Life-sized Gundam in Japan

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New pics from the Punynari blog reveal that my biggest fear has come true: giant Gundam robots are being assembled in Japan to take over the free world.

Life-sized Gundam

(Credit: Mo? Passion)

More pics on the Mo? Passion blog.

Dave Rosenberg dishes up "Software, Interrupted" with nearly 15 years of technology and marketing experience that spans from Bell Labs to multiple start-up IPOs to open-source enterprise software companies. He is co-founder of MuleSource and currently serves as the general manager of Hardy Way. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure. You can contact Dave via e-mail at softwareinterrupted@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @daveofdoom.

Topics:: Market Dynamics,; Disruptors,; Economics,; Off-Topic,; Video Games

Tags:: Gundam,; Robots,; Japan

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by c|net Reader July 10, 2009 5:03 AM PDT: There's no perspective in that picture. How tall is it?; Like this Reply to this comment


by xelanmetallium August 31, 2009 7:45 AM PDT: As it is life-sized, you can estimate that the head of the Gundam is around the size of a 6 foot tall human being. Actually, it is probably a bit bigger. I think the whole Gundam is probably about 18 meters or so.; Like this Reply to this comment

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With nearly 15 years of technology and marketing experience spanning from Bell Labs to multiple start-up IPOs, Dave co-founded open-source software company MuleSource and now serves as general manager of Hardy Way. He also happens to be a U.S. patent holder and a workaholic. Technology is his best friend and mortal enemy.

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