and 15 tons of robots using the LS3 V8 engine used in Chevrolet Corvette."And the robot is high when sitting.At 5m, stand up 4.It will be 9m.The auction started from $ 1, and at the time of writing, it was catching $ 75,500 (about 7.6 million yen) by bidding from 93 people.
The shipping cost is stupid, but the money to earn is stupid
Eagle Prime is currently stored in Auckland, California.Mr. Areine costs about $ 4,000 (approximately 430,000 yen) to the West Coast, about $ 17,000 (about 1.83 million yen) for the east coast, and about $ 50,000 (approximately $ 5.39 million (approximately 1.83 million yen)).It is estimated that it will be a circle).
He also announces how much money a lucky winner will earn with this robot.Megabots' robots are usually $ 7,000 (about 750,000 yen) for personal shows, and costs $ 150,000 for music festivals and trading shows by corporate customers.However, it says that transportation costs $ 4,000 to $ 35,000 (approximately 3.77 million yen).
Ask the next person with a dream
Aline is talking like this.
I think someone will find this giant robot as a live entertainment.
Who is the possibility that you run this and have enough business talent to do this and turn it into a wonderful and wonderful thing that you should do.
It seems difficult to operate at the individual level, but it seems good to have a sponsor or use it as a mascot.Who will compete and how will they use it?
Source: YouTube (1, 2, 3), Engadget, Business Insider, Adratec, New Atlas, EBAY
