Wonder Festival 2011 Winter Photo Contest

WonFes 13 Winter PhotoCon

Note: This post has been laying there as a draft for a while, but somehow I forgot to publish it.

Just in sync with Nendonesia’s first photo contest, GSC and MF is also holding a photo contest to celebrate the upcoming Wonder Festival 2011 Winter. ^^

Here are the prizes:

Grand winner: Special MacBook Air
Gold winner: PlayStation 3 Slim and Black Rock Shooter Blu-ray + DVD set
Silver winner: NERF (some kind of toy weaponry that shoots foam balls)
Special jury prize: TBA
Best 200 entries prize: Special Photo Book
Participation prize: Special WonFes base (di:stage skin?)

… and here are some of the contest rules: (more info about the rules at cumie’s blog)

Applicable figurine entries: Nendoroid, Nendoroid Petit, figma, and scaled figure made by Good Smile Company or Max Factory
Entry submission is limited to one per person
Image file size should not exceed 3MB
All entries will be published via TwitPic

Photo submission starts on December 27, 2010 (that’s 3 days ago)until January 14, 2011. More information is available in the GSC and MF’s official WonFes 13 site (the site is entirely in Japanese though ^^;).

Entry submission form translation after the break.

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Nendonesia’s Best Nendoroid for 2010

Dec29 by animaster

Nendonesia's best Nendoroid nominee for 2010

We will leave 2010 and begin a new year 2011 in a few days. Let’s take a look back for a moment and kindly help us choose a Nendoroid to be awarded Nendonesia’s Best Nendoroid of 2010. Yep, we have chosen ten Nendoroid nominees for you to choose. Kindly cast your vote in the poll below and if he/she is not included in the nominee list, then choose “Others” and post it in the comment section. ^^

So the nominees are … *drum rolls*

Note: The poll has been closed. Thank you for your votes, Nendonesian! ^^

Nendonesian, choose your favorite Nendoroid for 2010! ^^

More Photos of Nendoroid Black Rock Strength

Dec29 by animaster

Nendoroid Black Rock Strength

Otaku blogger Danny Choo visited GSC office a few days ago, and he found several Black Rock Strength figurines laying there, including the Nendoroid Black Rock Strength that was announced back then in GSC’s Special BRS Christmas event. More photos after the break.

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Nendoroid from Gainax’ Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt

Dec29 by animaster

Unpainted Nendoroid Anarchy Stocking

Fresh from Gainax live commentary Ustream: Nendoroid from Panty and Stockings with Garterbelt are already in schedule. The broadcast only showed a glimpse of uncolored Nendoroid Anarchy Stocking though – not to mention that it is not a close up shot, so we could not get a more-detailed view on her. Nevertheless, I cannot wait to see how the final version would turn out later. (… and I have not watched the anime yet ^^)

Via TomoPop

New Nendoroid Hatsune Miku On Schedule?

Dec29 by animaster

Nendoroid Hatsune Miku: 2011 version?

Note that it is still a speculation, but a new Nendoroid Hatsune Miku might be on the way. The face pictured above reminds me of Nendoroid Saber’s face though. Well then, kindly go to the source site and see for yourself as I am not too sure about this either – my Japanese reading skill is really really bad. >_<

Via Piapro

More Nendoroid Milky Holmes On The Way!

Dec28 by animaster

Uncolored Nendoroid Sherlock Shellingford (TV Animation version)

Yep, you read the title: there are more Nendoroid (regular-sized) from Tantei Opera Milky Holmes. In the pic tweeted by Bushiroad’s Milky Holmes Twitter account, there is an uncolored Nendoroid Sherlock Shellingford (Sharo) in TV animation version. It looks like this version of Sharo will be priced at 3000 Yen and they said that she would be different compared to the bundled-with-PSP-game version which has just been released several weeks ago.

Oh and did I mention that Nendoroid Nero, Elly, and Cordelia are also on the schedule? Yep, if you see in the above pic, there is a little board with a drawing of the three other member of Milky Holmes inside it? Here is a zoomed-in version in case you do not notice it. ^^

Nendoroid Nero, Elly, and Cordelia

It is not known whether they would be released as a non-limited non-exclusive Nendoroid though, but hopefully they would. ^^

What about you, Nendonesian? Thinking of getting them too? ^^

GSC Top Sales for 2010 Revealed; Petit Hibichika’s Box Displayed

Dec28 by animaster

Nendoroid Hibiki and Chikagi

Mika-tan’s last blog post for 2010 reveals Good Smile Corporation’s top selling products for 2010. Nendoroid Black Rock Shooter claims the runner-up while her figma counterpart claims the first place. Nendoroid and figma are surely gaining huge popularity (and sales) boost in 2010. ^^

Anyway, TYPE-MOON’s Comiket 79 exclusive Petit from Mahou Tsukai no Hako has their own box now, as displayed in Mika-tan’s blog post. This Petit set is officially dubbed Nendoroid Petit Mahou Tsukai no Hako Set, featuring Nendoroid Petit Hibino Hibiki and Katsuragi Chikagi (also known as Hibichika). Aside from the Petits, this set also includes a booklet (one page is written by Mika-tan) and priced at 3000 Yen. More info can be found in TYPE-MOON’s Comiket page. ^^

Via Mika-tan’s blog

Nendoroid Ika Musume – Now in Color! (Updated)

Dec28 by animaster

Partially colored Nendoroid Ika Musume

Fresh from Yukiwo Ageta’s tweet earlier – Nendoroid Ika Musume‘s hair is already shaped and colored, while her body parts are scattered on the table. Anyway, why are there two Ika Musume bodies? No clue yet, but one thing for sure: Nendoroid Ika Musume is progressing quickly and we should see an official announcement real soon – hopefully. ^^

Note: This post would be updated periodically as soon as new photos and info are available, prior to the official announcement. So keep an eye to this post if you want to stay informed regarding Nendoroid Ika Musume’s development. ^^

UPDATE: Photos of almost-completed Nendoroid Ika Musume by Yukito Ageta

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Nendoroid 39: Kagamine Rin

Dec28 by animaster

Nendoroid Kagamine Rin

Since I am currently in holiday mode, I have a plenty of time to write some reviews during my holidays, so you could expect some reviews coming up this week. ^^

Nendoroid Kagamine Rin finally joins her Vocaloid sisters to be reviewed after Hatsune Miku and Megurine Luka. A little biography on Rin: she is the twin sister of Kagamine Len and their family name are a combination of “mirror” (kagami) and “sound” (ne), while Rin and Len means “right” and “left” respectively.

OK, now that you know who Rin is, let’s get directly to the review after the break. ^^

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Nendoroid Ika Musume Celebrated Her First Christmas?

Dec27 by animaster

Nendoroid Ika Musume (prototype) with a Santa Claus figure

I were really busy (read: family time ^^) these recent days that I forgot to check my Twitter on Christmas Day. Yep, this news should be posted two days ago …. but anyway, here are some more photos on Nendoroid Ika Musume prototype celebrating her first Christmas with Mr. Santa as tweeted by Yukiwo Ageta. ^^

New expression from Nendoroid Ika Musume prototype

Whoa!! Is that a new expression (face plate) for Nendoroid Ika Musume? Somehow it seems similar to one of Nendoroid Takane Manaka‘s expression. ^^

Hopefully Nendoroid Ika Musume would be announced officially real soon – probably within the first few days of the new year? ^^