Thirty-year-old Yoshifumi Takabe did what any emotionally repressed nerd might do when his mother, with whom he lived, threw out some of his robot action figures. He burned down the house. Takabe, who says he became suicidal after losing the Gundam ‘bots that he considered his life partners, just plead …

The online website Yahoo Auctions! Japan sold three spare parts and three decals from the 1/1-scale, “life-size” Gundam statue for charity for 4,001,000 yen (about US$46,900). The auction ran from August 16 to August 23 and ended after 224 bids. The charity benefits the Japan Committee “Vaccines for the World’s …

These days, there aren’t as many English Gundam resource sites as there used to be a few years ago. One site frequently used by fans these days is Wikipedia, “The Free Encyclopedia” that anyone can edit. You can find literally anything on Wikipedia – including loads of detailed Gundam articles. …