Bandai Co., Ltd. (株式会社バンダイ Kabushiki-gaisha Bandai) is a Japanese toy making and video game company, as well as the producer of a large number of plastic model kits. After Mattel and Hasbro, BanDai is the world's third-largest producer of toys. Bandai‘s most famous model product line is Gunpla (portmanteau of Gundam plastic model). Some ex-Bandai group companies produce anime and tokusatsu programs. Its headquarters is located in Taitō, Tokyo.
Bandai was founded in 1950. In the 1960s Bandai expanded to include export sales. Bandai's racing car set, which first appeared in 1962, became a huge success. The 1970s continued to see Bandai expand, with Bandai Models being established in 1971. Although not their most profitable range, Bandai's 1/48 scale AFV models dominated that segment of the model kit market. Bandai America Inc. was established as local US marketing operation in 1978.
Since the 1980s, Bandai has become the leading toy company of Japan, and to this day, has the main toy licenses in Japan to popular properties including Daikaiju, Ultraman, Super Robot, Kamen Rider, the Super Sentai and Power Rangers series, Gundam and many others.
Bandai USA is the American distribution arm of Bandai that makes toy products for the U.S. market and manufactures Power Rangers, Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, and Ben 10 toys. Other past products include
- Alienators: Evolution Continues
- Astro Boy
- Beetleborgs
- Ben 10
- Cardcaptor Sakura
- Cyclonians
- Dick Tracy
- D.I.C.E.
- Dinozaurs
- Digimon
- Dragon Ball
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
- Godaikin
- Godzilla
- Gundam
- Masked Rider
- Mega Man
- Magical DoReMi
- One Piece
- Power Rangers
- Sailor Moon
- Saint Seiya - for American distribution, it was relabeled Knights of The Zodiac
- Sega Pico
- Strawberry Shortcake
- Tamagotchi
- Teen Titans
- Thundercats
- Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
- The Tick
- The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
- Ultimate Muscle
- Wedding Peach
- Xyber 9: New Dawn
- Zatch Bell!
More infomation of Bandai's Gundam scale models please click on: Gundam Models
Scale Model Brands: Bandai
Source: www.scalemodelmuseum.com
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