In Taiwan there is a lantern festival to celebrate the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calender. Traditionally, the residents select some form of animal and create a massive papercraft lantern of their choice beast. However, this year no animal was chosen, and instead the giant papercraft lantern was ...
Is there a word that describes how awesome it is to see a somewhat realistically scaled Gundam? I can't seem to put my finger on anything other than boss. Endgadget is reporting that the lantern is 1:1 scale, but it is actually 1:2.5, making it a little less than half the monstrosity that a true Gundam would be.
Engadget's post is here.
A post from what seems like the design team (with tons of creation/end product photos) is here. My favorite is easily the man inside the Gundam head. SD Gundam anyone?
I'll repeat ... boss.
Labels: Anime, Asian Culture, Geekery, Giant Robots, Gundam, Papercraft, Picture Post
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- John Fabry said...
10:42 PMWow... just wow. I would be forced to my knees in awe if I were able to see that in real life. I would start to frantically search the crowd for anyone resembling a Gundam pilot... and then bludgeon that person while screaming that the Gundam was mine.- Pacquiao vs Marquez Tickets said...
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