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Sizes of Gunpla or Gundam Model Kits

Super-Deformed or SD Gundam SD Gunplas are small plastic kits which are not presented in a proportioned scale. In anime, it can be resembled to as Chibi version – with overly large head. These are easy to build and great for beginners but offer limited articulation or poses and also require paint and detailing to make the kit looked really finished. The most famous line of SD is the BB Senshi (SD Gundam BB Warriors). High Grade – 1:144 Scale HG or high grade kits are approximately 13 cm tall and introduced in 1990. It is proportioned to the original Gundam and scaled 144 times smaller than the real life-size Gundam (as shown in anime, movies, manga or videogames). These kits displayed a better range of articulation and greater poseability. Master Grade – 1:100 Scale MG or master grade kits (approximately 16–19 cm tall) are introduced in 1995 and scaled 100 times smaller than the real life-size Gundam. These are manufactured using higher quality plastic resulting higher st...