China is officially constructing a 20-feet-tall Gundam statue!!

Wow serious!? Nope this one is not another fake/knock-off china brand gundam model, THIS ONE IS TRUE FROM BANDAI!!

Illustration art of RX-78-2 Gundam China Special

China's Bandai branch, Bandai (Guangzhou) Co. Ltd. , which is located in Guangzhou, China and the company headed by Iwao Nakajima as the company's president; had made the official announcement that the construction of the 20-feet-tall (approx. 6 meters tall) RX-78-2 Gundam is on the way and will be displayed at the 8th China International Animation, Cartoon and Game Fair (ACG), to be held in Shanghai July 12nd till the 16th. 

Along with the display of the Gundam statue, the 8th China International Animation, Cartoon and Game Fair will also host Bandai (Guangzhou)'s "Gunpla Expo Shanghai" event, the Chinese qualifiers for the global "Gunpla Builders World Cup (GBWC) 2012" and more.

Official named by Bandai as "RX-78-2 Gundam China Special", this new gundam statue features a color scheme designed by Beijing YANKAI cultural development Co. Ltd.(*1) , authors of the Chinese "Mobile Suit Gundam UC" comic (manhua) currently running in Guangzhou Tianwen Kadokawa Animation & Comics Co. Ltd.'s (*2) "Tian Man" magazine.

In order to commemorate the construction and launching of the RX-78-2 Gundam China Special statue, Bandai will be launching a special Master Grade 1/100 RX-78-2 Gundam Ver.2.0 China Special Edition model kit; seems like it is based on the original MG /100 RX-78-2 Ver.2.0 platform , with the add-on of the super cool-looking 'Dragon' decals over the body of the kit. Seen here as the picture below:

MG 1/100 RX-78-2 Gundam Ver.2.0 China Special Edtion

This China-exclusive MG kit is available for purchase from online retailer Taobaowang, as well as from Bandai official stores. Pre-orders will be open on July 12nd, this kit will also be available at the events in China which are sponsored by Namco Bandai Group.


*1 - Beijing YANKAI cultural development Co.,Ltd.: A studio founded and lead by the “Father of Manhua”, Yan Kai. Their current projects include the Chinese adaption of “Mobile Suit Gundam UC” currently running in Guangzhou Tianwen Kadokawa Animation & Comics Co., Ltd.’s “Tian Man” magazine.
*2 - Guangzhou Tianwen Kadokawa Animation & Comics Co., Ltd.: A subsidiary of the Kadokawa Group which publishes comics and light novels for the Chinese market.

Info and images taken from Gundam.Info