Who will be crowned the first Gunpla World Champion!?
Gunpla Builders World Cup 2011 World Championship
to be held December 25th in Hong Kong
The national and regional champs advance to a final showdown!
The 'Gunpla Builders World Cup 2011' is Bandai Co., Ltd.'s (President Kazunori Ueno, headquarters in Taito Ward, Tokyo, Japan) first official tournament of Gunpla building technique, painting, and concept. Worldwide preliminaries began in July of this year, and now, each area has selected its representative.
The World Championship, to be held on December 25th, will feature 10 entries from the Junior Course (entrants 14 years and younger) and 12 entries from the Open Course, for a total of 22 entries. On the day of the Championship, four judges will scrutinize each of the entries and select first through third place winners in each division.
Who will be crowned the first Gunpla World Champion!? Find out on the 25th!
* North America (United States of America and Canada) and Italy conducted only Open Course preliminaries.
Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, North America (United States of America and Canada), Italy
* Thailand unable to participate due to flooding
Venue: Discovery Park Hong Kong 1F Sky Dome Atrium
Address: 398 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, N.T., Hong Kong
Schedule: Judging: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Awards Ceremony: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (HKT)
Judging: The 10 Junior Course and 12 Open Course finalists will be judged at this time. A four-member panel composed of model magazine editors and Bandai judging staff will judge each entry's construction, painting, and concept on a 10-point scale, and choose first through third place winners in each division.
Live stream info
※ The awards ceremony of that day will be live streamed as follows:
■ GUNDAM INFO: www.gundam.info
■ Bandai Hobby Site: www.bandai-hobby.net
Stream start: 5:00pm Japan Time (4:00pm Hong Kong Time) for approximately 45 minutes
※ Caution: Video might not be viewable from certain areas of the world, including parts of China, please be forewarned.
The world's best gather! World Championship Finalists |
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Junior Course (ages 14 and under) |
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Australia Builder: Darryl Chow Title: Custom Built 1/100 MG Hi-Nu plus 1/100 MG Nu |
China Builder: Lao Jia Hong Title: Conversation by Heart |
Hong Kong |
Indonesia Builder: Allen Febrianto Title: Fishing in a wrong day |
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| Japan Builder: MEI-HATA Title: Battle against ZAKU |
Malaysia Builder: Teow Jian Lim Title: Frozen Hero |
the Philippines Builder: Elizier B. Quirong Title: MOSAZ |
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Singapore |
South Korea Builder: Youn Tae Ho Title: Mk-II AEUG |
Taiwan Builder: Lin, Tsung-Han Title: OOQ |
| Open Course (ages 15 and older) |
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Australia Builder: Mark Carlisle Title: Custom Built 1/100 MG Rickdom
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China Builder: Guo Tian You Title: Battle of Three Kingdoms
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Hong Kong Builder: Kong Yiu Man Title: Hades. Kshatriya
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Indonesia Builder: Budi Salam Title: Kshatriya
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Italy Builder: Domenico Febbo Title: RX-78-2 Gundam - Close Combat Mobile Suit
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Japan Builder: Tatsuhiko Yamaguchi Title: Negai
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| Malaysia Builder: Ho Yick Yin Title: Kshatriya IV
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North America
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the Philippines Builder: Michael T. Costa Title: Buster Impulse
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Singapore Builder: Ong Poh Thean Title: The Sazabi
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South Korea Builder: Kim So Ri Title: PG Hybrid gundam RX-78-2
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Hong Kong Builder: Lin, Zih-Ciao Title: Those Days I Was In A.E.U.G. |
Gunpla, Beloved Worldwide Gunpla, or Gundam plastic model kits, were introduced in Japan in July 1980 and have gone on to sell more than 460,000,000 units domestically (as of March 2011.) Now sold in 13 countries and regions worldwide, with more that 280 million units sold between January 2000 and December 2010, these kits are beloved not just in Japan but by fans in Asia and beyond. |
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