Sony loves them some bundle packs and the Gundam franchise will be the first to grace the box of a PS3 Slim. The Japanese only box will include Kidou Senshi Gundam Senki and will save gamers a few yen. But the pack also includes product codes for FA-78-3 Full Armor Gundam and RX-81AS Assault Armor DLC packs, and an original HD animated Gundam film. → Read More
You should never take away plastic models from a true Otaku. Case in point: A 29-year-old factory worker named Yoshifumi Takabe was arrested in Kobe in Western Japan for burning down his house after his mother threw away his collection of Gundam action figures. → Read More
Even after 30 years, Gundam is as big as ever – literally in Japan. These limited edition Zippos are probably the best way to show your robot love outside of getting some ink. Plus, if a chick compliments it, you know you have keeper. → Read More
I always knew Gundam was a popular anime in Japan but even I (who has lived here for more than four years now) didn’t know exactly how popular; until yesterday when toy maker Bandai announced they will erect a 60-foot Gundam robot statue in the middle of Tokyo. → Read More
In order to form a more perfect union and get kids interested in robots and robotics (but not cockfights), some Japanese guy, Takayuki Furuta, created blueprints to build a 60-foot-tall Gundamn. The total cost of such a robot comes out to $742 million, which is, I think, the price Haliburton charges for a single tire. in Iraq. (Oh no, he’s getting political!) Furuta, realizing that the credit crunch will prevent him from raising such capital, has said that he’d be cool with building a 13-foot-tall version. That’s almost the size of two Lebron James(es) stacked on top of each other. Tall. And only sorta average in the paint. Furuta says the Gundam could be finished by as early as 2011, just in time for John Biggs’ 36th birthday. → Read More
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