Life-Size Gundam RX-78-2 Completed
- Categories: Anime Figures, News
- Date: Jun 10, 2009 03:11 JST
- Tags: Anniversaries, Gundam, Image Gallery, Marketing, Mecha, Otaku, Statues
The 1/1 scale statue of the Gundam RX-78-2 being built in Odaiba as part of Mobile Suit Gundam’s 30th anniversary celebrations now appears to be complete in all but name, as this extensive photoshoot of the famed mecha shows in glorious detail:
Via punynari, an otaku-sailor who posted these photos on his site, Moe Passion.
The Gundam is planned to be unveiled on July 11, and be shown until August 31st.
What exactly will happen then is unknown, although we can hope dearly that the statue will not be dismantled and can join the bronze Gundam statue as yet another must-see otaku icon.
More information on the mecha is available at the official Gundam 30th Anniversary website.









































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If it's walk, I take it :D
It still looks fake...
They should have gone for a more metal look instead of the plasic feel it has now...
Amuro is now ready to kick somebody's ass :D
Wow, now if only they built variable fighters from the Macross series, Knightmares from Code Geass and the Evangelions.
i like macross frontier who pilot the *red One*
i like the *yellow one*.....
i like the "blue one", it snipes....
Would it be bad luck to yell "IT'S A GUNDAM!" if I go to see it.
Question of the day: Who will win, Gundams of Transformers?
2D Gundam
3D Transformers
fair enough xD
*or
ORE WA GUNDAMU DAAAAA!!!!!
An Otaku's dream comes true, now it's the time for engineers's dream to make it work.
It's just EPIC and probably people go to pilgrimage to this. Count me in XD
With the completion of the RX-78, the UC era can now offically start.
I need four more people to help me steal it. bring 15 trucks full of AAA batteries and a flash light. private message me, we'll talk it over before we attack
EPIC! The latest last defence for Japan is ready to kick some nuclear missiles! LOL~
How long until a crazy tourist fights his way to the cockpit and tries to 'claim the new Federation mobile suit in the name of the Principality of Zeon'?
Just fyi, if anyone wants to pay for my airfare, I'll totally fucking do it. No kidding.
SIEG ZEON!
July 11?! But the Fallen will already have taken over by then!
That is frickin awesome!
tooo many decals!
srsly, they whould have halved the number of the decals, its kinda distracting up close
but its awesome..
id kiss the ground under its feet if i ever get to see it in person..
the pose its had has seems like it will have its rifle, needs shield tho
LOL, i can see it now,
after this its the real thing,
then mass production,
then hundreds of orbital drop pod full of gundams falling in the skies of north Korea,
then Gundams invades other countries,
then Japan becomes capital of planet earth,
FIN
I for one welcome our new Mecha Overlords.
i loled xD
I need to pilot that thing and take over space.
Just stick those technologies to the statue and let's see how much action you'll get from an immobile weapon platform..lolz
that so great!!! MAN I JUST NEED AN engineer able to make it work!!
Yeah
now I'm waiting for 1:1 scale Tengen toppa Guren laggan O_0
hell that huge xD
It's more than huge, it's Ass-tronomical, it's 10 million light years in height!
YES!!!!
It's alive! It's alive, it's alive!
IT'S ALIVE!!!!
But who's gonna be the whiny Amuro Ray to fly the thing for real? LOL
Can I put it outside my house? It would make everyone on my block super jealous.
it'll get vandalized, egged, sprayed, pissed by dogs, smashed and cut to pieces. Be sure you order a functioning Gundam with a self-defense operating system and tons of car batteries.
ok gundam prepare to fight N-korea
yeah~ carry their nuke away :D
RX-78GP02A Gundam "Physalis" XD
Nuke for Nuke!
The Mobile Suit is Complete!
Then just wait till North-Korea declare WAR!
Japan will use this Weapon to Defense the country!
All Hail Gundam !
lol the beam sabers resemble EVA entry plugs.
EVA entry plugs resemble beam sabers.
Fixed.
Now,off to North Korea.
so all we need is some otaku who are used to pilot mobile suit using qwerty keyboard or a control pad
maybe after this. . . evangelion?
or. . tengen toppa gurren lagann project?
:3
when that thing falls. WHERE IS YOUR GOD THEN?
Awesome!!! I love GUNDAM since I was in Kindergarten ^^ The first Robots I have is Gundam. But i rember I have green antena on the head ^^
I wish it could move and fly too ^^
no bigzam?
It didnt take them long either,the article of when the legs where done came out how long ago?All we need is an assembly line and china's fucked.But forget beams;Rocket launchers out of every orophist along with a few .88mm cannons and we have a war machine.But hey,im the guy who uses smg's alot on Halo and actually kick ass with em',what do I know?Lasers dont make everything better.
Come on Japan.....You built it, I'm sure that you could make it operational.
Cause I mean hey....It didn't take that long to build.
When will Bandai release this model kit... And how much for shipping?!
now make it move lol
Gundam ZGMF-X56S/beta Sword Impulse Gundam vs ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boFUFSuWOsw&feature=related [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boFUFSuWOsw&feature=related]
nice shot.
pass:gundam
http://www1.axfc.net/uploader/O/so/85016.zip
Wow, this is so sweet; just needs the moving mechanisms and its done.
Ok, Japan has a Gundam (live-size), US has Crap (nothing), make us a 2nd Statue of Liberty, one that moves like in Ghostbusters 2.
Don't we possess the technology to make it a viable machine in all respects except perhaps flying ?
At a glance, it looks great.
But is it just me? Some parts seem to be disproportionate, to be a full scale mock-up.
The thighs seem awfully narrow, and the arms are rahter short - aren't they?
But a great project none the less.
Bravo!! Tsugoi Tsugoi !!
As for you naysayers,... the technology does exist to build a real Gundam Mech. Fully functional, except it won't be able to fly, no beam saber, and no independant power supply.
It would have to be on an umbilicle (tethered to its support power source).
The Myomer Artificial Muscles do exist, existing alloys can support its mass, guidance and operational software may be sketchy, but it can be adapted in time.
Well how much will it cost to build it?
Not a trillion dollars - no. But the approximate price for two AEGIS class missle cruisers most likely.
Of course if the JSDF did build a a squad - the Koreans might just pee their pants in envy first.
I Am G U N D A M !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok! What be archangel battle ship big?
OMG!, this is really awesome!, level of power?, Its over nine thousand!!!!! xDDDDD , btw, we need one red Saku too :p
now thats awesome !!!
It's awesome!
I want this Gundam! x)
Ready for battle!!!
Wow, that didn't take too long to complete. A while ago I only saw photos of its legs.
Wonder if it has a 1:1 cockpit as well?
Rise, Shining Gundam!
I wonder if someone really think that Gundam-like mecha can be usefull on the battlefield, But still it`s my dream to be a pilot of mecha xD I think almost everyone here feel the same)
O.O i wants it......now im convinced japan is building a functional metal gear in secret, a gundam was the perfect cover up XD
Now all we need are candidates for newtype pilots...
*NEWS FLASH*
GIANT, MONSTROUS, DEFINITELY LARGE MOBILE SUITS SEEN HOVERING ABOVE NORTH KOREAN SKIES. NORTH KOREA COMPLAINS TO THE U.N. THAT THEIR SECURITY RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED BY THE JAPANESE. JAPANESE MILITARY SAYS THAT IT'S JUST SELF-DEFENSE FROM POSSIBLE THREATS.
D.E.S.T.R.O.Y. GUNDAMS ARE SEEN NEAR THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER. JAPANESE PROCLAIMS THAT THEY HAVE LAUNCHED A SPACE PROJECT CALLED G.E.N.E.S.I.S., N.A.S.A. PROCLAIMS THAT IT IS 20X LARGER THAN THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE AND THE JAPANESE AUTHORITIES SAID THAT IT IS A PROJECT FOR SURVEILLANCE OF EARTH.
THE WHOLE JAPANESE POPULATION IS BEING EVACUATED AND SENT TO SPACE. JAPANESE MILITARY SAYS THAT IT IS JUST TO LET EVERY JAPANESE KNOW WHAT IS IT TO LIVE IN SPACE. LARGE COLONIES ARE MADE IN OUTER SPACE, WHICH IS SAID TO BE A HOTEL FOR THE JAPANESE WHO WOULD WANT TO TAKE A VACATION IS SPACE.
I WONDER WHAT'S GOIN TO HAPPEN NEXT?^_^
Japan is naow fully prepared for war with North Korea
"okay gentlemen, we've saved up enough tax fundings for our next major step. now, lets list our options. construct a satelite that will reduce global warming on japan, or build a life size robot action figure"
Speaking of money: (ref. to Eden of the East)
Who's the Selecao user who blew his/her money on a non-working Gundam!?
How will Japan be saved from the missile attacks when this hunk of junk can't even twitch a finger!
I lol'd
i shed manly tears at the beauty ;A;
very nice!
now if only they can make a 1:1 scale of SDF-1 Macross, that will make me very very happy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDF-1_Macross
YES
this is a beautiful moment...
japans first step to a real GUNDAM =]
just waiting for germany to build a zaku... then a zaku ii, then have the "red baron" pilot a red zaku ii. then it's really on
wow!!!!!!!
Is Tohru Furuya present? I'm a newtype!!! I wanna ride!!!
Wow...North Korea is fucked.
Wondering is it functioning. New defense system for Japan against global threat? Cool!
Anyone hiring a pilot?
This stirs up my gundam fandomnesss as much as this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBuzODqOYo4
America should be glad we are allies with Japan. Now lets send in the Gundam into North Korea and see what their nukes can do against it.
GODZILLA WERE ART THOU
I demand Trans-Am.
am i the only one who thinks it would be funny to see it fall over XD
I came after seeing those pics.
first rx 78 then zeta then nu gundam then 00 gundam
kim jong il doesnt stand a chance
you missed ZZ, F91, Alex, and V. if anything, TURN A will scare them shitless
What next? Railguns and plasma weapons?
Oh wow Japan. EPIC.
... I can just imagine what it would look like in a few years, weather worn and covered in bird crap.
Anybody got a Google Earth link for this?
Their satellite imagery is old and doesn't show it, but based on the photo showing the train tracks I think I have the right location.
Here's a Google Maps link.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&sll=33.906896,135.054932&sspn=5.806523,8.481445&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=35.623989,139.770448&spn=0.005555,0.008283&z=17 [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&sll=33.906896,135.054932&sspn=5.806523,8.481445&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=35.623989,139.770448&spn=0.005555,0.008283&z=17]
Shit i fucking came. I can ride that baby all year long!
This thing is just so freaking awesome Oo
behold the world's first kidou senshi, Korea you're in trouble now
MOEGARE
MOEGARE
MOEGARE
GANDAMU
CAN'T GET SONG AWAY FROM HEAD
KIMI YO!!!
HASHIRE!!!!
1. build gundam
2. take over world
3. ?????
4. profit
Mecha lovers across the world simultaneously jizzed in their pants upon hearing this news.
1:1 scale Gundam model is every Gunpla collectors WETDREAM COMES TRUE.
Odaiba to Gundam is like Jerusalem to Jesus. It's time to schedule a pilgrimage.
I second that. Pilgrimage time.
my thoughts exactly. Gundam's Mecca !
Gundam Sandrock?
Mecha Mecca?
count me in