This summer, Japan’s newest Gundam plastic model, or “Gunpla,” factory is set to open in the Naganuma district of the city’s Aoi Ward. With the Gundam franchise’s enormous popularity both in Japan and ...

Toymaker Bandai Namco has sold over 500 million of them worldwide, and the factory where they are made ... But the models, known in Japan as Gunpla, are decidedly old school.

The event was held to urge Gunpla lovers who buy models under Operation ... making recycled plastic model products in 2006 by reusing factory waste. The company began using old runners it ...