Mobile Suit Gundam Model Series

This is a list of Gunpla kits of the Mobile Suits from the Universal Century timeline in the Gundam meta series released from 1980 to 1993. Modelers refer to these kits as "Old kits" (旧キット) when comparing them to more recent Gunpla releases.

Mobile Suit Gundam
The first line of Gunpla kits were released in 1980 following the end of Mobile Suit Gundam's broadcast run in Japan. Compared to modern Gunpla kits, these require glue and paint to complete, and articulation and detail are very limited. Nearly every mobile suit, vehicle, and ship in the anime series and movie compilations has been produced in model kit form.

In recent years, many of these kits were reissued under the Best Mecha Collection (BMC) (ベストメカコレクション) banner, which also included kits from Super Robot and tokusatsu series. For safety reasons, all reissues of the RX-78 Gundam have the V-fin antenna redesigned with "flags" on the tips, much like their High Grade counterparts.

The kit numbers listed below are for the Best Mecha Collection line.

Diorama sets
Diorama sets replicate famous battles from select episodes of the series.

Mechanic Model
These Gunpla kits are designed with removable armor parts to display the internal mechanism, plus light-up LED camera eyes. Each kit comes with a display base and a blueprint background.

Characters
Please note that character names printed on the box covers may have changed over the years, as the English names had not been standardized at the time of the kits' release.

Real Type
From 1982 to 1983, Bandai reissued select 1/100 Gunpla kits in alternate color schemes. This line was the precursor to Mobile Suit Variations (MSV).

Iropla Series
In July 1983, Bandai released four 1/250 scale Gunpla kits using the System Injection - also known as "Iropla" (イロプラ, "color plastic") - process to minimize the need to use paint during and after assembly.

Mobile Suit Variations (MSV)
Mobile Suit Variations (MSV) is an expansion line of the Mobile Suit Gundam model kit series. It features mobile suits redesigned for different purposes and environments. The line includes the PF-78-1 Perfect Gundam from the manga series Plamo-Kyoshiro.

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam was the first Gunpla line to use polycaps to improve articulation. The 1/100 scale MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam was the first transformable Gundam. Many of the 1/220 scale models were among the very first snap-fit assembly kits. This line also included recolored variants of Mobile Suit Variation kits.

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
The Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ line ran from 1986 to 1987.

Gundam Sentinel
The Gundam Sentinel series is an MSV line that takes place during the Zeta Gundam and Gundam ZZ timeline. The line marked the Gunpla debut of mecha designer Hajime Katoki. Originally released in 1987, the line was put on hold for over a year due to Bandai prioritizing their efforts on Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack.

Full Color Model
In 1988, Bandai remolded seven kits from the original 1980 series using the System Injection process to minimize the need to use paint during and after assembly. These kits were reissued in 1989 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam.

Mobile Suit Gundam F90
The Mobile Suit Gundam F90 series was released from October 1990 to November 1991.

Mobile Suit Gundam Silhouette Formula 91
Mobile Suit Gundam Silhouette Formula 91 in UC 0123 is a spinoff of Mobile Suit Gundam F91.

Mobile Suit Gundam 30th: Gunpla Premium Box
On January 23, 2010, Bandai released a limited edition Gunpla boxed set on their Premium Bandai (P-Bandai) website to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam. Retailing for ¥15,500, the boxed set contains 12 1/144 scale Gundams remolded in clear plastic, representing the 11 Gundam TV series from Mobile Suit Gundam to Mobile Suit Gundam 00.

Yen price excluding 5% tax (8% from 2014 onwards).

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