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Robots

Gigantor Lives!

12:00AM Mark Wilson | Free from the planning and the scaffolding, the $US1.5 million Gigantor (or Tetsujin) statue is now complete. More »
Robots

Japan’s Love Of Huge Robots Continues With Kobe’s Tetsujin

1:20AM Adam Frucci | First, it was a life-sized Gundam in Tokyo. Now, Kobe has just completed its life-sized Tetsujin, or Gigantor, robot. Haven’t you seen your own disaster movies, Japan? This isn’t going to end well. More »
Robots

Massive 364-Foot Taekwon V Statue Will Crush Puny Humans

9:45PM Danny Allen | Holy crap! So Japan builds giant Gundam and Testsujin statues (18 and 18.3 metres, respectively), now South Korea is building this freakin’ huge Taekwon V (Voltar the Invincible) replica that will be more than twice the height of the Statue of Liberty. More »
Robots

Japan Building Another Gigantic Robot, Tetsujin

6:00AM Mark Wilson | We knew this day would come. Japan builds one giant robot and, like a first taste of heroin, the country follows a destructive path of building opulent robo statues until there’s a 18 metre robot for every man, woman and child. More »