Gunpla Builders World Cup (GBWC) 2012 - Champions Announced!
Info via AnimeNewsNetwork
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.
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