There’s no good time to get sick, but Friday morning is probably one of the least opportune times to come down with something. Quarantined in my apartment, I made the best of it and made some serious updates to Gunpla 101.
So instead of a blog post here, have five new blog posts there:
Gunpla for Girls
“Gundam for girls” and “gunpla for girls” are two of my site’s top Google search terms. I want to let girls know that ALL gunpla is for them. Includes a pretty politically incorrect paragraph from Bandai about how women prefer dress-like suits to “stand out on the battlefield.” Um, that’s kind of the chain mail bikini argument for mobile suits!
How to Clean Your Gunpla
The best part about doing these site updates is getting my nails done for my close-up shots. As somebody who looks at a lot of gunpla tutorials myself, I think that properly manicured hands are something a lot of gunpla technicians overlook. And yes, I do use makeup brushes to clean my gunpla—they’re soft enough for skin, after all.
How to Fix Broken Gunpla
True fact: my earliest gunpla are mainly held together with superglue by this point. (Now I build Master Grades, proof that anyone can improve!) I’d been meaning to put SD Gundam Unicorn back together after he took a spill, and this blog finally gave me a chance to do it and document the process.
Gunpla Resource Spotlight: 2013 Gunpla Catalogue
This is sort of a shill but you would not believe how much fun we’ve been having with this catalogue. From the very first Gundam kit sold in 1980 to stuff from last year, it’s all photographed here, with an English title and a picture of the box art. Theoretically we could find any gunpla ever made, but I’ve just been drooling over the Perfect Grades…
Version Ka 101
This post came out of a question I asked John, which we then figured is a question a lot of people have: What are Ver. Ka models and what makes them different? In fact, they get their name from their designer, Hajime Katoki, who conceptualizes more stylized renditions of iconic gunpla designs.
We also updated the store. I think it’s more personal to include our own photographs of our favorite kits and tools, but we’re not even halfway done photographing our collection! I need to get my latest, cutest model, Beargguy San III in there; I spent a particularly congested Saturday putting the finishing touches on him.