Supreme x Bandai MG 1/100 RX-78-2 Gundam Ver.3.0
Supreme vs. Original
Original — Bandai
MG 1/100 RX-78-2 Gundam Ver.3.0
About the original
The Bandai Master Grade 1/100 RX-78-2 Gundam Ver.3.0 is a 1/100-scale plastic model kit of the original Gundam mobile suit from Yoshiyuki Tomino's Mobile Suit Gundam TV series, which first aired in Japan in 1979. Bandai was founded in Tokyo in 1950 and its Gunpla (Gundam plastic model) line, launched in 1980, has sold over 800 million kits worldwide. The Master Grade tier introduced in 1995 delivers a fully articulated inner frame under detailed exterior armor. The Supreme version uses an entirely red molded plastic colorway with a box logo on the shield, replacing the standard white-blue-yellow color scheme, and retailed at $90 in FW2021.
About Bandai
Bandai is a Japanese toy manufacturer founded on July 5, 1950, by Naoharu Yamashina in Taito, Tokyo, spun off from a Kanazawa textile wholesaler. The name comes from the Chinese phrase bandai fueki, meaning eternally unchanging. The company started with metal toys and rubber swimming rings, was renamed Bandai Co., Ltd. in 1961, and broke through with action figures tied to the Astro Boy anime. The catalog now covers Gundam plastic models, Power Rangers, Ultraman, Dragon Ball, Tamagotchi (launched 1996), and Digimon. Bandai merged with Namco in 2005 to form Bandai Namco Holdings. Supreme collaborated with Bandai on a Tamagotchi virtual pet in three camo colorways.
