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Gundam model kits come in many varieties, but the majority made from the late 80s on - standard "plastic" kits - are manufactured and assembled similarly. Kits come as a collection of plastic parts, decals, and sometimes other decorative accessories which the purchaser assembles by hand into the finished model. Gunpla model parts as shipped
With his newly assembled kit, Haru participates in Gunpla Battle, a virtual simulation game where players have their Gunpla models scanned and battle each other with them. After his first encounter with the mysterious Boris Schauer and his HG 1/144 GPB-X38-30 Forever Gundam, Haru upgrades his Beginning Gundam before he and his friends Kenta ...
Model robots are model figures with origins in the Japanese anime genre of mecha. The majority of model robots are produced by Bandai and are based on the Gundam anime metaseries. This has given rise to the hobby's common name in Japan, Gunpla (or gan-pura, a Japanese portmanteau of "Gundam" and "plastic model"). Though there are exceptions ...
Primarily made of plastic, but sometimes paired with resin and metal detail parts, hundreds of Gundam scale plastic models, aka Gunpla, have been released. They range in quality from toolless-build children's toy kits (Entry Grades) to hobbyist and museum-grade models, and most are in common scales such as 1:35, 1:48, 1:60, 1:100 or 1:144 scale.
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Gundam Base Tokyo is a dedicated museum to Gundam. Among its major attractions is the Gundam Statue of the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam. It features a display collection of over 1000 Gunpla models and the biggest exhibition of Gunpla in the world. [4] In 2012, Robots Gone Bad covered the museum and stated that it houses 90% of the kits ever made. [5]
Scale also plays a major factor in a Gunpla Battle; just like in the real world, a 1 / 48 scale Mega Size Model Gunpla will dwarf a 1 / 144 scale opponent in the battlefield. [ 9 ] The Gunpla Battle World Championships tournament begins with eight battles, including a four-person knockout battle, a three-on-three team battle ...
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