BHC PDII MUSEUM Opens Within the New Bandai Hobby Center Factory on September 2nd! Experience the Planning and Development Stage of Plastic Model Kits!

The BANDAI HOBBY CENTER PLAMO DESIGN INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE MUSEUM (abbreviated as BHC PDII MUSEUM), a museum where visitors can experience the planning and development phase of plastic model kits, is scheduled to open on Tuesday, September 2nd within BANDAI SPIRITS’ new Bandai Hobby Center plastic model kit production factory.

The theme of BHC PDII MUSEUM is “Designing the value of plastic model kits,” and visitors can go on tours of the new factory and enjoy a plastic model kit designer experience. The museum also has displays introducing the know-how and uncompromising techniques, cultivated over more than 50 years of plastic model kit manufacturing, as well as the latest technologies that support product quality. It is a place where both children and adults can enjoy learning about manufacturing. Visitors can also purchase Bandai Hobby Center-exclusive items online.

Tickets are only available through reservations, which begin at 12:00 PM, Monday, June 2nd. Check the official website for details on how to make reservations, days when the museum is open/closed, and online merch exclusive to visitors.

Facility name: BANDAI HOBBY CENTER PLAMO DESIGN INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE MUSEUM
Location: 2nd and 3rd floors of Bandai Hobby Center New Factory, 500-15 Naganuma, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka
Business hours: 9:00 AM ~ 5:30 PM
Experience duration: Approximately 90 minutes
Admission fee: Adults (13 and up): 2,860 yen / Children: 1,100 yen / Preschool children: Free (tax included)
*Reservations are required to enter this facility.

●See
There are windows where visitors can observe the new factory and its actual production process, such as the actual plastic molding and boxing process.

●Learn - Study Area -
Learn about the entire production process of plastic model kits, including GUNPLA. There are displays introducing Bandai Hobby Center's commitment to manufacturing, such as reproducibility, ease of assembly, and pursuit of high quality.

●Experience - Laboratory Area -
In this museum, the people who work at the Bandai Hobby Center's manufacturing department are defined as plastic model kit designer/those who create value in plastic model kits. In this area, visitors can become plastic model kit designers and experience the entire process leading up to the creation of a product.

Visitors can use their experience ID card to decide the shape and color of their own plastic model kit on the screen, and design the mold and package for that kit. They can create a package box based on the plastic model kit plans they created and take it home. Furthermore, an actual molding machine will be set up in the laboratory area, where a plastic molding demonstration will be held right in front of their eyes. The molded products can also be taken home.