However a crazy biker you might be, but if you are not wearing a helmet, dude, you are attempting suicide! Safety comes first and with Gundam, it gets stylish too! The ordinary helmet has got a golden sheen to it, so now you can shine while you ride. LalabitMarket in Cooperation with Sotsu – Sunrise has produced this helmet using the Gundam Design. That the helmet has been painted in Gold makes all the difference. But the bikers will have to wait till the end of March 2009 for its release. Till then the not so well-heeled guys or gals can start saving for the price is set at$2500!

Christmas being round the corner, you can add this item in your list for suitable gifts to wrap up. Though, only 100 motor bikers, and ther are other speed racers too who might want it, will be lucky to put it on as there will be a limited production. Head to grab it in time because you would not want to miss the golden chance. Be a safe Style Rider!

Via Akihabara News/Luxury Launches

We have covered various paintings, antiques, statues at international auction houses Sotheby’s and Christie’s. And lately here comes a mandatory update to my list of paintings sold at Christie’s. A Gundam painting by Japanese artist Tenmyouya Hisashi lately fetched $600,000 (HK$4.8 million) at Hong Kong based Christie’s auction house. The painting “RX-78-2 Kabuki-mono 2005 Version” reflects a perfect blend of traditionalism with modernism.

Hisashi states: Japan is known for numerous “Gundam-Otaku’s,” and their admiration of Gundam is profound. Hence, he didn’t wish to alter the image of Gundam. By shifting Gundam’s “mobile suit” to tattoos, he has offered a custom-built model and its setting against the background of gold leaf from customary Japanese painting accentuates Gundam’s samurai genesis.

Via Kotaku / LikeCool