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Looking good! Can't wait to see its progress photos! Thanks for the news Danny!

I love gundam !!!!

whaaa? no side cutters and sandpaper? noobs

Hm how much will this cost for building something like this ??
It would be very cool for the finish object.

This is going to be epic. :3

July 11th? That sounds like some pretty fast development. Awesome.
How much is this costing them??

awesome ^^ can't wait to see it finish

Uwahhh~~ it is going to be one epic day once that is complete and open to public.
The future with the Gundam is getting closer in every minute now :D

I love markings on Gundams, I hope this will have a whole bunch. Can't wait to see the finished product, doesn't seem like it'll disappoint =3

i wonder how much it all costs with parts and labor etc.
i think the gundam might feel a bit lonely without a zaku to smash

Ummm...... doesn't seem like it can move....... *jk

It'll be an epic monument of the world, not only in Japan~~~

WOW that is amazing ^0^ building this has changed the way we see gundams and gunpla modelling ^0^
hopefully it can do more than just walk!

too bad they dun have the infrastructure and frame of the gundam or it'll mvoe like the real one =P if it have electricity of course~

I really want to get to go see this! They are only leaving it up for a few months right?

Now if only they built one that could fly....

Must go to Japan this summer!

I really want to see it myself when it's done

Will this being referred to as one of the Wonders of the world from now on? XD

In retrospect, the Gundam seems very structurally inefficient and impractical; same goes for any other giant bipedal mecha.

Powered armors and multi-legged mechas ftw.

Why can't they keep it permanently. I would love to see it one day, but by that time, it would probably be pulled down.
Judging by the looks of those legs... It doesn't look like its going to be very stable. Probably that's why they'll tear it down soon afterward.

1:1 must be an impressive sight to behold. Times like these I wish I lived in Japan or at least nearby

Japan, go one must............

AWESOME! Hopefully it'll still be standing when I visit Tokyo this fall for the Tokyo Game Show. If it's still standing, I'm so going to take pictures of it with me standing beneath or next to it.

I can't wait for them to finish! HurryHurryHurry!!! ^^

I hope they will make this as permanent statue.... this can be one of tourist attraction... too bad if they build this for temporary purpose only...

This is going to be killer when it's finished. I can't wait to see it.

I know Gundams are iconic in Japan, but I think the next project should be a life-size Bigfoot from Basquash! That would be awesome imo.

GIVES ME ONE MORE REASON TO GO TO JAPAN!!! SO EXCITED FOR THIS

Danny, that's awesome~! Can't wait to see it finished. Hopefully it will move XD.

Can't wait to see it finished!

Although I don't like Gundam -at all- (Macross guy here), I think this is gonna be awesome.

Will be looking forward to the completed project...will be awesome...

wow they're doing an awesome job, thought they were only gonna put the outer frame together and call it a day

Hope they can make it on time to fight the giant spiders in Yokohama.

Uwaa..... it's going to be epic. ^^

This will be awesome!

Haha, it looks like the support beams for a bridge^^;

The breastplate(?) looks pretty good so far...!!

The next step after this is to then develope functioning limbs. Soon, we will have gundams fighting wars! AHAHAHA....
But other than that, looks like it's coming along very nicely, I had a look at some CGI pictures of what it will look like and I gotta say, it's going to be impressive, Have vents and lights all over it, yeaaaaa.

I'm so going there if I go Japan, gonna wait for Danny's free tickets :D

Oh dear lord... I want to see this very much, nyu!! Danny, take LOTS AND LOTS of picturees ok?!?!

That is amazing! I wish I could go to Japan to see when it is finally built. >.< They should have some kind of pyrotechnics to have the gundam shoot a cannon or something, that would truly be epic. :D That, and if it moves and starts fighting some other giant mecha of course. :P

So what grade would this model be labeled as?

can't wait to see it when it's done...though I can't quite imagine it from just looking at its frame in the first pic

Wow this will be epic to the max. Can't wait to see it finished!

another reason why japan is so freeeeekin coooool!

The unveiling is coincidentally superb timing for me. I'll be flying over to Tokyo just about two weeks after July 11, so I'll need to make a point to go out of my way and check it out for myself. Going to need something else to do other than study at Sophia anyway.

Looks more like a cracker for crabs at this point.

it's crap like this that makes me wish i was in japan. If and When I get to go to Japan, I hope i get to see something as awesome as this.

i wonder...why RX78,of course it symbolizes gundam,but why not something nicer,like 00 gundam or freedom,anyways,hope to see more updates

Seriously does every Japanese people like Gundams

I have to see if I can buy some tickets to Japan in July just for this !!

that's insanely cool, of course only in japan would this not look out of place...whilst the rest of the world get pieces of 'art' erected that according to the 'artist' are a symbol of future/hope/courage/love etc. etc. (delete as required) which only look good to similar minded ppl.

I bet there'll be some nice low light photos once this is finished (my idea, intellectual property applies!)
^_^

This is going to be so unrealistically epic!

You just watch, in 20 years Japan will have a full army of these!

it doesn't look as big as i thought it would look...

Can't to see it fly and blow things up.

I can't wait to see it in person when I get to Tokyo in the summer!!!!!!
I MUST SEE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow! Nice.
For door release, see instruction manual. >.< haha

i ahve to say tho, its about time Gundam stood over Japan

Oh, better time my visit to when it gets finished.

can't wait to see it when i'm over there next time!

Looking good ^___^

Can't wait for its final completion on July 11 ^_______^

I can't wait until it is finished! I will go take pictures for sure!

i will be the pilot ^^

hey im serious

I will definitely go there. Danny, do you know where in Odaiba is this ? Odaiba is quite big. ~_~

That's going to be pretty sweet. I remember reading that it won't be there permanently, wonder what they're ultimately going to do with it...

Good starting ^_^ Can't wait to see it completed XD

I'm not a big Gundam fan (I know, blasphemy), but this is very cool. Would love to see it in real life.

1/1 REAL GRADE RX-78 GUNDAM

Awesome... but they're only going to have it up until August 31st... why? what are they going to do with it then? ^^;

Oh wait! JAXA is going to launch it so it can destroy North Korea's satellite!^_~

Great ! I've planned a trip to Tokyo in august, I will make sure not to miss this huge Gundam !

very cool! definitely going to see it!

Great. Hope that I will be there on the opening day.

The statue of Otaku ^ ^

That is going to look truly epic when its finished....

Can't wait to see it finished ^^

Is it earthquake-proof?

What would be even more awesome is if they actually build a cockpit into the Gundam and let you pose in it XD

The one and only... Bandai Grade!

It's already looking epic...the end result is going to be epic...

Cheers for the photos, always nice to see progress stuff!
I would love to be involved in a team like that to build something inconic.

i can't imagine that some year of july 11 maybe the real gundam turn out instead of this.. i guess we are one step closer to the era of mobile suit in this scale.. i wish i can be there as well..

LoL NIICE!! can't wait ITS GOING TO BE EPIC!! =3

hope they make it look awesome. cant wait to see it.

Ultimate Grade RX-78 by Bandai.

Get urs now for only 1,999,999 usd.
Cement and paint sold separately.
Parking space not included.

That's going to be one impressive model.

Right, wheres my ZAFT uniform? and guns... Going to hijack the Gundam the SEED way lol

Hehe..Can't wait to see it ^^

toki doki....cant wait...toki doki

awesome...
cant wait..
it makes me realy2 want to go to Japan..

Thanks for the pics! It really puts into perspective just how big a Gundam really is.

Looks like I'm gonna miss out on this ><

They're serious about those rocket missile things that Korea will launch eh?
why do I have a feeling that that Gundam will work...

Sweet ^_^ Now, if they made a Deathsythe Hell Custom statue with green glowing eyes, then I would be a very happy camper ^-^

it's nice knowing there's people who'll spend the money to build cool stuff like this

omg, how awsome would it be to say that you walked past a real sized gundam to school everyday??

sweet. the outside is looking great. i wonder how they'll connect the top part to the bottom cuz it seems to me they are building it separately first.

KAKOOIIII!!!

wanna see that finished!

wow I cant imagine seeing a real Gundam

this is a great idea, but the down side is: for sure people will try to climb this and take a pictures on its shoulders like they pilot the thing, and people might get hurt doing that.

Looking Great! It has all detail!
Want to go there and sit on it!!

Looking good~ I like it how it saids "Check before and after fight" on one of the 'decals'.

Say, it's been a while since Danny has posted something on Gundam (I think).

That is really neat. On a tangentially related note: I've always liked the walls and various other things that get put up around constructions sites in Japan so they aren't the eyesore the ones where I'm at end up being. Then again, there's no building a fence that tall. How are they accounting for high speed winds?

You know what? Once they've finished building it, they should keep it there as a permanent landmark. The US has the Statue of Liberty, so why not a Statue of Gundam for Japan?

This is just the beggining. In 2015 we will have Evas already, so it just cannot take much longer for us to see the first Gundams being built. lol

Japan's response to North Korea's "Satellite" Launch? That'll learn them! :)

Bandai should really consider creating a museum full of 1:1 scale gundams of each series. Would honestly be an awesome attraction for Gundam Fans.

woh, can' wait for it to be done.

I can imagine them using the 1/1 Zaku head that's in Bandai museum for the RX-78 gundam!! I'd be totally hilarious! <(*ΦωΦ*)>ニャｗｗｗ

i hope they stick a little guy inside.
preferably living.

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

At last some pics of this statue. I hope that when I will be in Japan in next year I will have occasion to see this gundam ^^

I hope they fill it with warning marks and decals XD

Really can't wait for this, i'ts gonna be so awesome!

omg... this will be so awesome... hope it will be still up when I go to Japan next year

This is so cool can't wait to see it when it's done ^_^

It's a shame that ill only be there in may

It'll be cool if you're able to sit in the cockpit.

oh WOW. and I just had a dream about a 1:1 GUNDAM...

Oh shoot. I just read somewhere on the internet that Bandai is only planning to have that Gundam up for 2 months and then they have to take it down. By the time I visit Tokyo, it'll proabably already have been taken down. Nooooooo!!!!!! T_T

Wished I lived in Japan and had a job in japan or something. Can't afford a trip at the moment to Japan in this recession.

Wow. That is amazing. Normally my first impression to such things would be 'Why?', but I know the answer to that, 'why not?'

Muddasick!!! This is so flippen solid. I wish I could be there in Japan when they are finished building it. Actually I wish I lived in Japan. Thanks to you Danny I feel so close to Japan. Japan is my dream within a dream. Currently I have built to master grade Gundams (CrossBone X1 & Strike Freedom) I have yet to start my first perfect grade one, but after seeing this I am even more inspired to start and complete it.... I can't wait to see more updated pics.

Awesome. Epic-gasmic, even. Where can I get my own ... ? I'll have to see it finished when I go to Japan. (^-^)

can't wait for an update that thing is gonna be huge ph33r its aw3som3n3ss

amazing, i wish i could see it in person.

THIS IS GOING TO BE EPIC!!!!

cant wait to see the finish result

What? That's going to be a Gundam? Incredible. It looks great :D Another reason to go back to Tokyo again.

So, has there been any update to confirm just how long that Gundam will stay up? Or will my hopes of getting a photo of it at ground zero be dashed by the time I visit in late September?