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Really HUGE Gundam Model Thingy

Forget video games and anime. If someone ever asks you if Gundam is popular in Japan, laugh in their face and show them this gianormous plastic model. Pricing at 350,000 yen (around US $3,200), the 1.5 meter tall and 35 kilogram (Yanks, get metric!) statue comes with a large black gun, a shield but no smiling lady. There are also 14 parts that move, sound effects and even an infrared remote! Bandai's press release calls this a "Hyper Hybrid Model" and notes that it is targeted towards 20-40 year-old males. Otaku in their 50's are evidently sensible enough not to make this sort of purchase. Brian Ashcraft

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8:22 AM on Fri Aug 4 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
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CoMus at 07:30 AM on 08/04/06
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We are gettin one of these at work ~ can't wait :P
Felix Andrews at 07:32 AM on 08/04/06
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They're stealing our women. Our days on this planet are numbered.
Chilly Hollow at 07:33 AM on 08/04/06
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Connectedness Index: 92

Otaku in their 50s buy oversized (and overpriced) HDTV stuff instead.

Signed, voice of experience in Chilly Hollow
Robotube at 07:50 AM on 08/04/06
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I'd hit it.

That girl is lookin' pretty good, too.
Mune at 07:50 AM on 08/04/06
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It's a shame I'm not included in the demograph, or otherwise I'd so import one of those.
FalcomAdol at 07:51 AM on 08/04/06
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Only 14 points of articulation?

The level 4 kits have over 30. Weak. :)
ThatGuyOverThere at 08:04 AM on 08/04/06
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If the model is 1.5m, that means the girl is only slightly taller than 1.5m, right? That puts her below 5 feet tall.

They sure make their cute women small over yonder in japan. Why, I could pick her up and stick her in my pocket (which I no doubt would attempt to do if I ever actually met her.) Or if not my pocket, maybe just plain in my pants.. I dunno.
T. Holbrook Walker at 08:05 AM on 08/04/06
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35 kg ~~ 77 pounds.

Get us out of Iraq, and then let's go metric!
B1ooDshOt at 08:07 AM on 08/04/06
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she's just really short.
Coin Operated Boy at 08:20 AM on 08/04/06
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Hey ThatGuyOverThere, don't put japanese girls in your pants. Sausages are a rare treat over there in Japan.
Joonas at 08:25 AM on 08/04/06
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Oh my god, that is so geeky and a complete waste of money.

If only I could afford it, I wouldn't hesitate one second.

Actually, the Americans are officially on the metric system. The public just doesn't use it. Their loss, why do things the difficult way?
FalcomAdol at 08:34 AM on 08/04/06
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Yeah, we go way back with the metric system. That was one of I think Thomas Jefferson's favorite objectives, to go national on the metric system.

No, I'm not kidding.
Humajime at 08:39 AM on 08/04/06
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It looks like the Japanese now breed action figure sized women.
Leto at 09:29 AM on 08/04/06
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I want it. I really, really, really want it.
mechanabeshin at 10:27 AM on 08/04/06
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Metric is for the lazy.
Omen at 11:02 AM on 08/04/06
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So is the girl an accessory?
MasaMuneCyrus at 01:52 PM on 08/04/06
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"1.5 meter tall and 35 kilogram (Yanks, get metric!)"

We tried in the 70s and all of the "We've been doin' this up 'til now so it's as guood as we need" follks decided against it.

And now we're the only first-world country that doesn't use it. *sigh*
$Image of Evil Tortie\'s Mom$ Evil Tortie's Mom at 03:11 PM on 08/04/06
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Seconding the gracious Lady of Chilly Hollow.