Charity Auction of Souvenir Photo Rights at the Shoulder Height of Gundam 1/1 Scale Statue

by dtshyk
Jul 14, 2009 8:30 AM | 12 Comments

Green Tokyo Gundam Project committee has been carrying out a charity auction of the participating rights of Tokyo Olympic Invitation Ceremony to be held on August 1st. They will bring the successful bidder to the shoulder height of Gundam 1/1 scale statue by a crane truck and a professional photographer takes a souvenir photo of him/her with Gundam's head in the background.

The bidding will be closed on July 17th at 5pm JST. The bidding price is currently 741,000 yen ($8,000). *Jul 15th 0:25am JST

Source: Yahoo Japan Auction

Ref.
Photo report of Gundam statue (Walker Plus)
Photo report 2 (ITmedia)

Update
The auction has ended. The final price was 2,601,000 yen ($28,000).

12 Comments Recent Comments

I didn't even need to be at Odaiba to take this nice photo of the Gundam, all I had to do was visit Youtube.^^

Jul 16, 2009 7:08 AM by Kira01

I'd do that if it wasn't $8000.

jacobpaige said:
I wonder how much it cost to build that thing, and if its just a statue or if it has sound effects and whatnot.

It has lighting effects I believe.

Jul 16, 2009 3:15 AM by DaBigD

I wonder how much it cost to build that thing, and if its just a statue or if it has sound effects and whatnot.

Jul 15, 2009 11:48 PM by jacobpaige

Soulstrider said:

skygtr said:
I'd do it.

Jul 14, 2009 5:54 PM by Shancakeschan

i want that gundam O_o
I expect it could be quite expensive however..

Jul 14, 2009 5:53 PM by Pyrrhus

Woah, again, shows how much purchasing power Fans have.

Jul 14, 2009 1:33 PM by BasakaNZ

lmao! XD If i were rich I would do it.

Jul 14, 2009 12:41 PM by magentaanbu

If I was in japan I would SO do this

Jul 14, 2009 11:57 AM by CL3

skygtr said:
I'd do it.

Jul 14, 2009 10:36 AM by StriderMS

If i had the money and since its charity i would do it... But no $$

Jul 14, 2009 10:33 AM by Static

That must be a very expensive photo of Gundam..

740,000+ yen!?

They should at least dress up the guy or girl as Amuro...
Then again, maybe its not such a good idea.

Jul 14, 2009 9:48 AM by Kira01

I'd do it.

Jul 14, 2009 9:00 AM by skygtr