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?; 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.; Reply to this comment

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In "Software, Interrupted," Dave Rosenberg discusses disruption in the software market, as well as the products and services that keep business technology norms in perpetual flux.

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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