Gundam is a phenomenal robot character from Japan and is currently viral on social media. Investigate, Gundam went viral because of the story of a man who claimed that his Gundam collection was brought without permission by his nephew.
The man named Satria Sri Sultan II uploaded his story on TikTok and it went viral. So, because the Gundam collection was brought by his nephew, Satria contacted his aunt so that the Gundam was returned.
However, the aunt asked Satria to give up the Gundam toy, which she thought was only Rp. 50 thousand. "Gundam for 1 HP Redmi Mid-Range was taken by my aunt's nephew. It's said to be a Rp 50 thousand toy. It's really funny," said Satria.
In fact, the price of the Gundam is actually in the millions of rupiah. Speaking of Gundam, this robot character is a franchise created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and the Sunrise company in Japan.
The Gundam franchise began on April 7, 1979 with the television series Mobile Suit Gundam. Its popularity immediately exploded so that it was developed into 50 television series, films, manga comics, novels, video games to plastic model kit toys called Gunpla.
Gunpla as the name implies, is short for Gundam Plastick Model, because most of the material is made of plastic. It is estimated that by 2015, 450 million Gunpla units have been sold with 2,000 different models.
The Gundam franchise since March 2020 is wholly owned by Bandai Namco Holdings. In fact, not only in the form of serials or small toys, a giant Gundam robot was also created as a tourist spot.
One of the newest is the Gundam robot in Yokohama which was inaugurated in December 2020. Called the Gundam Factory Yokohama, this Gundam robot is 18 meters high.
Initially, the Gundam robot attraction was planned to only operate until March 2022, but was extended until 2023. This was done to open up more opportunities for visitors from within and outside the country who wanted to come but were still hampered by the Corona pandemic.
Another giant Gundam robot is also in Fukuoka with a height of 24.8 meters, bigger than the Gundam robot in Yokohama.