Jun 10 2009Japan Completes Life-Sized Gundam Statue
Nice Japan, a giant freaking Gundam -- I was tired of living anyways. You know, you're really flirting with fire here. Like that time I tried to make out with a candle and almost set my nacho ablaze.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the mecha anime/manga/toy/video game franchise, this 18-meter-tall (59-foot-tall) RX-78 has been erected.
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 boasts a moveable head and a continuous stream of oh-man-this-is-so-damn-cool.
Now I'm not saying this thing is gonna come alive, go rogue, and destroy Japan, but it is, and my schoolgirl panties better ship before it does.
Hit the jump for a couple more shots and a couple links to massive picture galleries.
Second two links with TONS of pictures.
Enormous Gundam is DONE [kotaku]
and
Assembled Life Sized RX78 Gundam Part 1
and
Assembled RX78 Gundam Part 2 [punynari]
Thanks to Grant, Jason, Ryoma, Trin, Julian and Fally, who are currently summoning Godzilla to destroy this monstrosity. Hey, tell him to call me afterward, will you?
Reader Comments
1. naas - June 10, 2009 1:01 PM
ZOMG ITS BEAUTIFUL, I LOVE IT
2. Dr.Freak - June 10, 2009 1:02 PM
Now THAT one's gonna kill you...
3. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - June 10, 2009 1:02 PM
I told you GW really likes robots! He lies!
4. the heat - June 10, 2009 1:03 PM
GW, that's a mecha, not a robot, ZOMG!
This may be the only thing that saves us when the robopocalypse begins.
5. naas - June 10, 2009 1:08 PM
I saw this guys little clone watching traffic in japan now that I think about it.....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37708356@N06/3613683001/
6. STOMPY - June 10, 2009 1:11 PM
I figured japan loving naas would be nuttin all over this baby...
Pretty sad in the last picture though, looks like only five or so people showed up to see it...
7. Chuck Nunchuck - June 10, 2009 1:12 PM
Finally, a formidable opponent for me.
8. naas - June 10, 2009 1:14 PM
absolutely stompy, indeed
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10. FDSY - June 10, 2009 1:19 PM
HA this nothing. I totally would whop it's ass ANY TIME OF THE DAY!
11. noob head - June 10, 2009 1:23 PM
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES I AM FIRST HA HA
12. catch22 - June 10, 2009 1:26 PM
crazy impressive detail
13. lawldog - June 10, 2009 1:33 PM
Holy shit i hope it moves.
14. nadalo日本にいます。(also in Japan) - June 10, 2009 1:39 PM
Yes...finally....Gundam is our only and true savior.///i will see it this weekend...it will take me up in a beam of light...i mean the ultimate PEW PEW pray the lord Gundam...
15. Ed - June 10, 2009 1:44 PM
JESUS CHRIST ITS A GUNDAM!
GET BACK IN THE CAR!
16. dadoren - June 10, 2009 1:46 PM
That would be cool if they also made heavy armor and the other mechz too.
17. DigitalT - June 10, 2009 1:50 PM
That is just plain badass!
18. Watch-303 - June 10, 2009 1:52 PM
BITCHIN'!
19. Mike Hawk - June 10, 2009 2:01 PM
no bullshit, I just jizzed in me pants....
20. Pew³ - June 10, 2009 2:05 PM
yes, but can it fly?
21. naas - June 10, 2009 2:08 PM
@20 I believe so, you can see it's gundam rocket pack in the pic link @5
22. Guypants McGillycuddy - June 10, 2009 2:12 PM
Have no fear. Wait until my life-size Optimus Prime kicks the crap out of this guy.
23. Daisy - June 10, 2009 2:32 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max had a camaro which was really a robot from outer space. Max asked it why it always got lost when Baja was in the passenger seat, and the robot explained that its sex organs were in the passenger seat, and by driving over a bumpy road he could achieve robo-orgasm.
24. Matt - June 10, 2009 2:37 PM
Holy shit, this is so bad ass, no one even bothered to say "FIRST!"
25. naas - June 10, 2009 2:59 PM
Holy shit, Matt - hoOOoollly shiiiit
26. mark - June 10, 2009 3:09 PM
this looks great
27. The Chort - June 10, 2009 3:26 PM
Dood, u seemed to like the idea when it was under construction. WTF?
28. 3.14chan - June 10, 2009 3:38 PM
Next will be a 1/1 Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
http://www.ib4f.com/board/science/sci/topic/7319#53159
29. GLADIATOR - June 10, 2009 4:05 PM
Japan,
Put your toys away and grow up ... sheeeeeeesh ..
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30. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - June 10, 2009 5:35 PM
Gundam has a tiny penis and a square but.
31. Quik - June 10, 2009 5:59 PM
I thought GW would be happy. This is obviously just bait for Godzilla to come out of slumber.
They want him to promote Tokyo for the 2016 Olympics. Which if they get them I am definitely going.
32. Sevrin - June 10, 2009 6:07 PM
GLADIATOR...put your silly 5 minute games away and grow up. You're starting to look like Japan!
Ahh... so this is how the robot war begins!
33. Jiakasuma - June 10, 2009 8:51 PM
AWESOME!
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35. WTF?!?!? - June 10, 2009 10:30 PM
What a waste of yen...... lol
36. bendizle - June 11, 2009 12:39 AM
i guess by the year 2020 were all gonna have our own mobile suits to pilot and use to fight against the robots....
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39. Darth - June 11, 2009 10:34 AM
Very impressive! Good job!
40. kelehendros - June 11, 2009 11:43 AM
"all hail the robot ove......UM....wow that things pretty cool well i gotta go i um.. have a baby in the overn"
41. Charlie - June 11, 2009 12:33 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA W.T.H.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i wanna live in japan dude!!!!!!!
42. www.idlproject.com - June 11, 2009 2:54 PM
this is going to be great...until we have to nuke it cus OZ has stolen it!
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43. fffp - June 11, 2009 6:03 PM
OMFG that's beatiful...
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44. Findlay D - June 11, 2009 9:24 PM
Nice.
45. brandon - June 12, 2009 12:42 AM
wow.. that's pretty awesome! but they should've made Voltron instead.. ;-p
46. Taylor Swift Pics - June 12, 2009 5:08 AM
Nice... I would like to ride on tehre
47. Bible Black - June 12, 2009 5:09 AM
Very interesting statue
48. Gaming Keyboards - June 12, 2009 5:09 AM
hmmm i like it. nice
49. FishyHat - June 13, 2009 12:45 AM
I've never been into Gundam but i have to admit that's pretty cool.
50. NVG - June 13, 2009 10:11 AM
"Green Tokyo" all over the fencing...
And then you see this gigantic war machine.
What's Japanese for paradox?
But hey, glad it's finished.
Hope they make Ultraman next.
51. paul - June 14, 2009 2:42 AM
NIGHT PHOTOS! Really beautiful:
Photos: Nocturnal Gundam
"After sunset, Tokyo Gundam comes to life."
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/06/gundam-night-pics/
...because killing you not in your sleep would be too easy.
52. Gromenawer - June 14, 2009 8:05 AM
In Spain there is a Mazinger Z, was build in a condominium named "Mazinger" and so build the "statue" but never the houses http://wtf.microsiervos.com/frikismo/urbanizacion-mazinger-z.html [ES]
53. Carlito - June 15, 2009 2:06 AM
Thats sooo cool but, why they dont build an Evangelion while their at it??
It will be another fine excuse (besides the pervert excuses) to visit japan!!
54. Rhialto - June 16, 2009 3:39 PM
Lol this is The Freedom Statue Tokyo!
55. Gin - June 17, 2009 4:24 PM
WOW , That sure IS a big Garden Gnome!!! awesome!!
56. ffffff - June 17, 2009 5:21 PM
they need to make a Zaku to go with it
57. GorgolianWarrior - June 17, 2009 9:06 PM
Oh wow, that looks pretty sexy...
I'd love to see them recreate a Metal Gear Rex or Ray.
58. lasean - June 18, 2009 10:48 AM
yes finally my dreams to become a pilot is gonna be real buys ticket to japan because you know this does more than blow steam and light up its japan they can do anything they are secertly gearing up to take ova the world forget korea and iran we need to bee worried about japan for real
59. Kaoi - June 21, 2009 12:46 PM
ANG ANGAS NAMAN..!! TAKTENG YAN..!! hahahaha..
60. Phy - June 23, 2009 4:23 AM
That...Looks...Amazing.
Japan, you are the Kings of robots. D:
61. chifan - June 23, 2009 2:28 PM
....does japan think this will steal the 2016 olympics from chicago?
62. henree - June 23, 2009 6:17 PM
japanese panties!!!
63. swingin fillis - June 24, 2009 1:46 AM
ooooo i can't handle it! its gunna eat us all! well step on us...
64. Totoro - June 28, 2009 7:43 AM
It really look great, find more pictures here:
http://www.frjp.info/index.php?post/2009/06/28/Gundam-1/1-scale-RX78-part-2-
65. Free harcore porn - July 1, 2009 4:55 AM
Totally awesome. That thing is huge as hell
66. jonathan - July 2, 2009 2:03 PM
AMURO!!! I've been waiting all day to say that somewhere, back to your nerd activities... Oh, and 1:1 scale Commander Char Zaku II, and the winner is....
67. JaedomHexen - July 6, 2009 1:13 AM
I'm just going to tell you all this one factoid of truth, making an Iron man suite is nearly impossible to conventinal technologies in the public BUT! The ability to build a Gundam? That is as real as anything in this world and it's very very Very doable! You see public technolgy has issues when it comes to small and powerful but when given a large scale idea, our open technology can create Giants! Just think about it, how hard would it really be? Power? no problem we have varible sizes of reactors to power such a giant exosuite. Human pilot navigation? We had the technolgy for 15 years or more for precise human to robotic mimic protocalls. Armor? we have it!, weapon's? we have it. propulsion for flight? we have it.( though this maybe the most difficult.)
Every technology you would need to create a 60 foot tall Gundam, we have at our disposal and varily the truth behind the idea is that a humanoid mech can react to dangers better than anything our governments have in stock. The ability to fight as a human would against flies.
Great statue btw it almost looks like it could walk away. :-)
Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici..
68. l337squerrel - July 8, 2009 4:47 AM
Dear North Korea,
Screw your nukes. We have GUNDAMS!!!!
-Sincerely Japan-
69. Haydn - July 13, 2009 10:35 AM
that gundam looks cool god that must take long to build
im wondering how much it costs it must be a lot of money lol
dame it so cool tho .
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71. Chase - September 3, 2009 1:53 AM
I recently got back from Japan and saw the Gundam. I nearly s**t myself when it turned on. for lack of a better word it is perfect.
72. coco - September 4, 2009 10:22 AM
It will be also terrible that the Japanese makes the small one.!
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73. wtf - September 10, 2009 12:56 AM
why?
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77. ZeraX - October 30, 2009 5:27 PM
Great.. I love gundam so much.
but they must build Wing Zero because it has the best looking Gundam...
78. Anime Videos - November 1, 2009 4:15 PM
This is crazy. I love robots like this one
79. Watch Movies Online - November 1, 2009 4:16 PM
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