Gigantor Statue Still Doesn’t Move, But Moves Cash Fast

Saturday 23 January 2010 @ 2:25 am | By Ivan 'Nahu' Lozano 4 Comments

Remember the huge Gigantor (Tetsuyin 28) statue that went on display in Kobe, Japan a few months ago? Well it might not have been as big or imposing as the huge Gundam statue but it’s apparently been a huge boon to the local economy. Over a million people have gone to visit it since it opened!

With such a stream of people coming in to the exhibit local businesses have gone all out in taking advantage of the situation. How much so? In the clip above you can see Gigantor street lamps, Gigantor taxi cabs with manga collections inside, tishirts, vending machines, figurines and the number 28 written on pretty much everything! It’s kinda like Elvis’ Graceland only there’s no fat guys cosplaying as the giant robot… just yet.

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4 Replies to "Gigantor Statue Still Doesn’t Move, But Moves Cash Fast"

ninjaarashi says:

January 23, 2010 at 7:00 am

I love Japan, seriously. Giant Robots make everything AWESOME, and Japan understands this.

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Kuroneko says:

January 23, 2010 at 10:37 am

We need giant robots o__o

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Marco Lee says:

January 27, 2010 at 5:54 pm

Isn’t it crazy, the answer to our economic problem is there all along, we don’t need nutty stimulus packages, all we needed was a few gaint robots~ XD

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January 30, 2010 at 12:49 pm

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