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South Korea has been watching Japan build these awesome statues across the street from their second story window, and he is not pleased. “Why does Japan get to build giant robots in their parks?” asked South Korea; but sadly no one listened to his cries as people continued to line up for the Gundam. “Screw it, I’m going to build my own, bigger than the Gundam, Tetsujin 28, and the Statue of Liberty; we are going to build ourselves Taekwon V!” and so South Korea got to work, writing up plans and drawing pretty pictures.

  
 
This statue will be 111 meters tall and will exist in Robot Land, a robot themed amusement park that will be built by Incheon Metropolitan City. This will be more than twice the height of the Statue of Liberty; and five times taller than the Gundam.

So who is this Taekwon V? To put it bluntly, Taekwon V is a complete ripoff of Mazinger Z, but taller and more angry looking. Basically, Korea loved Mazinger Z at the time, so they decided to make their own version, which is understandable. Though I have a funny feeling Japan is going to retaliate by building a giant Mazinkaiser or something. I’m all down to seeing another giant robot being built, but I’m afraid that North Korea will see it as a sign of aggression and attack.

[Via Plastic Pals]




13 Comments
Kuro on Sept. 5, 2009
MY GIANT ROBOT STATUE CAN BEAT UP YOUR GIANT ROBOT STATUE
FLCL1 on Sept. 5, 2009

O.......M.........G XD
Nerx on Sept. 5, 2009
Jehzees Kryst!
FLCL1 on Sept. 5, 2009

that thing can protect asians from godzilla :)) then godzilla will curbstomp it :((
cfatalis on Sept. 6, 2009
pleeeeh, copy cat, taekwon v doesn't have taekwonkaizer, japan would just build every srw super robot imaginable, including eva, rahxephon, mazinkaizer and getter emperor, so in all korean loses alot
kiroshimatsu on Sept. 6, 2009
... There's a character in that vid that has a head shaped like a tea kettle...
AhmedRashed on Sept. 6, 2009

thanks
Kelleth on Sept. 6, 2009
Y`know i was looking at some Bandai museum videos yesterday and i was thinking about somthing like this after seeing the repaint of Mazinger Z and the live sized Gundam head lol
rocketbomber on Sept. 6, 2009
[bender] 
 "Yeah, well... I'm gonna go build my own theme park, with blackjack... and hookers!  
"In fact, forget the park!" 
 [/bender]
Newten on Sept. 6, 2009
Yes! I was so sad when I read they were taking the Gundam down, but now a robot 5 TIMES BIGGER is gunna be built? Hell yes!
 
And if this leads to the Gundam/Mech apocalypse, hell yes, that's one hell of a way to die, fuck the zombie apocalypse! :P
cfatalis on Sept. 6, 2009
i feel this would so reach ttgl proportion(in scale), like one island robot, the statue of liberty japanesse version(ttgl)
HeeroYuy on Sept. 6, 2009
Come on, be realistic South Korea. 118 meters tall? Are you seriously considering this? I mean, you are literally building a full-skyscraper sized statue purely for an amusement park? Seriously, I have better odds of finishing my first mobile suit without government funding than you guys do with building that and not immediately going bankrupt.
cfatalis on Sept. 6, 2009
@HeeroYuy said:
" Come on, be realistic South Korea. 118 meters tall? Are you seriously considering this? I mean, you are literally building a full-skyscraper sized statue purely for an amusement park? Seriously, I have better odds of finishing my first mobile suit without government funding than you guys do with building that and not immediately going bankrupt. "
well it's korea, they will try anything they can to look better than japan, since hetalia, and chinpoko anime
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