“Today you get to take a look at this amazing figure of me, Robin!”
“I know you’ve all been waiting for this for ages now!”

Hmm… while you are indeed a very cute little birdy, I’m afraid you’re not today’s main review – today we’ll be looking at the young witch that you belong to!

From Mahoutsukai no Yoru:
Nendoroid Alice Kuonji!

Nendoroid Aoko releases today, so I decided to review Nendoroid Alice on the same day! Σ(ﾟДﾟ )

It also means that I can review Alice together with Aoko, so everyone can see how lovely they look together!

This is how she looks from the back!

Alice is well known for her black outfit including a one piece dress, cloak and fluffy hat! The cloak and hat can also be removed, which I’ll show later!

“Diddle, diddle’!

This is a bell shaped like a cat, and anyone who has remembers this from game will be impressed with how accurate it looks! Just the fact that it is included is amazing in itself, but to have this much detail is simply a treat!! A special hand to hold up the bell is also included.

The area around the cloak and hips are still very posable, which allows you to pose her slowly walking forward like this!

A moon part and sitting parts!

Now these are some really great parts! Σ(ﾟ∀ﾟ*)

This allows you to recreate the very memorable fighting scene at the amusement part! Alice sits elegantly atop the moon, looking down on everyone like a true angel!!

Sitting on her hand you can also see her little bird familiar, ‘Robin’!

Robin is so adorable! It makes me wish I could keep him as a pet of my own!

A battle scene between Aoko and Alice!

As more and more figures from a certain series come out, you can recreate more and more scenes like this! This time in particular the extra parts that are included really make for some amazing scenes between the characters!!

Tori Bird was in charge of this series, and he’s done an incredible job!!

From Alice’s perspective!

It’s quite amazing how different it feels from up this side – you can really see Aoko is giving it everything she’s got! Placing Alice on a slightly higher platform, has created such a nice ambiance.

You can enjoy figures from absolutely any angle, which means once you’ve made a scene like this, you can look from all sorts of different perspectives!

Alice dressed for indoors!

As I mentioned above, the cloak and hat can both be removed. There are also alternate arm parts to complete the indoor look – the standard arms include the fluffy gloves, while the indoor ones just have a puffy sleeve. It’s so nice to have so many choices!!

Here we have Alice with one hand to her chin as she contemplates something. A very different feeling to the combat scenes above, but it still suits her nicely!

“Why? What?! Ploy!”

You can’t forget this section of the game! These expressions for both of them are simply way too cute! They look just like the original illustrations!

If you’ve never seen the original expression, you can take a look here!
The Nendoroid design suits it perfectly!

From Mahoutsukai no Yoru:
Nendoroid Alice Kuonji!

 
She’ll be up for preorder next week!
Get in contact with our partner shops if you have any order or sales queries!

 
Anyway, that’s all for today!
I hope to see you all again tomorrow!! (・∀・)ノ゛

 
 
© 2008-2012 TYPE-MOON

So many product samples have arrived! ヽ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉ

They’re all Nendoroids that ship out from GSC today!

They should be in stores either tomorrow or the day after, so I’ll do a quick review of all three today! I’ve been told that the photos of the blister packs are very useful to people when they’re trying to put all the pieces away – so those photos are of course included too! ヽ(゜∀゜)ノ

From Virtual Vocalist Megpoid:
Nendoroid GUMI!

She comes with four expressions! That chibi expression is so cute!!

She comes with all sorts of optional parts, both big and small, and you can use them in all sorts of different variations! Plus…

All Nendos released in January will include a special Nendoroid stand!

The stand will be included in a black bag like the one you can see just above the blister pack here. There are three different variations of the special stands – “Grass”, “Classroom” and “Road” – only one will be randomly included with each product, so you won’t know which one you’ll get until you’ve opened it up!

Riding on the giant carrot!

The carrot has a little tab on it to hold her securely in place! You can also pose the carrot in midair like you see here – it holds in place very nicely!

The stand here is the ‘Classroom’ type special stand!

This is how the box looks!

She is Nendoroid No.276!

The box has a nice blend of yellow and green to suit GUMI’s colors, and also gives it a very fun and colorful look!

Plus just look at the adorable face again! It’s just too cute!!

From Saki Achiga-hen episode of Side-A:
Nendoroid Nodoka Haramura!

Two different hairstyles and sitting parts!!

Not to mention that Etopen is included in three different versions!! The tiny little mahjong tile even features a print of an actual tile – such amazing detail!

Posed sitting on her chair!

Just like GUMI’s carrot, the chair has a little tab on it so that she remains stable when you display her sitting down! Even as a Nendoroid those legs look kind of sexy, not to mention her rather impressive bust!!

The special stand is once again the classroom, it suits Nodacchi perfectly! The classroom stand should suit any characters that wear a school uniform!

This is how the box looks!

She is Nendoroid No.267!

A lovely pink that matches up with Nodacchi’s hair color, together with a mahjong tile! I hope one day I’ll be able to play mahjong as well as Nodacchi!

From Mahoutsukai no Yoru:
Nendoroid Aoko Aozaki!

She comes with huge effect parts!

Fans of Mahoutsukai no Yoru are sure to be quite happy with the way she has come out! She comes with both a standard square stand as well as a special circular stand featuring a magic circle. You can display her in a number of poses from popular scenes, or just however you want to see her!

A famous fighting scene from the game!

It recreates the scene perfectly!!!

The magical effect parts in front of her hand for this scene come in three different layers, which makes it look really impressive! The rubble on the ground around her is separate, so you can use it with other characters as well!
This is how her box looks!

She is Nendoroid No. 277!

Aoko has a lovely blue colored box that suits her name perfectly, as the ‘Ao’ in Aoko means ‘blue’! The special stand you see here is the road stand!

Unfortunately I didn’t get hold of the ‘Grass’ stand, which was actually the one I wanted most! It’s nice to get a stand that matches up with a certain Nendoroid – I hope everyone manages t get hold of the one they want!

Plus, Nendoroid Alice Kuonji will also be officially announced soon!
For now you can grab Aoko to keep you company while you wait for Alice!!

 
These three Nendoroid should be in stores from tomorrow!
Get in contact with our partner shops if you have any order or sales queries!

 
Anyway, that’s all for today!
I hope to see you all again tomorrow!! (・∀・)ノ゛

 
 
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Shuu-chan’s definitely trying to look from a suspiciously low angle here…

Plus with a huge smile on his face!

Everyone else is hard at work with WonFes preparations while Shuu-chan is just sitting on a comfy cushion relaxing!
From Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb:
Nendoroid Miyako!

Yunocchi was super cute, and Miyako is just as adorable!!
The Nendoroid Hidamari series are sure to look great displayed together – even just two of them is amazing!! If this isn’t cute, then I don’t know what is!

This is how they looks from the back!

I personally love the way her hair looks from this side! Miyako’s hair kind of rolls down her shoulders to the front, but the back is actually tied up nicely! The little tied up area of hair makes me want to grab it for some reason…

A smiling face with hands on her hips!

Just looking at this smile is sure to turn a bad day into a good day!

Yunocchi came with a kind-of spaced out smile, while Miyako instead has a big happy looking smile! She also comes with two arms to place her hands on her hips, to recreate this lovely pose!

She also comes with a blank expression!

The same kind of blank expression was included with Yunocchi, which lets you choose your own expression from a selection of stickers!

These are the stickers included with Miyako! ヽ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉ

They’re mostly the chibi expressions from the anime, so you’re sure to find a couple that you think suit her best! But what are the stickers on the right for…?

They’re to pose her drooling!!

You can also stick them underneath her eyes to create tears instead! The expression here is the sticker on the upper left – it’s so cute!

This pose was actually created based on the opening of the first season – it’s what Shuu-chan (from the planning team) believes they looked just before Miyako eats Yunocchi’s hand! 😛

She also comes with cross-legged sitting parts!

Oooh! These are lovely!! I’m sure many of you have noticed already, but this pose also comes from the OP of the first season!

The rice, chopsticks and hanging scroll are also included!

The hanging scroll has the kanji for ‘tuna’ written on it to show her love for food! So much is included just for this pose, and it all fits together so nicely!!

Swapping parts with Yunocchi!

Seen they’re both wearing the same uniform, you can easily swap parts around between them without anything looking too odd! (Which means you can probably even pose Yunocchi sitting cross-legged!)

If you decide to get both of them you’ll have way more poses to play around with – plus they look great together!

From Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb:
Nendoroid Miyako!

 
She’ll be up for preorder from tomorrow!
Get in contact with our partner shops if you have any preorder or sales queries!

 
Anyway, that’s all for today!
I hope to see you all again tomorrow!! (・∀・)ノ゛

 
 
© 蒼樹うめ・芳文社／ひだまり荘管理組合

2013 has arrived!

Happy New Year!!

A quick picture of the first morning meeting of GSC and Max Factory! It’s time to get back to work for the New Year, especially with Wonder Festival coming up in just one month!

We’re starting 2013 off in full throttle, and the blog is also ready to bring some lovely figures and event information to everyone! I hope we’ll be able to keep up with everyone’s expectations this year and I hope everyone will enjoy the blog once again this year!

The first review for 2013 will be these twins!

Nendoroid Kagamine Rin: Append

Nendoroid Kagamine Len: Append

They’ll both be available at the same time!! ヽ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉ

They won’t be sold as a set, but you can grab them both at the same time to display the twins together! There is even a special part included to pose them together, which I’ll show at the end of the blog!

This is how they look from the back!

The sculpting is so detailed and the paintwork is very intricate! You can see a lot of work has gone into these two!!

Even replaceable parts like the arms and legs have such amazing gradient paintwork – it’s a lot of hard work to put so much detail on such small parts! The speakers on their feet are also so tiny… I imagine once these get into mass production they are going to need to go through a huge number of different processes to be made…

But the detail definitely doesn’t go to waste – they are the perfect Nendoroid renditions of the original Append illustrations!

Pointing forward with confidence!

This pose and angle really shows off Len’s handsome side! This face actually gives him a bit of a mischievous look, but I get the feeling it’ll be quite popular with the girls!

He also comes with a bent left arm and leg to create this pose!

Rin’s cute begging expression!

This face is just unfair! It’s too much for me to handle this early in the year! If Rin asked me to do something with this expression I would never be able to refuse – she’s just too adorable!

This pose also makes use of two bent arms and a bent left leg!

Holding hands while winking!

They are winking with alternate eyes to create a symmetrical pose – perfect for twins! They also each come with a respective arm to hold out to the side!

A background board is also included!

I’m always worried about too much mess behind my photos when I’m taking pictures of figures, so I really like these background boards! They are made to look like the background of the Append packaging, and they can be placed in the stands to create a nice backdrop. (You can also remove them!)

There is a gap for the arm to come out, so it won’t cause any problems while posing. The boards are still being altered and are not final at the moment, so they might still change a little for the final release – but it is definitely a part that I’m looking forward to. Both Rin and Len come with their own background!

A double arm to display them together!

A special arm that allows you to display them both on a single stand is also included! Isn’t it lovely! Yuri-chan came up with the excellent idea!

The arm is separated into two at the end, and easily connects into both of their backs!

It creates such a unique way to display them! It’s always nice to display characters from the same series together like this!

In this case I’ve tried to recreate the image illustration which featured them holding hands while back-to-back. The way they seem to be floating up in the air also suits the Vocaloid series very nicely!

Nendoroid Kagamine Rin: Append &
Nendoroid Kagamine Len: Append
They’ll be up for preorder from the 8th January!
Get in contact with our partner shops if you have any preorder or sales queries!
Anyway, that’s all for today!
I hope to see you all again tomorrow!! (・∀・)ノ゛

© Crypton Future Media,Inc. www.piapro.net

What on earth is this tower?!

All these are product samples that have been sent through for checking, and they’re all piled up like Jenga blocks! Although I don’t think I’d be able to pull one out…

But to the left of all the samples it seems there is a prototype box! Let me just quickly grab that and try to not knock down that huge pile. Slowly does it…

From ‘Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere’:
Nendoroid Horizon Ariadust: Uniform Ver.!

Planning and production was done by ASCII media works, with the manufacturing side of things done by Good Smile! ヽ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉ

I’ll explain in more detail at the end of the blog, but this product is available from Dengekiya, and won’t be available at our normal partner shops! She’s also available at the Good Smile Online Store for international orders!

This is how she looks from the back!

Horizon’s characteristic long hair looks great in Nendoroid size, I love the way the tips of her hair give a feeling of depth! It’s a bit hard to see here, but she uses the standard arm-type Nendoroid stand!

Mortal Sin Armament: Lype Katathlipse

The Mortal Sin Armament that symbolizes anguish is included together with arms to hold it for poses like this one! Both the weapon and her uniform have such intricate paintwork – just look at all the tiny little areas that are painted in different colors!

Plus she comes with a crying expression! (`･ω･´)

An adorable chibi expression!

This expression featured in the series as well as the ED theme of the 2nd season – it’s so cute! Just looking at her makes me feel at ease…

You can also see she comes with clasped hand parts which she can hold over her chest to recreate the singing scene from the series! There are all sorts of options for fans to play around with!

From ‘Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere’:
Nendoroid Horizon Ariadust: Uniform Ver.!

She’ll be available at Dengikiya and the GSC Online Shop!

I’ve been told the deadline for orders is actually very soon, so don’t miss out!

– Dengekiya –
http://dengekiya.com/p/4942330053874/?aid=siteTOPbnr_2ndRsrv_NendroidHorizonUniformVer

– Good Smile Online Shop (International Only) –
http://goodsmile-global.ecq.sc/top/gscnenwd00287.htmlr
 
 

Today I’ll be looking at another product! (・ω・)ﾉ

Nendoroid More: Suction Stands &
Nendoroid More: Clip Stands

These both go on sale tomorrow!! ヽ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉ

The newcomers here at Good Smile all worked together to plan these new Nendoroid stands, and they’re now finally ready to be released!! I hope everyone likes them!!

– GSC Newcomers Blog –
http://ameblo.jp/blog-shinsotsu2012/

Three different connectors are included!!

You may think this is only for the Nendoroid series at first, but…

They also work with Nendo Petites and figmas!!

From the left, we have a Nendoroid connector, a Nendo Petite connector and a figma connector! That is simply wonderful!!

Another thing to note is that the smiley face on the left can be rotated around to any angle you need, ensuring it’s always facing the right way up!

The Suction Stand!

The stands come in three different colors including white, pink and mint. I decided to make use a pink one to match up with Sakura Miku-san!

The Clip Stand!

I borrowed Oonoshi’s figma Link to test the stand with a figma! It worked great, and even let me pose him as if he were jumping to get an enemy up on the ceiling – these are great for aerial poses!

Nendoroid More: Suction Stands &
Nendoroid More: Clip Stands

 
They’ll be on sale from tomorrow!!

Get in contact with our partner shops if you have any preorder or sales queries!

 
Anyway, that’s all for today!
I hope to see you all again tomorrow!! (・∀・)ノ゛
 
 
© 川上稔／アスキー・メディアワークス／境界線上のホライゾン製作委員会
© 2013 TENKY／ASCII MEDIA WORKS Inc.
© GOOD SMILE COMPANY

On Saturday we had the Nendoroid #300 Broadcast!

Which also featured this prototype!!

She was kind of a surprise with no advance warning, so there were a lot of comments that seemed quite surprised to see her! Plus she’s already up for preorder now – Phat! company is really on the ball with this one!

My review seems to have come in a little bit late now, but I hope everyone will enjoy it anyway!

From IS (Infinite Stratos):
Nendoroid Houki Shinonono!

That serious expression fits her personality perfectly! Even as a Nendoroid you can also can’t help noticing that impressive bust! All of her charms have been shrunk down to Nendoroid form!

This is how she looks from the back!

Houki has such a lovely double ponytail! Apparently it took a number of revisions to get it right on the Nendoroid, but Phat! Company continued until it was perfect!

Folded arm parts are included!!

With these you can recreate the folded arm pose from the key visual! I imagine that painting each of the different areas on her school uniform is going to be an absolute nightmare for the production team!

Gritted teeth and her fencing stick!

This is such a lovely face, it has so much expression behind it! She looks kind of frustrated, but with a slight embarrassed look as well! It suits the tsundere character of Houki so wonderfully!

She also comes with a wooden sword!

Houki is known for her swordsmanship, so she comes with both a fencing stick and a wooden sword for you to choose from! You might also be able to have her hold them in either hand, however that is still under consideration at this point in time.

A smiling expression for her gentle side!

Houki might be more known for her serious side, but this side with blushing cheeks and a cute smile is definitely just as lovely to me! The outline and highlights of the eyes are so very detailed!

The running pose from the ED theme!

The famous pose from the ending theme can be recreated with these bent arms and legs! The ponytails are also fitted with ball-joints so you can have them waving behind her like this!!

But I certainly hope that Phat! Company is working on some of the other characters as well… or else Houki will be lonely by herself! 😛

From IS (Infinite Stratos):
Nendoroid Houki Shinonono!

 
She’s already up for preorder!!

Get in contact with our partner shops if you have any preorder or sales queries!

But that’s all for today!
I hope to see you all again tomorrow!! (・∀・)ノ゛

 
 
© 2011 Izuru Yumizuru, MEDIA FACTORY/Project IS

A giant robot thing, bigger than a car!

I’m sure meany of you recognize… I mean, just look at the creature inside the car and you’ll know exactly where it comes from!

The mysterious yellow creature has become more and more popular – not only on the internet, but on TV as well!!

From ‘wooser’s hand-to-mouth life’:
Nendoroid Rin & wooser + Mechawooser!

The set certainly has a lot of volume! (((ﾟДﾟ)))

From the left of the photo, we have the adorable Rin, the main character wooser and then Mechawooser, who will destroy an entire city in seach of uniforms! She has a somewhat different appearance when compared to other Nendoroids, but it’s actually quite nice to have a change like this once in awhile!

This is how she looks from the back!

Rin-chan is wearing a wooser hoodie – even the eyes and nose can be seen printed on the back!

As you can see, you can have the two of them posed holding hands like this! It’s so unfair that wooser gets to hold her hand! I want to as well!!

Different parts let her wear the hood!

Isn’t she adorable!! (*ﾟ∀ﾟ)=3ﾊｧﾊｧ

The two ears on the hood have little tabs that let them connect onto the hood, which also means you can move them around a little bit! She also comes with some bent arms for some cute poses like this one!

A swimsuit body is also included!

How many Nendoroids worth of goodies are included with just this one single product?!

Plus she also comes with a glaring expression part! Perfect to recreate scenes from the episode where wooser considered that glaring expression to be a reward for his work!

You can also pose her wearing the hood while in her swimsuit, so you really have quite a few different ways to dress her up!

Mechawooser is huge…!!

I don’t know if these photos do his size justice… he is gigantic! I’d say he is about 1.5x the size of a normal Nendoroid, it’d be very hard to miss him, that’s for sure!

But not only is he big, but his hands, legs and ears are also all fitted with Nendoroid joints for some interesting poses! It’s a lot of fun to pose all the characters in the set together!

This is how it looks from the back!
The design and form has been faithfully transformed into Nendoroid form, and even the heavy, metallic look looks great thanks to the paintwork! That little tail thing is very cute! 😛

I was kind of hoping the tail was posable as well! (Although I guess that’s asking for too much…)

Nenoroids can even can ride inside it!

Wow! Talk about doing way too much for a single figure! I would have thought this idea would be shut down! 😛

You can even see the control levers!

Rin-chan is controlling the giant robot!! If you scroll back up to the first image you can see elaborate detail that went into the inside of Mechawooser! The inside looks amazing!

Ren is also currently in production!!

Looks the the unpainted prototype has made some impressive progress! Look at that lovely bust!

Rin-chan comes with so many extra parts, it makes me really interested to see what parts Ren will come with… as soon as I find out I’ll try and leak it out to everyone as soon as possible!

From ‘wooser’s hand-to-mouth life’:
Nendoroid Rin & wooser + Mechawooser!

She’s up for preorder from today!!

 
Get in contact with our partner shops if you have any preorder or sales queries!

Finally, a quick notice!
wooser’s hand-to-mouth life airs every Tuesday at 01:35AM on TV Tokyo! The last episode is on the 18th December!

We’ve already come to the last episode!!

Don’t miss out on the every last episode! It’s the perfect reason to stay up late and watch TV! If you simply can’t stay up for the TV broadcast though, it will also be available on NicoNico Douga! There you can also read all the comments from viewers for some extra fun too.

Be sure to check out the final episode to see what will become of the the mysterious yellow creature!!

wooser’s hand-to-mouth
http://wooser.tv/
NicoNico Douga
http://ch.nicovideo.jp/channel/wooser
 
 
But that’s all for today!
I hope to see you all again tomorrow!! (・∀・)ノ゛

 
 
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