Life-Size Gundam Replica Complete

A life-size, eighteen-meter replica of Japanese anime’s iconic sci-fi military robot, the RX-78 Gundam, is scheduled for public display in Odaiba’s Shiokaze Park next month.

You can always count on hardworking Japanese engineers to get things done ahead of schedule. The Gundam is complete. Now all we need is a Newtype kid to fall into the cockpit.

For those of you unfamiliar with the thirty-year-old Gundam franchise, a futuristic metaseries that introduced weapon concepts being prototyped today, here’s what this baby might look like in action.

(Photos by Punynari via Danny Choo.)

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