Shopping Guides

Happy summer! The weather has been warming up, so I’m getting ready to finally tackle a fully-painted build. I’ve been planning for ages to redo a Z’Gok in colors that…

How was your April? John and I had an especially good one because we went to Gundam Base Tokyo, the new redesign of Gundam Front Tokyo in Odaiba. I wrote…

Spring is here. That means Gundam Build Divers is finally airing! I reviewed the first episode for Anime News Network if you want to see what I thought. Generally, we’re…

A custom case Paulo made for his airbrushes.   An airbrush is likely the most costly purchase you will ever make as a Gunpla builder. While not necessary to enjoy…

Happy 2018, or as Bandai seems to be calling it, the 10th anniversary of SD Gundam Sangokuden. We got eight new SD kits (and a slew of reprints) to celebrate…

Welcome to the first Gunpla shopping guide of 2018. We learned a lot about building Gunpla this month. We had four new contributor posts! We also loved this tutorial on…

Happy New Year from Gunpla 101! Whether you spent your New Year’s at Gundam Front Tokyo, at home putting the finishing touches on a new kit, or somewhere in between,…

Did you get any Gunpla for your winter holiday of choice? If you wanted something you didn’t get, we still have our 2017 Gunpla 101 Holiday Guide up for some…

How did your #Gundamber go? I’ve been loving what I see in the Twitter hashtag—so many great builds, and especially those that people had been putting off. If you participated…

Let me tell you about the most surprising Gunpla 101 event that happened to me in October: I found out that my email account hasn’t been forwarding since April! Anyone…