As building-block collectibles, mecha figures, and designer toys gain popularity, more enthusiasts want to create original ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. While this has been bubbling away in the background for a few ...

The individual parts have apparently yet to be assembled but are presently sitting on runners in Shinjuku Station in Tokyo. However, over the course of the coming days and weeks, they will gradually ...

Sega teamed up with Kotobukiya to create an enormous one-one scale Border Break mecha plastic model. Inside reports that the parts are currently on their runners at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, but over ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Visitors look at various plastic models from the Gundam Series on ...

At the recent Shizuoka Hobby Show, there was a plethora of plastic on display. The standouts? Why, the giant mecha models were—as usual—just wonderful. In particular, the dioramas looked creative and ...