• Chinese Theme Park Copies Japan's Giant Gundam Statue

    Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

    Dr. Serkan Toto is an independent consultant and advisor focusing on Japan’s web, mobile and social gaming industries. Based in Tokyo, he works together with financial institutions and startups worldwide. Serkan has been the Japan contributor for TechCrunch.com since 2008. He is sept-lingual, holds an MBA and is a PhD in economics. → Learn More

    Because it’s so awesome, we’ve spent multiple times covering the 50-foot Gundam statue Japan erected in Tokyo and later in Shizuoka. And now we can the Chinese, namely a theme park in Sichuan in central China, agree: they went and erected a Gundam on their own.

    The obvious difference is that the Chinese copy is painted in orange (and it seems to be smaller). Also look at the very Disney-like logo on the bottom right (on the picture above).

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