Gundam Giant Mecha 1:1
So forgive me. I am a little kid when it comes to these things. Last weekend I had the chance to go to Odaiba, an artificial island smack bang in the middle of Tokyo bay where some really smart people have decided to raise a temporary statue in honor of the epic Japanese anime, Gundam. These robots are common in most Japanese households, in the form of toys or plastic models in the scale of 1:64 or 1:177, but this model is 1:1, life size, real and moving, belching smoke. It will come in really handy if or rather when, Godzilla, decides to attack Tokyo. Forgive me for the deluge of photos, but I want to show you the best of approximately 1000 shots snapped over a two hour period! Contact me personally if you are interested in getting high res. files. If you are in Tokyo this summer, you must go.
wow awesome pictures
Excellent photos & fantastic Gundam.
In Catalonia Spain, you can find a Mazinger Z 1:1
But your Gundam is better.
Enjoy ; )
http://javimoya.com/blog/2006/04/18/mazinger-z-en-tarragona/
Thanks! I have never seen this before! Actually, I haven’t been in Catalonia since 1986 so it’s time to head over again soon. Now I know where to go. Great location too, in the middle of a forest?!
Is in the forest, but very near of some houses.
O MY! im a big fan of Gundam! i even designed a wallpaper (and even planning to design a tshirt) because i love this anime so much!
and this, this structure is amazing! (woot)
that’s it! i’m packing my stuff and going to Japan.
You’re welcome over anytime! I sent a link to your latest wallpaper design to Superpunch by the way, hope you didn’t mind the surge in vistors, and please no more tagalog! haha… I can’t read it (^-^;)
Looks like to lighting conditions were difficult to work with. Nevertheless great pictures with that light!
I love the Japanese for undertaking this type of projects. Somehow I think it must be the pinnacle of their sense of relativation or just the opposite. Simply amazing.
Thanks! Well, the lighting conditions were actually perfect. With straight on normal light it would have looked like what it is, just a big old toy on a field. I agree there is something special with Japanese that allows them to do this sort of thing. The fact that it is privately done and privately financed for the good of everyone just shows another aspect of Japanese people that I enjoy and makes me stay in this country. Sure, there are better things to with money, but sometimes, we need stuff like this too!
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Great shots, is it possible for you to send me some high res night shots, I’m loving the fulkl length ones – super duper
This is amazing. I want to stand just on its feet and experience the feeling of awe and overwhelmed by how big it is.
Nice shots!!!
I’m a gundam fans…thanks for the info…hope that I will have another tokyo trip soon
wooooooooo O_OU!!!!!
I really like the pictures!!! are greats! XD
I want to mega-picture gundam please!
Hey, I am loving the pics!!! I want to go there!!!!
Any chance i could get a copy of some of your hi-res pics? It would be awesome!
I love your picture of the GUNDAM. Im so jealous i can’t be there to snap a photo myself. Do you think i can get a hi res picture so i can post it on my 23″ LCD! thanks a bunch
woo hoo!!! Thanks for sharing and posting these pictures! I am weak for anime and constructed my “Mr. Robot” back in the sixties, so this is a thrill!
Hi
Nice photos on that 1/1 scale Gundam
It makes me like stands next to the statue
Mind to share some of the rest of the hi-res photos? And if you have photos of the Shiokaze Park itself I want those photos too
Hope to hear good news from you
Hi,
I would like to have some high res pic please. particularly day3. Many thanks.
Alfred
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Hi..!! Im a Gundam mania..
Would you kindly sent me the hi-res pictures of that great Gundam?
You take a very-very nice angle to take pictures.
I really appreciate if you do send me the hi-res pic..pleaseee…
Hi, I know you’ve probably gotten a lot of these requests. But I was wondering If I could get some of the high resolution pictures that you have of the Gundam. I’ve seen many pictures of it, and have gotten a bunch, but the ones that you have are a lot better than the ones that I’ve accumulated. Thank you very much in advance, I hope that I can get some. I’d greatly appreciate it.