Full Scale Gundam Being Built in Japan

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An 18 meter tall, 35 ton, mist farting, full sized gundam is set to be the latest addition to Tokyo’s skyline, albeit temporarily. The statue will be on display in the Shiokaze Park in Odaiba Tokyo from July 11 to August 31 to mark the 30th anniversary of the broadcast of the first Gundam series. Mobile Suit Gundam’s original run was from April 1979 to January 1980.

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Only the legs of the RX-78 Gundam have been completed so far

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I so wish this wasn’t a temporary display but I guess it adds to the appeal of the statue and I can imagine that gundam fans from far and wide will be making the pigimage to see and take pictures of an icon.

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The torso, arms and head of the gundam will go on next

Update: Full Scale Gundam Complete! – click to read more.

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The Original RX-78 Gundam for reference

More info and lots more pictures

Update: Full Scale Gundam Complete! – click to read more.

Giant Gundam character statue to light up Odaiba

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8 Responses to Full Scale Gundam Being Built in Japan

Melanie says:

May 20, 2009 at 6:03 pm

That would be a sight to be seen.

Shay says:

May 22, 2009 at 1:54 am

Building a full-scale Gundam statue is the first step to building a full-scale, fully operational one some day! This is great news =P

taylor2nd says:

May 22, 2009 at 9:00 am

look ouuut its a gundaaaaaam!!!!

ahh man. Japan i tell you.. Love the place.

chib says:

May 22, 2009 at 11:18 am

That is very interesting!!

billywest says:

May 23, 2009 at 7:22 am

That thing’s gonna piss off Godzilla and bring him back to Tokyo for more mayhem and destruction.

- Jamaipanese says:
  
  May 23, 2009 at 12:52 pm
  
  ooh dear, you might be right, and if that happens my money would be on Godzilla-sama
  
Gio says:

May 25, 2009 at 11:35 am

here’s the official:

http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&js=n&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.greentokyo-gundam.jp&sl=ja&tl=en&history_state0=

- Jamaipanese says:
  
  May 25, 2009 at 12:26 pm
  
  awesome Gio
  
  for those who the link doesn’t work for plug http://www.greentokyo-gundam.jp/ into google translate