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A render depicting the statue.

First we’ve got a Gundam. Next is this Gignator or better known as Tetsujin #28 in Japan, which is also getting a life-sized statue of itself. Standing at about 18 meters in height, this particular statue will weigh about 50 tonnes and will be a permanent installation at Kobe’s Wakamatsu Park.

The statue stands about 15 meters, but the original height is 18 meters. This is because the robot isn’t exactly standing straight, as you can see from the picture above. The statue will not feature any moving parts.

The robot’s parts are completed, and is expected to have it’s parts moved to the park for assembly by end of July. The whole statue will be completed by end of September, and it’ll be officially launched on the 4th of October.

While it’s big, it’s definitely not much of a match for the Gundam statue in terms of height and mobility (Gundam has mobility because… it can turn it’s head). But hey, at least it’s a permanent installation and you can get to see that statue whenever you happen to pass by Kobe.

Costing about  135-million yen, the project is intended as a symbol of revival for the city of Kobe, as it was hit by a massive earthquake during the 1995. It’s currently built at Nagata Ward, the city’s hardest hit neighbourhood. You can check out the construction process in the video below:

Via: ANN.

With two kinds of statue being built, I wonder if we should expect more of these stuffs coming up in the future. It seems like real-life sized statues are getting incredibly popular these days.

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