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Gundam Gets New Plastic Model Partly Made From Recycled Wood, Even Has Wood Scent
posted on by Ken Iikura-Gross
When Namco, the makers of Gunpla, will release a 1/144 scale RX-78-2 Gundam Vintage Color model. This is no ordinary model, as it's made of recycled wood.
木粉配合ガンプラ「EG RX-78-2 ガンダム［ヴィンテージカラー］」限定販売！「HYPER PLAMO Fes.2024」3/22～24開催！ https://t.co/XW1ptpG4Yn
— ガンダムインフォ (@gundam_info) February 21, 2024
Limited sale of wood-plastic composite Gunpla “EG RX-78-2 Gundam [Vintage Color]”! The HYPER PLAMO Fes.2024 will be between 3/22 to 24!
The official website for the Gundam series annnounced the model on February 21. The RX-78-2 Gundam Vintage Color model is a wood-plastic composite (WPC) made from, "trees from forest thinning, sawdust from sawmills, offcuts from construction wood, among others." The page also claims the models are 20% wood and resin mixture, thus greatly reducing the amount of petroleum-derived plastics used in the model. This also, purportedly, gives the model a faint sent of wood, though what kind is not specified.
The RX-78-2 Gundam Vintage Color model will be available at HYPER PLAMO Fes. 2024 between Friday, March 22-Sunday, March 24 for 1,650 yen ($10.95). There is no information on how many models will be available at the event or if it will be commercially sold after the event. HYPER PLAMO Fes. 2024 will take place at the Makuhari Messe convention center, coinciding with AnimeJapan 2024 at the Tokyo Big Site.
Sources: Gundam.info's website, and Twitter , Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
Disclosure: Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc. (Sunrise) is a non-controlling, minority shareholder in Anime News Network Inc.
