Gundam Gunpla & Mecha News

Sheik Mainland: From Hobby Paint to Model Kits

Sheik Mainland makes original small-scale mecha model kits out of Chengdu. Here's who they are,...

Wonder Festival 2026 Shanghai: Guomo Limited-Edition Mecha Kits Round Up

Shanghai Wonder Festival wrapped its 2026 run on October 4th. Over 400 exhibitors and 2,700...

The Origin of China's Knockoff Gundam Market: BENDI, GHD, and Xiao Bai Long

In 1995, there was no official way to buy a Gundam kit in mainland China....

The One Brand That Builders Love to Suffer Through: MECHANICORE

MECHANICORE makes oversized mecha kits with LED systems, alloy frames, and assembly that requires multiple...

Three Tries and a Locked Account: ZZA Model's Long Way Around

ZZA Model makes 1/100 mecha kits that punch above their price. Here's how they got...

What's Inside the SNAA SC-012 Rampage Lion Bedivere?

The SNAA SC-012 Bedivere is the first beast-type Round Table Knight. Here's everything inside the...

A Copy of a Copy of a Copy: The Battle of the Wolf King

The Wolf Technology Barbatos Lupus Rex didn't start with Wolf Technology. It started with a...

The Sky Defender Story: How a Garage-Kit Studio Built a PG Killer, Then Got Bootlegged

The team behind Einta's Sky Defender came out of the resin garage-kit world. Then the...

Solomon Mecha Studio, Now Axis Model Works: The Kits and the Drama

There is a model studio out there that, depending on who you ask, is either...

Before Daban, Before Dragon Momoko: The Origin of Bootleg Gundam

Before Daban or Dragon Momoko, there was Academy. The history of how a Korean military...

What Happened to Daban Model? The Raid, the Molds That Survived, and the Brand That Never Died

What happened to Daban? The 2018 raid, 56,000 seized kits, a suspended sentence, molds that...

The Dragon Momoko Story: Factory Raids, a Prison Sentence, and the Counterfeit Gundam Market

Factory raids, a prison sentence, and bootleg companies suing each other over designs they both...