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Story Date: Universal Century 0079
More Info: Mechanics

Six months after the conclusion of the first Gundam television series, toy manufacturer Bandai released the first Gundam plastic model kits. As Gundam's popularity grew in re-runs, and then boomed with the release of the compilation movies, Bandai capitalized on the phenomenon by producing a series of mobile suit variants in model form. The first in the series was released in April 1983, a year after the premiere of the Gundam III movie.

These mobile suit variants were created by Kunio Okawara, the mechanical designer for the original series. The kit manuals and related publications provide detailed back stories for each variant, including biographical details on the ace pilots of the One Year War and information on the mobile suits' development histories.

Mobile Suit Gundam, Z Gundam, Gundam ZZ, Char's Counterattack, Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, Gundam F91, Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Gundam 0083: Last Blitz of Zeon, Gundam: The 08th MS Team, and Gundam W: Endless Waltz are copyright Sotsu Agency and Sunrise. V Gundam, G Gundam, Gundam W, and Gundam X are copyright Sotsu Agency, Sunrise and TV Asahi. Turn A Gundam is copyright Sotsu Agency, Sunrise and Fuji TV.