A daft mechanism I used to gather zombies wearing blast-proof diamond armour. Now redundant thanks to the handy Summon command! But still kinda fun :D
The machine:
* Rejects zombies that don't pick up items
* Equips the remainings zombies with blast-proof diamond armor
* Transports the armored zombies away by water
Only reliable in 1.6.1 or earlier, due to impish baby zombies getting into the workings :D
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