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18-m Tetsujin 28/Gigantor Statue's Construction Video Streamed

posted on by Egan Loo
50-ton "life-size" statue's completion ceremony pushed back to October 4

Not-So-Daily Link of the Day: A construction video of the "life-size," 18-meter-tall called for a spring 2008 opening.)

The Sally the Witch.

The project costs 135 million yen ($1.40 million), although the city has pitched in 45 million yen (US$470,000). The sales of "Tetsujin Curry" contributed to the cause. Under the project's revised plans, the statue will weigh 50 tons. (Because the statue is not "standing" straight up, it actually rises 15 meters or 49 feet from the ground.) streaming its computer-animated teaser video last month.

Bandai is Gundam statue of similar size on Tokyo's artificial Odaiba Island. Unlike the Gundam statue, the Tetsujin 28-go statue will be a permanent installation with no moving parts.

Source: The Kobe Shimbun

Image © Hikari Productions/KOBE Tetsujin Project 2008


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