Shizuoka Hobby Show 2012 (Part 3)
May 28, 2012 at 12:32 am | Posted in Events | 1 CommentTags: macross, Shizuoka Hobby Show
Okay, so here’s the final batch of pics from the 51st Shizuoka Hobby Show. Apart from gunpla, there were various other genres that were just as amazing. Plenty of Macross, military and various sci-fi models but not so much on figurines.
There was something else at the hobby show that I only realized this year, and that was a hobby-related flea market. There was a 500-yen entrance fee, oddly. Inside this flea market area were a lot of old model kits, mostly military and cars. Some were so old that the boxes were yellowing. Sadly, the prices were not dirt cheap, but I guess they were kinda rare. But most disappointingly, there wasn’t much choice of gunpla. But I did eventually bought several sheets of water-slide decals and several 1/6 scale military weapons which I hope would suit my future MG kits. I also bought a hobby book featuring photos of really awesome Gunpla dioramas.
That was my haul from the hobby show and on my way back, I stopped by my local gunpla store and bought a HGUC GM Quell. Its for my future project. And as I passed by the bookstore, I bought the Gundam Ace Unicorn comic which had a 1/100 scale Sinanju Bazooka as a free gift. So in the end, I actually bought quite a lot of stuff. But enough of that, here’s the pics:
Shizuoka Hobby Show 2012 (Part 2)
May 27, 2012 at 11:30 pm | Posted in Events | 1 CommentTags: diorama, gunpla, Shizuoka Hobby Show
As promised, here’s the second part of my coverage for this years hobby show, featuring works by various modelling circles in Japan. I was gonna cram all the photos I took into this one post, but I realized I took quite a few photos. So this time I’ll post only the gunpla-related photos in this post and post the remaining pics in part 3.
There was plenty of very interesting works by these modellers, and their creativity was really put on show. Apart from your standard, serious, war-themed gunpla, I noticed quite a few gunpla were modded into Mickey Mouse, mahou-shoujo and other wacky stuff. A lot of cool dioramas as well. So without further ado, enjoy the pics:
Shizuoka Hobby Show 2012 (Part 1)
May 23, 2012 at 12:58 pm | Posted in Events | 1 CommentTags: Ankusha, Blitz Gundam, Buster Gundam, dengeki hobby, Gundam AGE, HGUC, Hobby Japan, Master Grade, ReZEL, RG Justice, Shizuoka Hobby Show, Zaku Marine
I guess I should write about this while things are still fresh in my mind. Anyway, last weekend I went for my annual trip to the Shizuoka Hobby Show. As I did last year, I’ll just write a brief summary of what’s interesting in the Bandai booth and let you guys see the pics for yourselves. So here goes:
Master Grade: From the SEED series there’s the upcoming MG Blitz Gundam. From what I saw, it’s looks very similar to its 1/100 version, so I’ll pass. But what I won’t pass is the MG Buster Gundam, which is next on the line and displayed as a grey prototype at the show. For UC fans, there’s the MG Marasai which you can attach a green LED monoeye & ballute system (both sold separately). For AGE, I guess there’s MG AGE-2Â (or was it 3?) coming up, but I didn’t pay much attention to it.
Real Grade: On display were the current Mk-II models, as well as the upcoming RG Justice Gundam. Not my cup of tea, but if you have the RG Freedom, I guess you might need its ‘partner’. Typical of Bandai, they’ll be releasing the greyed-out Phase Shift Down version on the Bandai Hobby Site. Anyone wanna guess what’s the next RG kit?
High grade: From the Unicorn OVA there’s the HGUC Ankusha. It looks kind of nice in MS mode, but I have soft spot for the Asshimar. Then there’s the HGUC Zaku Marine and the ReZEL Type-C Defenser b-unit. I kinda like the orange-grey color scheme of the ReZEL but one ReZEL is enough for me. There’s also the Base Jabber which is a UFO-like mobile suit carrier featured in the Unicorn OVA. Of course there’s also HG kits from the AGE series but nothing interest me.
Bandai Hobby Site items: On display were the stuff that you can only get from Bandai’s Hobby Site, such as clear plastic versions of HGUC Jesta & Delta Plus and the G-Defensor & Flying Armor for the RG Mk-II. There’s also recolored versions of existing kits like an orange-grey version of the plain ol’ HGUC ReZEL, Char-color schemed HGUC Geara Doga & the Phase Shift Down RG Justice.
Option parts: Interestingly, Bandai will release some option parts in 1/100 and 1/144 scale. These include various shaped pink beams for more interesting beam rifle shot effects; spikes for Zaku shoulders, verniers and some hands. Some of these are already available by Kotobukiya et al. but it’s nice to have some options. As a follow-up to the 1/144 scale System Weapons, the third edition will feature beam rifle for 0083 Stardust Memory Gundams and shields for the MS 08th Team era mobile suits.
Other than Bandai stuff, I also took photos from other sections but I won’t be elaborating on them too much. What I’ll say is that for AGE gundam fans, Hobby Japan & Dengeki Hobby Magazines will release some add-on parts for modification into AGE-2 Artemis & AGE-1 Razor.
With that, I wrap up my report for this years Shizuoka Hobby Show. Don’t miss the next part of my report which will feature various works by Japanese modelling circles.
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