Gundam History

Gundam models are models that the vehicles and characters of the Gundam fictional universe represented by Bandai.In Gundam History, These kits are popular among anime fans and lovers mecha model to be in Japan and in other nearby Asian countries since the 1980s Gundam modeling diffusion in the 1990 running with North America and Europe due Gundam television, video and manga. Gundam models and installation of fans and paint them, known in Japan as Gunpla (ガ ン プ ラ Ganpura?) An acronym for "Gundam plastic model", plastic is the most common material for kits retail.

Gundam History

Late 1970s–1980s

Mobile Suit Gundam debuted in 1979 and the first Gunpla kits came in 1980, after the cancellation of the series. Almost every mecha in the series was a model kit, from mobile games to spatial planes and warships supporting. Parties to three washes of different colors. These kits lacks articulation and detail, and require glue and paint for building and finishing.

Upon completion of the online TV series, Bandai introduced the line (Mobile Suit Variation) MSV, with alternative versions of mobile games in the series. One of the highlights was the line-PF 78-1 Perfect Gundam, which injection system (a process in which drinking-sometimes even part-se cast in different colors) introduced the minimum reducing the need to paint the model.

1980 In mid-1990

Following a line of kits Series Round Vernian Vifam, Zeta Gundam kit line 1985 Mobile Suit built using Poly Caps (soft plastic, usually polyethylene) as connections for a better articulation of the joints. Gundam line Sentinel Model 1987 introduced the concept of the model fitting, reducing the need to use glue. And from Mobile Suit Gundam 1988: Char's Counterattack line, all Gunpla kits feature snap assembly.

In 1990, Bandai introduced a line of high-grade (HG), which included newer one 144 scale versions of the RX 78-2 Gundam, the RX-178 Gundam Mk. II, the MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam and MSZ-010 ZZ Gundam. Each kit exceptional detail and articulation, as well as the features normally found in larger scale versions like blocks Core system transformation function Gundam Zeta bragged.

Mobile Suit Gundam Victory in 1993, a unified Polycap joints for smaller scale could be easily mass production models had in common the basic bone structure set is made that way. This standardization allowed Bandai to launch. More models in a shorter period of time This usually Gundam 1990 program received considerable 1: 144 model lines. These were all of the same quality, with a little attention to color cast in the right environment, a reasonable level of detail for the price, and mobility as such that all major joints had at least some degree of mobility. [Citation needed]

In 1995, 1: 100 Online Master Grade (MG) ​​was introduced. This line has more parts better detail and better linking of the above sets of the same scale.

After placing a perfect score Evangelion, Bandai introduced the line 1:60 Perfect Grade (PG) to the Gundam series in 1998, this line has a lot of detail and articulation, as well as working skeletal systems and light-up functions. The PG line is the most expensive of all Gunpla kits, and only a few mobile games are released in this line.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the franchise in 1999, Bandai released 1: 144 First Grade (FG) kits mobile game of the original series. Marketed as budget models that SNAP-FIT kits had the simplicity of the original kits, but with more modern designs based on the corresponding Perfect Grade kits.

2000

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED introduced a new type of non-graduate (NG) 1: 144 model with a completely different design plan. While still a snap-fit and color forms, they omit major joints, choosing instead to just move the key pieces usually the neck, hips, shoulders and feet. These are budget models, usually retailing much lower than other models; and this line is extensive, covering almost all machines appearing in the TV series. Gundam SEED also not recommended graded-1: 100 models, is identical in quality to the high degree of deals Bandai.

For the 30th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam commemorate Bandai released the MG Gundam RX 78-2 to see. 2.0. Although this model is closely designed to the art of the anime, with radical improvements in the previous Gundam kits in the field of technology and build quality.

2010s

In 2010, Bandai released the kit 1:48 Mega Size Gundam RX 78-2 campaign in the context of the 30th anniversary of the franchise. This kit has many innovations that make it easy to mount the first Gunpla collectors. For example, join sprue gates to break up without the need to use plastic knives, and excess plastic gate can be removed without a hobby knife. Of sections thin enough for the parties Some troughs are designed to break down for quick and easy removal of parts assembled together [1] Also in the same year, Bandai launched on 1 :. Line 144 Real Grade (RG), which takes design elements from the MG, such as the frame of the internal skeleton line. Both variants Mega Size Model and RG RX 78-2 equals 1.1 scale Gundam statue on display in Odaiba Gundam were. Ecopla Bandai also released a series of SD HGUC kits and molded in black and made ​​entirely of recycled sprues.

In 2011, Bandai released the Entry Grade Line (EC), a series of models similar to the low cost 144 NG and FG lines and is only sold in parts of Asia. Unlike other computers on the same scale all EC kits are made in China. The series was suspended after his first race. Back in Japan, Bandai introduced the advanced line of Grade (AG) of Mobile Suit Gundam AGE, a budget line that is more focused on the design of the colored pieces; thereby sacrificing more articulation of the preceding sections. The AG line is equipped with a microchip that allows collectors to use in the arcade Gage-ing the kit.

As part of the celebration of the 35th anniversary of Gundam, Bandai released the MG Gundam RX 78-2 to see. 3.0 in which engineering techniques used in the MG 2.0 RG and kits.

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