Ever think about building your very own giant mech?
At least $725 million for the parts and materials, according to an estimate published on the SciencePortal.jpSciencePortal website run by the Japan Science and Technology Agency. The price tag for this giant humanoid, which would stand 18 meters (60 feet) tall and weigh 43.4 metric tons (nearly 100,000 lbs), does not include the cost of labor (this is where an extensive pool of robot slave labor comes in handy), nor does it include the cost of the infrastructure needed to support the machine once you are ready to climb aboard and take it for a walk.
More analysis kindly translated and posted at Pink Tentacle.
January 18th, 2008 at 10:56 am
That is alot consider the it doesnt have missles, vulcan miniguns or a bigass sword.
January 18th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Pathetic. They spend all that money on some stupid Gundam piece of crap.
Where is the common sense?
They could be building Veritech fighters from Robotech afterall!!!
January 20th, 2008 at 8:13 am
Tread ye carefully. Disparage not the Gundam.
Gundam is Life.