Vstone's Tetsu-jin 28 goes on sale!
By Ryan Block 
posted Mar 31st 2006 9:07AM
posted Mar 31st 2006 9:07AM
[Via Akihabara News]
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That " iron man 28 ", completes as 1 / 50 scales * ヒューマノイドロボット. Big dream of time of the boy that actualizes, now you work the iron man while it is mind. Smooth 2 foot walking which is not the former robot (the adoption of the SHIN-WALK) of course, operation while it is thinking with compilation of the individual program is possible. Japan is proud, it is the self-confidence work of the 渾 body which leading robot technology produces.
I want one!!! Gimme!!!
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As they say in Wrestling H*LYSH*T .. give me one :)
That was a nice surprice and wonder what the import cost would be on that one to a country, say Sweden :)
That is so awesome! :D
Wow, I grew up watching this anime. It is an amazing trip back to a mid 80's Colombia and a poor third-world child's imagination.... I want one, only to wax melancholic about my always hungry days and how I immersed myself into this show and others to escape my living situation..... oh memories.
heck and i thought these things could've been the least bit affordable, maybe i'll end up getting that lego robot one instead :(
for 3 grand, the thing had better fly too.
Oh. My. God. I. Want. One. Now.
Gigantor (El Hombre de Acero in Spanish) was the only Japanese cartoon that I coud stand to watch as a kid. Astroboy really freaked me out (machine guns coming out of the buttocks, feet that looked like they were chopped off stumps when he flew, shirtless, weird mouselike hat). My memory is fuzzy but even as a five year old I wondered how Gigantor could perform the most complicated movements but the kid (why a kid? I forget.) manning the RC only moved the joystick back and forth. That always bothered me. However I can still hum the theme song. That I've never forgotten.
BTW, $3,000 is way too much to relive fond memories of childhood (unless I winn the megamillions lottery).
Ummm, how do I turn on the jet pack?
From what little Japanese I can read, the ad says that they will only make 100 of these. $3000 may be a lot of money, but with only 100 made, it's probably already sold out.
When does the female robot available for bed duties come out?
For $3,000 they should offer a female robot that includes bedroom duties.
For some of us this is an amazing trip back to the 1960s, which is when Gigantor originally aired in the United States.
But three grand is a lot to pay for a little nostalgia.
There are a few errors or omissions in the original report. First, this is actually the second version of the robot. VStone introduced the first version last year as a limited edition and sold out all 200 units in less than a week. That model was based on the Tetsujin 28 movie released here in Japan in 2005. The new robot model is based on the Tetsujin 28 (Gigantor) that appeared in the television series. Production this time is limited to 100 units, and they expect to sell out quickly. There's more information based on the original VStone press release posted on our robotics blog here: http://www.robots-dreams.com/2006/03/new_gigantor_te.html
To an American kid, who was uprooted to the chaotic, third-world megapolis that was Tokyo in the early 60's, this brings back vivid memories of hurrying to the corner store to buy the new issue of Shonen magazine for the latest installment of this strangely comforting story of a huge robot controlled by a small boy.
That's super awesome..
I wonder if you could move those fingers?
No, unfortunately the fingers don't move. Still, the robot does look, and move, very much like the original. This online video - http://www.robot-fan.net/spot/spot075.html - shows the VStone robot Gigantor towering above the streets of Osaka.
TETSUJIN 28 GO!!!...that's the proper name.
From tin-robot wind up toy, to full on rc-bot...
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!
Oh how I salivate.