Gundam Losing Battle Against The Elements

Above, yours truly on the Gundam Lift at the Bandai Museum. But
there's another Gundam not in such good shape in Fukushima City.

Poor Gundam. The elements have not been kind to him/her/it.

There's an article at RocketNews24 about a Gundam statue that was built in 2007 to celebrate the incorporation of Fukushima City. Since then, the poor thing has been neglected and its creator has since passed away.

RocketNews24 wrote:

A few years back, toymaker Bandai built a gigantic full-size statue of Japan’s most iconic giant robot, the original RX-78 Gundam. After bouncing around and being displayed in various stages of assembly, the 1:1 scale figure finally found a permanent home in front of the Diver City shopping and restaurant complex in Tokyo, assuring that fans can come see it whenever they like, and also that it’ll get regular maintenance. 

We’re glad to see someone is looking out for Gundam in the nation’s capital, since apparently the years haven’t been as kind to this version of him in the Japanese countryside.

I could probably think of several American Gundam fans who would gladly give this statue a loving home.

To see the Gundam statue, go here.