For gunpla builders not living in Japan, you need not worry as this contest is also being held at other locations, the contest will also be held in Hong Kong or Taiwan. For those who are intending to join these competitions, feel free to email me your pictures of the event or your model. I will gladly display them on a post here.

Figure Collecting is becoming a bigger and bigger hobby among Otakus from all around the world. It is quite an expensive hobby too seeing as figures can range from a simple 30 USD to over 100 USD depending on size and quality (and availability). Therefore those who are into this hobby should keep an eye out for false merchandise. Nothing like paying the price for the real thing only to receive a fake to make ones blood boil.

Alter and GSC put in their web sites warnings, about some fake figures being sell over internet.

Collectors must be careful and buy only in trusted distributors. This problem is not just if you buy in Internet.

Two of my first figures are fakes, one I bought in an Anime Convention and the other one in a hobby store here in my city (BTW, today I spot two fake figures in the same store). Quoted from ceasol of dannychoo.com

Here are the linked warnings from Alter and GSC:
Info From GSC in Japanese & English
Info From Alter in Japanese
Info From Alter In English via Google

News Via: ceasol of dannychoo.com