Japan Reveals Plan To Construct Life-Size Gundam
The Japanese have finally revealed their plans of building a life-size Gundam! Standing tall at 59 feet, this staute of RX-78-2 will be erectd at Odaiba’s Shiokaze Park in celebration fo the Mobile Suit Gundam 30th Anniversary Project.
The statue will be constructed with fiberglass-reinforced plastic over a steel frame, so it can be disassembled later. This is because the statue will only be there from July till September.
The statue will look spectacular at night with mist be shot out from 14 different locations in the park. There will be losta spotlights to illuminate the statue at night. The head will also be able to move, and 50 parts of the body will emit light.
Source: Robot Watch Impress and Anime News Network
I better they are just doing a trial run for the outer body. Soon they will gather scientists and engineer and start building real combat ready Gundam ^^
Wow this one looks really cool, i would like to see it myself
Freakin ace! Hopefully it will actually take off at the end. “Kira Yamato, Freedom, launching!”
PS. I know that’s not the Freedom.
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It’s actually a sentient mecha that will assume active mode later.
Them Japanese really have some fun things.
WHOA!!! At last! The ultimate weapon of mass destruction has now been put to construction!!! yosh!!!! Better get ready U.S.!! There’s a new super power in town!!
[...] in March, I reported that Bandai was constructing a super life-size Gundam RX-78to be erectd at Odaiba’s Shiokaze [...]