Remember the new Unicorn Gundam that’s being erected at Diver City Tokyo? it’s apparently near completion and it will have a moving head!
The 19.7 meter tall statue (which essentially is a 1:1 scale recreation of the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam from the anime of the same name) has been under construction for awhile now, with an estimated completion to be sometime this autumn. But the parts are already being gathered outside the Diver City complex and some videos and photos of the progress have been making their way onto Twitter.
The head actually has moving parts this time around, and the antenna like protrusions on the head actually move, like when Unicorn Gundam is changing from its standard Unicorn Mode to its high-performance Destroy Mode.
実物大ユニコーンガンダム立像、ツノ（Vアンテナ）の開閉動画。
ツノ割れ→ユニコーンモード→ツノ割れ。
ちょっとアップにし過ぎた。手持ち撮影なので揺れます。
劇中の変身と同じくらいかな、結構速いですね(‘д’)#実物大ユニコーン進捗 pic.twitter.com/tPSxPIKpTk— 湘南パイ（裏ブブリム） (@ShonanPai) August 2, 2017
And here’s a few more random photos of the Gundam’s various parts:
明日の台風に備え、強風からアンテナを守るように閉じたユニコーン状態です。
1枚目、真横から見た頭部(マスク無し)
2枚目、胸部サイコフレーム
3枚目、正面から見た頭部
4枚目、バックパック
いずれも隠すそぶりもなく全方位からはっきり見えています。 #実物大ユニコーン進捗 pic.twitter.com/s50OX48vEa— よっくん (@yoshi115t) August 7, 2017
We’re not sure if the other parts of the statue can move yet, considering that Unicorn Gundam does have some body changes when it transforms to Destroy mode.
Hopefully, the Gundam will be fully unveiled soon!
