The term Gunpla refers to plastic models of mecha, characters or vehicles from the Japanese Gundam franchise and marketed by Bandai; it results from the contraction of “Gundam plastic model”. Appeared in 1980. THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE GUNPLA: THE MODEL FOR EVERYONE! “without glue or paint” All Gundam models are characterized by two essential properties: - the parts are interlocking - and they are molded in colors. Gunpla are classified by range (named “grade”) according to their quality and/or their size. The main ones are: NG No Grade (1980), although the term does not appear until much later, it retrospectively designates the first models released in 1980.HG High Grade (1990), first range of superior quality on a scale of 1 /144.MG Master Grade (1995), of superior quality to the HG High Grade with for example the internal mechanics fully modeled at a scale of 1/100.PG Perfect Grade (1998), the most technically advanced range at a scale of 1/60.FG First Grade (1999), inexpensive clip-on range.HGUC High Grade Universal Century (1999), popular reissue of Universal Century robots.EX-model (2001), range dedicated not to robots but to vehicles and ancillary flying machines.MS Mega Size (2009), 1/48 scale range.RG Real Grade (2010), similar to the MG Master Grade with a pushed internal skeleton but at a size called 1/144 like the " HG High Grade'.RE/100 Reborn One Hundred (2014), new range of gunpla at 1/100.Super Deformed Gundam or SD Gundam is a Japanese animation franchise whose works are parodies of the Gundam saga, adopting the graphic codes of super deformed. The exhaustive classification is, however, much more complex, since it depends on the scale (ranging from 1/550 to 1/35), improvements (the master grade range exists in versions 1.5, 2.0 and 3.0) and special events (a Ver.G 30th range was released for the thirty years of the franchise for example.