Gunpla Builders World Cup (GBWC) 2012 - Champions Announced!
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Congratz to all the winners! There were really quite a number of amazing contest builds this year.
The panel of judges included Toshiaki Ambiru (the editor of ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Hobby Magazine), Yasuhiro Tanimura (the editor-in-chief of Hobby Japan), and Katsuhisa Yamaguchi, the famed Gundam plastic model authority at Bandai. Kunio Okawara, the mechanical designer for the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise and Yatterman served as the presenter for the awards.Ho Yick Yin of Malaysia competed against eleven other regional finalists and won the open course in last year’s world championship held in Hong Kong. The Chinese representative won the junior course for last year’s championship competition.
Open Course Champions:
1st Place Winner: Edy Ng (Hong Kong)
Edy Ng of Hong Kong won the open division in the second “Gunpla Builders World Cup,” the competition dedicated to Gundam plastic models, on Sunday. About 2,000 entrants competed from 13 countries and territories. Ng’s winning “Project Gwen-Rezel FA+FW” entry was inspired by the mobile suit Rezel in Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn.
The second-place finalist in the open division was “1/100 AGE Titus” by The Philippines’Aristeo Lamig Saavedra Jr.:
3rd Place Winner: Ko Kwon Chul (Korea)
The third-place finalist in the open division was “The Zaku (Return of the J. Ridden) by South Korea’s Go Gwon Cheol:
Junior Course Champions:
1st Place Winner: Allen Ferbrianto (Indonesia)
AllenFerbrianto of Indonesia won the junior division with “Kabuki
2nd Place Winner: Vincent Hui (Hong Kong)
North American representative Angel De La Cruz of California also competed in the international competition with his entry “Duel Gundam.” Regional competitions were held at five North American conventions. De La Cruz beat out Jack Elliot Nunn (Sakura Con), Benny Herara (Anime Central), Brian Cash (A-Kon), Michael Dzicek (Otakon), and Boby Hon (NYCC) to compete in the finals in Japan.
Pic 1 is disgusting.
ReplyDeletePic 2 & 3 are cool. Lol Christmas Coca-Cola Sleeve Zaku?
Pic 1 is disgusting? I understand why u r named elliot
Deleteyou mus be mistaken elliot by an idiot
DeleteI feel third place has more elegance than either first or second, but that ReZEL-with-too-much-stuff in first place is actually rather impressive, in a Deep Striker kind of way.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about third place, but for some reason I just dislike gunpla models that mass assortment of weapons like that. I just feel that less is more, like third place.
DeleteWell,since this is a best of the best competition, all entries have a same chance to win..they all a great entries from all around the world,so I think eday's project gwen deserve to win.
ReplyDeleteCongrats boss!
Junior and Open Course 1st Place looks great
ReplyDeleteErm.... just want to know all of you opinion.
ReplyDeleteWho's here think that simple, elegance & paint job that make MS standing proudly or big with more detail, massive weapon & combine MS/parts that make a menacing look is better?
Just curious to know.
Too many weapons and extra ms parts is kind of an over kill :/ it just shows that you need to bash everything together to win. Out of all of them I liked the third place for open course :] what happened to all the straight builds with amazing paint jobs?
DeleteI agree. Parts bashing seems like an easier route to making a model impressive compared to subtle improvements and perfect painting.
DeletePlus, its hard to appreciate a model when it's been tacked-on beyond recognition.
It's all about who has the biggest kits with the most and/or biggest guns :(
ReplyDeletehttp://abcbajet.blogspot.com/2012/12/gunpla-builders-world-cup-2012-world-championship.html
ReplyDeleteObviously all you guys don't know what the hell you are looking at. The 1st place winner is more than just a bunch of weapons. HE didnt just simply glued them together. He actually did a lot of work in detailing and creating those pieces. He's not one of those people who just buy lots of gunpla and clusterfuck one with shit loads of weapons. Eday's work is masterful. If you guys could just look at more closeup pictures of it you would see how beautifully detailed his work is.
ReplyDeleteNo one is saying that its just bunch of weapons. What their concern is about is that having a lot of weapons and extra MS parts seems to be a reoccurring theme during the competition.
Deletei agree, the reason eday win its not the stack of weapon, its actualy his effort working on the detail, i my self not a big fan gunpla with giant over kill weapon, but imo eday works deserve to be champion.
DeletePlease take a look at the Open Course Champion masterpiece here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ver-ed.com/ProjectGwenRezelFaFwVerEdKai.html
2nd place Open course, there is nothing "Gundam" there.
ReplyDeleteyeah i think so
DeleteIt has the torso of the age-1 and the shoulders of the age-1 titus
DeleteThe 1st and 3rd doesn't have a "Gundam" either LOL
Deletei can't believe japan and malaysia didn't make it to the top 3. it's like they're making every country win the top 3 no matter how shitty their work is. marketing strat, bandai? i love eday's work but the second and third, specially the 2nd one looks stupid compared to japan's entry. and singapore and malaysia.
ReplyDeleteJealous ? Hahahahhaha...... Do you thing you are better than the Judges ?? ..... Shut up and see the reality ! All Champion and Runner up 1,2 in each catagory,they are deserved in top 3!
DeleteJealous ? Hahahahhaha...... Do you think you are better than the Judges ?? ..... Shut up and see the reality ! All Champion and Runner up 1,2 in each catagory,they are deserved in top 3!
DeleteHow to win the Gunpla World Cup:
ReplyDelete1. Take a model kit
2. Slap a bunch of unneeded crap on it to the point you can't see the original model kit
3. ????
4. PROFIT!
The more clusterfuck it is, the better it is. Custom kit logic
ReplyDeleteOpen course second winner is disgusting, anyway GG infinite fold up. I hope they die with their overpriced gunpla
ReplyDeleteAnyway no one read this comment also ROFLLMAO
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