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Review: Bandai HG Weissritter - Gunpla 101 Super Robot Wars is Bandai Namco’s tactical RPG game that smashes together just about every mecha franchise Bandai has the rights to. Playing the game will give you never-before-seen interactions betw...

A rare non-Gundam Bandai kit review. This one is from Super Robot Wars: www.gunpla101.com/review-banda...

What to See and Do at Gundam Base Korea - Gunpla 101 Did you know there are 18 Gundam Bases in the world? Each of these official stores offer elaborate themed Gundam displays and exclusive P-Bandai models. They are located in Japan, China, Taiwan, Thail...

Contributor Arthur gave us a tour of Korea's biggest Gundam base: www.gunpla101.com/what-to-see-...

THE GUNDAM BASE CHICAGO GRAND OPENING DATE ANNOUNCED Accompanied by GUNDAM World Tour Pop-Up UNITED STATES - Bandai Namco Amusement America Inc. (“BNAA”) and Bandai Namco Toys & Collectibles America Inc. (“BNTCA”) are thrilled to announce the grand opening of THE GUNDAM BASE CHICAGO, the firs

We might have to make a trip to Chicago: www.bandai.com/News/post/la...

The Gunpla 101 2025 Holiday Guide is Live! - Gunpla 101 What do you get the builder who has everything? Look no further than the Gunpla 101 2025 holiday guide. Every year, Gunpla 101 puts together a shopping guide for recommended holiday gifting. It’s a gr...

The 2025 Holiday Gift Guide is up for all your Gundam gifting needs:

You will still see affiliate links to Amazon and Hobbylink because that's how I make money to pay contributors.

Flew into a rage and removed all visual ads on Gunpla 101. Enjoy.

How Much Are Finished Gunpla Worth? - Gunpla 101 Imagine you’re browsing through a garage sale or Facebook Marketplace and you come across a box full of Gunpla models. These are not unbuilt Gundam kits still in their boxes. They’re already built, bu...

Some Facebook Marketplace listings inspired me to write this:

How to make a Gundam portable display case keychain - Gunpla 101 You painstakingly build, panel-line, and sometimes even paint or customize your Gunpla model… only to place it on a shelf and forget about it. This year, some innovative modelers have found another so...

New tutorial: I tried a variation on that portable Gunpla case trend that's going around, and I like it better than the original!

From B-Club to P-Bandai: The History of Special Edition Gunpla - Gunpla 101 Have you ever looked at the online storefront at Premium Bandai (P-Bandai for short) and wondered why special editions became such a big deal? It turns out giant robot fans have been fascinated by shi...

Cool new article up at @gunpla101.bsky.social

www.gunpla101.com/from-b-club-...

New tutorial feature!

How to Airbrush Simple Gradients For Gunpla - Gunpla 101 Gradient painting is a technique in which one color gradually morphs into the next. It may look fancy, but it doesn’t have to be hard. Let Gunpla 101 contributor Scott—the one and the same behind the ...

Scott's gradient trick for minis and Gunpla is surprisingly simple to master:

Review: MG Gundam Vidar - Gunpla 101 Feeling old yet?  Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans just celebrated its 10th anniversary. But the show’s demon-inspired mobile suits have stayed fresh and in-demand even after a decade has pass...

Iron-Blooded Orphans was 10 years ago. Do its mobile suits still hold up? www.gunpla101.com/review-mg-gu...

How to Airbrush With Color-Shift Paint: A Liquid Alchemy Guide - Gunpla 101 Imagine a Gunpla model that offers a different look from every angle: that’s the magic of color-shift paint, a special type of paint that appears in different colors depending on your viewing angle an...

Get started with color-shift paints with our new guide:

Did you know Gunpla sales in Japan and overseas have a 1:1 ratio? More facts from Bandai Namco's GM of the Gundam Business Division:

Y'all are gonna want to read the Gunpla 101 interview I'm about to post with Bandai Namco’s Naohiro Ogata. I have not heard some of these sales numbers before.

What Is The MAX Technique? A Guide To Gunpla's Famous Painting Style - Gunpla 101 Who is Makoto “Max” Watanabe? He’s a Japanese professional modeler and the face of the garage kit manufacturer Max Factory. He is famous for his contributions to the modeling hobby, including his uniq...

Got a hugely comprehensive tutorial for you today. If you've ever wondered what the MAX Technique is or how to recreate this famous preshading look, Megaplamo has everything there is to know: www.gunpla101.com/what-is-the-...

Alternative Panel Lining Techniques For Creative Gunpla Builds - Gunpla 101 There’s no one way to build a Gunpla kit—and that’s true for every step of the process. For example, take panel lining: who says you have to do it in one particular way? Follow along with Gunpla 101 c...

Tired: no panel lining
Wired: Panel lining for accuracy
Inspired: Panel lining in neon green just because you can

Review: HG Gundam Pharact - Gunpla 101 The Pharact is Elan Ceres’ mecha in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury. Powerful and graceful, it’s a Gundam typical of the 2022 show with an elegant frame that abstractly takes inspiration fr...

See how contributor Alex reacts to the Pharact: www.gunpla101.com/review-hg-gu...

6 People That You Should Talk to at a Gunpla Competition - Gunpla 101 Whether you usually build Gunpla models alone or with friends, it’s not normally the kind of hobby that draws a crowd. That changes when you attend a Gunpla competition: a public event that will lead ...

Don't let social anxiety slow you down at a Gunpla competition:

3 Things to Include With Your Gunpla at a Competition - Gunpla 101 Nobody said competitive Gunpla building is easy. Just gathering your courage to submit your work under the unrelenting scrutiny of the judges is a major accomplishment. Gunpla 101 and contributor and ...

Megaplamo both enters and judges Gunpla competitions, which puts him in a unique spot to offer advice:

Review: RG Gundam Sinanju - Gunpla 101 The Sinanju is a favorite at Gunpla 101. We even love it in its teeny tiny SD Sinanju form! Now, contributor Daniel shares his thoughts on one of the most recent additions to the Sinanju family, the R...

This is the harshest model review we have ever published, of the RG Sinanju: www.gunpla101.com/review-rg-gu...

What is Gunpla Battle: War on the Table? How it Works - Gunpla 101 Your enjoyment of a Gunpla kit doesn’t need to end when it’s finally finished and posed. In the Philippines, a tabletop game is catching on that makes use of your completed kits. Gunpla 101 contributo...

You can do more with finished Gunpla than just display it. Filipino fans have developed a tabletop game incorporating their Gunpla: www.gunpla101.com/what-is-gunp...

Facebook telling me it only showed my post to 50 of my 2,400 followers.

I absolutely despise Facebook. Why even both posting my new articles there?

How To Apply Waterslide Decals To Gundam Kits - Gunpla 101 “How do you apply waterslide decals?” is one of the number one questions we get here at Gunpla 101. They may be different from stickers, but they’re not that much more complex—and the visual payoff is...

New tutorial! www.gunpla101.com/how-to-apply...

Can't guarantee I'll always have ads turned off but man it was not worth the $1 a day it was earning.

I have the website set to never block ads for me so I can emphasize with its worst possible browsing experience. Just got frustrated and disabled all but the bottom of the page ad.

8 Great Gunpla Streamers You Should Follow On Social Media - Gunpla 101 Gunpla building may be an individual activity, but it’s far from a solitary hobby. Through social media, you can connect with other builders all over the world. Looking for some new creators to add to...

The Gunpla content creators we're watching now: www.gunpla101.com/8-great-gunp...

TY Lauren for including the Tequila Gundam pint glass on the list <3

Every Gunpla Kit Released in 2024: Complete! - Gunpla 101 This year, we did things a little differently at Gunpla 101. For the last 10 years, I wrote a monthly update of Gunpla pre-orders and new releases. In that time, we’ve seen the Gunpla Year in Review g...

By my count, Bandai Hobby released 48 new Gunpla in 2024: www.gunpla101.com/every-gunpla...

Holiday Gifts for Gundam Fans 2024 - Gunpla 101

DONE! The Gunpla 101 Holiday Gift Guide 2024 is HERE: