Nendoroid Yoko

Yesterday Nendoroid Yoko from Gurren Lagann arrived at my door. I had pre-ordered her from Hobby Search months ago and almost had to cancel her. Luckily that didn't end up happening and now she graces my shelf. She is still available at the time of posting this, if you decide you want her you can order her here. Her cost is 3,167 Yen.





Yoko comes with 5 arms, 4 legs, and 3 faces, and her scarf. She also comes with her extra long gun and some orange tinted shades. The gun can be taken apart as shown with included instructions, and it also comes with an extra strap. The shades attach to the underside of her front hairpiece. Her ponytail is also removable and articulated. I'm quite impressed with the level of detail in this Nendoroid, though it doesn't come as much of a surprise anymore. Yoko's stand is clamp style so it grips around her hips/waist. I especially like her angry face. She looks like she's about to kick the living crap out of my other nendos. She's a little top heavy like most nendos but that's easily fixed with the grip from her stand. I can't see a need for much improvement, aside from maybe her bangs being a little more flexible. They get in the way a bit, otherwise no complaints here. If you're a fan of Nendoroids or Gurren Lagann I can suggest picking this figure up.






If you haven't seen Gurren Lagann, I can highly recommend it. It has plenty of action, comedy and some drama, hell even the music is good. Of course primarily it's a mecha anime, but I can suggest this anime even to those who don't find mecha appealing. It's definitely a one of a kind epic anime. O.k, so you can tell I like it. I wanted to include the first opening but there seems to be a ton of fan made versions and I can't seem to find the original, so you'll have to look it up yourself, sorry.

March Madness?

March has been here for 5 days now, and I'm just getting back to blogging~ uguu. Well, things turned out to be a little hectic. My bank card got stolen and someone helped themselves to a few hundred dollars of my money on the first of the month. But luckily the person who took my card wasn't very smart and thus our newly arrived tax returns weren't drained completely. The bank is going to cover the money that was taken, so things will be o.k. We're also in the process of doing a bunch of much needed home improvements. And, as I'm writing this Riiana has come down with a cold and I'm trying to fend it off. Alas, all this in only a short time, but things aren't too bad I guess. So on with regular posting. This morning Nendoroid Yoko arrived at my door. I also decided to take pictures of the poster that came in the February issue of OtakuUSA that I recently got, as requested.

Here's the full shot.

And a couple shots in sections to show better detail.

Anyways I'll be doing a shoot of the Nendoroid Yoko probably tomorrow, and Riiana is working on a review of Fooly Cooly that should be up real soon. I also want to do an update of pre-orders as I have several things in waiting.

Oh yeah, and I got an e-mail from fellow Team Blue member and blogger, Otaku Dan, as well as a blog comment from fellow blogger Blowfish pointing me in the direction of a Sankaku Complex article about tattoos that just happened to feature Riiana's Tama the tiger from Hayate no Gotoku. Thanks for the heads up guys!

Nendoroid Kyouka Midarezaki

Kyouka Midarezaki the autocratic, spastic yet loving "wife/mother" hails from the anime/novels/manga Kyouran Kazoku Nikki, or The Diary of a Crazed Family. She's now available in Nendoroid form. I bought her from Hobby Search for 3,167 Yen. She's still in stock now, so if she appeals to you after this review you can still purchase her there. Of course, another Kyouka figure has just been announced and I'm already eyeing that one up, see information about that over at wcloudx(kumo)'s blog. I already have a couple figures pre-ordered for May so it might be pushing it to get that one, but I'm very tempted, even though I'm very pleased with this one.





Kyouka comes with her "daughter" Gekka, the jellyfish. Gekka plays a pretty important part in the series and I think it's pretty awesome that they added her with this Nendo. Two of Gekka's arms(?) move on a ball joint, which is a nice added feature. Kyouka's ears are removable, but I chose to leave them on because they're part of what makes her unique, plus they leave holes behind. She has 3 heads, the crying face, angry face and normal face, as well as 2 extra arms. The quality is top notch, I didn't see a blotch of paint or a scratch anywhere. I took my pictures outside and a couple times she got knocked over by the wind and didn't take a beating, so she's pretty durable. Oh yeah, her tail is removable as well. I think her faces fit her personality very well, and I can't really decide which one I like best. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go separate her from Miku, she's stirring up some trouble.










Here's a little video of the OP of Kyouran Kazoku Nikki to give you an idea of her personality. Perhaps Riiana or I will do a review on the anime soon. The song is by MOSAIC.WAV who I plan on doing a post about one of these days also.

First Package of The Year

It's been a busy yet productive day. This morning two figures arrived at my door, but I haven't had a chance to get pictures of them yet. Luckily I got enough done today that there isn't much to do tomorrow, so I'll likely get some pictures and post one of these girls up tomorrow. I'm going to guess a lot of people got Hayate Yagami Figma where as less people are getting Kyouka Midarezaki Nendoroid. Well, I was happy to get them anyways. I decided I better put at least one picture of them outside of the boxes so I don't come off as teasing you with just box pictures. Something I thought was pretty cool was now that Hayate has arrived it marks my success in getting all the figures in my old post Wonfes Figma Wish Listing. Nice!



Rawr! Look forward to our reviews soon!

Nendoroid Miku Hatsune

What better way to start the new year than reviewing my very first Nendoroid. I ordered her from Hobby Search and she cost me about 2,715 Yen, not including shipping. She's already sold out... again, but you might be able to find her elsewhere. Miku Hatsune is probably the most popular of all nendoroids, so you've almost certainly read several reviews and even more likely seen pictures and/or videos all over the internet by now. I don't think she needs an introduction, but if you don't know about her, check out the Vocaloid wikipedia page. I'm a latecomer to the Nendoroid fanfare, but now that my first is here, there's likely going to be more coming soon. In fact, I have another one pre-ordered for this month, and another in February.








Miku Hatsune in Nendoroid form is absolutely adorable. I guess I don't really need to tell you that though. She comes with 2 extra heads, 1 extra hair piece, a bent arm and a leg with a bent knee, her trusty leek, and a hand to hold it in that works on either arm. She also comes with a stand that she sort of sits on. Her headset covers up her ears and is required to remove in order to take the hair off. Her skirt is removable and her pantsu have a cute ribbon on them. Miku's twin tails are also removable, and in fact they fall out if you mess with them too much. Her head is heavy and her body is light, but her twin tails balance her out pretty well so you don't necessarily have to use her stand, I just prefer to use it for added stability. Well, other than that I can't say much about her. If you're into Miku, Nendoroids or cute figures this is a sure-fire addition to your collection. I might have gotten Nendoroid fever.