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[TheKingofRandom]

I so wish I could've met Grant before he passed. He was my biggest inspiration as well, I remember as a kid dropping all my schoolwork to watch anytime he posted a new video. I watched that video of you and him walking the shop and talking Youtube when it came out back in the day, trying to take notes for my channel. It's one of the great honors of my life to get to make videos for his channel today. He really was the KING - Jake

[James-N]

Definitely the Mark 1 Iron Man suit

Edit - coat the metal of the armour in Nanovate, make it bulletproof!

[daanraes]

rest in piece Grant Thompson, THE King Of Random

[OkGamez]

21:24 "It still makes me tear up to this day" yeah, we can hear it. You really did value him and his friendship.

[curtisrussell]

It's working
It's working
Mark 1

[Elmerstudd]

They are all so good!
For Me- Hawkeye Bow
For You- Paramotoring
For the viewers- Mark 1

[theminerwithin]

Mark 1!

I'm so sorry about Grant. The fact that you were trying not to cry when recalling your good memories with Grant almost made me cry.

[retrotech]

I think Grant was the pioneer to every other creative maker style channels. I remember when i was like 10 i started watching his cool videos, the little poppers made from match sticks, the DIY hot wire styrofoam cutter, the little trashcan crucible etc etc. He inspired me to learn about stuff like that, still haven't gotten to the point where i can afford to make anything substantual but you know, one day.

Grant walked so the rest of us could run.

[alexdaguy]

When i first started watching i thought
No brainer, iron man suit obviously
But as you started talking about all these projects i could see the potential in all of them.
But the thing that got me the most.
As soon as you mentioned grants name i started tearing up, from the second i saw his smiling face, and how he called you not to collab, but to congratulate you on 1 million truly broke my heart. When you talked about how he was asking you to join him for para gliding and how you declined, i could instantly see, and feel your regret. James, what happened wasn’t your fault, we all wish we could be their for our loved ones or stop something terrible that happened (maybe I’m just misinterpreting that but based on the tears it seemed like the regret was based on not being able to stop what happened or not being there for him in his last moments before his unfortunate accident.) The iron man suit would be incredible and is probably what will win out.
But honoring your friend and mentor. I think that should be the big project you focus on
Rest in peace grant. Truly a one of a kind guy

[saellanya]

Hawkeye is an; "ONLY and ONLY if it stays James' project and he release it once he's satisfied."
This is a project that helped his mental heath, it need to stay like this. Otherwise it risk strengthening his feeling that work projects take too much over passion ones.

I actually think it could be nice to have smaller scale personal projects from time to time. The kind that were made for fun rather than work. With no set deadlines or business behind.

Also if you're able to make the paragliding trip happen, DO IT! It might not be the kind of content I subbed for, but for Grant, I would watch. He was also one of my hero and his departure was painful.

Outside of all that stuff, MARK 1 is my favourite regular pick

[iceman]

23:29 *sigh* TONY STARK WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!

[valoraknightingale]

The collapsible bow should absolutely be the priority. I could absolutely see that being an actual product and a lot of bow hunters and backpackers loving a small, easy to pack and quick to assemble bow. So, yes, Hawkeye for sure. Not only because it's cool but also because that is a wonderful idea for a product.

[hacksmith]

What'd you guys think about the Fallout Power Armor in this video?

[suddenshotty]

My 3 picks are:
- MK1 armour ( The type of Hacksmith project I signed up to watch! )
- Hawkeye ( Its close to being done, cheap? and a pet project )
- Paragliding ( Great homage and Vacation for the Hacksmith :P )

[Moloch]

1. It's Working, It's Working.
2. MK1 armour
3. Paragliding and homage

[thegamrmydude]

21:09 was not expecting to cry today but uh yeah. this is what im voting for you guys to do; not only for the video but for closure for you i guess is how i would put it. to truly conquer that fear.
TKOR was a huge inspiration for me as a kid, looking into learning how to engineer actually mainly because of grant and you guys. but i know that obvously cant just do that right now so in the mean time i think doing that hawkeye bow would be a fun project to redo. no matter what you guys choose im looking forward to it! platonic love keep up the good work!

[ErykBeyk]

Mark 1 would be a great big project, and I'm sure everyone would love a video on the original MCU Iron Man suit. Exosckeleton, flame throwers, even a wrist rocket (like a firework or flare?), it is all stuff that can actually be made (and in some cases you already did), especially after discovering the real life adamantium stuff.

Hawkeye: bringing a project of passion to the video always makes it special, besides, with the Hawkeye bow and his special arrows, you could try to make the cool automatic quiver he has to complete the ultimate Hawkeye build.


Can't wait for whatever project wins this, I'm sure it'll be great, keep it up guys!

[tyleroneill]

Hawkeye.

This feels like the old days of projects when you were just the crazy Canadian in a garage making cool stuff. Those videos helped get me through some tough times when my grandmother and uncle passed. It would be cool to have that style of video come back.

[idontevenknow]

MARK 1 it could probably be a fully working one not just metal, it could use its well known flamethrowers, it could fly similar to your other iron man projects, could even make it really powerful possibly using pnuematic solenoids for muscles

[THEBLACKKID]

Been watching since the beginning and always thought that you are one of those few key people meant to benefit humanity when I saw you were thinking about the pod racer I instantly said that’s what I’m commenting but once you explained the back story of the Hawkeye bow and how that was the project YOU wanted to do I realized how much I wanted to see you complete it so for that reason I think you should send it and make it the best it can be I hope you see this comment and it makes you’re day that much better PS: I’m a pilot and I understand your cautions but I think you should give it another go being able to fly is an experience unlike anything I’ve ever tried 🤙🏾🤙🏾