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 🤖💙 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)
3 comments:
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.
>> David, deluxe Godaikin version over 1000... The value sure had appreciate a lot.
For sure! At the current prices, this is one I'll probably never have!
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