| The Japanese are known all over the world as the | | | | When you go close to the toy's segment in a |
| original Gods of anime---- short of animation. Coming | | | | departmental store, you will be astonished by the |
| from a nation suppressed for years together & | | | | ample range of toys obtainable. |
| deprived of food & oil after the World War-II, the | | | | Currently, Gundam toys are a more extraordinary |
| Japanese had brought out their desire to be | | | | collection. Unlike the super-robots, the Gundams are |
| challengers of the world, & their anime series | | | | endowed with that realistic touch; realistic science has |
| Gundam's or giant robots, created to create | | | | been put into use for the design of the weapon |
| destruction & dehumanization of all evil forces in the | | | | systems & ammunition. In a Gundam-designing |
| world, mirrors this sentiment to a large extent. An | | | | competition, students competed against each other to |
| official Gundam variant, Bandai features the full mecha | | | | design a new variation of the PF-78-1 Perfect |
| at 5 ½' & accompanied by assorted accessories as | | | | Gundam. |
| part of its Gundam Fix Figuration Figure line. | | | | They are designed using highly detailed plastic links |
| The craze for the anime series Gundam originates | | | | molded in attractive colors, assembly of the Gundam |
| from the widely acclaimed TV serial "Mobile Suit | | | | toys is glue-free & come along with various levels of |
| Gundam" meta series created way back in 1979. The | | | | assembly skills. Intended for 18+ adults, amazing |
| fictional series received phenomenal success after | | | | weaponry systems of the space age, like the |
| Bandai acquired the license to market toys & | | | | long-distance radar guided cruise missiles, anti-aircraft |
| accessories based on Gundam's mecha, or giant war | | | | guns, early warning systems are branded along with |
| robots. Set up in a fictional universe in the Universal | | | | as accessories. With added weaponry like cannon |
| Century 0079, the Zeons enter into a one-year war of | | | | beam, rocket packs, reaction tank among others, |
| independence with the Earth Federation & deploy their | | | | these Gundam toys stand tall at 5 ½" & can be |
| superior tactical humanoid weapons, the Mobile suits, | | | | redesigned as per choice. |
| against the enemy. | | | | Robot fanatics across the world covet their unique |
| Teetering on the brink of complete destruction, the | | | | collection of Bandai-branded Gundam toys. They can |
| Federation forces unite under Citizen boy Amur Ray & | | | | be assembled at various poses & can handle various |
| find out the Federation's new arsenal-the RX-78 | | | | branded weapon systems from the featured "Mobile |
| Gundam, & destroy the Zeons. After their victory, the | | | | Suit Gundam" series. The well-researched & |
| Earth Federation continued to make their RX-78 more | | | | scientifically based Gundam gizmos even find |
| potent by adding additional armor. Gundam is a | | | | reference in various space research studies; the |
| collective name used for the Universal Century (UC) | | | | "Bio-Suit" for astronauts developed in MIT was named |
| series similar to Mobile Suit Gundam and chain in | | | | the "Mobile Suit Gundam's Normal Suit", while NASA |
| different timelines, such as Gundam Wing, prepared by | | | | considered the design of Nuclear Thermal Rocket |
| Sunrise Inc. | | | | engines on mobile suits in Gundam Universe while |
| | | | | conducting research on them. |
| At their full life-like sizes, various Gundam toys are | | | | Gundam toys are one of the longest consecutively |
| drawn from "Mobile Suit Gundam" meta-series & the | | | | meta-series versions of anime featuring life-sized |
| subsequent "Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam", "Mobile Suit | | | | robots. Marking 30 years of the Gundam toys' |
| Gundam SEED Destiny" & a host of other anime | | | | franchise, toy-maker Bandai has installed a giant 59 |
| sequels, prequel, & side stories produced on the same | | | | foot replica of the RX-78 Mobile Suit Gundam mecha |
| theme & distributed on TV & home-video formats. | | | | at Tokyo's Odaiba Shiokaze Park. |