Gunpla Workshop – (Organized by Gundam.my)

So we (gundam.my) had collaborate with SITEC and Aladdin.Market on a Gunpla Workshop on the 25th of June 2016. The reason behind having this workshop is that, we thought to ourselves, “hmm, we never seems to see a Gundam class/workshop in Malaysia before”. As someone that loves GUNPLA (Gundam Plastic Model/Gundam Model Kit) we’ve decided to try to open up a workshop and see how people would react towards to this kinda new trend. Side note, Gundam Model Kit wasn’t very famous in Malaysia till the infamous Gundam Build Fighter Anime Series came out on the year 2013. It was a series of anime that shows the uniqueness and specialty and also not the mention the focus and time spent on building a nice Gundam Model Kit.

We were very honored that one of the Award Winner, Becky Law was able to be our trainer that day on the workshop. So back to the event, SITEC have provided a beautiful hall for our workshop and it fits up to 40 people in it (actually could have fit more but yea).

Outside of the hall we Gundam.my were setting up the tables and attendance form for all the participants to come in. We were putting up a few Gundam Model Kit on Display for our participants to see the various different types of gundam.

After setting up the booth and everything we started to give out the High Grade(HG) G-self and a set of Plato Side Cutter to our participants. After everything was set, Organizer and founder of Gundam.my give out his speech to the participants.

And right after the speech, the Gunpla Workshop has finally begun! Our trainer Becky Law starts the event by explaining a few things such as the History of Gundam, Gunpla in general and many more.

Participants then start to open up their G-self boxes and inspect everything inside the box, checking for any missing or broken parts.

Becky started out by telling them how to cut the parts properly to create less nub marks on the gunpla itself. she also teaches them usage of the sandpaper to make the plastic smooth.

Parents that brought their children on the other hands, were having their sweet time looking at the nice model kits that we’ve brought to display and also in search of a few nice model kits to build.

As per package, Aladdin.Market was giving out RM50 voucher to our participants giving them a huge discount on model kits. Model Kits like the G-Self Perfect Pack were sold at the price RM55, after discount was only at the price of RM5. Talk about great deal huh? 

Going back into workshop, Becky was also giving out some extra tips for the participants to go an extra mile further such as teaching them how to make a sanding stick, how to make a knife to do scribing (make extra panel lines for gunpla) and many more.

At the end of the event, we personally felt it turn out well. Although we didn’t have a perfect ending, participants seems happy and quite fond of the event. After receiving our feedback form we got the rating of 4/5. One of our participants commented “The price is reasonable considering the content and materials provided and it’s cool to have someone with experience to share their skills and tips with us”. Our participants also rated our trainer Becky Law a big 4/5. Considering it was the first time we have this kind of event. the results were better than expected.

We Gundam.my Thank you all for Participating the event, it was a memorable day and we hoped you guys learn a little something from our workshop.

Here is the video on what’s going on, on the Gunpla Workshop: