A 59-ft (18-m) statue of the grandfather of giant robots will be installed in Kobe’s Wakamatsu, Japan, to replace the robot icon Gundam statue, which will be dismantled in August this year.

The giant robot statue is expected to complete in September and formally unveiled in October, and it will be kept permanently thereafter.

Unlike the edgier Gundam statue in Tokyo, Kobe’s giant robot will have no moving parts. Here’s the video of the Kobe’s giant robot that is still under construction.

Anyway, I don’t see the reason why two robots cannot keep together; like what the Chinese always say, “One Mountain Cannot Accommodate Two Tigers?” I believe many Japanese will feel sad for the decision to dismantle the Gundam statue, me too!

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