The Japanese media is quick to point out obvious similarities, but China’s Floraland Park is rejecting the claims that their 15-meter mecha copies Gundam. Can’t you tell, it’s totally different!
The statue was constructed for the Christmas season, Kyodo News reports. It is being held up by a series of wires.
Debuting in 1979, the Gundam mecha franchise has a devoted following in China.
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Anthony Marr
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 8:01 AMApparently, new colour = new design. Also from what I heard (rumor) it has been taken down and now they deny that it had ever been erected. “WHAT GUNDAM?! There was never a gundam… ;O”
Anon
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 2:34 PMSeems like a typical Chinese thing to do really… blatantly pirate an existing product and deny its the same, despite being basically identical. Then remove it and deny it ever existed (like the tiananmen square incident for example). When will they learn you can’t just deny something thats staring you in the face.
Jodski
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 6:42 PMOr if you keep on denying things people wont believe you. Kinda like ‘the boy who cried wolf’.
qua3kers
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 8:09 AMIt’s a gay gundam
womble
Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 3:49 PMThe Chinese wilfully ignoring intellectual property rights? Shocker.
One day, when the Chinese economy progresses past the sweat-shop-of-the-world stage (remember kids, India wants a cut of that action…) they’re going to have to realise that intellectual property is, well, property.
And on that day, Chinese creators are going to want the same sort of protection for their efforts that they currently disregard.