No Zaku boy! Mayor commission giant statue of a Zaku I ripoff, gets sued
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[QUOTE]A Turkish politician who has been the Mayor of Ankara since 1994 is currently being sued after unveiling a 20-foot-tall metal robot in the city.
Taxpayers hit the roof when Mayor Melih Gökçek pulled the sheet off his Transformer-like masterpiece, saying it is an enormous waste of their money – and rightly so, as he blew a pretty big budget on it.
The off-the-wall mayor is now being sued by the Turkish Union of Engineers and Architects’ Chambers, who have described the robot as a ‘monstrosity’.[/QUOTE]
Probably the most weeaboo thing I've seen in a while.
For a second there I thought it was holding a selfie stick.
Oh wow, i read it as [I]Zuko[/I] from Avatar
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Would be fucking awesome :v:
I guess he's king of weeaboos now
What they don't know is that if ISIS comes near them, it'll come to life and fight for them.
[QUOTE=markg06;47505777]What they don't know is that if ISIS comes near them, it'll come to life and fight for them.[/QUOTE]
That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Everyone knows that what golems are for.
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;47506140]That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Everyone knows that what golems are for.[/QUOTE]
But that city's in Turkey, not Israel.
I was expecting it to be Bandai as the ones who where sueing
Truly the king of the buyfags.
[QUOTE=Ganerumo;47506344]But that city's in Turkey, not Israel.[/QUOTE]
Well then maybe they should get some golems! Isreal even has an export plan called "Golems for Goys", Turkey might even qualify.
[QUOTE=Ganerumo;47506344]But that city's in Turkey, not Israel.[/QUOTE]
that's goyem
But it's pretty cool
I wouldn't mind having it in my town
[quote]Transformer-like[/quote]
[quote]After the public backlash, Gökçek simply replied ‘Respect the robot’, which surprisingly only made things worse.[/quote]
a cautionary tale, don't let anime ruin your life too
[QUOTE=Itachi_Crow;47528418]a cautionary tale, don't let anime ruin your life too[/QUOTE]
Respect the Robot, dude.
A week ago a turk came to /m/ so he could identify the zaku that had been erected overnight, and people had a hard time believing it was real.
btw surprisingly its not even a bootleg
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Wow. So he chose a pretty much unknown model. Why.
He had all that money and yet he didn't just go with a Perfect Grade Wing Zero Custom? What the hell, man?
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respect the robot, has a nice ring to it
I came in here thinking he was sued by Bandai :v:
[QUOTE=Vipes;47529888]Wow. So he chose a pretty much unknown model. Why.[/QUOTE]
He's a true /m/an. It does play a pretty prominent role in The Origin and will probably be in the next OVA or the one after that.
What the hell, that is really cool. I get they're angry that he used so much money for it but what other city can claim they got a statue of a giant robot? I wouldn't be surprised if this boosted their tourism by a lot.
[QUOTE=Selek;47530728]What the hell, that is really cool. I get they're angry that he used so much money for it but what other city can claim they got a statue of a giant robot? I wouldn't be surprised if this boosted their tourism by a lot.[/QUOTE]
we are poor as fuck with a broken education system. we dont need robots atm. people in charge are wasting money like idiots. building weird shit like this..no ones gonna visit here when it goes to shit
now hes saying that he will destroy the robot and make a dinasour instead..
[QUOTE=mn_chaos;47529755]A week ago a turk came to /m/ so he could identify the zaku that had been erected overnight, and people had a hard time believing it was real.
btw surprisingly its not even a bootleg
[IMG]https://patrickgrade.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/514.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
..it's clearly not this one though. It looks like a Zaku II but I don't recognize the head.
If I was in his position I would've picked the ace custom from 08th MS team
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aw yiss
[QUOTE=Selek;47530728]What the hell, that is really cool. I get they're angry that he used so much money for it but [B]what other city can claim they got a statue of a giant robot?[/B] I wouldn't be surprised if this boosted their tourism by a lot.[/QUOTE]
Uh...
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[QUOTE=testinglol;47531415]we are poor as fuck with a broken education system. we dont need robots atm. people in charge are wasting money like idiots. building weird shit like this..no ones gonna visit here when it goes to shit
now hes saying that he will destroy the robot and make a dinasour instead..[/QUOTE]
who cares about education system when you have robots