RX-78-2 Gundam 1/144 Resin Prototype in Display Case, Paris

29 May 2022 · Paris

A pale resin prototype of the RX-78-2 Gundam stands upright in a glass display case at the Bandai Hobby Store in Paris, lit from above against a white interior. The label reads 1980, 1/144 Gundam — the scale that launched the model kit category. Museum framing applied to a plastic toy makes its own quiet argument: the object earns the case, and the case earns the object.