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From CNET News.com:
The annual Barett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Ariz. is usually a place where car collectors and enthusiasts gather to admire scores of vintage Jaguars, Mercedes, Cadillacs, and other fine specimens of automobiles made in years past. And while those types of cars will still be there when the event rolls around again in January, there will be one rather disturbing lot that's bound to steal the show: A 40-foot-high, 31-ton mechanical dinosaur which throws 20-foot flames from its nostrils.
The Robosaurus, created by Monster Robots, Inc. of Southern California, will be sold at no reserve during the event, which takes place Jan. 12-20, 2008. The machine, which is controlled by a pilot who sits in a cockpit inside the dinosaur's head, comes complete with stainless steel teeth that can rip into and twist metal with 20,000 pounds of crushing force.
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