The Ultimate Gunpla Beginner's Guide

Well, it only took about a month of work, but the Ultimate Gunpla Beginner's Guide is finally here! I hope this video is informative and inspires newcomers to the hobby to pick up their tools and start building! If you still have questions after watching the video, leave a comment down below and i'll do my best to answer you! #gundam #gunpla

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Table Of Contents:

0:00 - Intro
1:32 - Misconceptions
3:51 - What Is Gunpla?
4:58 - What Tools Do I Need?
6:52 - Where Do I Buy Gunpla?
8:15 - What Is Premium Bandai?
9:13 - What Are Grades?
10:32 - What Does Each grade Mean?
11:42 - HG/High Grades
13:00 - MG/Master Grades
14:09 - Master Grade 2.0
14:23 - Master Grade Ver. Ka
15:08 - RG/Real Grades
16:20 - PG/Perfect Grades
17:01 - Other Grades
17:31 - FG/First Grades
18:02 - AG/Advanced Grades
18:47 - 1/100
19:24 - RE100/Reborn 100
20:00 - MS/Mega Size
20:44 - SD/Super Deformed
21:14 - What Grade Should I Start With?
22:18 - What To Expect Before Building
23:43 - Building Your First Gunpla Kit
24:20 - Building Terminology
24:50 - Organizing Your Workspace
25:18 - Reading The Manual
25:47 - Building Process
26:16 Nub Removal
26:56 - Using Sandpaper
27:25 - Symbols In The Manual
28:54 - Applying Stickers And Decals
29:44 - Foil Stickers
30:02 - Sticker Style Decals
30:10 - Dry Transfer Decals
30:32 - Waterslide Decals
31:11 - Where To Put Decals
31:29 - Outro

[Devan...]

How did I end up here? I've never even seen Gundam.

I'll take 2, please.

[shyonae]

Me, who built 5 kits without cutters and removed the nubs with my teeth: 👁️👄👁️

[lilbroomstick]

“Master grades are usually around 30$ - 100$”
Me who lives in Australia:
“You gotta bump those numbers up those are rookie numbers”

[arandomtoychannel]

Another tip from an experienced builder: if your not a gundam fan still watch some of the shows as making an emotional connection to the MS design can justify some of the more expensive kits.

I will own a HG Neo Zeong one day

[doctormarvello]

Me, a beginner, who had no idea I needed tools: 👁👄👁

Edit: I am no longer a beginner and I am now using tools :) I’ve built 30 kits and counting

[origin]

“Always start with a High Grade kit.”

Me, after purchasing MG RX-0 Unicorn because it looked cool: *sweats nervously*

[arc]

Me a mid 30 adult who suddenly reverted back to my youth and suddenly binge-watching all the series and scouring the internet for all the models.

[cbrown]

@3:12 - "Doesn't it cost a lot of money?"
*Laughs/Cries in Warhammer 40k*

[da-rice]

People just getting into gunpla definitely should be guided to this. This video is so well informed and enjoyable.

*WARNING* ITS MISSING: How to stop the crippling addiction of buying and building more and more gunpla kits....

[CrossTrash]

"Start with a high grade"
*first gunpla was a master grade wing gundam i royally fucked up*
"I agree"

[zacjones]

Me, who’s been building gunpla for almost a decade watching this because I like the channel: 👁👄👁

[Old_Shakes]

I ordered a kit and my family was excited cause they thought I ordered a cool as figure, and as I was opening the box I was hyping them up and when I opened it, they were like "oh shit"

[benjaminbierley]

"Don't let one bad experience ruin it for you" *Laughs in 90s US Gundam Wing kits*

[OwnageMancer]

Step 1: Buy like a million Zakus
Step 2(optional): Buy someone for your Zaku army to beat up

[MomSmoocha]

me at the start: wth are these anime robots??


me after 12 minutes: how many can i buy without going bankrupt?

[grantism]

I have been collecting Gundam for around 7 months now and I love building them. This was the first video I watched before I got my first Gundam.

[hyfryd]

'Does it cost a lot of money' Oh lord... I'm into 40K and dear lord when I checked the price on these kits I was shocked by how much cheaper everything was, the kits around the same size as a Land Raider tank are legit HALF THE DAMN PRICE THIS IS HEAVEN.

[ZstackZip]

You know what we need?
Titanfall model kits

[echelonx]

"What do grades mean? Well in my case growing up it meant no video games for the rest of the week." I wish I could give a second thumbs up just for this comment. I can relate so much I laughed.

[hinewdaniel]

1 year later and this is still the best beginners guide to gunpla. I believe this video encouraged so many people to get into the hobby. Myself included. Thanks again !!!