As part of a celebration for the Lantern Festival, a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunar year, the Taiwanese district of Jiayi put up a 1:1 scale model of
the original Gundam in
lantern form. Traditionally, an animal lantern is used as the central display, but this year a competition was run and as you can see, the RX-78 Gundam lantern won out. Not that the citizens had any choice in the matter: paper sheets have never looked so formidable. It still does "
NOT!" top our
Engadget pumpkin though.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
wuballz @ Mar 5th 2007 1:52AM
I've never been more proud to be Taiwanese.
Skrilla @ Mar 4th 2007 3:59PM
I want one
Looozer @ Mar 4th 2007 3:59PM
Totally... frickin'... AWESOME!
Jedi Hackzor @ Mar 4th 2007 4:03PM
all i have to say is, jeez louis
farfisa @ Mar 4th 2007 4:13PM
Wait, I just checked--It actually does top the Engadget pumpkin.
jonCHwong @ Mar 4th 2007 4:20PM
Hahaha awesome...
mastershake916 @ Mar 4th 2007 4:38PM
HaD pumpkin > engadget pumpkin.
http://www.hackaday.com/2006/10/31/happy-halloween-extra/
tagrass @ Mar 4th 2007 4:50PM
Gundam Lantern > (HaD pumpkin x Engadet pumpkin)
Mike @ Mar 4th 2007 4:59PM
Wait ... is that the Engadget logo on the left foot?
Err0r @ Mar 4th 2007 5:39PM
This will save Taiwan from Mainland reunification.
Andy Wang @ Mar 4th 2007 6:22PM
this is actually in CKS Memorial Hall, Taipei, not Jiayi.
more photos here
http://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=181&t=288059&last=2416913
sai @ Mar 4th 2007 6:56PM
AWESOME lantern but according to Andy Wang's link, it can't possibly be 1:1 scale. Maybe 1:3 ?
There's a pic of a guy hugging a Gundam leg. The leg is too small compared to the guy. Unless the guy is a giant or something. haha.
Raiden @ Mar 4th 2007 6:58PM
the scale is actually 1:2.5 not 1:1
Vince Tran @ Mar 4th 2007 7:38PM
@ Mike: The designs on the Gundam are random spirals.
@ the article:
Oh you crazy Asians!
Will @ Mar 4th 2007 8:00PM
Mother of God... That is freakin' awesome. Note to self: Go get giant Gundam, invite all car-carrying Asians in area to my house, and take pictures of the white guy while asking him if he's Clint Eastwood!
Michael @ Mar 4th 2007 8:09PM
From the Taipei Lantern Festival at C.K.S. Memorial Hall (as the hall is known as of now). The Gundam was not the central display. It was one of hundreds of side displays. Maybe one of 50-75 large displays. The central display was a PIG (year of the pig) surrounded by Taipei city scape.
jaalin @ Mar 4th 2007 8:32PM
there's a christmas tree up its bum
grjohnston @ Mar 4th 2007 11:28PM
I, for one, would like to welcome our lantern overlords.
ToriB @ Mar 5th 2007 12:20AM
GIMMIE! GIMMIE! GIMMIE!
world peace @ Mar 5th 2007 12:28AM
Hoooly shit.
Also, in the larger shot, Gundam is saying, "You see, when I was your age..."
Rob Walch @ Mar 5th 2007 2:05AM
Zeek Zion!
Rishard @ Mar 5th 2007 8:17AM
Is there video of this thing??? This is amazing.
Zaku-II @ Mar 5th 2007 3:40PM
Needs more Zeon.