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NEWS: Life-Size Moving Gundam Statue to Be Unveiled in Yokohama in 2020




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MarshalBanana



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 4:53 am Reply with quote
That's 5 and half feet shorter than the one in Tokyo, come on japan, step up your game.
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forexjammer



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 7:31 am Reply with quote
MarshalBanana wrote:
That's 5 and half feet shorter than the one in Tokyo, come on japan, step up your game.


I'm guessing you don't know anything about Gundam. The one they are making it move, RX-78 is Canonically 18 meters while the one in Tokyo, Unicorn Gundam is canonically 22 meters. Making it bigger is not making any sense.
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samuelp
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:35 am Reply with quote
Um, pardon me for perhaps asking the obvious question, but...

If it moves, then isn't it no longer a statue?
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MarshalBanana



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:39 am Reply with quote
forexjammer wrote:
MarshalBanana wrote:
That's 5 and half feet shorter than the one in Tokyo, come on japan, step up your game.


I'm guessing you don't know anything about Gundam. The one they are making it move, RX-78 is Canonically 18 meters while the one in Tokyo, Unicorn Gundam is canonically 22 meters. Making it bigger is not making any sense.
It was a joke, also knowing the Measurements of each Gundam goes beyond something
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TexZero



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 4:27 pm Reply with quote
samuelp wrote:
Um, pardon me for perhaps asking the obvious question, but...

If it moves, then isn't it no longer a statue?


Technically if it moves it's either a large scale Robot or Mecha. It would probably boil down to how they classify it for Vehicle purposes to be frank though.

Though now i want to get my qualifications to be a Gundam Pilot. Do you think they have an Intership program for pilots Laughing
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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 4:41 pm Reply with quote
They want it to light the Olympic flame.

Wel, you got a year and a half to advance robotics to make it work. Get on it.
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TyrantValvatorez





PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 5:50 pm Reply with quote
All the UC haters are going to complain when its not their favorite series, again.
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Wrangler



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 3:15 pm Reply with quote
I wonder if this thing going be like old style robot shuffle toy. With perhaps a track under the base of the statue shuffling (walking) moving it's arms.

There so much you can do as statue / animatronic thing with it breaking.
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