CHINA: Malaysian Ho Yick Yin six month masterpiece wins the inaugural Gunpla World Championships in Hong Kong

Record ID: 401812

  • Title: CHINA: Malaysian Ho Yick Yin six month masterpiece wins the inaugural Gunpla World Championships in Hong Kong
  • Date: 28th December 2011
  • Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (DECEMBER 25, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF GUNPLA EXHIBITION VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT MODELS IN DISPLAY CASES BANDAI HOBBY DEPARTMENTS LEADER, KATSUMI KAWAGUCHI, ANNOUNCING WINNER AUDIENCE WINNER, HO YICK YIN GOING ON STAGE HO HOLDING TROPHY WITH KAWAGUCHI (SOUNDBITE) (English) WINNER, HO YICK YIN, SAYING: "This one basically the original is from
  • Embargoed: 12th January 2012 12:00
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  • Location: China, Hong Kong, China
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  • Country: Hong Kong
  • Topics: Quirky,Technology,Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
  • Reuters ID: LVA4KMHPT0IV6OL5L4NUFNSUTP3J
  • Story Text: Malaysian Ho Yick Yin on Sunday (December 25) won the inaugural Gunpla anime model world championships held in Hong Kong.
    Ho Yick Yin was selected from twelve entries including Japan, Italy, Australia and Philippines.
    Ho, has been working on models for the last six years, and his winning model took at least six months to create.
    "This one basically the original is from space time. Most people I see are using the space time. So I tried to make it different a bit, so I make it like the ground (earth) time, so using the four leg. So I think there is a punch there."
    The head of the Bandai hobby department Katsumi Kawaguchi said: "Most of the works are all equally good however the Malaysian piece was most illustrative of what the artist wanted to express and that is why it was chosen as the top model."
    The model kits became popular among anime fans and model enthusiasts in the 1980s across Japan and other Asian countries, but their popularity has since spread to all continents.
    "My friend's big into it. He's been into it for a long, long time. He convinced me I should paint it," said the Australian entrant, Mark Carlisle.
    "We've been very isolated in Australia and New Zealand so it's a big shock anyway," he said referring to the popularity of his Gunpla painting."
    The "Gunpla Builders World Cup 2011" is Japanese toy and video game-maker Bandai's, first official tournament, which considers the entrant's building and paint technique and model concept. Worldwide preliminaries began in July of this year.
    Gundam Models are plastic models depicting mechas, vehicles and characters of the fictional Mobile Suit Gundam universe by Bandai.
    Hong Kong and Japan took second and third places.
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