China’s Big Yellow Gundam Knock-Off
There is some new information to report about the giant fake Gundam that was built at Floraland park in Chengdu, China. It turns out that the first photos were kind of dark, and that it’s more yellowish than orange. Also, it’s supposedly a totally original product of a Chinese person’s imagination, not a copy of something.
An article in Nikkan Sports says that the amusement park is denying that it is a Gundam:
遊園地では、こうしたパクリ疑惑に対し「模倣ではなくオリジナル。ガンダムのまねではなく、自分たちでデザインを考えた」などと主張している。しかし遊園地のホームページでは中国語でガンダムを意味する「高達」という言葉も、ガンダムに似たイラストとともに書かれている。
They say it is an original design that they made themselves without copying anything. However, the amusement park’s homepage labels an image of a Gundam-like mobile suit as “高達,” which is apparently the Chinese word for Gundam.
Here are some images from a blogger:
Oh, and these things have nothing to do with Ultraman. Totally original Chinese heroes, mmkay?
Here’s a report from Japan’s FTV:
The report confirms that almost every aspect of the Chinese giant robot is a copied from Japan’s Gundam. It also mocks the shoddy appearance of the Chinese robot, which is made with fabric.
The report includes the audio of a phone call made to the park, with a park spokesman saying it’s not a copy and he doesn’t see any resemblance between it and the Japanese Gundam.
FTV closes the report by comparing it to the infamous fake Disneyland. Its narrator wonders if the fake Gundam will still be around by Christmas….
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