Kobe's life-size Tetsujin-28 statue is complete!

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Kobe's life-size Tetsujin-28 statue is complete!

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I think that this is even cooler than the life-size Gundam statue:

http://www.japanator.com/victory-pose-k ... 1559.phtml

I love how the voiceover guy in this video spits out "ni jyu hachi go" like it's one word:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7j38FyhHZU

I think that the completion of this statue calls for a little celebratory music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6nT9rI-mfw
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your opponent is always yourself."

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Fred Schodt posted a link to some nice pictures of the Tetsujin 28 statue on his Twitter feed:

http://www.kobe-tetsujin.com/monument.html
"It doesn't matter whom you are paired against;
your opponent is always yourself."

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