http://kotaku.com/5285082/enormous-gundam-is-donehttp://hippestphone.com/japan-finishes-its-enormous-gundam-statue/http://punynari.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/assembled-life-sized-rx78-gundam-part-1/http://punynari.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/assembled-rx78-gundam-part-2/Lots of pics on the last 2 linksSo it's a statue eh?But I'm taking bets, when North Korea fires their shit, this will no longer be a statue that we all think it is.
Haha, I never seen that anime before.Oh, I don't want to post (this) in the robot thread, I think it belongs rightfully in its own thread. I don't like the other thread.EDIT: By the way I hear Japan isn't allowed to build their own army or something, so maybe all their funding went into this?
These Japanese guys are a bit late... We've had our own Mazinger Z for more than 25 years http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=expmIC_n-d0
Yeah, but he's just a wittle guy.QuoteIf you can, at all, you MUST go see this in person before they take it down on the 31st of August.
LadyKiKi said, June 12, 2009, 09:24:30 pmIn daiguard they had built a robot after an "alien like" attack, but the "aliens" never come back, so the robot was left as a statue for tourists in a sort of a diversion park, when decades after the aliens strike back its up to the employees of the park to ride it against all odds( and without training) , it included such pearls as the driver making up a makeshift rocket punch by unscrewing the joints before punching an alien dude.( some details may be hazy, been years since i saw it)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxPDyQVHYo0&feature=related
DemiRod said, June 13, 2009, 01:23:43 amtoo much of a let down not to have at least upper body mobility considering they spent 9 digits on this baby( and yes that's in dollars not yen). quite something for a country in recession for the past 10 yrs.100 mil and they're tearing it down in three months!?
yeah i've seen that one months ago lol at the mazinger z it doesn't move? just wait a few years, korean college students and robo engineers are building a real moving piece but it isn't mazinger but it's kinda look like him.edit: the korean robot name is Kakure Gaijin: Taekwon Vso it begins...TAEKWON V vs. GUNDAMvs
I fear the presence of otakus jerking off in front of the statue at late night, when nobody's around.
mulambo said, June 13, 2009, 04:32:32 pmI fear the presence of otakus jerking off in front of the statue at late night, when nobody's around. nah, they are too busy killing themselves because k-on is going to be over soon.
I am so so tempted to go there - it'll still be up when I turn 30 myself, and it might be an interesting way to commemorate the occasion.I'm not even that much of a fan, although I liked the movies made from the original series.
