Fire-Breathing Wal-Mart Dinosaur Menaces Manhattan

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Maybe you've read the ongoing reports about Wal-Mart's attempts to conquer NYC, but you can't appreciate the full emotional heft of the story until you've seen it in Taiwanese CGI. In NMA's rendering, Wal-Mart is a fire-breathing T.Rex-shaped robot piloted by guys in suits. The anti–Wal-Mart faction comes equipped with tanks and machine guns, because obviously that's the best way to fight a dino-robot. And Mayor Bloomberg, looking extremely well-rested, tames the beast by gently stroking its massive, vicious head.

· Walmart-osaurus Rex Goes Godzilla on New York [New York Observer]
· More Signs Point to a Wal-Mart Foray into New York City [Racked NY]