Given how pervasive and popular model kit culture is in Japan, this is certainly a damper on the law-abiding Gundam fandom. A 1/1 replica of the Red Comet's iconic helmet from the original Mobile ...

A major toy maker is ramping up its recycling efforts so that the bleak future portrayed in the “Mobile Suit Gundam ... model kits. It is producing new kits recycled from the plastic frames ...