you know secretly it probably is. they are probably trying to figure out the time frame it takes for assembly. once one of the is able to raise and arm and move fingers via control at a reasonable speed, its time to worry
gundam was incredible, but I'd actually travel just to see this. Tetsujin is the greatest giant robo of them all.
it is done!!! http://www.streetlevel.com/2009/10/07/robot-watch-the-59-foot-tetsujin-28-robot-completed/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXdmqApAYbg
This dude is Alaska already is working on the real thing. http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-05/man-machine