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NEWS: Life-Size Moving Gundam Statue's Grand Opening Now Slated for December 19




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JintoLin



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 9:35 am Reply with quote
I open they extend the visiting time past the corona lockdown. I'll love to plan another trip to Japan and check this out, but I can't while travel restrictions are in place.
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TarsTarkas



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 11:32 am Reply with quote
While that would be a great thing to see, I really want the conventions to come back before thinking about going to Japan again.
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Rob19ny



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 3:45 pm Reply with quote
Well that certainly is the best day to open the event. Can't wait to see it.
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Covnam



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2020 8:47 pm Reply with quote
I hope that they extend it past March, who knows if we'll be able to travel by then without having to spend two weeks in quarantine =/
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Gina Szanboti



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 02, 2020 3:46 am Reply with quote
I don't understand why it's such a limited time showing. You'd think they'd milk it for as long as it brought in tourists and their money, considering how much it must've cost to build the thing. What happens to it after March? Still pretty cool looking, however long it's up.
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TarsTarkas



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 02, 2020 1:44 pm Reply with quote
Yeah, it is hard to understand. You want to make your money back.

Maybe the costs to maintain it will be too high or where the space it is built on is only being rented.
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DerekL1963
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 02, 2020 8:14 pm Reply with quote
Gina Szanboti wrote:
I don't understand why it's such a limited time showing. You'd think they'd milk it for as long as it brought in tourists and their money, considering how much it must've cost to build the thing. What happens to it after March? Still pretty cool looking, however long it's up.


Operating it isn't going to be cheap, and the longer it operates the higher the chance of it breaking down/requiring significant maintenance. (Which will have costs of their own.) So, there has to be a balance point.
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