Japan Builds Cardboard Gundams
Cardboard is a wonderful substance, and you can make many, many things with it - just look at Japan, where they're building four 1/6th scale models of the iconic mecha from the famous Mobile Suit Gundam franchise.
Truly, cardboard is a miracle substance. In the hands of the right artiste, it can be transformed into, say, the little smiling robots [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e45J0SCXO5s] out of the stuff and set them loose in New York City to see what happens.
Or you could be like the Japanese and make cardboard mecha. Starting April 18th, life-size version [http://www.science.pref.fukuoka.jp/] that Japan will be building in July to celebrate the franchise's 30th anniversary, but then again, that one isn't made out of cardboard. Also, there are four of them.
It's hard to tell from the small picture of the unfinished versions, but it's a sure bet that one of the cardboard models will be the classic ∀ Gundam [http://mahq.net/mecha/gundam/msgundam/rx-78-2.htm] (designed by Syd Mead of Tron and Blade Runner fame).
Either way, it's not hard to see what those crazy Japanese are really up to, what with this recent frenzy of Gundam-building. Celebrating the anniversary my ass - obviously this has something to do with those mass-produced exoskeletons [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/90861-Japanese-Mass-Produce-Exoskeletons]. After all, what better way to conceal construction of your giant robot army ... than hiding it in plain sight?! I'm on to you, Japan. I'm on to you.
I for one, welcome our new angst-ridden prettyboy teenage mecha pilot overlords.
(Kotaku [http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0411/SEB200904110009.html?ref=rss])
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Cardboard is a wonderful substance, and you can make many, many things with it - just look at Japan, where they're building four 1/6th scale models of the iconic mecha from the famous Mobile Suit Gundam franchise.
Truly, cardboard is a miracle substance. In the hands of the right artiste, it can be transformed into, say, the little smiling robots [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e45J0SCXO5s] out of the stuff and set them loose in New York City to see what happens.
Or you could be like the Japanese and make cardboard mecha. Starting April 18th, life-size version [http://www.science.pref.fukuoka.jp/] that Japan will be building in July to celebrate the franchise's 30th anniversary, but then again, that one isn't made out of cardboard. Also, there are four of them.
It's hard to tell from the small picture of the unfinished versions, but it's a sure bet that one of the cardboard models will be the classic ∀ Gundam [http://mahq.net/mecha/gundam/msgundam/rx-78-2.htm] (designed by Syd Mead of Tron and Blade Runner fame).
Either way, it's not hard to see what those crazy Japanese are really up to, what with this recent frenzy of Gundam-building. Celebrating the anniversary my ass - obviously this has something to do with those mass-produced exoskeletons [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/90861-Japanese-Mass-Produce-Exoskeletons]. After all, what better way to conceal construction of your giant robot army ... than hiding it in plain sight?! I'm on to you, Japan. I'm on to you.
I for one, welcome our new angst-ridden prettyboy teenage mecha pilot overlords.
(Kotaku [http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0411/SEB200904110009.html?ref=rss])
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