It stood there until it was replaced by a transforming life-size RX-0 Unicorn Gundam (from Mobile Suit Gundam UC) in 2017.
A statue portraying the RX-78-2 mobile suit from the first Mobile Suit Gundam series was unveiled at Odaiba’s Shiokaze Park in 2009.
Tokyo Police announced on Friday that they have arrested two former Bandai employees — Takashi Udatsu (44) and Takao Kurokawa (66) — for fraud related to the life-size Gundam statue in Tokyo’s Odaiba district.
Police also suspect that the two used similar means to obtain about 200 million yen (US$1.8 million) between July 2013 and November 2016.