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Originally Posted by LockonStratos

What he meant was, Gundam was not created to sell toys first and foremost, that came later, rather than a show that was originally meant to advertise toys.

Yup. That's what makes Gundam different, and for the most part it's maintained a balance between the two in ways few toy-based cartoons have.

Build Fighters is no different from Beyblade or Yokai Watch or whatever run-of-the-mill toy-hocking anime is out there.

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]Well, at least from Tomino's end, Bandai always intended to make their money back with toy sales, as they were doing with every other mecha show at the time. Which is the reason why the Gundam actually has a color scheme at all, having originally been meant to be grey.

Yup, but that's Bandai's job after all, and it's not like I have disdain for the models or marketting them- obviously -but you can hock product and be tactful at the same time. I love the models, I love building them and collecting them, and I'm not so deluded into thinking there's not some cynical marketting angle behind every Gundam show to push as many kits as possible.

But literally selling your product so transparently is just off-putting in my opinion. Like I said, there's a balance. You don't want a show that completely shows contempt for the toys, or one that focuses on them over a story. You want something that reahce sthat happy middle-ground of good story, characters, and MS action.

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Anyway, I don't think Build Fighters is cynical so much as just aimed at a different aspect of the fandom. It's for the side of the fandom that buys model kits less for the show but rather for the kit itself. For folks more interested in making a custom variant, like making them into freaking Sailor Scouts or something, than things like weathering and trying to recreate something from the show.

Bit of a self-contradiction, there, but I don't really mind that per-se, but I feel like there had to have been a better angle to approach that from than "it's a tournament event" like so many product-selling animes do.

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It's cool to see all these designs that don't have to bend a knee to the throne of "realism" and just go nuts with trying to be a neat design.

Who said anything about realism? Who's to say you couldn't have those kinds of fights without the childish toy plot? "G Gundam here again, just reminding the folks at home about the time there was a mummy Gundam and a horse pilotted a Mobile Suit!"

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Dude, you are talking about the person who has applied for over 1200 full time teaching positions over the course of 5 years and has yet to land one. So yes, it sucks to lose, but there is no point in getting all bitter over it.

Exactly.

Being over-invested in a game or competition is the deffinition of childish.