Opening in Shizuoka City on September 2nd! "BHCPDII MUSEUM" is a planning and development experience museum where you can create your own "Plastic Model Designer Experience" | NOMURA Co.,Ltd. worked with BANDAI SPIRITS to plan and design displays and content, and was also responsible for the overall construction and facility operation plans.

On September 2, 2025, the BANDAI HOBBY CENTER PLAMO DESIGN INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE MUSEUM (abbreviated as BHCPDII MUSEUM), a museum where visitors can experience the planning and development of plastic models, opened within the new Bandai Hobby Center, BANDAI SPIRITS' plastic model production factory in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture.

The museum has the theme of "A base for spreading the appeal of manufacturing," and visitors can tour the new factory and have their own "Plastic Model Designer Experience."
The museum also displays the know-how and attention to detail cultivated over more than 50 years of plastic model manufacturing, as well as the latest technology that supports product quality, making it a place where people of all ages can enjoy learning about manufacturing.

In this project, together with BANDAI SPIRITS, we were involved in the overall planning, design and construction of displays and content within the facility, as well as the facility's operation plan.
In order to realize the museum concept and ideas of BANDAI SPIRITS, the company behind "Plamo Love," and to convey the unknown dedication to manufacturing that the people who work in the factory have, we utilized our spatial implementation capabilities and displays concept design know-how in creating the facility.

In order to realize the facility concept of BANDAI SPIRITS, which is to "change the way plastic models are seen," visitors will be able to experience the plastic model manufacturing process through displays that use real molding machines and molds that are normally not visible in factories.
Through friendly graphics and displays, visitors will also be able to learn about BANDAI SPIRITS' commitment to craftsmanship, which is the essence of plastic models, as well as the evolution and challenges of that technology. By actually experiencing what it's like to be a plastic model designer, visitors will be able to discover a new side to plastic models.
By doing so, we hope to create a place that will encourage people to enjoy plastic models from a different perspective than before.

*The official name is "BANDAI HOBBY CENTER PLAMO DESIGN INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE MUSEUM"

Museum Contents
 
 

●Monument Entrance

Left: Gunpla monument
Right: A nearly life-size model of a multi-color molding machine is installed in the entrance


●Learn -Study Area-
We will introduce the entire process of making plastic models, including Gunpla.
The exhibit will clearly displays Bandai Hobby Center's commitment to manufacturing, including the reproducibility of the models, ease of assembly, and pursuit of high quality.

Left: concept design Road, where product proposals are lined up
Right: Revealing the attention to detail and ingenuity in manufacturing


 ●Experience -Laboratory Area-
Visitors can become "plastic model designers" and experience the entire process of creating a product.
Visitors will use their experience ID card to select the shape and color of their own plastic model on a touch panel, and then get to try out things like mold design and packaging concept design for that model.
As a "plastic model designer," you can create a packaging box based on your own plastic model project and take it home.
We will demonstrate plastic molding using an actual molding machine and give away molded products on the spot.

Left: You can use the touch panel to decide the shape and color of the plastic model and design your own plastic model.
Right: Trying out mold concept design to determine the placement of parts on the mold. You can see the new factory in operation through the window.
 

Left: A demonstration of plastic molding inside the museum.
Right: You can take home one of the museum's exclusive moldings.
 

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