Keith and The Girl Forums - Japan has built a 1:1 scale replica of a giant robot.

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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the mecha anime/manga/toy/video game franchise, this 18-meter-tall (59-foot-tall) RX-78 has been erected.

Part of the "Mobile Suit Gundam 30th Anniversary Project," the structure in Odaiba's Shiokaze Park will stay up for only two months and be built from fiberglass-reinforced plastic over a steel frame and coated in a layer of awesomeoness.

Kotaku - Enormous Gundam is DONE - Japan

For those who don't know, a "gundam" is a giant mobile suit robot.
The end is in sight.