Bandai Sells 400 Million Tiny Plastic Gundam Models

[squid5580]

As already noted, guys like this [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/93812-Japanese-Man-Burns-Down-House-Over-Gundam-Models] throw off that average just a tad.

That article made no mention of how many she threw away.

I thought I remember reading somewhere that it was a lot, but I think it's safe to assume that if arson based suicide was the reaction that it was a lot more than three.

I dunno. He was 29 and still living with his mom. Her throwing out 3 of them could have been the straw that broke the camel's back

 

[McNinja]

I used to build Gundam models all the time. Then I stopped. Not too sure why... but that 00-Raiser model makes me want to start up again.

 

[hansari]

It starts with outnumbering us with their model Gundams....wait till they outnumber us with actual Gundams.

One down...

 

[Scolar Visari]

Was into Gundams a long time ago but I kind of fell out of that when it got super crazy with all of the spin-offs. 08th MS Team will always hold a place in my heart though.

 

[Aptspire]

Oh god, it's Kira "Jesus" Yamato in the Freedom!

We are SO FUCKED!

Nah, we're cool until the TM Revolution starts playing.

Until a couple years from now, right? Then the new main character can come along... Oh, until he breaks down >_>

Besides? How many guns does Freedom have? Like, what, a dozen, right? Pretty sure he couldn't take out -all- our gunplas!

Freedom? Or STRIKE Freedom? One has many more guns than the other.

Freedom has 8-12, SF has 20-24 roughly with the star-ish-shaped reactor thing on its back

 

[Palademon]

The two wing models I bought as a kid broke. I would love to buy some 00 models but the only place I could find was hobbylinkjapan which would involve me paying about 60% extra for shipping

 

[John Funk]

Oh god, it's Kira "Jesus" Yamato in the Freedom!

We are SO FUCKED!

Nah, we're cool until the TM Revolution starts playing.

Until a couple years from now, right? Then the new main character can come along... Oh, until he breaks down >_>

Besides? How many guns does Freedom have? Like, what, a dozen, right? Pretty sure he couldn't take out -all- our gunplas!

Freedom? Or STRIKE Freedom? One has many more guns than the other.

Freedom has 8-12, SF has 20-24 roughly with the star-ish-shaped reactor thing on its back

This is the Freedom; you can tell because it doesn't have gold joints. And yeah, with the SF, every single one of its wings also had a DRAGOON attack drone.

 

[Eric the Orange]

I always like models like these and miniatures like warhammer. But never got into them because I don't have steady hands, so putting them together/painting them gets very frustrating.

 

[InvisibleSeal]

Oh god, it's Kira "Jesus" Yamato in the Freedom!

We are SO FUCKED!

Ahhh the memories of Gundam Seed.

Damn now I wish I had one... though I'm not really a fan anymore

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

My Shenlong figure served me well against the army of Digimon figurines.

I love that Gundam. It's my favorite!

Playing with toys is so much more fun than...looking at them.

 

[ultimasupersaiyan]

I own 16 Gundam models at the moment and plan on buying plenty more in the future.I enjoy building them and I like to collect the Universal Century models and all the Gundams that resemble the original Gundam in it's core design like the 0 Gundam.

 

[spartan773]

awesome... and that picture of the 00-Raiser looks worth getting.

 

[TxMxRonin]

I remember owing the mechs from the Wing series. Holy shit do I miss my childhood.

 

[tkioz]

That reminds me I really should assemble the ones my cousin got me on his school trip to Japan 3 bloody years ago :? he'd be so pissed if he found out they'd been sitting in a box for so long.

 

[bjj hero]

Yesterday, it was announced that Bandai had sold 400 million gunpla since that first model thirty years ago.

I wonder what the environmental impact is of 400 million plastic robots? Can't be good.

 

[Fenixius]

Freedom? Or STRIKE Freedom? One has many more guns than the other.

Your picture was Freedom, I think >_>;

I don't wanna fight Strike Freedom, haha.

 

[AlphaOmega]

I did my fair share so far (18)