Do you have $25 thousand dollars and a head for heights? If so, you have just missed out on the once in a lifetime chance to stand on the shoulders of the 1/1 Gundam robot that is standing in Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan. There were 504 bids, but only one winner.
- Sitting or Standing Shoulder High
The winning bidder today successfully won the right to stand on top of Gundam’s shoulder and have an official photo taken by a professional photographer. Sounds quite an occasion!
This is how high he stands – as large as the Nikko Hotel.
- Towering Robotics!
This is all in aid of some fundraising for the Tokyo Olympic bid 2016. The ceremony will also involve the pinning of a sticker with the logo for the Tokyo bid on Gundams shoulder. It is certainly a creative way to involve community support and fund raise for the Tokyo2016 bid. Well done to the Green Tokyo Project.
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RT @KimonoBox: Who is the winner of the Gundam Auction I wonder? Just cost them $25,000 http://bit.ly/rEVLS
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The winner of the Gundam Auction. Cost them $25,000 just to stand on its shoulder. http://bit.ly/rEVLS (RT @shibuya246 via @KimonoBox)
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OMG! That one is gigantic! I don’t even like the Gundam series (it’s hard to, I’m a girl and I’m not into mecha) but I would definitely want to have my pic taken, though I don’t have $25k. Has it been there for quite sometime now? I wonder why there aren’t more otakus…erhmm…fans around.
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RT @KimonoBox: Who is the winner of the Gundam Auction I wonder? Just cost them $25K http://bit.ly/rEVLS
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25k? The winner must be a very dedicated otaku…
RT @KiminoBox Who is the winner of the Gundam Auction I wonder? Just cost them $25K http://bit.ly/rEVLS
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Did this really need t take place? Give me the 25 and stand on my shoulders…
I’m not a *huge* fan, but even I want to pose on that 1/1 Gundam’s shoulder. Don’t have the money though. http://is.gd/1DkpM
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Its not as high as the nikko hotel… due to the angle the photo has been taken it appears as though it is.
I agree! What a lot of money for a photo but good fund raising.
It is a lot of money isnt it but Green Tokyo raise it as a charity – somebody obviously has big pockets!
You are right – I probably took some creative license as a writer ! Its is tall but not quite as high …. sorry