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Pre-order for Alphard Nendoroid Out

AlternateSam — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:21:07 +0000

Alphard nendoroid is out for pre-order. Goodsmile is apparently not letting up its hunt for our wallets…

To add to the multitudes of figures released or will be released by Goodsmile in the coming months, Alphard from Type-Moon’s Canaan join the ranks of the nendoroids.

Alphard comes with a grinning face, a calm face and an angry face, presumably when she’s fighting with Canaan. She has a revolver as well, similar to the Canaan nendoroid.

I say she does look great when paired up with the Canaan nendoroid in a battle scene. A must get if you already ordered the Canaan nendoroid. Otherwise, it boils down to whether you like the character design or not. Canaan is a pretty good, action-packed anime but its essentially Type-Moon to the core. Some people will like it while others can’t even sit through 15 minutes of it.

Preorders are open at Hobbysearch here and at HLJ here.

Nendoroid Alphard
Release Date: Jan 2010
Scale: Not to scale – approximately 100mm in height
Price: 3,500 Yen

Pictures via Goodsmile.info & Hobbysearch

Vocaloid Nendoroid Petite Announced

AlternateSam — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:22:23 +0000

Goodsmile has announced this entire series of nendoroid petite featuring characters from the Vocaloid family.

The entire series will feature not only the popular Hatsune Miku, but also Kaito, Meiko, Megurine Luka, Kagamine Rin and Len.

Included as well are the lesser known fan-made Vocaloids, Neru Akita, Meiko Sakine, Haku Yowane and Saihate Miku. There is also 1 secret character who I think might either be Black Rock Shooter or World-is-Mine Miku.

I got this feeling the entire set will be heavily pre-ordered and any set which manage to hit the retail stores will be sold within 72 hours. That’s how popular the nendoroid petite line is. Aided by the popularity of the Vocaloids, especially those that do not have many existing merchandise, sales gonna hit through the roof for this.

Nendoroid Petite: Vocaloid #01
Release Date: Nov 2009
Price: 500 Yen each

Pictures via Goodsmile.info & akibahobby.net

Canaan 1/8 PVC and Nendoroid

AlternateSam — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:03:53 +0000

Goodsmile has opened pre-orders for the 1/8 Canaan PVC and Nendoroid. The character is from the Type-Moon’s anime of the same name. All the pictures are in here!

The base on the 1/8 PVC is fantastic and it sure looks like more and more figures are moving into a sculpted base instead of a generic plastic circle one as in the past. A step in the right direction as it makes an absolute statement piece on your shelf or display case.

The dynamic modeling of the PVC makes it stand out, with Canaan diving one direction and her cloak going the other as if she was jumping out from the side. Her pose with her hands fixed firmly on her handgun shows her displaying ultimate concentration as she sets her sight on her target in front.

Canaan 1/8 PVC
Release Date: Jan 2010

On the other hand, �the Canaan Nendoroid shows her concentrating in a cute chibi sort of way. Same attire and roughly the same pose, but in the super-deformed modelling which GoodSmile knows we can’t resist. She comes with a leather sling-on holster as well as the sugar candy stick which she loves.

Canaan Nendoroid
Release Date: Dec 2009

Pictures via Goodsmile.info

Mio Akiyama Nendoroid PO out!

AlternateSam — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:40:20 +0000

The legions of Mio’s fanboys can whip themselves into a greater frenzy already. (Evil) GoodSmile Company has released pictures and open pre-orders on the Mio nendoroid. The rest of the gang including Azusa will be rolling in soon I think, just slow enough to keep the coffers full. Keep your wallets closed and hold them tightly! Resist the poison!!

Price-wise, it will start at the usual nendoroid price of 3500 yen so its not an exclusive. But judging from the character’s popularity, there might not be enough to go around since I think some people will get about 10 of her.

I will be getting her and the whole gang of course. How can I resist? But I’m more of a Mugi / Yui supporter so hopefully I wouldn’t have to wait too long. More pictures below.

Louise Nendoroid

AlternateSam — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:39:47 +0000

Took the very cute Louise Nendoroid out for some photos. Don’t be fooled by her though, she can be very very fierce when she wants to.

I got her just today and took some pictures. She’s very cute, no doubt about that. The entire ‘pinkness’ of her gets a little overwhelming at times though. All in all, a very adorable nendoroid which captures the tsundere/moe nature of Louise. She comes with a crying face, a angry face and a confused face. Accessories include a whip, a book and 2 sticks/canes.

New Toy! Yoko Nendoroid from Gurren Lagann!

AlternateSam — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:47:19 +0000

Just collected this from Black Technology in the evening. Nice improvement from the previous nendoroid in terms of the stand as well as the number of accessories. The stand is now consisting of 2 separate parts for the left/right side so they can grip at separate heights. The paintwork is awesome as usual. The accessories are well made as well. Really happy that I pre-ordered this.

Yoko from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagaan

AlternateSam — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:22:42 +0000

The pre-orders for this figure are out and I got to say it looks really nice. Retailing at 7,800 yen which is very reasonably for something of this scale and quality. The Alter figurine here is well-painted as usual and I’m very tempted to get it.

Another picture of it, this time a full-body shot.

Meanwhile, I have already ordered this from BT a few weeks ago.

Hopefully I can collect the Yoko Nendoroid when it reaches next week although it might encounter some delays as usual. Looks like another great work from GSC.

Yoko Theme Song
TTGL Theme Song: Libera Me from Hell