Editing Gundam (fictional robot) (section)

==Other media and merchandise==

=== Pop culture ===
The RX-78-2 Gundam is one of the basic units that appear in the ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' series'','' representing the ''Gundam'' franchise alongside series mainstays ''[[Mazinger]]'' and ''[[Getter Robo]]''.<ref name="gamefaq">{{cite web |author=Magenta Galaxy |date=October 14, 2003 |title=Super Robot Taisen A |url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/review/R61975.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821062038/http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/review/R61975.html |archive-date=August 21, 2007 |access-date=June 2, 2015 |publisher=GameFAQs}}</ref>

The RX-78-2 also makes multiple cameo appearances in the anime ''[[Sgt. Frog]]''.

The RX-78-2 Gundam appeared in the film ''[[Ready Player One (film)|Ready Player One]]'' (2018),<ref>{{cite web |date=11 December 2017 |title=Gundam Appears in New Ready Player One Trailer |url=http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/gundam-appears-in-new-ready-player-one-trailer/}}</ref> where one of the protagonists controls the RX-78-2 to battle [[Mechagodzilla]].

On October 23, 2000, Japan included the RX-78 Gundam and Amuro Ray in the 20th Century Stamp Series.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://yushu.or.jp/english/e_sdate/00jpn/00comm/00oct23c1.html | title = The 20th Century Stamp Series 15 | access-date = January 10, 2007}}</ref> This mobile suit and other notable machines from various ''Gundam'' series were also recognized in the second set of "Anime Heroes and Heroines" stamps, released in 2005. Other franchises and series included were ''[[Pokémon]]'', ''[[Galaxy Express 999]]'', and ''[[Detective Conan]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://yushu.or.jp/english/e_sdate/05jpn/05kine/050801c1.html | title = Anime Hero and Heroine Series II - Gundam | access-date = January 13, 2007}}</ref>

=== Promotions ===
The RX-78-2 Gundam & 2 Medea transport planes were featured in a fire fighting poster in Japan. The RX-78-2 was equipped with water spraying equipment.<ref>Japanese Fire Department, Fire Fighting History Museum, ''The future of fire fighting''(消防の未来), section 1 Gundam Activity (ガンダム大活躍)</ref>

On July 16, 2010 to June 30, 2011, [[All Nippon Airways|ANA]] launched a series of flights as part of the 30th anniversary of Gunpla. Called the "ANA x GUNDAM Sky Project," the promotion used specially painted Boeing 777s on domestic and international flights. The initial flight was from Tokyo to Osaka. Promotional model kits include 1/144 scale versions of the RX-78-2, [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Gundam 00]] Raiser, and [[Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn|Unicorn Gundam]], as well as a 1/48 scale RX-78-2, all molded in ANA colors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ana.co.jp/dom/promotion/gundam/ |title=「ANA×GUNDAM SKYプロジェクト」│航空券│ANA国内線 |publisher=Ana.co.jp |access-date=2013-05-24 |archive-date=2013-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515110449/http://www.ana.co.jp/dom/promotion/gundam/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722065357/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20100717a2.html|archive-date=July 22, 2010|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20100717a2.html |title=ANA's 'Gundam' plane makes inaugural flight |publisher=[[The Japan Times]] |date=July 17, 2010 |access-date=June 2, 2015}}</ref>

Promotional food based on the Gundam include Pocky, Pepsi,<ref>{{cite web |date=August 5, 2004 |title=Gundams and Pepsi |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-08-05/gundams-and-pepsi |access-date=January 9, 2007 |publisher=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=November 1, 2005 |title=Pepsi-Gundam Promotion Illegal |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-11-01/pepsi-gundam-promotion-illegal |access-date=January 9, 2007 |publisher=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> McDonalds, and Cup Noodles. Food promotions usually tie into merchandise, including exclusive model kits or miniature statues.

===Statues===
[[File:啦啦寶都上海金橋的高達模型 (Cropped).jpg|thumb|A life-sized statue of the Freedom Gundam from Gundam SEED in [[Shanghai]]]]
On March 23, 2008, a bronze statue of the Gundam was erected at the south entrance of [[Kami-Igusa Station]] in [[Suginami]], [[Tokyo]] to honor the hometown animation studio [[Bandai Namco Filmworks|Sunrise]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gundam.info/news/hot-topics/news_hot-topics_20080325_1282p.html |title=ガンダムのブロンズ像、西武新宿線 上井草駅前の大地に立つ！ |website=Gundam.info |date=25 March 2008 |access-date=5 February 2023}}</ref>

As part of the 30th Anniversary of the Gundam series, the company officially announced a project on March 11, 2009, called ''Real-G'' planning to build a '''1:1''' real size scale Gundam in Japan. It was completed on June 9, 2009, and displayed in a Tokyo park.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020110425/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8090946.stm|archive-date=October 20, 2010|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8090946.stm | work=BBC News | title=Day in pictures | date=June 9, 2009 | access-date=June 2, 2015}}</ref><ref name="yahoo1">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527142953/http://recommend.yahoo.co.jp/silverlight/gundam/|archive-date=May 27, 2010|url=http://recommend.yahoo.co.jp/silverlight/gundam/|title=1/1実物大ガンダム大地に立つ！]|work=recommend.yahoo.co.jp|access-date=June 2, 2015}}</ref> The 18-meter tall statue was later moved and reconstructed in [[Shizuoka City]], where it stayed from July 2010 to March 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-07-23/life-size-gundam-statue-unveiled-at-new-shizuoka-home|title=Life-Size Gundam Statue Unveiled at New Shizuoka Home|date=2010-07-23|access-date= 2012-05-04|work=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-08-04/life-size-gundam-statue-returns-to-tokyo-in-parts|title=Life-Size Gundam Statue Returns to Tokyo ... in Parts|date=2011-08-14|access-date= 2012-05-04|work=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> This design became the basis for the Real Grade model in 2010 and the Master Grade Ver.3.0 model in 2013 and makes an appearance in ''[[Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G]]''. In August it was dismantled and reconstructed in [[Odaiba]], Tokyo on April 19, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-04-22/life-size-gundam-rises-again-at-tokyo-odaiba-in-video|title=Life-Size Gundam Rises Again at Tokyo's Odaiba in Video |date=2012-04-22|access-date= 2012-05-04|work=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/01/gundam-robot-statue-tokyo-japan-bandai-plaza-divercity_n_1468856.html?ref=world|title=Giant 60-Foot 'Mobile Suit Gundam' Statue Presides Over DiverCity Tokyo Plaza (PHOTO) |date=2012-05-01|access-date= 2012-05-04|work=[[Huffington Post]]}}</ref> Until March 5, 2017, it stood in Odaiba along with a gift shop called "Gundam Front Tokyo".<ref name="appetiteforjapan">{{Cite web|url=https://appetiteforjapan.com/2015/12/02/gundam-odaiba/|title=Diver City Tokyo: the ultimate Gundam experience|last=appetiteforjapan|date=2015-12-02|website=Appetite For Japan|access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref> On March 5, it was announced that the life size RX 78-2 Gundam will be replaced by [[Statue of Unicorn Gundam|a statue of the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam]] from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gundam.info/topic/17635|title=「実物大ユニコーンガンダム立像」新プロジェクト始動！2017年秋、お台場にて展示開始！|work=公式ガンダム情報ポータルサイト「GUNDAM.INFO」|access-date=2017-03-07|language=ja}}</ref>

A second statue based on the original Gundam was announced in late 2018 as part of the "Gundam Global Challenge" made to receive concepts for an animatronic version.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Life-sized Gundam 18 Meters Tall Moves!|url=https://en.gundam.info/news/event/news_event_20181121_0012.html|access-date=2021-05-29|website=GUNDAM.INFO {{!}} The official Gundam news and video portal|language=en}}</ref> The statue, known as the RX-78F00 Yokohama Gundam, finished construction in 2020 and opened to the public on December 19, 2020 as part of the Gundam Factory Yokohama attraction.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Japan's new life-size moving Gundam statue unveiled in full dramatic glory|url=https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/japan%E2%80%99s-new-life-size-moving-gundam-statue-unveiled-in-full-dramatic-glory|access-date=2021-05-29|website=Japan Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=GUNDAM FACTORY YOKOHAMA|date=24 November 2020 |url=https://gundam-factory.net/en/|access-date=2021-05-29|language=en-US}}</ref> The statue was dismantled in 2024. A rebuilt version called the F00/E will be featured in the ''Gundam Next Future'' Pavilion at [[Expo 2025]] in Osaka.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barder |first=Ollie |title=The Life-Size Walking Gundam Is Getting A New Home At Expo 2025 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2024/06/25/the-life-size-walking-gundam-is-getting-a-new-home-at-expo-2025/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> This statue will be in a fixed pose, kneeling and reaching for the sky.

Other statues include the Freedom Gundam from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]'' in Shanghai, China in 2021'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=&quot;Life-size&quot; Gundam statue in Shanghai catches hearts of fans |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/05/4cfed215f052-life-size-gundam-statue-in-shanghai-catches-hearts-of-fans.html |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=Kyodo News+}}</ref>''', and a statue of the Nu Gundam from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack]]'' sporting a long range funnel weapon (dubbed the RX-93ff) in [[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka, Japan]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stenbuck |first=Kite |date=2021-09-15 |title=Life-Size Nu Gundam Statue Will Appear in Fukuoka |url=https://www.siliconera.com/life-size-nu-gundam-statue-will-appear-in-fukuoka/ |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=Siliconera |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Physical attractions===
Gundam the Ride: A Baoa Qu was a theme park attraction from [[Fuji-Q Highland]] which ran from 2000 to 2007. Visitors are escorted in a battleship by 2 GM suits during the titular battle. The ride was replaced by ''Gundam Crisis,'' where visitors explore a hangar in order to collect data to access the RX-78-2's cockpit. If successful, an exclusive video will be shown inside the cockpit.<ref>Warera! Gundam Hakkutsu Tai!!(我ら！ガンダム発掘隊！！), report file 001-B, Soutsuu Agency, [[Sunrise (company)]]</ref>

The statue stood in Odaiba, Tokyo, outside the shopping mall Diver City Tokyo, where it was a centerpiece of the "Gundam Front Tokyo" attraction until March 5, 2017. Visitors could visit the statue and also see the Gundam Front Tokyo attraction on the sixth floor of the mall, which featured a 360 degree panoramic movie theater, a room dedicated to Gundam models throughout the years, concept artwork, and a life-size 1/1 scale bust of the Strike Freedom Gundam from the show [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|''Mobile Suit'' ''Gundam SEED'']].<ref name="appetiteforjapan"/> The nearby hotel, Grand Nikko Tokyo Daiba (formerly Grand Pacific le Daiba) had a Gundam themed hotel room during this time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://appetiteforjapan.com/2015/12/13/gundam-hotel/|title=Hotel Gundam Style: inside the exclusive anime hotel suite|last=appetiteforjapan|date=2015-12-13|website=Appetite For Japan|access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref>

=== Toys and model kits ===
The original line of toys produced by the show's original sponsor [[Clover (toy company)|Clover]], diecast figures with more super robot aesthetics, clashed with the show's themes and audience and was not a success. To capture the teenage and adult demographics, Bandai produced a line of [[Gunpla|model kits]] based on the Gundam and other mobile suits, which became immensely popular. the RX-78-2 Gundam has releases in virtually every model line and scale and is often used to commemorate a new model line or an anniversary.

The current Bandai Universal Century models' label copyright classification also uses the head of the Gundam as its icon.<ref name=":0">Warera! Gundam Hakkutsu Tai!!(我ら！ガンダム発掘隊！！), report file 014-B, Soutsuu Agency, [[Sunrise (company)]]</ref>