Nendoroid Saber Lion’s Re-Sale is Official

Nendoroid Saber Lion

Yes, the vigorous-yet-cute looking Nendoroid Saber Lion from the (4 years old) PSP game Fate/Tiger Colloseum Upper is now officially going for a re-sale!

Here is her official description:

She’s not really wearing a fluffy lion costume 😉

From the continuation of the popular comic action game “Fate/Tiger Colosseum Upper” comes a Nendoroid of the popular animal character “Saber Lion”, and she moves exactly as she does in the game! Her cute appearance seems to completely contradict her vigorous facial expression. Her main weapon – the chunk of meat, as well as a bowl and chopsticks are included. Now you can take the gluttonous lion home with you!

Sadly, there is no mention regarding the improved stand base (yet). She will be available for 3000 Yen and scheduled for November re-release.

In any case, this is a really rare chance for Nendoroid fans – especially Saber fans – to grab this Nendoroid, so you should not hesitate to pre-order her as soon as possible. ^^

… so … will Nendoroid Itoshiki Nozomu get a re-release too? XD

via GSC

Who is Involved in a Nendoroid Release?

Jul4 by animaster

Various Nendoroid for sale at a figure store

Note: The topic is originally asked by Lexis from nendOtaku, a Germany-based Nendoroid blog.

If you have been collecting Nendoroid for a while, then you might have noticed that some Nendoroid boxes have another logo(s) beside Good Smile Company (GSC). They can be Max Factory, Phat Company, FREEing, or any other companies’ logo. So … who are they? Isn’t GSC the only one who make Nendoroid?

Well, in order to answer that questions, I am going to write about the parties involved for a Nendoroid release. Note that the explanation is based on my own, personal view. Therefore, it might be inaccurate in some ways or the other, but it should, hopefully, give you a bit of insight into the matter. ^^

Are you ready? Let’s get started! XD

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Nendoroid Petit: Uta no Prince-sama – Maji Love 1000% is Previewed by Mikatan

Jul4 by animaster

Nendoroid Petit: Uta no Prince-sama – Maji Love 1000%

Nendoroid Petit Uta no Prince-sama – Maji Love 1000% got the preview treatment by Mikatan yesterday. As we have known previously, this Petit set will consist of the following characters from UtaPri:

Ittoki Otoya
Hijirikawa Masato
Shinomiya Natsuki
Ichinose Tokiya
Jinguuji Ren
Kurusu Syo
Secret character

As usual, this Petit set will be sold both independently for 500 Yen each, or a box of 8 Petits (6 characters + 1 secret + 1 random) for a yet-to-be-revealed price.

Well, now I’ve got a good news and a bad news for you, UtaPri fans. The good news is this Petit set will be available for pre-order starting tomorrow. The bad news is … the pre-order will be exclusive to animate, so you have to contact a proxy service if you are interested to reserve it. XD

In any case, you might want to pay a visit to Mikatan’s blog to see more pics of this Petit set. ^^

via Mikatan’s blog

Nendoroid Saber Lion is Following Saber Lily Towards Re-Sale Lane

Jul3 by animaster

Nendoroid Saber Lion

After Nendoroid Saber Lily got her re-sale announcement, I am pretty sure that most of you are hoping that Nendoroid Saber Lion will be the next in the line. XD

Well, I guess that is what GSC is planning to do so, as they displayed their upcoming re-release products in the recent Nico Nico broadcast, and Nendoroid Saber Lion were there!

Apparently, Saber Lion will also come with a new stand base (similar to Date Masamune’s case) which is supposed to be better than her old one.

No official announcement about the re-release has been made yet. Her re-release date is also missing, naturally. XD

All in all, this is a very good chance for Nendoroid collectors to grab one in case they missed the first release back then in 2008. What do you think about it, Nendonesian?

(Thanks for the news tip, Zaken Salomo!)

via Plastikitty

Nendoroid Snow Miku: Fluffy Coat version and Akemi Homura: School Uniform version are Delayed (again)

Jul3 by animaster

Nendoroid Snow Miku: Fluffy Coat version

The web pre-order Nendoroid from Wonderful Hobby Life for You! 15 (a.k.a last Winter WonFes) are previously scheduled for June release, and then got delayed to July 4th.

Now, both of them are getting yet another delay, as follows:

Nendoroid Snow Miku: Fluffy Coat version – TBA
Nendoroid Akemi Homura: School Uniform version – between July 13th – 17th

Personally, I think GSC is trying to improve the quality control of their recent goods, so I give them my respect for that. It is perfectly OK for me to wait longer to get quality products. XD

Well, what do you think about it, Nendonesian? ^^

via GSC

(Custom) Nendoroid Black Frost is Spotted

Jul1 by animaster

Nendoroid Jack Frost and Black Frost

Yes, I put the “brackets” outside the “Custom” word, because I am not sure whether this one is really a custom Nendoroid or an upcoming one – eventually. Why? Because the pics are posted in the blog run by Max Factory’s staff. The blog is intended for internal use though, so any contents posted there are usually considered as personal thought (a.k.a unofficial). XD

Well, as you can see in the pic, Nendoroid Jack Frost is standing beside an evil-looking version of him, known as Nendoroid Black Frost. If you are fans of Persona and/or Shin Megami Tensei series, I think you should have known about him. ^^

Let me take a quote from Persona 3 FES Compendium to describe him better: (reference)