Bandai Building 18M Tall Life-Size RX-78-2 Gundam
- Categories: Anime Figures, News
- Date: Mar 12, 2009 14:51 JST
- Tags: Anniversaries, Announcements, Gundam, Marketing, Namco Bandai, Statues
Bandai has declared its intent to create a freestanding, full scale Gundam for the Gundam 30th anniversary celebrations. The giant robot will stand 18m tall, and is set to be publically exhibited in July.
The Gundam in question is the RX-78-2 Gundam, the iconic mecha from the first series.
The statue will first be exhibited freely at a park in Odaiba, Tokyo, along with other anniversary celebrations, and will then be moved around the country.
The unit will be constructed in modular parts to enable mobility to be maintained, with a steel frame and fibre-reinforced-plastic exterior. The head will be able to move up and down and from left to right. 50 lights installed in the unit will add to the effect, along with smoke generators.
A 1/30th scale model of the model was unveiled:
Plans were announced for a short movie, as well as a less specific commitment to making a new series under the concept of “Always Beginning”.
Via AV Watch.
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Why do I sense Japan actually producing these for combat? lmao....
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUCK YEAH
Red Zaku next plz.
don't worry, the only thing left after RX-78 would be Char's custom Zaku to accompany the Gundam..so if this thing is a success, one Red Zaku, COMING UP!
It will be built 3x faster.
As much as I despise Gundam, this looks bad-ass.
Oh...My...GOD!
Now, the only thing missing here, is a note saying "GAINAX accepts the challenge, planning to build all 3 main EVA units."
I'd go to Japan just to see these four statues!
all 3 of those 40m Eva units? in Japan? even the umbilical cable is gigantic enough to make those Sunrise officials blush...
No, just statues, not actual working units...
If they were built in a low-cost material, like glass-fibres, it wouldn't be that expensive...
My money is on this being a sort of cover up! Chances are when this thing is released it will actually be real and will be the start of bandai's take over the world plot... or something like that?
Long live GUNDAM! :D
...If I was a man, I'd be having an erection right about now.
I want to see it, dammit!
You can get wet, can't you? :p
You can always get wet.
I came.
you can have my erection anytime, in you.
i am.
i am.
This was bound to happen someday. Now they just have to make it fully functional.
ONLY IN JAPAN! :D
So real *-*
NOW the 3rd world war has come !!
fear them, world!! all your bases belong to GUNDAM!!!
all your bases ARE belong to Gundam
fix'd
Better have it insured. Most Gundams tend to be stolen prior to being debuted.
its only a matter of time before they make a real one, and then world war 3 starts
Japan has perfected the Minovsky Fusion Reactor??
The Age of Mobile Suits has Arrived...
time to Hijack the Gundam
This, boys and girls, is the poster boy for the failure of modern education, since the whole "30th anniversary of the first Gundam series" part of the post seems to have completely escaped understanding.
Reading comprehension skills: not just a metric for testing, but a basic life skill. There's no excuse for not having them.
Putting a system that could make this thing pilotable would be a nice addition...
i'd pay to see a 1/100 scale tengan toppa gurren langan!
it would be cool if they built a gundam that was actually functional (walking jumping, without all the weapons)
hat would be a war crime in the united states eyes
Epic indeed, Burning Gundam next please
just a giant model, not a flying object...
How about a building complex, a hotel or commercial center, that looks like the dendrobium? ;)
first we invade Tokyo,next stop Disneyland!
heheh Today, Tokyo; tomorrow, the world! Ah-hahahahahah (evil laugh)
wahhhhhh
the only mobile suits that are worth for build...
RX-78-2
Zaku II Char Custom
you could never go wrong with the originals :DD
Gundam Wing Zero Custom(i swear if like the wind picks up this bad boy would fall)
one of the most "beautiful" gundams(who doesn't want angel wings?), and the series was very popular
Gundam 00 Raiser
the series is by fat the best in story and mech specs in a loooong while, and hey, spew out some GN particles and let's Innovate!!
I agree. A Gundam with wings - will be the next Wonder of the world.
I would really like to see a 250 meter Gunbuster.
Fuck yeah.
omg all we need now is a beam rifle and a hyper bazooka then it can conquer the us lol
me want Zaku next!
HOLY FUCK!
THIS IS EPIC!!!
how lucky for those who can go there and see the real size thing before they die...who knows when they gonna make things like this again...
30th anniversary - real-size Gundam model..
?? anniversary - REAL GUNDAM!!!
30th anniversary - real-size Gundam model..
60th anniversary - REAL GUNDAM!!!
Fixed!
Let's start a petition for their next project... how bout the GFAS-X1 Destroy?
I want it! :D
why RX-78 ?
why not Freedom or Strike or Gundam Wing or Gundam X or Dendrobium ???
lucky they only made 1 of it and not 1 in each prefecture or INVASION IMMINENT !!!
it's his birthday, not freedom nor dendrobium birthday, mind you...
oh and in Japan, THE most popular Gundam all-time was RX-78 based on some research that I forgot where I read it..
>why RX-78 ?
Cause it's awesome that's why.
Hey it's Japan. Before they get their invasion fleet built, a giant monster will rise out of the sea and destroy Tokyo.
Because it's the 30th anniversary of the first Gundam series. And the first Gundam is RX-78. And RX-78 is infinitely awesome. And Freedom Gundam is a fail Gundam.
guess they fail to see the importance of the 1st Gundam that started it all. Also, old gundams > post-1990s-ish gundams (SEED i'm looking at you).
True, I guess some people only watch fag-service series like SEED or 00....
agree 1110%
Wats next?Macross VF? Really looking forward to this!
Not going to happen, but a full scale Nightmare would be nice too
CLAMP mecha do not want.