apart from the fact that it is not in Shinjuku, thats way cool.
I was quite close to that on Saturday (a nice park nearby) and would've happily made a detour to high-five him, if only I was 5 meters tall.

mg2003

@Altima NEO: I guess you didn't read the other comments we do have cool statues like that (granted they aren't mechs) but we have them. My personal favorite is the Rocky statue in Philly. Not to mention we do have giant sculptures carved into the side of mountains (in many ways like in LotR.)

clintonskneecap

The thumbnail on the main Kotaku page made it look like it was a Gundam unit throwing up the horns \m/

Imagine my disappointment upon hitting the jump :(

Koztah

Well never have cool shit like this in America.

Guess its back to see the biggest ball o' twine in Minnesota.

Altima NEO

If it's not made out of Gundumanium then it's NO GOOD!

FancifulUnicorn

I loves me some Gundam. If I'm ever in the neighbourhood I'll check it out.
I prefer this to some bronze statue of a random figure in history that I have no knowledge of. But that is just me.

Manimalius

That is the most inspirational statue I have ever witnessed. The gentle curve of the figure, as he reaches out to the heavens themselves in a gesture of will; it's astounding. It's a gigantic robot. They invested money in this. My brain has exploded.

TrevWolf

@Black-Dog-Howls: Zaku waaay before Zeong. It's more... red. Thus three times as fast.
@bob-e: Among mecha-geeks we call him Golion thank you very much.

MonsterKingRen

Hell yeah!!! Oh and no single mech can defeat a gundam except another gundam (unless the pilot is a newtype). I would say siege zeon but zeon=scum. Go feddies!!! EFSF will always win. BTW AEUG > titans but it was zeon's fault that there was so much corruption to begin with.
God, to any non gundam fans that whole paragraph must have sounded psychotic.

badarsemother3k

Wow, I hate Gundam but even I'm impressed by this.

SSJPabs

The thing on his left side is the shield.

kidnicky

@Pickens:
Depends what you mean by beat, because there's a good few examples of where mobile suits have pushed back and defeated a Gundam. However I'm not sure there's any precedent for a Gundam being destroyed (completely) by anything other than another Gundam.

@dmitsuki:
As pointed out earlier you probably want to mean "Taisetsu no mono, protect my balls" which loosely means: This is important, protect my balls. Rather than "Daisuke protect my balls" which uh loosely translates as: I love protect my balls.

Odin

That is a nice statue but it is no full scale Big O statue

electricpickle

"Erected" indeed.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

man_in_gauze

Apparently, this Gundam's theme is either restaurant diner trying to get service, disco, or gay.

Chef

You remember this quote:

"The Agriculture Ministry is not in charge of Gundam"

[www.gizmodo.com.au]

Apparently the Ministry of Transport is.

Kohath

HIGH FIVE!

KenogaBrave

This is super cool! I just wish they had that up a few years ago when my wife and I went. I also dig the Keroro Gunso banners on the streetlamps. Gotta love the Japanese!

Now... just make a subtitled version of IdolM@ster for the US and everything will be square.

M15ant470p3

@Chanaluss: Nobody defeats Prime! Even Gumdam Zero knows when he's beat

excel_excel

oh and Sieg Zeon!

Knight-Zero

@Chanaluss: Actually they wrestle at every family reunion.

Knight-Zero

@Fonic: yeah I think Miniapolis has them as well He was born in Minneapolis grew up in St. Paul so everyone tries to jump on his money train.

clintonskneecap

@clintonskneecap: I thought he was born in Minneapolis? Anyway, yeah, Santa Rosa was where he lived for a long time and where he died so I guess that's why they try to lay claim to him or something. Kind of lame of them really.

Fonic

All we need is a Bumblebee (film version) statue in Rhode Island (Hasbro HQ), and we can call it even.

lgndk11r

oh also there was the statue of Rocky in Philly not sure if they still have it though since they got a new stadium.

clintonskneecap

@Fonic: actually I was thinking of the ones in St. Paul MN where Charles M. Schultz was born in. But if there are some in Cali well that only proves my point even more.

clintonskneecap

I was like wtf, why is there a gundam statue for gran turismo. Then I realized that I just read Gundam Train as Gran Turismo.

djHEAT

zig zeon

exstrat

@Pickens:
Voltron would kick a Gundam's ass any day.

bob-e

when i get to japan (one day damn it....one day) i'm definately going to check this out and/or high five it hehe

this is pure win.

demonknightinuyasha

You know that its only a matter of time till someone would steal it. Although it would be pretty easy to spot the thief with a gigantic Gundam statue in their front lawn.

deathsyth8888

I would love to be able to see that in person everyday.

Neo-Senku

I would live to high five it everytime I went went to work. Great way to kick off a morning

Shuricain

FUCK YEAH RX-78!

Heiae

@clintonskneecap: The town is called Santa Rosa and is in CA. And the statues are quite small and easy to miss really.

Fonic

they are now that much closer to erecting fully functional gundams.... I'm going to home depot to get bomb shelter supplies, I suggest you all follow suit.

ForAllThatEverWas

Pfft, mine's bigger... And its flaccid! *giggles*

The_nub_next_door

@Journey: support i assume

JunkersRoyale

@namesRhard: He's all "20K of my government yen went to this and I'm living in a 2 tatami flat?"

Evil Tortie's Mom

all this effort to have him waving at the sky?

Abdar

Yes. YES! A THOUSAND TIMES YES!

Yithian

I'll take three.

rdj

Needs to be bigger. Much bigger.

Taco Bell™

Now they'll have to build Char's Zaku II or Zeong somewhere.

Black-Dog-Howls

@GUNDAM-RX-78-2: No problem. I have this crazy huge collection of Gundam images and I instantly remembered this pic.

Amuro1X

I aplaude this iniciative.

Shiryu

@ChunkOFunk: no not at all we have stuff like that in america as well. I know in the town where the guy who created Snoopy there are statues of all the penuts character over the place. Its just in Japan one of their favorite cartoon characters is a giant Mech

clintonskneecap

cactaur: & Amuro1X: Ah thanks
and Amuro1X: thanks for the awesome new PSP wallpaper d^_^d

GUNDAM-RX-78-2

lol, erected.

Covert_Knight

I wonder if the Bee Gee's "Stayin' Alive" song is playing in the background? Just look at that Travolta pose!

candyman261

@Amuro1X: It's awesome.

skitzogreg

Wow, it looks like it'd go well with a disco ball...

... just saying.

MetaKz

@GUNDAM-RX-78-2: It's bronze.

Amuro1X

And Japan gets one step closer to creating Gundams to police Japan and eventually take over the world.

@Amuro1X: Winsauce. XD
My money is all on Gundam.

@dmitsuki: Actually, methinks its something like "Taisetsunomono." Or at least thats what it sounds like.

Furious_Liver

@GUNDAM-RX-78-2: Probably fibreglass or bronze casting. Doubt its actually carved from rock.

cactaur

Thats cool want very much.
Does anyone know what its made of? From the looks of it im guessing they carved it out of 1 giant rock. If that is the case that is some damn fine work.

GUNDAM-RX-78-2

"Fuckin' nerds." That is what he is thinking.

TechnoDestructo

@ErskinPig: Daisuke protect my balls!

dmitsuki

@Chanaluss:
[i73.photobucket.com]

HEAVEN OR HELL? LET'S ROCK!

Amuro1X

@namesRhard: yah, heh thats the first thing i noticed

Desertwolf

That old guy (by young people standards) in the background looks disgusted =P

namesRhard

Let's fighting love!

ErskinPig

That's it Gundam! Reach towards the new tomorrow!

I think the final shooting scene from Encounters in Space would have been a more iconic pose for the statue, but this is cool too. People in Japan really love them some Gundam. (btw, I do to, in case you couldn't tell.)

To anyone that's wondering, that thing cost 20 million yen (about $200,000), with 2 million ($20,000) coming from Government subsidies.

Amuro1X

@Chanaluss: No.

Afore Notation

GUNDAMU!!

Kyle81

Oh man, only in Japan, only in Japan.

ChunkOFunk

We need more giant robot statues. Definitely.

DismantleRepair

Wow.... I wonder how much Sunrise, Inc. paid for that. o.o

Makoto

@Chanaluss: Nothing, other than another Gundam, can beat a Gundam. And don't even say "Batman with prep time" because Batman with prep time would just build a Gundam to fight the other one.

Amazing statue by the way.

Pickens

Awesome, I'd like one of those. In Shinjuku station? They sure take prode in their Gundams.

Taifuu

wow. you don't see something like that everyday (unless you live and commute by there of course). I don't quite understand what the Gundam's left side is suppose to be. Is that just there to help hold it up? gun?

pretty cool.

Journey

but can it defeat the optimus prime statue in china?

Chanaluss