I searched 'robot' and 'gundam' but nothing showed up, so...

http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/gundam_shines_bright_on_a_tokyo_night.php

http://aycl.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/full-size-gundam-11-scale-in-the-heart-of-tokyo-japan/







[Edited on June 26, 2009 at 8:40 AM. Reason : better link]

6/26/2009 8:33:24 AM

why?

[Edited on June 26, 2009 at 8:34 AM. Reason : that link was useless]

[Edited on June 26, 2009 at 8:36 AM. Reason : and wtf is a gundam? is this some transformers nerdery?]

6/26/2009 8:34:29 AM

Clearly this is a message being sent to North Korea.

6/26/2009 8:35:40 AM

SHENANIGANS

THAT IS MERELY A STATUE OF A GUNDAM

6/26/2009 8:35:48 AM

now i gotta go get back in it and move it. damn that valet who said he'd hide it away

6/26/2009 8:36:13 AM

I put another link about it up, supposedly:

Quote :

"Well done Japan.. after 30 years of broadcasting the “Mobile Suit Gundam” animated series, they decided to celebrate it’s 30th anniversary by building it’s first ever 1:1 scale Gundam Unit.. woahHH.. impressive! Not only it’s an eye candy.. the head actually moves! go check it out at youtube k."

6/26/2009 8:41:10 AM

i still don't really get it

where'd the funding come from?

is it some promotional thing or just some japanese dude being weird again?

I DEMAND A QUALITY THREAD. SURVIVAL OF THE FUCKING FITTEST.

6/26/2009 8:44:30 AM

well go look for it then

6/26/2009 8:45:20 AM

I DIDN'T MAKE THE THREAD SON

STEP OUT DA BAR SON

6/26/2009 8:46:38 AM

Ill put money down that the thing is real, disguised as a statue.

6/26/2009 8:49:00 AM

The truly strange thing about all this...

This is probably the most 'normal' thing I've seen to come out of Japanese culture.

6/26/2009 8:50:20 AM

oh good it isn't functional. i thought we had a weapon of mass destruction on our hands.

6/26/2009 9:36:16 AM

I think they did calculate how much a functional gundam-style robot would cost, and it turned out to be almost a billion dollars.

http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/01/725000000-gundam/

6/26/2009 9:41:52 AM

well i'd rather have that thing than the fucking f-22

[Edited on June 26, 2009 at 9:49 AM. Reason : there is a dash]

6/26/2009 9:42:37 AM

Quote :

"Not only it’s an eye candy.. the head actually moves!"

Coming out of Japan, that qualifies as the most mailed-in effort ever.

6/26/2009 9:53:01 AM

The barrel monster guy has nothing on this.

6/26/2009 10:44:55 AM

Haha, that's sweet.

I get the impression that Japan is going to consider building a military walker sooner or later. Not something 60 goddamn feet tall, but perhaps something else. I think there are commercial (useless) walkers available now. At least this one:

The Land Walker

http://tinyurl.com/mw4p8b

6/26/2009 10:57:01 AM

I don't see how those would be useful other than being a 1 man tank capable of moving into tougher terrain/deepr waters that a modern tank would otherwise find unpassable. I mean, that thing is so lightly armored and would stick out like a sore thumb in any combat situation. And I KNOW production of something like that can't be cheap.

But it is uber cool nonetheless.

[Edited on June 26, 2009 at 11:07 AM. Reason : .]

6/26/2009 11:06:51 AM

Humanoid vehicles that size are completely impractical.

I'd say the max size to have a useful mech is about 20'

6/26/2009 11:10:55 AM

looks like voltron's kid brother.

6/26/2009 11:11:20 AM

Quote :

"I don't see how those would be useful other than being a 1 man tank capable of moving into tougher terrain/deepr waters that a modern tank would otherwise find unpassable. I mean, that thing is so lightly armored and would stick out like a sore thumb in any combat situation. And I KNOW production of something like that can't be cheap."

Yeah, it's expensive, but if they refined that design over the course of 20 years, made it bigger and stronger, and then put some guns on it it might be useful. The reason it would be useful is that, in urban combat situations, it can get around crap in the road and maneuver through narrow side streets without worrying as much about destroying everything in its way. The elevated perspective would also make it more useful vs a normal tank. Of course, any such system is pretty far away, and it would require many advances in materials technology to come up with armor strong and light enough that they could put it on something that walks. As is the things would go 1mph.

[Edited on June 26, 2009 at 11:32 AM. Reason : \/ Hell yes.]

6/26/2009 11:29:14 AM

nerdery

6/26/2009 11:30:52 AM

1) WTF is a gundam?
2)

Quote :

"The barrel monster guy has nothing on was much better than this."

6/26/2009 11:34:49 AM

tww: where nerds will discuss the practicality of ROBOTS FROM CARTOONS

6/26/2009 11:37:28 AM

That's pretty cool

6/26/2009 12:36:58 PM

Quote :

"and wtf is a gundam? is this some transformers nerdery?"

it has nothing to do with fishing, trucks, jack daniels, country music, or goldsboro........so i wouldn't worry about it

6/26/2009 2:36:31 PM

whew

thought i should be concerned for a second there

thanks

[Edited on June 26, 2009 at 2:38 PM. Reason : it appears that you are lucky enough to be from goldsboro as well....]

6/26/2009 2:38:18 PM

that thing is awesome. wish i had one in my front yard.

6/26/2009 2:39:36 PM

Quote :

"tww: where nerds will discuss the practicality of ROBOTS FROM CARTOONS"

uhhhhhhhhh, yeah

6/26/2009 2:41:37 PM

^^just because we're from the same stompin' ground doesn't mean you can be all up in my profile checkin' out my goodies

6/26/2009 2:42:05 PM

sorry

[Edited on June 26, 2009 at 2:43 PM. Reason : what high school, friend?]

6/26/2009 2:42:40 PM

I am not surprised.

Also, just the head moves?

Quote :

"Coming out of Japan, that qualifies as the most mailed-in effort ever."

6/26/2009 2:45:44 PM

impressive.......

6/26/2009 3:00:58 PM

it is an RX-79!

6/26/2009 3:15:14 PM

if only they would build a full size condom

6/26/2009 3:18:11 PM

^ I'm pretty sure it's made by Mitsubishi, not Mazda. Mitsubishi makes EVERYTHING, especially in Japan

Speaking of which, I wonder if you have to take an EVOlator to get to cockpit. lolz.

[Edited on June 26, 2009 at 3:20 PM. Reason : .]

6/26/2009 3:19:42 PM