Custom contest on Takara/Tomy Site

[Charlie]

www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/zoids/event/gp2007.html

There appears to be two categories:
1. Regular
2. HMM

I'm not sure if it's open to anyone.

[Maethius]

Hmmmmm. It's all Greek to me! ;D

[Xehn]

Methinks you mean "All Japanese" to you. o-o

[Crushader]

Wow, cool, too bad I dont know any japanese or customize zoids...

[Tilly]

www.excite.co.jp/world/english/
www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?9T

My guesstimates:

You're required to use Zoids/Blox/Neo Blox/Kotobukiya Shieldy as the main part of the work, one entry per person, restricted to upublished works. (I assume they mean stuff that hasn't been featured in previous contests/hobby magazines/etc.)

Two classes: one for all Zoidy things but the Kotobukiya Shieldy, one just for that.

Entry methods appear to be poking Takara-Tomy directly and sending things in to Hobby Japan or Dengeki Hobby, with what I assume are addresses.

Take photographs...I think a main one and 2-5 more from different angles. On the back of the photos, write the name of your work (the Zoid's name) and your full name. Fill out full entry form, enclose with pics...I'm guessing the stuff below is the form?

1. Tell which class you're entering: タカラトミーゾイド部門 is regular Zoids, コトブキヤシールドライガー部門 Kotobukiya Shieldy.
2. The name of your work (the Zoid's name)
3. Comments on the work
4. Your address (Hrm, no has to be Japanese only...)
5. Your full name
6. Your age
7. Occupation (such as 学生 student)
8. Gender
9. Telephone number
10. Entry method (タカラトミーHP for Takara-Tomy's page, 電撃ホビーマガジン for Dengeki Hobby, and ホビージャパン for Hobby Japan)

They then warn you won't get your photos back...and something else. I think about not taking e-mail/shop entries like the last contest.

Entries accepted from March 24th to May 25th (they say 2006, I suspect that is a typo) In addition to the mentioned prizes, they'll award a few other things like a MVP and a Liger D's choice. Winners announced...um...July, in both magazines and on the site.

Last bit is a privacy policy type thing, seems pretty standard (and reminds you to get your parents' permission to enter if you're under 16).


...well, I don't see anything barring international entrants. They may well take them, assuming you can enter in Japanese like Alteka did with the Zoidscore contest. Almost makes me want to customize something just to see if they WILL take it...or if I'll even get a reply :p.

[Maethius]

Thanks for the translation!

I don't see myself as being able to enter another competition for a while, though. For winning an official TT competition, I would really expect a high end prize, like a unique recolor or somesuch.

[Phenotype]

Woah, they redesigned their site, looks really good.

[Moshii]

Hmm...If I can get off my fat ---, I might be able to get into this. I got some big comstums to be built, I don't that I can do it in even a year.Meh. We'll see...