Nendoroid Plus: Vocaloid Pull-Back Cars
Posted by Persocom on Apr 5, 2010 in Figure Review | 14 comments
This time around the figure acquisition isn’t my own possession. My son just turned 6 on March 30th, and these were part of his birthday presents. Unfortunately due to sitting in customs for 2 days they didn’t arrive until the day after, but he was very happy to have them even if they were a day late. I got his permission to take pictures of them and he insisted on being in a couple. We had ordered them quite some time ago when we first heard about them and luckily the release date didn’t get pushed back. I decided to keep the order with HobbySearch as they are quite quick about shipping things out and the payment is quicker because I don’t have to wait a day between invoice and payment. They’re still available on HobbySearch as well as other stores, and you can buy them separately or in some places as a full set depending on your tastes. They come at 1,198 Yen each, Miku Hatsune, Luka Megurine, Len Kagamine and Rin Kagamine. Read on for more chibi Vocaloid goodness. Read More
Vocaloid Nendoroid Petit Set #01 by GSC
Posted by Persocom on Nov 30, 2009 in Figures | 19 comments
Recently my first Nendoroid Petit set arrived, the Vocaloid Series #01 by GoodSmile Company. I had pre-ordered from Hobby Search for 5,700 yen or around $65.86. I didn’t think the price was so bad until the shipment notice came. EMS shipping is starting to get too expensive, but this was something I wanted badly so I can deal with it. Final price for arriving in a timely manner at my door: $100 and a few odd cents. Of course the first shipment of the set is sold out, but you can sign up for the waiting list of the second shipment(which is already sold out) if you want to try and get it. Despite the price and the risk of not getting all the figures in one box, I am satisfied with my purchase. Out of 12 boxes and 11 possible figures I managed to get all 11 of them including the special figure, and one extra. Read on for the unboxing and review. Read More
Happy Birthday Rin & Len!
Posted by Persocom on Dec 27, 2008 in Music | 10 comments
Well, I might be a day late in some timezones, but for me it’s only the morning of the 27th. December 27th marks Rin & Len Kagamine’s first birthday. I figured I should do a birthday post for the Kagamine twins since I did one for Miku. So I present you a small gallery of pictures and a few videos. Happy Birthday Rin & Len! If you haven’t seen them before you might be interested in my Figma Rin & Len posts, or perhaps the Figma Vocaloid2 group post. There’s also the Crazy Kagamine Video, and Vocaloid – Kagamine Twins post for more pictures and videos.
Click pictures for higher resolution. Images taken from Gelbooru
Vocaloid2 Figma Group Shoot
Posted by Persocom on Dec 1, 2008 in Figures | 5 comments
Now that I’ve done my reviews for Rin Kagamine, Len Kagamine and Miku Hatsune Figmas (whose individual reviews can be found by clicking the links), I can get all three of them together for group pictures. At first I thought about doing a “figma theater” type of post along the lines of what DannyChoo does sometimes, but I didn’t really have a story in mind, nor was the lighting very good. Oh yeah, you probably notice the new color scheme, I was trying for something more seasonal and this is how it turned out. Hope it’s not too much on the eyes.
These three are an awesome addition to my Figma collection. I don’t regret buying them in the least. They complete the Vocaloid2 Figma series so far, at least until the third (and yet unreleased or named) Vocaloid2 character is released, that is if they make a Figma of it. I would really like to see Meiko and Kaito made into Figmas.
Forgive me for not really talking about the pictures in the post, but I already reviewed all three figures so there’s not much more to be said. I had fun messing with them and swapping heads a bit as you can see. I thought about doing a story to go with them but I procrastinated too much and just decided to ramble a bit instead.
Poor Len. Don’t pick on girls when they’re swapping clothes or you might become a victim too.
I’d like to thank everyone who’s been reading my blog and for the new readers/viewers who have recently came here. I don’t really celebrate my hit counter because it’s rather innacurate, I already know a large number of hits are just me checking my page. Does anyone here know of a superior stat counter/hit counter that is free to use? Again I keep thinking about switching over to wordpress with my blog, perhaps I’ll make a test blog over there and see how I like it. Also, if you aren’t on my blogroll and would like to be, just let me know I’d be glad to add anyone that isn’t there already. Some of you are there twice and I’ll be fixing that soon, I got the Team Blue banners up-to-date as far as I know. I got more figure reviews on the way and I’ll be sure to do more Figma group shots like this as well, expect a Lucky Star and Haruhi one this month. I also plan to review my first 3 figures that I only posted a couple pictures of but never did actual reviews.
Len Kagamine Figma
Posted by Persocom on Nov 28, 2008 in Figures | 10 comments
As I said the other day, both the Kagamine twins showed up together from Hobby Search, Len was 2,261 Yen. Well here’s my review on Len Kagamine. After this review I will be doing a Vocaloid Figma “Theater” style post which I hope to do the shooting for today. So you’ll see plenty of the twins together and Miku too. It looks like November is truly a Vocaloid month for me. For those of you who may be tired of seeing nothing but Vocaloid things I assure you there will be more diversity next month, I’m currently awaiting arrival of two more Figma ^^ Well then on to the pictures and review!
This marks the first male figure I’ve bought, and my first male Figma. I’m happy to start out with a Vocaloid because I’m a fan. Len’s quality is again just as his twin sister Rin, near perfection in comparison to previous figmas. Len comes in total with: 2 faces, 11 hands, one keytar, one keytar strap and of course the default Figma stand. The detail, the paint job, the easily removable and re-attachable hands, and the coolest part of all, the keytar. I really love it, one of the coolest figma accessories I’ve seen. The keytar comes with a strap which feels like thin plastic or rubber and does stretch a little bit. I noticed the keytar wasn’t quite flat as if it possibly deformed a tiny bit during shipping from heat, or maybe during the creation process. I really don’t know if this was a manufacturing defect or just supposed to be that way, but it doesn’t bother me in the least because it doesn’t really have any negative affect on the figure or it’s looks. Well, nothing to rant about on this figure otherwise. Another fine Figma from Max Factory. Now I’ll be quiet and let the pictures do the talking.
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