All your Macross dreams just came true.
There’s a biannual figure and model expo in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture called the Wonder Festival and it’s on right now.
There’s loads of cool toys and what do we care or why are we even trying to introduce this story.
THEY HAVE A GIANT FREAKING ROBOT YOU CAN DRIVE.
LOOK:
This 3.4 metres of Landwalker is made by machinery manufacturer Sakakibara Kikai… and it’s mobile.
You sit inside its chest and suddenly you’re all Pacific Rim or prepping to lay a siege somewhere on Endor.
RocketNews24 watched 12 people try it out at the expo, after they won the chance in a lottery.
The only training they got was a quick briefing before climbing the ladder to the cockpit.
Here’s the vid:
