Gunpla – Gundam Plastic Model

Gunpla Gundam Plastic Model. Gunpla stands for “Gundam plastic model” and is the common name for plastic model kits depicting vehicles and characters from Bandai’s fictional Gundam universe. These kits have become popular among anime mecha fans and modelling enthusiasts in Japan and other neighbouring Asian countries since the 1980s. Gundam modelling became widespread in the 1990s, when North America and Europe were exposed to Gundam through television, videos and manga.