Nendoroid 121: Saber (Super Movable Edition)

Nendoroid Saber: Super Movable Edition

Note: This review will be a lengthy one, because I have a lot of things to be written about this Nendoroid, not to mention some “technical” issues that I faced during the reviewing process. ^^

I know that Nendoroid Saber: Super Movable Edition has been released for a while and most of you might have played around with her. Actually I just got mine back then in mid December due to some shipping delay. Anyway, this is my second Saber figurine – the first being Nendoroid Saber Lion and somehow I overlooked Nendoroid Saber Lily. ^^;

As her product name suggested, Nendoroid Saber: Super Movable Edition a.k.a Saber FA (full action) is the first regular-sized Nendoroid (Petit Hachune Miku is the first super movable Nendoroid) who has extraordinary joints and body structures which (supposedly) features more articulation flexibility.

OK, enough with the introduction; let’s get directly to the in-depth review after the break. ^^

EDIT: Wrong numbering fixed (Thanks, Monchan!)

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Nendonesia’s Top 10 Posts of 2010

Jan2 by animaster

Nendoroid Petit Hatsune Miku?

Yep, we are still in New Year euforia and that’s why there are no Nendoroid news recently. That is why I decided to take a look at some of Nendonesia’s site stats for 2010 and write a summary of it.

There is something interesting in our Top Posts (most popular articles) stats of 2010: Insight-categorized articles were read by quite a lot of visitors there. Should we write more Insight articles, Nendonesian? ^^

In any case, here are Nendonesia’s Top 10 Posts for 2010:

So which Nendonesia posts are your most favorite one, Nendonesian? Kindly share your thoughts. ^^

Nendoroid Sharo Arrived – Ready to be Reviewed

Dec31 by animaster

Nendoroid Sherlock Shellingford (Sharo) boxset

Nendoroid Sherlock Shellingford (Sharo) with the PSP game of Tantei Opera Milky Holmes boxset has finally arrived on my desk. I have not opened the boxset yet because I am still busy with some stuff, i.e the New Year celebration party. ^^

Anyway, I will try to write up an in-depth review on this cute Nendoroid as soon as I have some spare time – probably next week. So how about yours, Nendonesian? Have you received your Sharo-chan and played with her yet?

This is Nendoroid Hatsune Miku HMO Edition’s Box

Dec30 by animaster

Box of Nendoroid Hatsune Miku: Absolute HMO Edition

I know you have been waiting for this one, especially when GSC decided to delay its release from December 2010 to January 2011. Yep, now you know how Nendoroid Hatsune Miku: Absolute HMO Edition‘s box looks like. Apparently, the box is not using a black background color like the other Nendoroid from Vocaloid, although it sure keeps the white grids. ^^

What do you think, Nendonesian? Do you like the box design?

Via Station Yamada’s tweet

Nendoroid Sharo: PSP Bundle vs Animation Version

Dec30 by animaster

Nendoroid Sherlock Shellingford

A closer pic of the uncolored Nendoroid Sherlock Shellingford (Sharo/Syaro) TV Animation version from Tantei Opera Milky Holmes brings us to compare it against its PSP bundle counterpart. Well, according to my own perspective, here are some differences that I noticed on the animation version:

New face/expression drawing style
Shorter hair
Larger attached ribbon on the hat
Chubbier body
No magnifier – probably included as accessories
Shoes/boots design is slightly different
The pricing (obviously! ^^)

So how do you compare both of them, Nendonesian? Any other things that I missed?

Wonder Festival 2011 Winter Photo Contest

Dec30 by animaster

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