Kobe Project: 1/1 Sized Tetsujin 28-go Has Been Launched

And so the 1/1 scaled life-sized Gigantor / TETSUJIN 28-go in Kobe, Japan [blogged / www] is now completed and currently stands triumphant at Kobe's Wakamatsu Park ~ and unlike the Odaiba Park 1/1 Gundam, this giant robot statue will remain erected permanently and is intended as a symbol of the city's revival after the 1995 Kobe Earthquake, as well as the celebration of it's creator Mitsuteru Yokoyama. CLICK THRU to peep select giant-robot on-site setting-up pics, and/or go direct to Kobe-Tetsujin.com for pics of the opening ceremony which happened October 2nd 2009!



[Arrival of the Head 27/7/2009]






[Video Source: Gizmodo bwo JapanProbe]





Source: Construction images via Kobe-Project