A life-size, moving Gundam statue is being built in Japan

If you happen to be in Tokyo for the Olympic Games in 2020 and dig giant robots, it might be worth paying a visit to nearby Yokohama. A project called Gundam Factory Yokohama is working with the city to create a life-size, moving Gundam statue to help mark the franchise’s 40th anniversary. The project is […]

Gundam fans can bring home a lifelike Haro next year

Gundam fans will no doubt recognize this adorable Haro robot from the anime, as did I on the CEATEC show floor in Tokyo. As it turns out, Bandai, Bandai Namco, IBM and VAIO have joined forces to bring us a lifelike “Gundam Concierge Haro” aka “Gansheruju Haro” — including a 19 cm-wide spherical body (pretty […]

A Custom Gundam Nintendo Switch

Image: LOVENIN LOVENIN, a Nintendo fan from Thailand, messed up and bought a black & grey Switch instead of a Neon one. To add some colour to his drab new console, then, he decided to take it apart and add some Gundam flavour to the thing. Looks great! Image: LOVENIN A big reason why it […]

Tokyo's Giant Gundam Statue Is Dismantled With One Final Tribute

The life-sized statue of the Gundam RX-78-2 in Odaiba, Tokyo, was dismantled this week, after years safeguarding Tokyo Bay since it first appeared in 2012. However, before it went for good, its deconstruction crew gave it one last referential huzzah. Advertisement RX-78-2 isn’t the first giant Gundam statute that’s called Tokyo home—earlier versions of it […]