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Grand Opening of Gundam Collection

 

If you know anyone that is traveling to Tokyo this is one stop they will definitely want to visit.  At Diver City Tokyo Plaza on Tokyo’s Odaiba island the new Gundam Front Tokyo Entertainment Complex had it’s Grand Opening on April 19.  The video below is courtesy of AnimeNews Network, YouTube, and Mainichi Shimbun newspaper’s Mantan TV website.  The video starts outside the complex, moves into the Gundam Cafe/Gift Shop and then into the collection of models.  It doesn’t show the complete collection, but it gives you an idea of what is in store for you.

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Gundam That’s Big

If any of your Gundam fan’s have had discussions on how big a Gundam would be this answers their questions.  A life size Gundam that was on display at Odaiba is now being rebuilt at Diver City Tokyo at a complex being built on the island Mitsui Fudosan.  The video below by YouTuber darwinfish105 lets one see how large this statue is with all of the people passing by and taking pictures.  I loved the shots that have the Ferris wheel in the background.  The building will have its grand opening on April 19. Thanks to AnimeNews Network for finding this video.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-01-15/life-size-gundam-shot-during-day-and-night-in-new-time-lapse-video

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Gundam Modeling Competition

If you follow the link below, it will take you to the page on AnimeNews Network for additional pictures of the finalist for the Gunpla Builders World Cup 2011.  Entries were from the Gundam Model Kits.  The participants had to be the winner of their international regional finals.  The World Cup will be held in Hong Kong on December 25.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-12-12/1st-gundam-model-builders-world-cup-finalists-displayed

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Gundam Model Kit World Cup

This is something librarians can use with their Gundam fans to show interest in model kits.  There is a group of individuals that do the model kits all around the world.  It’s just the same as a car or airplane model kit which you might be more familiar with.  I myself have one that I haven’t put together yet.  These modelers are really exact or use the molds to kit bash and  create unique Gundams or unique paint apps. for their Gundams.  Anyway Bandai is setting up the 1st Gundam model kits contest, “Gunpla Builders World Cup 2011”.  There will be 13 regions for the contest: Japan; China; Korea; Taiwan; Hong Kong; Singapore; Thailand; Malaysia; Philippines; Indonesia; Australia; Italy; and America.  Preliminary rounds will be between July 25 – September 9.  For more information about additional rounds and how the judging will be done follow the link below to AnimeNews Network.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-20/1st-gundam-plastic-model-builders-world-cup-to-be-held