gundam
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Incredible0.6%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Avg price
Incredible€41.14avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Competition
Great30%top-5 click share — an open shelf
Review moat
Good938.54avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Price range
Good€7.68–€156.03cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Quality gap
Bad4.6★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Market size
Bad€85K€85K/yr · 375K searches
Growth
Bad-14.7%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Conversion
Bad0.5%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Brand share
Bad100%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, gundam is a €85K/yr Amazon Germany market (375K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.
Data updated Jul 9, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
gundam market data
- Units sold / yr
- 2K–3K
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- €82K–€103K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 0.5%
- Avg BSR
- #678
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 88%
- Sponsored
- 21%
- Out of stock
- 4.1%
- Avg brand age
- 38 months
- Avg seller age
- 175 days
Competition & brand share
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (30% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.Brands
6 falling
Sellers
114
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
30%
Top 20: 67%
Open market
0%
- BANDAI SPIRITS76%
- BANDAI18%
- GWTCTOY3%
- CSNRHG1%
- Fippy1%
- stedi0%
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -14.7% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×
Top gundam search terms
- gundam173K/yr
- gunpla51K/yr
- gundam model kit48K/yr
- bandai29K/yr
- gundam mg22K/yr
- gundam hg11K/yr
- gundam rg11K/yr
- gundam 1/10012K/yr
- bandai model kit8K/yr
- mobile suit gundam5K/yr
Top gundam products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Bandai Hobby - Mobile Suit Gundam: Die Hexe aus Mercury - #03 Gundam Aerial Bandai Spirits HG 1/144 Modellbausatz.
BANDAI SPIRITS€26.564.7★4,250 rev
BANDAI Spirits Gundam - MGEX 1/100 Strike Freedom Gundam - Modellbaukit
BANDAI SPIRITS€156.034.7★945 rev
Bandai HG Gundam Barbatos
BANDAI SPIRITS€20.404.6★1,596 rev
BANDAI Hobby HG Gundam 1/144 Rising Freedom Gundam
BANDAI SPIRITS€28.994.6★930 rev
BANDAI -54218 RG Gundam Astray Gold Frame Amatsu 1/144 Mehrfarbig
BANDAI€45.214.5★245 rev
Newest
by launch date
BANDAI Hobby Gunpla-Modellbausatz? Gundam Barbatos Lupus (MG 1/100) 4573102687074
BANDAI€74.9160 rev
GWTCTOY 1:144 Plastik-Actionfiguren-Bausätze Divine Invoker Percival 16 cm großes Mecha-Modell einfach zusammenzubauen
GWTCTOY€41.5016 rev
Bandai Hobby - Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuuX - #1 GQuuuuuuX HG 1/144 Modellbausatz
BANDAI SPIRITS€25.641,235 rev
Gundam - RG 1/144 RX-78-2 Gundam Ver. 2.0 - Model Kit
BANDAI SPIRITS€42.371,040 rev
BANDAI Spirits Bandai Hobby - Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance - #254 Zaku II F Type Solari (RFV) HG 1/144 Modellbausatz
BANDAI SPIRITS€28.19399 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumBANDAI Hobby Gunpla-Modellbausatz? Gundam Barbatos Lupus (MG 1/100) 4573102687074
BANDAI€74.914.8★
BANDAI HGUC Mobile Suit Gundam Der 08MS Platoon Land Kampfart Gundam 1/144 Skala farbcodierte vorge Kunststoff-Modell
BANDAI SPIRITS€20.924.7★
Evanglion RG UNIT-01 Modellbausatz Mehrfarbig BAS5058925
BANDAI SPIRITS€74.874.6★
Gundam - MG 1/100 Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee Ver.Ka
BANDAI€66.304.6★
Bandai Hobby - MG 1/100 Astray Red Frame Revise
BANDAI SPIRITS€69.994.6★
What buyers say about gundam
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Super Qualität”
“Sehr schönes Model”
“Genau das was es sein soll”
“Passt”
“Für jung und alt das beste zum puzzln”
“Aber hat sich gelohnt”
“Sie sind aus hochwertigem Kunststoff gefertigt”
“die Bauanleitung ist sehr detailliert.”
“Super einsteiger Model”
“Schöne Ergänzung der Sammlung”
What buyers complain about
“leider fällt er die ganze zeit auseinander”
“Billig verarbeitet”
“für mich zu kompliziert und zu instabil.”
“Nicht wie beschrieben”
“Der Preis ist etwas Heavy”
“Die Finger fallen bei mir relativ leicht aus der Hand”
“Es gibt zwar noch extra Sticker dazu, die meisten sehen aber nicht wirklich gut aus, da man einen klaren Klebestreifenrand sieht, ist halt Geschmacksache”
“War wohl einer der schweren, diesen Gundam zusammen zu bauen”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is gundam profitable to sell on Amazon Germany?
- The niche generates €85K/yr across 68 tracked products. 1 of 7 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -14.7%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (42/100).
- How competitive is the gundam niche?
- 6 brands and 114 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 30% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in gundam?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Haltbarkeit, Qualität insgesamt, Gleichgewicht/Stabilität. The return rate is 0.6%.
- When does demand for gundam peak?
- Demand peaks in Nov–Dec; the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the gundam niche?
- Listings span €7.68–€156.03; the average listing price is €41.14 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 939 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.