Sunday, November 20, 2011

GBWC 2011: Gunpla Builders World Cup - North American Representative Selected!

N. American Representative 2011: Clement Eng, 1/144 HGUC Sazabi
Congratulations to Clement Eng for being selected as the 2011 N. American GBWC representative!  Clement, also known as Gamera Baenre is a seasoned GunPla builder who also takes time to show new gundam modelers tips and techniques through video turtorials and on site-demonstrations at various events.  He and his GunPla loving friends started a local group called ThoseGundamGuys which recently hosted a local GunPla competition in Southern California that boasted over 88 entries!  Clement will be flown to Hong Kong to compete in the GBWC Finals against the best of the best from Singapore, China, Malaysia, Austrialia, Japan, Korea, Phillippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Italy, Indonesia, and Thailand.  Competition was fierce in N. America as 5 regional events held in Seattle, San Jose, Los Angeles, Chicago, Baltimore, and New York all fielded an excellent number of highly skilled gundam modelers.  The winning entry of each event was then pitted against the others by a Bandai judging panel consisting of
  • Mr.Kawaguchi: A famous professional modeler in Asia, appears in magazines frequently.
  • Mr.Fukuchi: Product development at Bandai Hobby Center.
  • Mrs. Matsuoka: MG Product development in Bandai Hobby Center
  • Mr.Kojima: Sales & Marketing for North America in Bandai Hobby Dept.
Clement's Sazabi was deemed the N. American region's best model to enter at the Finals in Hong Kong.   We wish him luck in his upcoming fight this holiday season and hope he brings home the gold for N. America!  Please check http://bandai-hobby.net/GBWC_JAPAN/GBWC2011.html as details of competitors from the other countries are revealed!
Congratulations to Mike Chan (Sakura Con), Benny Herara (Anime Central), Kevin Nguyen (Fanime), George Caswell (Otakon), and Robert Crockett (NYCC) for being the Best of Show for your resepective areas!
 Images & Info from Bluefin Distribution

Saturday, November 19, 2011

MG 1/100 Gundam Sandrock EW - Video Review [Part 2] by Team GG

MG 1/100 Gundam Sandrock EW
Video Review [Part 2] by Team GG [PatrickGrade] 
Video Reveiw [Part 1: HERE]
Watch Our Part 2 Review:

FW Gundam Converge 6 - New Image

FW Gundam Converge 6  (Release Date: Feb 2012, Price: 350 yen each)
Includes: Strike Gundam, Skygrasper + Aile Striker, Gundam Full Armor Type ,Johnny Ridden's Zaku II High Mobility Type, Acguy
Image from Muso Photo Gallery

RG 1/144 ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam - Various Painted Builds & Review Links

RG 1/144 ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam (Released in Japan, Price: 2500 yen)
GG INFINITE: PRE-ORDER ITEM 
*Are you getting a bit of RG Freedom Gundam fatigue? If not... here are some new links to more painted builds & reviews *
Painted Build - Modeled by jambin2007
Painted Build - Modeled by erikadingyifeng1989
Painted Build - Modeled by hyun (bbs.newise.com)
Kit Review by Gundam Guy
Kit Review by Schizophonic9
Kit Review by Taka421jp

Tamashii Web Shop Limited: SDX Burning Knight Gundam F91 - On Display @ Tamashii Nation AKIBA Showroom

Tamashii Web Shop Limited: SDX Burning Knight Gundam F91  (Pre-Order Begins: Sept. 16th, 2011, Release Date: Feb 2012, Price: 5985 yen)
Images from CyberGundam

RG 1/144 ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam - Painted Build

RG 1/144 ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam (Released in Japan, Price: 2500 yen)
GG INFINITE: PRE-ORDER ITEM 

Friday, November 18, 2011

RG 1/144 ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam - On Display @ Hobby Store In Japan

RG 1/144 ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam (Released in Japan, Price: 2500 yen)
GG INFINITE: PRE-ORDER ITEM 

HGFC 1/144 Master Gundam & Fuuunsaiki - Customized Build w/ LEDs

HGFC 1/144 Master Gundam & Fuuunsaiki
Modeled by hut leys  (He also did a really nice HGUC Unicorn Gundam w/ LEDs - HERE)
GG INFINITE: IN STOCK - PURCHASE HERE

HG 1/144 AGE-1 Titus, HG 1/144 Genoace Custom, HG Gundam SEED Renewal Gunpla & Others - Sample Received

Received some Bandai samples today... will be doing reviews for some of these kits in the coming weeks.
HG 1/144 Gundam AGE-1T Titus
HG 1/144 Genoace Custom
HG 1/144 R-01 GAT-X105A Aile Strike Gundam  
HG 1/144 R-02 GAT-X102 Duel Gundam Assaultshroud 
HG 1/144 R-03 GAT-X103 Buster Gundam
HG 1/144 R-04 GAT-X207 Blitz Gundam 
HG 1/144 R-05 GAT-X303 Aegis Gundam
HG 1/144 R-06 ZGMF-1017 Mobile Ginn  
AG 1/144 Titus & AG 1/144 Zedas

RG 1/144 Freedom Gundam - Images & Review by Gundam Guy

RG 1/144 ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam (Released in Japan, Price: 2500 yen)
Reveiw by Gundam Guy
GG INFINITE: PRE-ORDER ITEM 
I've caught a bad cold.. so I stayed home and took a little time to take some images of the my straight build RG 1/144 Freedom Gundam which is being released in Japan today.  So Instead of a wordy review, I will just let the images do most of the talking, and provide my thoughts here and there about this latest RG release.
After I finished assembling the kit and playing around with it a bit, I must say that this is the first RG kits that felt sturdy, and not as flimsy as the previous 4 RGs.  I can play around with the RG Freedom by doing various poses and the kit holds up nicely with hardly any parts fell off  (well, maybe the wing did fall off 1 or 2 times), but still the overall build is very solid.  

MG 1/100 Full Armor Unicorn Gundam Ver. Ka. - Gundam UC Ace Vol.3

MG 1/100 Full Armor Unicorn Gundam Ver. Ka.  (Release Date: Dec 2011, Price: 8400 yen) 

Metal Build 1/100 Freedom Gundam - New Images

Metal Build 1/100 Freedom Gundam  (Release Date: TBA, Price: TBA)

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