Life Size Kuratas at Tokyo Toy Show

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How would you like one of these for your robot collection?  This life size Kuratas, from the Patlabor show was at the Tokyo Toy Show.  The machines are built by Suidobashi Heavy Industry and will only set you back 1.3 million.  But when they do take the time to build one to sell they sell out quickly.  Check out RocketNews24 YouTube video of the Kuratas from their channel.  Not the most exciting video, but still it is kind of cool:

Patlabor Next Generation Teaser

For those of you old enough to remember the Patlabor anime you won’t need to worry about this live action Patlabor to try to replace them.  The live action is a seven part series that will have 13 episodes and finish with a movie.  The title of this series is Patlabor: The Next Generation.  Thanks to “THE NEXT GENERATION” on YouTube for the following teaser footage: