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There’s a major upcoming Gundam competition in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of Gundam. Anime Festival Asia (AFA) and Danny Choo will be collaborating with Bandai to introduce the Bandai World Gunpla Competition. This competition is a little different because it is an online competition that will allow participants from ANYWHERE ON EARTH to submit their entries via photos. This sounds like a truly exciting event because if it’s promoted correctly and reaches a wide enough audience, will bring together the best Gunpla modelers from every corner of the world, not just a specific region.

I’m already trying to finish up my as-yet unfinished custom 1/100 MG Gouf before the November 1st cutoff entry date. Most of us would probably never win anything but I think it’ll be really interesting to be a part of such an exciting event.

For those of you who would be interested in participating, head over to figure.fm for competition rules & regulations. Here’s hoping there’ll be lots of entries for this wonderful event.

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written by stompandchomp \\ tags: Bandai, Bandai World Gundam Competition, Dannychoo, Gundam, Gundam Kit, gunpla, Model Kit, Models and Figures, Plamo, Plastic Kit

Here’s some good news for Plamo (Plastic Model) fans, especially the legions of Gunpla (Gundam Plastic) fans out there. Bandai has revealed that their upcoming Perfect Grade (PG) kit to be released in November will be the Gundam 00 Raiser, which is the unit piloted by series protagonist Setsuna F. Seiei in Mobile Suit Gundam 00. According to Bandai’s press release, this will be their 1st all new Perfect Grade Gundam kit in 5 years! Really? Didn’t they just release the Gundam Astray Red Frame earlier this year? Anyway, this upcoming PG Gundam 00 Raiser kit will come with the 00 Gundam and 0 Raiser, both of which can be combined just like in the series. The kit will of course come with the usual bells and whistles expected of Bandai’s PG kits: highly articulated and highly poseable, inner body frame, a host of weapons, light up gimmicks on the GN drives which incorporates a spinning function too!

That’s it, I’m pretty much sold on the spinning GN Drive so this is one kit from Bandai which I’m genuinely looking forward to in a long while. And finally, the PG Gundam 00 Raiser kit will retail for 25,000 YEN ($270) which admittedly, is pretty steep even for a PG kit. But hey, that shouldn’t come as any surprise since this is Bandai we’re talking about, what with this being their cash cow franchise. I’m sure we can all count on them churning out “Limited Edition” color variants in the not-too-distant future.

Available At:

Gundam 00 Raiser at HLJ
Gundam 00 Raiser at Hobby Search

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written by stompandchomp \\ tags: 1/60, Bandai, Bandai Gundam 00 Raiser, Bandai PG Gundam 00 Raiser, Gundam, gunpla, Kit, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Model Kit, Models and Figures, Perfect Grade, PG, Plamo

As most Gundam fans out there already know, this year marks the 30th anniversary of Gundam, so there’ll be lots of things prepared in honor of this much-beloved franchise, like the Full-Scale Gundam in Odaiba, Tokyo. And here’s one created by a fan from Taiwan. I’ve seen many weird, wacky and wild Gundam creations over the years but this one definitely sits right up there in the “No Way!” category. I’ve always subscribed to the fact that creativity and artistry is never a bad thing..in fact, without it we’d never be able to push ourselves to explore new possibilities. But in this case, the totally blinged out pink Gundam just isn’t cutting it for me. There are some things that just don’t go together, and jewel beads, pink and Gundams pretty much go together as well as oil and water.

via [Gigazine]

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written by stompandchomp \\ tags: 30th Anniversary, Gundam, Pink Gundam

This should be great news for the millions of Gundam fans out there. Between 11th July to 31st August a full-scale Gundam statue standing at an imposing 18 meters tall will be on display at Shiokaze Park in Tokyo’s Odaiba to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the the Mobile Suit Gundam animated television series.

Work is already underway to build the statue and the completed Gundam statue is expected to weigh nearly 35 tons, and will be able to move its head and emit light or mist from 50 points of its body.

If only I could make a trip to Tokyo for this rare sighting. For a Gundam fan, this is like spotting a glance at a living dinosaur in a museum! What a sight! There are more pictures from The Mainichi Daily News site. [via Mainichi Daily News]

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written by stompandchomp \\ tags: Anime, Gundam, Life-Sized, Statue