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Clover was a Japanese toy company founded in January 1973 by a former head of Tsukuda Hobby. [1] It closed in 1983. [1] Zaku Gundam toys made by Clover. Today it is mainly known as the sponsor of the original Gundam TV-series in 1979. As such, it was responsible for ending the season early because of lackluster toy sales.
Bandai Co., Ltd. [a] is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo.Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California, and Richmond, London.
Bandai – Formerly large tin plate; plastic kits; now produces toy cars often related to anime merchandising (e.g. Transformers).; Ban Seng – Malaysian manufacturer from the 2000s, specializing in 1:43 concept cars made in very short production runs.
The giant robot anime franchise Gundam is a popular culture icon in Japan. Gundam has appeared on postage stamps, the Gundam name was used as a codename for a Japanese Self Defense Force project to develop an advance personal combat system and Gundam has been used to promote technical developments in fire fighting. A tram station has a Gundam ...
By the late 2010s, Bandai Namco was the largest toy company by revenue and the eighth-largest video game company. [5] [6] Bandai Namco owns former developer Banpresto, which operates as a toy company in Japan and was purchased in 2006, [7] and acquired a 95% stake in D3 Publisher in 2009. [8]
Gundam Plastic models, Gundam Plamo, or Gunpla (ガンプラ, Ganpura) [1] are model kits depicting the mecha machinery and characters of the fictional Gundam multiverse by Bandai Spirits. These kits became popular among mecha anime fans and model enthusiasts in Japan and nearby Asian countries beginning in the 1980s.
In 2012, Bandai launched the Machine Robo NEXT candy toy line in commemoration to the franchise's 30th anniversary. In 2015, Hong Kong–based toy company Action Toys to do a revival of the original Machine Robo Toyline, in which the designs were based on their appearance in Revenge of Cronos. The first of the series was released in the same ...
Aoshima's car model range (in the universally popular 1/24 scale) strikes a good chord with modellers, particularly because much of their product range focuses on Japanese domestic models - well known in the actual size - but not as models. 1/24 scale The Best car GT/Vintage series A main automobile line. It consists of various Japanese car models.