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Bandai Namco is taking Gundam on the road, hosting giveaways and selling exclusive kits.
A Perfect Grade Millennium Falcon kit released in 2017 and was 1/72 scale instead of 1/60 scale. The first PG Unleashed kit was a RX 78-2 Gundam model released in December 2020. As the name suggests, Perfect Grade Gunpla kits attempt to represent the Gundam as perfectly as possible within real world and design limitations.
Gundam kits are the most common and popular variety of mecha models exemplifying the general characteristics of models in the genre. Gundam kits are typically oriented toward beginners, and most often feature simple assembly, simple designs, and rugged construction—less durable than a pre-assembled toy, but more durable than a true scale model.
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.
Bandai Co., Ltd. [a] is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in TaitÅ, Tokyo.Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California, and Richmond, London.
Used by Heller for model ships, and proposed by the Japanese to supersede 1:144 scale trains. Models which are commonly made in scale at 1:150 are commercial airliners - such as the Airbus A320, Boeing 777 all the way to the jumbo jets - the Airbus A380 & Boeing 747. [8] 1:148: 2.059 mm: Model railways (British N) British N model railroad scale ...
The scale of figure kits varies, but as of 2008, 1/8 seems to be the predominant scale. Prior to 1990 the dominant scale was 1/6. This scale shrink coincided with the rise in material, labor, and licensing costs. [citation needed] Other scales, such as 1/3, 1/4, 1/6, 1/7 also exist, but are less common. Larger kits (1/3, 1/4, etc.) generally ...
The PF-78-1 Perfect Gundam was first featured in the manga Plamo-Kyoshiro and was an RX-78-2 model kit modified with over-the-top armor and a shoulder-mounted water cannon. The RX-78-NT1 Gundam NT-1 (nicknamed the Alex), was featured in the OVA War in the Pocket. Initially meant to be sent to Amuro as a replacement for the aging RX-78-2, it was ...