This has given rise to the hobby's common name in Japan, Gunpla (or gan-pura, a Japanese portmanteau of "Gundam" and "plastic model").
The result is that the majority of Gundam kits feature hands and other parts that favor poseability or easy assembly over accurate shape.
For machines in this size range, scales of 1:100 and 1:144 are most common, with 1:60 being reserved for larger (and usually more expensive or elaborate) kits.
Gunpla kits are also sorted by a grading scale,[5] which signals the complexity, and sometimes the art style, of the model.
Gunpla is a major hobby in Japan, with entire magazines dedicated to variations on Bandai models.
Eureka Seven, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Patlabor, Aura Battler Dunbine and Heavy Metal L-Gaim, to name a few, are all represented by Bandai model lines.