The upcoming Gunpla Expo World Tour Hong Kong 2011 will take place in Discovery Park in Tsuen Wan from 15th to 27th December.
Date: 15th - 27th December 2011
Time: 11am - 8pm
Venue: Discovery Park - Shopping Centre
Free admission
The regional champions of Gunpla Builders World Cup 2011 will also gather up as finalists for the World Cup Final, of which the grand champions of the competition will be announced on 25th December (which would be a nice Christmas present from Bandai wouldn't it? ^^).
Below are the confirmed entries (open course and junior course) set to appear in Hong Kong so far for next week. Unfortunately due to the recent flooding Thailand is not able to participate in the finals. The English names of the entries are rough translations, and if anyone knows the names of the entries from other regions please do let me know!
KOREA:
PG Hybrid gundam rx-78-2 by KIM SO RI
Mk II AEUG by YOUN TAE HO
CHINA:
三国争霸图 - the hegemony map of the Three Kingdoms by GUO TIAN YOU
心灵对话 - Spritual Dialogue (Conversation by Heart) by LAO JIA HONG
HONG KONG:
冥王．剎帝利 - Hades Kshatriya by KONG YIU MAN
第四空間中的二次大戰 - The 2nd great war of 4th dimension by YUENG WONG YIP
TAIWAN:
那些年我在幽谷的日子 - Those times I spent in AEUG by LIN ZIH-CIAO
00Q by LIN TSUNG-HAN
AUSTRALIA:
Custom Built 1/100 MG Rickdom by MARK CARLISLE
Custom Built 1/100 MG Hi-Nu plus 1/100 MG Nu by DARRYL CHOW
NORTH AMERICA:
Sazabi's Final Mission by Gamera Baenrae aka CLEMENT ENG (thanks gundamjehutykai for the info!)
ITALY:
RX-78-2 Gundam - Close Combat Mobile Suit by DOMENICO FEBBO
INDONESIA:
Kshatriya by BUDI SALIM
Fishing in a wrong day by ALLEN FEBRIANTO
SINGAPORE:
The Sazabi by ONG POH THEAN
Zaku F2000 “Omen” by TEO ZHI SHENG
PHILIPPINES:
Buster Impulse by MICHAEL T. COSTA
MOSAZ by ELIEZER B. QUIRONG
MALAYSIA:
Kshatriya IV by HO YICK YIN
Frozen Hero by TEOW JIAN LIM
JAPAN:
願い - Wish by 山口達彦（TATSUHIKO YAMAGUCHI）
ザクとの戦い - Fighting against the Zaku by 畑めい（MEI-HATA）
Event exclusive items have been announced but prices will be confirmed on a later date. They are of the following:
Notable displays will include upcoming HGUC Unicorn Gundam Banshee (Unicorn and Destroy Mode), MG 1/100 Gundam AGE-1, as well as new MG kits (e.g. Duel Gundam) from Gundam SEED.
Unlike the past 3 years the annual Gundam public event is renamed from Gundam Expo Hong Kong to Gunpla Expo World Tour Hong Kong 2011, and BAKUC (Bandai Action Kit Universal Cup) being Gunpla Builders World Cup 2011 this year. The event has also been moved back to Tsuen Wan for the first time since 2008, which was the first event I went back then.
The location is a bit far this time, but I think I will spend an afternoon there one day like previous years. We have finalist entries from a lot more places this year, so it will be great to see them in person~ Have you got any favourites in your mind? So far the winged Sinanju of the Japanese entry and the Hades Kshatriya from Hong Kong has caught the most of my attention. :o
Gunpla Builders World Cup 2011:
http://bandai-hobby.net/GBWC_JAPAN/GBWC2011.html
Gunpla Expo World Tour Hong Kong 2011:
http://www.bandai-asia.com/gunpla-expo2011/index.html
GA Graphic:
http://ga.sbcr.jp/mgundam/018895/
Awesome pictures! I think the Impulse Buster Gundam is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteTsuen Wan? That is kinda far but at least it's reachable by MTR. It's not like you've got to go out to the boonies of the new territories!!
ReplyDeleteThe winged Sinanju is good though. Almost completely unlike a MS design. The American Sazabi was done by Gamera Baenrae, an internet friend of mine so I have to root for that one!!
@ korewagundam:
ReplyDeleteThe Buster Impulse is quite crafty - it looks like a Buster Gundam in terms of colours, but only when one looks very closely they are mostly elements of an Impulse Gundam. I can see why that's your favourite there!
@ gundamjehutykai:
If the event is outside the limits of MTR I doubt there will be many people going in the first place ^^;
Thanks for the info onthe American Sazabi! It's nice to know that someone you know whose work will be on display in Hong Kong as one of the finalist entries for the competition!