As expected, I chanced upon this awesome toy inside a shop selling vintage sofubi, located at Golden Mile Tower. It was totally surprised to me and what really caught my eyes is this 30cm Tetsujin 28 ๐ค๐ dedicated to Kobe project Tetsujin 28-go (Gigantor) Monument… A project that contributed to the city's disaster recovery after earthquake.
I visited Kobe two years back and had been looking for a Tetsujin 28 with the exact posing with the monument/statue which I took pics with. Finally found it and unexpectedly at a local toy shop. This figure has that sentiment value and brings back fond memories of my Japan trip!
Kobe is the home of one of Japan’s most unique monuments, a 18 metre high 50 ton robot statue. The robot Ironman Tetsujin 28 go (or Gigantor as he was known outside Japan) has been the star of a popular manga anime since the late 1950’s and was created by Kobe born Mitsuteru Yokoyama. The statue is made life-size and he is pretty heavy too, coming in at about 50 tons on the scales. (credit to Happy Jappy)
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I'm not a fan of the early version of Tetsujin 28. My holy grail is the deluxe Godaikin version but they're going for about 1000+. I only have an ST version. I know there is a Soul Of Chogokin version these days.
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