A new model kit based on the first-ever Gundam anime movie is being released in 2026, with some lucky shoppers able to buy ...

An official Gundam model kit poll has now ended, and the winner of the top 10 kits for re-release might surprise even the ...

I decided that this would be the perfect year to get into Gunpla. As someone who has shelves upon shelves of collectibles and figures, it seemed like a reasonable addition. Plus I wanted something to ...

The real-to-virtual Gunpla scanning technology will have a broader test in Japan. Bandai Namco will hold the second test event for the Road To Gunpla Battle project in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It will set up ...

Bandai Spirits and Sony Music Entertainment have announced that they will hold the second trial session for High Quality Gunpla Scan in Tokyo in late 2025. The companies will also add more optional ...

Plastic models of characters from the popular TV animation series "Mobile Suit Gundam," known in Japan as "GUNPLA," (Gundam Plastic Models) were a social phenomenon among young people back in the 1980 ...

On the hottest days of summer 2021, I was looking for a good hobby to pass the time in the great indoors, preferably something that didn’t require me to stare at another screen. I’d long been Gunpla ...

As of this year, the total lifetime sales of Gunpla, or Gundam plastic model kits, has reached the monumental figure of 500 million units. To give some context to that figure, if you were to line up ...

Xavier Lim, equipped with a laptop and notepad, stares at a wall of plastic model kits in a glass case. The Bandai employee who normally works on the importation and exportation of Gundam models has ...

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Gundam Base Hong Kong, the city’s first official Gundam flagship store, opens in Kai Tak. Explore Gunpla kits, merchandise, and more.