The life size Gundam RX-78-2 statue at Shiokaze Park (潮風公園) in Tokyo is close to its completion! ^^ The entire upper body has been assembled it seems. A photo of the construction in progress is featured on today's BBC "Day in Picture"
1.5 million fans are expected to turn up to view the statue. There will be stalls selling food and drinks for you to enjoy the "scenery" while eating (very much like a picnic XD). Photo taking service is of course available as well.
Below are the photo for the planning session for the project...
the skecth
the land to be used for the ''PROJECT G''
this is how its look like after finish
half done...for the leg part
arm part
chest part....it will be fun if I got the chance to build this Gundam...its like building a giant Gunpla...XDFINNALY
ITS DONE.....
GUNDAM~!!!
from a far away view
ARGH~!!!!I wish to be the man....btw is that a kite??
night view
What an awesome sight it is right now at Shiokaze Park. As a Gundam fan, I'm totally touched T__T The date of display for the statue is from July 11th till August 31st, but folks visiting the part right now would be able to view it anyway ^^All images from BBC and Mainichi and copied from http://ngeekhiong.blogspot.com/
Apart from celebrating Gundam 30th Anniversary, the statue also serves two important role:
(1) Support the bidding of Tokyo 2016 Olympics Paralympics Games
The statue will help to promote Tokyo as a green city to create such image for the bidding. For that reason, there will be a Tokyo 2016 Olympics Paralympics Games bidding support logo on the statue's left shoulder from August 1st till the 31st.
(2) Green Tokyo project
Exhibit areas and special stalls will be set up on the surroundings of the statue, with participation from all companies and units under Bandai Namco, as well as other organizations from Tokyo. Special items like eco-back (? - エコバック), T shirt, fan and others have being planned. The earning from the sales will be contributed to Green Tokyo Fund (緑の東京募金), Metropolitan Park Supporter Fund (都立公園サポーター基金) plus a few other units not mentioned. The statue will be removed from the park after August 31st. Sounds really fun and meaningful to me. ^^ Fans who can visit Tokyo between July and September should definitely go and take a look, especially when Gundam will not be remaining in the same venue all the time, and will vanish from enemy detection (XD) after August 31st. We might see it again after that, or maybe not.
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