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International Gundam Plastic Model Championship Announced

by dtshyk
Jul 20, 2011 3:21 AM | 10 Comments
According to Sankei Biz, Bandai has announced an international championship of Gundam plastic models ("Gunpla"). The contest "Gunpla Builders World Cup 2011" will be held in thirteen countries from this month till December. The qualifiers of the regional preliminary contests will be gathered at the final round "Gunpla EXPO World Tour Hong Kong 2011" in December and the world champion will be selected. The entrants will be judged by the building and painting techniques and the creativities.

The host countries for the regional heats:
Japan
China
South Korea
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Thailand
Singapore
Malaysia
Philippines
Indonesia
Australia
USA
Italy

Source: Sankei Biz

10 Comments Recent Comments

Good Luck to Philippines :P

Jul 21, 2011 5:20 AM by Xynz01

Cool. It'll be interesting to see some pictures.

Jul 20, 2011 11:45 AM by stAtic91

spreading the news nao

Jul 20, 2011 8:37 AM by Yorozuya-GIN

I hope the winner is anything except a gundam though. Like the Sazabi or Dom etc.

Jul 20, 2011 8:13 AM by jagleny

Australia has already started their heats, surprisingly.

Jul 20, 2011 8:00 AM by no-thanks

Geolga9 said:
This sounds fantastic. The world needs more competitions like this!

Take that, FIFA World Cup Soccer!

THIS.

You're my hero right now, you know xD

Jul 20, 2011 7:38 AM by Urza

sounds interesting to me

Jul 20, 2011 5:51 AM by Mr_Gutts

if i lived in one of those countries i would join T^T
At some point i dislike my country

Jul 20, 2011 5:33 AM by Eternal_Shield

This sounds fantastic. The world needs more competitions like this!

Take that, FIFA World Cup Soccer!

Jul 20, 2011 5:22 AM by Geolga9

Yay, Gundam Plastic Model Championship.

Jul 20, 2011 3:29 AM by Yanoflies

It’s time to ditch the text file.
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