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18-m Tetsujin 28/Gigantor Statue's Construction Video Streamed
posted on by Egan Loo
Not-So-Daily Link of the Day: A construction video of the "life-size," 18-meter-tall called for a spring 2008 opening.)
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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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