A bootleg is a counterfeit copy of a Bandai kit. Bandai Namco says it seized about 19,000 counterfeit finished products and about 39,500 runner parts of Mobile Suit Gundam products in fiscal 2024.
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Read Oct 14, 2026. The definition is ours; facts come from the pages above.