Celebrate an iconic milestone with the Cup Noodle 50th Anniversary Plastic Model Kit, a playful and surprisingly detailed collaboration between Bandai Hobby and Nissin. This unique kit transforms the world-famous Cup Noodle into a fully buildable display piece, using 3D scans of real noodles, egg, shrimp, and even “mystery meat” to recreate the cup’s contents with astonishing accuracy. The signature noodle block is engineered into multiple parts, allowing builders to assemble the dense structure that famously loosens in hot water—now captured in plastic form. Vinyl leeks can be trimmed to taste, and the molding is so precise that even the nutritional text is faithfully reproduced. Officially licensed for Japan and North America and distributed by Bluefin in the U.S., this novelty model kit is a must-have for collectors who appreciate creativity, craftsmanship, and pop-culture history—just don’t expect it to cook in three minutes.