[gundam] Apparently they have taught the RX-78-2 to kneel like the Aerial in the key visual promo art, which is and of itself an homage to the Alex from 0080.

The life size RX-78-2 I should say.

It will start doing so on the 24th

Also I have now made my entire timeline aware that the very first piece of G-Witch art is homaging 0080

so have fun with that

...how fucking old is that now, dear god

the 1/1 of The Gundam, or 0080

yes

this particular 1/1 Gundam was only put into operation in 2020. It can walk forward and back.

yes is an appropriate answer to this question, right?

0080 began in 1989, it is the 10th Anniversary Project of the franchise

I feel ancient

Of note there are FOUR 1/1 Gundams in the world, iirc, currently still in operation.

The Unicorn Gundam outside Gundam Base in, I wanna say, Odaiba?
The Nu Gundam in Fukuoka
The RX-78-2 in Yokohama
And the Freedom Gundam in Shanghai

The 1/1 Nu Gundam has a special color scheme and newly designed giant ass fin funnel.

the very first piece of G-Witch art is homaging 0080

Hamburger for Christmas, hamburger for Elan's birthday

I've seen the unicorn, and I want to visit the other three.

i just want to go to Gundam Base and bankrupt myself

I'm so going to the unicorn

when I go to japan