Japan builds Life Size Gundam!

[Nordic_Slide]

http://kotaku.com/5168457/japan-gett...tanding-gundam

Finally! To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Gundam anime/manga/toy/video game franchise, an 18-meter-tall (59-foot-tall) "life size" Gundam statue will be built in Tokyo this July. Part of the "Mobile Suit Gundam 30th Anniversary Project," the structure in Odaiba's Shiokaze Park will stay up for only two months and be built from fiberglass-reinforced plastic over a steel frame and coated in a layer of awesomeoness. Fifty points on the Gundam statue will emit light, and mist will shoot out of 14 different points on the statue. The 1/1 scale Gundam will boast a moveable head.

This is the largest Gundam statue ever constructed in Japan. In the 1990s, a 33-foot-tall LM312V04 Victory Gundam was constructed. There is also a fan-made 23-foot-tall 1/3 scale MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam in Japan. Though, this isn't the first time a life-sized Gundam has been created.

Back in 2007, a 1/1 scale Gundam was built for Fuji-Q Highland amusement park at the foot of Mt. Fuji; however, this statue did not stand upright and was built lying down on the floor.
Staring this July, it will be possible to view the 59-foot-tall Gundam free of charge. No kidding, some folks will just look out their window.

discuss.

 

[FlyinFINN]

Badass!

 

[gdnimr0d]

dude i want one

 

[Halient]

thats sick

 

[TaGsThAsTreetZ]

holy shit it starts, the new beggining

 

[Nordic_Slide]

north korea has nukes, japan has a fucking gundam!

 

[S13<3]

omg theyre real, runnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn:runaway::runaway: transformers activate!

 

[FlyinFINN]

dude i want one

I want one in my back yard, casting a shadow over my house!

 

[Tonymac]

idk how to feel. waste of money and talent but if it makes little kids and weird adults happy in their pants, well alrighty then.

 

[coolandy007]

Statue my ass. They are building robots and pretending is amusement park shit. We need to nuke while we still can.

 

[ZenkiS14]

Must be nice to have money.

 

[GeneStarWindGSW]

baller

 

[amyc954]

that is so badass!!!

 

[Gil]

north korea has nukes, japan has a fucking gundam!

LOL

 

[KumA]

Bowla.

 

[Juan Henao]

OMG!!!!!
I want one NOW!!!
thats fuken sweet! good find

 

[Devil Man]

wow that is very cool... would be even better if the thing actually worked haha.

 

[KDMTyte]

Hell Yea! They need to build them FOR REAL now!

 

[chinito]

japan is gonna take over and we're all gonna die damn damn damn

 

[tmwnn88]

Statue my ass. They are building robots and pretending is amusement park shit. We need to nuke while we still can.

Ive always said the same. Seriously, people really think a country as evil as Japan suddenly forgot about their humiliation in WW2 and all of a sudden began making pikachus and crap? Hell no.....they're just waiting for the time to strike.