What a weekend! The 50^th Shizuoka Hobby Show was just held in Japan from 5/12 to 5/15. This marked an incredible five decades of celebrating plastic model kits, radio controlled cars, airsoft guns, model railroads, and all manner of fun time killers in-between. An area of Japan long affiliated with artisans and crafts, scenic Shizuoka City prides itself as being “the world capital of models”. And seeing as how Bandai currently makes “The Shizz” the home of their Gundam plastic model kit factory (AKA the Bandai Hobby Center), it’s a claim they can back up. The official event poster below should give you a basic idea of what’s on the agenda…

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