The finals of the 12th "Gunpla Builders World Cup 12th Tournament," a contest to determine the world's best Gunpla (plastic model) builder from the anime "Gundam" series, were held on February 22nd at the Shinjuku Sumitomo Building Triangle Plaza (Shinjuku, Tokyo), and it was announced that "Camouflage" (Dikdikzai) representing Hong Kong was chosen as the world's best in the U-14 course for ages 6 and over and 14 and under. The diorama combines a Z'Gok and a GM, and is notable for its depiction of a GM emerging from within a Z'Gok.
Second place went to "Dear Nicol..." (Yuwassy) from Japan, and third place went to "Happy farm" (Gundam3795) from Thailand.
GBWC is an international competition that began in 2011, where participants compete in Gunpla construction, painting techniques, and ideas. There are three courses: U-14 for ages 6 and over, under 14, U-20 for ages 15 and over, under 20, and OVER-21 for ages 21 and over.
The event was held in 16 countries and regions, including Japan, Australia, Canada, Europe and the Middle East, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Indonesia, mainland China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the United States and Vietnam, and representatives were selected from each country.
