Gundam RX-78-2 Up Close
- Categories: Figures, News
- Date: Jul 13, 2009 09:12 JST
- Tags: Anniversaries, Gundam, Image Gallery, Marketing, Mecha, Otaku, Statues
The full size Gundam currently ensconced at Odaiba in Tokyo has just opened to the public, and as a result a flood of additional photographs and videos has appeared, with a variety of interesting closeups and low-angle shots adding to the wealth of imagery already available.
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More night shots are visible in the previous gallery.
And a video showing off its moving parts:
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wow.
Big@$$ Mech is BIG@$$... O_O;;
move the arm, legs & cock!
chills ran down my spine when it looked straight at the camera...
I see gundam pantsu
ahahaha now thats nice its a moving head! hahaha
Nah, that NOT so great.
Wait for Hollywood to make Life Size Transformers.It will gonna be really awesome.Then,fight with japanese gundam.I'm really sure that Transformers will totally kick gundam @ss.
Transformers FTW!
You're assuming that Hollywood can make something that doesn't suck ass...
you do know that compared to the ion cannon/particle beam like guns gundams are normally equiped with transformer guns are like peashooters right? not to mention ALL gundams can fly
Transformers is a japanese anime...you freaking tard
::GEEK ALERT::
Actually, Transformers is an american comic book creation that commissioned japanese/korean animation companies to produce the cartoon.
I wish I could see the big guy up close
before i die T_T
JESUS FUCKING CRIST I ALMOST DIED READING THAT LIKE CHIBI-MIKU-SAN SAID IT
maybe there's a secret switch somewhere which makes the gundam fully functional.... or not.
i'll be seeing this in person in 4 weeks XD
i can't wait :D
you dont look excited.
Im curious, how would you react if you would see it in person in 4 weeks, tell me Chocolate Crinkles, tell me.
Have fun in 4 weeks Yuiichi, and dont forget, dont throw Stones at him, he will lazorsaber u.
^ why rage?
^ why not?
^why not, not rage?
Why so serious?
dont judge a person by its avatar =p
lol
stupid cat.lol
hahahaha !(^^)!
I hate you already you lucky bastard!
It's until 31st of August, better hurry up.
Better take lot of pic and video to share it with us
Omg. It needs additional pylons?
thats what she said!
"constructs more additional pylons" , protoss must have something to do w/ this structure lol xD
bird craps ._.
Actually, that was my sperm...
... I came 'cuz ov gariness, ya know... :3
you must have a powerful one to shoot that high XD
sure it looks cool and all, but i bet its a bitch to clean.
the rain shall cleanse it.... in winter
Nay, it shall bathe in the crimson blood of its enemies.
It's actually still rainy season in Japan... Photograph was lucky it wasn't raining this weekend.
Looking at it in real life...
The colors don't really make it look threatening do they? Blue, red and yellow screams kids toy really...
Japanese undeground scientists working on the next Gundam, keep that in mind.
yeeeah... it's a giant robot, I don't think it needs threatening colors.
+1
yeah its gonna be outside your city shooting its lazor beamz, and you're gonna be like "LOL ITS A KID TOY WITH RED BLUE AND YELLOW HAHAHAHAHA" and then get shot in the head by its Igelstellungs GG
Does it actually work?
Yes douchebag, we're just hiding the video from you!
Something tells me this is not made of Gundamium Alloy...:P
"Made in China" brand sums up pretty much everything...
Seriously? That sucks, I thought it would be cool if it at least moved. It doesn't have to fight in space or anything.....
you do better understand the complexibility of such matter right ? ever seen a straight robot ever walk like a man yet ? and yet you want to see one from this cossosal figure ? do some homework pls before you disappoint yourself.
colossal* - got typo
You take the time to correct "cossosal" yet you decide to create the word "complexibility."
4 the lulz
The original gundam was made of Luna Titanium Alloy so nah no gundanium that didn't even show up for some time. Also also anyone else start to tear up st trhe beauty and majesty oifthe gundam RX-78-2 the original.
If this was the national monument for Japan I'd say
Fuck yeah!
Gundam RX 78 vs statue of liberty
Every RPG player knows Cloth Armor in Dmg
Hopefully it isn't flammable
Next? Giant robot wars. Yep.
To be perfectly honest, I was expecting it to lift up a leg and start walking.
Read the comment for keiichi , i think that goes the same thing for you.
To be perfectly honest, I was expecting it to lift up a leg and step on some puny humans.
8th wonder of the world!!!
North Korea's nuclear missiles can't do shit to Japan now.
i second this
and if the gundam fails, the strike witches cosplayers wont :O
What? no Gundam panty shot?
"Otaku Tourism will save Japan!!!!" - PM Asou
If the head moves I don't see why they can't make Gundam highly mobile and make it able to operate in space.
I'm no Gundam fan.
But damn if that's a fine Gundam.
Even if it's soon to be covered in bird poop.
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/wp-content/gallery/misc-images-xxvi/odaiba-gundam-open-5.jpg
lol~ there's an RX and a Zaku at the bottom left of the picture. :D
And one day, it will move more than just its head. That will be the day Japan regains its honor and shows the world that it hasn't just been sitting there daydreaming about giant robots.
Ooh, it looks AWESOME even though i don't like gundam very much... Wish they did an EVA-01 and a Jehuti
An EVA-01 and a Jehuti? I'd settle for a VF-01S, myself. :)
Agreed Valkryies kick ass. Though one of my personal favourite mechs is Genbu from dual gravity wea[ons FTW. But still ya just can't beat this mother fucker he's got the moves the look and the weapons.
forgot the history i mean he's li8ke the muscle vcar of the mecjh world.
And the mech from Dual even has the lighthawk wings...
Yeah though the GXP version appears tobe strobger especially with fuuka upgrade. Though they call it Idol in that.
it looks made from plastic instead of steel lol
Yup, because it is plastic and not steel ^_^
its a giant gunpla from a giant gunpla box where people use giant cutter to cut the parts and joint them together.
i was expecting his arms to move.
I better not see any Graffiti in the future.
Odaiba Gundam. Dorobou Kozou. Hasshin suru!
I see what you did there.
I'm not really into Gundam, but I think it's EPIC regardless. I'd be sooo cool if they were hiding that it could move at least it's arms, though that seems almost impossible.
But seriously, I bet it cost TONS of money, so why not make it into a fully functional giant fighting robot instead of just a model!!! CMON wouldn't it feel like a waste not to go the whole way!!
Lawlz and to those people saying we don't have the technology, we don't know everything, they could be hiding stuff >:D
Though it seems reaaaally unlikely, but who cares it's cool!
It IS fully operational. Nippon just hides the planets most powerful super weapon in plain sight. ^_-
Welcome to the Mobile Age!
Let Korea make nukes! Let's go get them N-Jammers!XD
It really looks good. Now who's going to be the first to use their lotto winnings to build another one in their own backyard? Lots of Gundam model builders out there.
This is so cool, why can't car, bike, robot, whatever manufacturers make shit as cool looking as this.
Because some people actually have some taste.
you seem to be one who doesnt have any taste
Says the one with no taste.
Says you the one with no taste, BITCH. (fag)
HOLY FUKK IT MOVES!! I DID'NT think it moved! lol fukking cool shit omg! go japan ^^
if they build a zaku, that much more awesome...
who knows... it could be japan's secret military project to station "statues" which are really gundam tech level mobile suit in case of national threat/emergency.
Unlikely, but an awesome thought.
ZOMG! Gundam upskirt!!!
Oh wow.
Now then, sponsors for a Lancelot-1:1-replica-project must be scouted for, then I would truly be awed then.
On a second note, it's a little silly in their part for having forgotten about the caution signs.
Still, they can't expect the average japanese child to give any notice huh?
KMF sized mechs are so much more viable versus some 18m giant XD. Why not make a REAL lancelot instead of a model? Its not that big and i reckon landspinners would work.
Not hard to imagine sutherlands rushing over a desert landscape and taking out tanks.
But an 18m robot... thats a different story. I think they made them 18m long only because fighter jets were also 18m long, and the mobile suit wasn't supposed to be used on earth initially anyway.
Super Robot Taisen?
buy a heli for picture taking!!
Transformers are WAY more cooler than gundam.
i have to agree to that, sir.
Blasphemy!
come on a truck from another planet that can transform into a walking robot that can combine with other robots increasing its speed and power and allowing it to fly for long periods of time while being powered by energon which is made by the sun the most powerful energy source known to man can be beat by a simple mech made on earth i laugh at you
However you can't REALLY control what a Transformer is gonna do.
Mechs you can pilot!
wow the close ups are amazing, those details
"We build mechs at an insane price. Aim through impact into paradise"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8uvBfjWXKo
so beautiful~ *manly tears*
This is much better than Devestator in TFM2. The crotch doesn't have wrecking balls as "BALLS".
DAmmit!!! Where can I order one these life size ones?! It'd be so sweet to have it on my new back yard!!!
this gundam can’t fly? :D
Only in Japan.
It's probably functional and the Japanese government plan to conquer the world with it in the future.
We must all pilgrimage to it!
The future is nao.
....Where's its shield and beam laser? In the underground MS factory? >.>
Now it needs to start walking. The crowds where ohing and ahhing when the flipping head moved, so I expect rampaging and running when that sucker actually starts walking and flattening everybody too damn stupid to get away in time.
To add to the fun, it should get its hands on a beam rifle and begin vaporizing the fleeing masses!
Full-scale Gundam upskirts... I came.
Dat booster.
NANTO YU PURESSHA
What a shame it's not posed in some badass position :(
http://i25.tinypic.com/xp8tiv.jpg
small pic is small . . .
where's Gurren Lagann???
God damn... its too awesome to be real.
This japanese have done it again.
Man this is epic
Pointless, but epic nonetheless
I lol'd at how people just went "WOOOOOAHH" when it just moved its head... was expecting more though
This is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen, I am in love
Me wants to go see that up close too. If only money didn't exist and the world was free. :)