POP CULTURE WE LOVE: GUNDAM

[D. MARQUIS]

OK ALL- IM VERY HAPPY TO BE BRINGING YOU MY THOUGHTS ON THE AMAZING POPULAR SERIES OF "GUNDAM " THIS WAS A SERIES THAT YOU LIKELY GRADUATED TO FROM MACROSS / ROBOTECH IF YOU GREW UP WATCHING ACTION CARTOONS HERE IN THE STATES. YOU WERE LIKELY ALREADY KNOWING ABOUT GUNDAM OTHERWISE. SO I DIDN'T GET EXPOSED TO GUNDAM UNTIL I DISCOVERED THE FIRST STORE COLLECTORS PARADISE IN SANTA MONICA (1992).THE EARLY MODELS OF GUNDAM WEREN'T ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE TO ME- AND I THOUGHT THE ANIME STORY WAS JUST....EHH.


I NOTICED THAT THIS LINE MATURED IN ITS DESIGNS OF "MOBILE SUITS"- AS THEY ARE CALLED- VERY QUICKLY ALONG WITH SUPER COOL BATTLES THAT TOOK PLACE ON EARTH AND SPACE. EACH SERIES HAD A GREAT NAME LIKE "ENDLESS WALTZ" OR "GUNDAM SEED"- THEY ALL BECAME AWESOME NOW TO ME.

NOW I HAD BUILT A COUPLE OF MODEL PLANE AND CAR KITS GROWING UP BUT HADN'T TRIED A GUNDAM AND WAS READY TO LEVEL UP AND TRY SOMETHING FROM THE GUNDAM LINE.
I CHOSE A "RED ZAKU" - WHICH I QUICKLY UNBOXED AND GOT STARTED.
YOU HAVE TO ASSEMBLE ALL OF THE PIECES AND JOINTS LIKE A SKELETON BEFORE THE ARMOR IS ASSEMBLED ATOP THE SKELETON. VERY COOL. THE WEAPONS FOR EACH MODEL ARE CUSTOM TO EACH CHARACTER-AND MANY COME WITH THE TRADEMARK "GUNDAM SABERS" ONCE THE MODEL IS COMPLETE-IT IS READY TO POSE. WITH GREAT ARTICULATION-THIS IS THE MAIN REASON GUNDAM IS SO POPULAR.MOST KITS DON'T REQUIRE GLUE BUT PURCHASING A GUNDAM HOBBY TOOL KIT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR CLEAN DETAILS ON THE MODELS.

GUNDAM  MODELS

GUNDAM ACTION FIGURES

THERE ARE SO MANY GUNDAM MODELS AVAILABLE AND IN DIFFERENT SCALES- SO YOU CAN BUILD THEM LARGE OR SMALLER SIZE.

IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT MODELING A GUNDAM KIT HERE'S SOME ITEMS THAT WILL HELP YOU MAKE A GREAT FINISHED PROJECT.
YOU CAN GET THE PERFECT TOOL KIT TO BUILD YOUR GUNDAM FIGURES ON AMAZON

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