This year I had the amazing opportunity to attend New York Comic Con for the first time ever as well as enter the Gunpla Builders World Cup (GBWC). I decided to submit my favorite mobile suit variant, the Z'Gok E shown in 0080: War in the Pocket. It was a great honor (and also quite intimidating!) to have my entry stand with such an amazing group of modelers.
For anyone not familiar with GBWC, it is a worldwide competition that happens every year in certain cities. People from all over gather with the gunpla models they’ve built and painted over the course of the year and compete for prizes, and the chance to represent their country during the finals in Japan.
Without further adieu, here are the 2016 NYCC GBWC entries and winners:
Winner of Bluefin Judge's Favorite.
Winner of the Bandai Judge's Favorite and Winner of Best Small Scale.
My boyfriend, Jordan, of 00gundamreviewsv2/Gunpla with ED and his winning entry, "A Bridge Too Far." He placed for Best Small Scale. So proud of him!
The other highlight of my Saturday was being able to visit the VOLKS booth! I had been anxious to see which dolls VOLKS had for sale, as I was really hoping to bring a Dollfie Dream home with me that day. I was surprised that instead of bringing the standard models, they had limited edition DD girls that had since been sold out including Hatsune Miku and Snow Miku, who were also on display.
Other dolls they had were Akira, KOS-MOS, and M.O.M.O. Can you guess which girl I brought home?
I want to thank everyone who made my first NYCC experience so special, including everyone at Bandai, Bluefin, and VOLKS.