Tag: RX-78-2 Gundam

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Gundam at Diver City Tokyo Plaza

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I have posted before about the Diver City Tokyo Plaza, but I wanted to do so again.  If you happen to be traveling to Tokyo and love the Gundam franchise Diver City Tokyo Plaza is a stop you will definitely want to visit.  If you can’t Ken Ikuhara-Gross has posted several pictures and brief history of the site on animenewsnetwork.com.  Above are three of the images he posted in his article.  Their are several more and will make you want to make a trip to see the Plaza.  On the outside of the Plaza is a life size RX-78-2 Gundam (which is the first picture above) and in the plaza itself is a cafe and memorabilia shop.  The 7th floor houses two museums, another gift shop and a Strict-G clothing store.  Make the jump over to AnimeNews Network to view all of the other cool photos and thanks to Ken for sharing: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2016-03-04/gundam-front-the-ultimate-tour/.99376

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Pepsi Taste with a Gundam Flare

Another cool tie-in to a licensed property.  I do tend to get the soft drink cans that I like with tie-ins, but not all.  However, this tie-in  I wish was here in the United States.  I’ve always been a Gundam fan and the artwork on these cans look very nice.  If I knew someone in Japan near the Gundam Front Toyko entertainment Complex I would see if they would get me a set of empty cans for my collection.  Japan just has some very cool tie-ins that I wish we could have more of in the States.  These cans are being done by SUNTORY Foods International with Pepsi and will go on sell August 7.  The cans shown are:

  1. RX-78-2 Gundam
  2. RX-77-2 Guncannon
  3. RX-75 Guntank
  4. SCV-70 White Base
  5. MS-06F Zaku II
  6. MS-06S Zaku II Char’s Custom
  7. MS-07B Gouf
  8. MS-09 Dom

and will run 115 yen, which is approximately $1.45, per can.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-06-26/gundam-pepsi-cans-celebrate-mini-theme-park-opening