My first Miku Hatsune figure that I have ever owned will be released on January 2011. Her dynamic pose is the main reason why I just had to preorder her and besides, I have no doubt in the quality of Max Factory.

She will be my second pre-order from my Wonder Festival Summer 2010 wish list. I had pre-ordered Miku’s figure previously but always canceled it at the end due to either other figures or deemed to be not worth it. Since I have nothing else coming out in January 2011, there is no doubt that she will be in my possession and my first figure in 2011 ^^.

This figure pose was taken from Tony Taka‘s illustration on Comiket 77. He’s well known character designer and his work includes, but not limited to, Shining series, Fault!, Sora no Iro, Mizu no Iro and many others including doujinshi. You can download Hatsune Miku’s wallpaper by Tony Taka here.

As far I can see from the photos around the Net, the details are just very astonishing and awesome. And what’s more is that she’s very well priced for something at 1/7 scale; she is priced at ‘only’ ¥8,400. Pretty affordable, isn’t she ?

All in all, she is more than worthy to be in my pre-order and to be the first figure on 2011 in my possession.

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Images via Hobby Search

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I totally have no clue that Mina Tepes 1/6 scale by Kotobukiya is already available for preorder at major online retailers. Didn’t expect her to be available as soon as Wonder Festival Summer 2010 ended.

Despite my previous experience with Kotobukiya’s quality which is hit and miss (50-50 chance), I had decided to get preorder her in my previous post. She is little bit pricey though for a Kotobukiya figure , although, it’s probably due to her 1/6 scale. For most people, its price is probably such a turn off since it rivals Alter/GSC figures in general. I hope the quality is as good as the price >.<.

Since I enjoy the series and vampire theme of anything whether it’s anime or movies, the chance of canceling my preorder is extremely low. I wonder if we will be getting the figure itself plus the red cloth since it would be really great for a photo shoot and also I am kind curious what kind of base that will come with this figure.

For those who haven’t watched the series, her pose was taken from the anime ED song. She is one of main protagonist character and her character gives you overpowering aura since she is the ruler of all vampire, however, at some other time, you can see her kindness as she truly cares all vampires.

November 2010 is getting busy with a lot of releases due to recent WonFes summer 2010 and of course, my wallet is getting thinner and thinner. I keep saying about my wallet but it surely didn’t stop me from pre-ordering. I guess it happened to everyone, did it ?

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My wallet is getting thinner and thinner these days, more preorders left and right. October this year, I may need to file for bankruptcy since they are quite a few figures released on that month. The next month after, November, another high profile figure is being released which is no other than Fate Testarossa -Phantom Minds- (Nanoha The Movie 1st edition).

She is just gorgeous. I just love her hair and jacket as if she's flying in the air

Another look from the the inside part of her jacket. Nice dark reddish colour and it's really shinny too ^^

She has a few Bardiche form to pair with so figure photographers can expect many poses from her ^^

It looks like that she will take a lot of space on your figure shelves ^^:;

Usefull stand to hang the Bardiche while they are not being used.

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Being away from home for three weeks, I am really behind with figures pre-orders and releases. I went through Hobby Search site for pre-order list and found this Saber nendoroid for pre-order for 3,810 yen. It’s slightly more expensive than normal nendoroid but it’s Saber ^^.

This nendoroid has an interesting base and stand. The stand is similar to what is used in figma and I guess that’s what makes it slightly more expensive than other nendoroids.

This nendoroid includes three types of face and one of them is the tantrum face. It made chuckle a bit when I saw this and her eyes remind of the face of Saber Lion nendoroid.

In addition, the packaging also includes her sword Excalibur, Caliburn and “Invisible Air” version so there are quite a few parts to play around with.

Another face that comes with the packaging is a smiley face as seen above.

Above is the angry face that also comes with the packaging.

Not only that you will get Excalibur and Caliburn, you will also get her Scabbard (Noble Phantasm : Avalon).

From what I  can see that the price seems to be justified with the amount parts you got and not mention the figma-stand alike so you can have her doing a lot of poses. She is available for pre-order from Hobby Search, HLJ, Play-asia, Toylet, Jlist.

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I preordered Saber -Triumphant Excalibur- back in January when it’s just started for 8,867 yen ,however, since HobbySearch is having a sale right now, the price actually goes down by 934 yen which is pretty nice so I pre-ordered another one and canceled my previous pre-order ^^.

The first thing about this figure that captivated my eyes was her pose and as you may have noticed, this is her pose as she is about to release Excalibur (エクスカリバ) : Sword of Promised Victory (約束された勝利の剣) which is one of her Noble Phantasm.

She was given 2 swords in this figure released. Her other sword represents her invisible sword since the sword is clear (you can see through it) and it represents her sorcery: Invisible Air (インビジブル・エア) : Barrier of the Wind King (風王結界).

I like how her battle dress/armor was sculptured as if a gust of wind blows her

I approved her face ^^

The base is quite nice but I feel that the Fate Stay / Night logo is unnecessary. It looks great with all that burn marks even without the logo.

It’s currently on sale on Hobby Search for 7,993 yen so pre-order it while you can ^^.

My other preorder is Asakura Nemu 1/8 by Circus. I never have a figure by Circus. Does anyone know their quality ? From the photos, she looks great and her face is pretty close to what the original is. Not to mention, she is my favourite character from Da Capo (pffttt Kotori ;p) . It was an instant buy for me since I saw her at Wonfes 2010. She is just one of those figures that I MUST get.

For me, dynamic pose of a figure easily captivates my eyes. Her pose may not be as good as Saber -Triumphant Excalibur-, however, as a school girl, her pose looks perfect.

Ohhhhh, she is castoff able. Too bad she only wears a plain bra/pantsu ^^:;.

Looking her back, her body seems too slim/thin or is it just my imagination ?

She is currently also on sale at Hobby Search for 7,480 yen. The price tag may seem little bit expensive but I rarely see any D.C. figures so I think it’s well worth it.

Does anyone have these figures pre-ordered ? I am really excited about this Asakura Nemu figure.

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