Nendoroid Petit Hibichika Available for Pre-order

Nendoroid Petit Hibichika bundle

So you wanted this pair but did not have any chance to pick them up back then on Comiket? Well, Nendoroid Petit Hibiki and Chikagi are now up for pre-order. They will be priced at 3000 Yen along with a booklet of photos and drawing from the artist. Be warned though, that if the order exceeds their available quantity, they will select the buyer by some kind of … lottery. Yep, the winners will be able to order this set. Visit the source page for more information.

via Digi-Tsuhan

Nendoroid Petit Yumekui Merry Bundled; Ranka Spotted

Jan7 by animaster

Nendoroid Petit Merry

Yumekui Merry anime has just begun airing in Japan yesterday, and there is already a Petit to accompany the Blu-ray release. Yep, Nendoroid Petit Merry (the main heroine) is going to be bundled with Yumekui Merry Blu-ray volume 3. The bundle is priced at 6800 Yen and scheduled for late May 2011 release.

Another shot of Petit Merry and a glimpse of Petit Ranka can be seen after the break. ^^

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Short Review: Petite Nendoroid Harumi Hosono

Jan4 by animaster

It’s me again! This time, it’s a short review time about a certain alien! 😀

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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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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 Petit K-ON! Set Released

Dec27 by animaster

Nendoroid Petit K-ON! Set

So you have been collecting Nendoroid from K-ON! series? Now you can further complete your K-ON! collection with Nendoroid Petit K-ON! Set which has been released as of today. Fresh from Takanori Aki’s tweet is a photo of the light music club members ready to play their tunes in Petit size. Another photo from Akiba blog shows a bunch of boxes of Nendoroid Petit K-ON! that were sold separately as trading figurines.

Boxes of Nendoroid Petit K-ON!

I have pre-ordered this Petit set, and hopefully it would arrive on the first week of the new year. Are you waiting for them too, Nendonesian? ^^

Via Twitter and AkibaHobby

Nendoroid Petit BGM Commemorative Heroines Set

Dec27 by animaster

Nendoroid Petit BGM Commemorative Set

It’s the first post-Christmas Nendoroid news! *ahem* Some leading manufacturers from visual novel game industry are partnering with GSC to release Nendoroid Petit set of heroines from some popular visual novel games. This Petit set is dubbed Nendoroid Petit BGM Commemorative Set (BGM開催記念「ねんどろいどぷち」5体セット – Google-Translated ^^) which consists of:

Miyamura Miyako from ef ~a fairy tale of the two~
Asakura Otome from Da Capo II
Uesugi Kenshin from Sengoku Rance
Shiino Kirari from Kira☆Kira
Watarai Asuka from Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai

The whole Petit set is priced at 3500 Yen and scheduled for release on April 2011 – possibly coinciding with BGM Festival event date, which is April 16, 2011. What do you think, Nendonesian? Are you getting them? ^^

Via B.G.M Fes official website via 2chan

New Nendoroid Info Revealed in Latest Hobby Magazine Scans

Dec22 by animaster

Nendoroid Petit Mahou Tsukai no Hako and Taiga (uniform version) from Toradora

More Nendoroid news coming up for you, courtesy of the latest Japanese hobby magazine scans. First up is Nendoroid Petit Hibino Hibiki and Katsuragi Chiaki from TYPE-MOON’s Mahou Tsukai no Hako – which we have posted last week. They are going to be priced at 3000 Yen and available at Comiket 79 which is held from December 29 to 31. The uncolored Petit is Nendoroid Petit Taiga (uniform version) from Toradora! No availability info on her though … ^^;

More info past the break.

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Nendoroid Petit Mato and Yomi Spotted

Dec22 by animaster

Nendoroid Petit Kuroi Mato and Takanashi Yomi

I don’t know what event it is, but one thing for sure: they are displaying Nendoroid Petit Kuroi Mato and Takanashi Yomi. The photo quality is not that good though, so I cannot see the information board clearly. The release date is 2011 (that’s for sure! ^^) and the pricing is about … 1500 to 1800 Yen for both of them.

Well, don’t they look adorable? Are you getting them, Nendonesian? ^^

Nendoroid and Petit Dominates Japan Amazon’s Best of 2010 Top 10

Dec16 by animaster

Nendoroid Nakano Azusa got 2nd place

2010 is surely a good year for Good Smile Company (and their partner Max Factory). Their Nendoroid and Petits (along with figma) dominates the Top 10 Chart of Japan Amazon’s Best of 2010 with 9 out of 10 belongs to them. Here is the top 5 ranking:

figma Black Rock Shooter
Nendoroid Nakano Azusa
Nendoroid Black Rock Shooter
figma Nakano Azusa
Black Rock Shooter (1/8 scale PVC)

I guess next year we will still see their domination in the sales chart, seeing how both Nendoroid and figma are gaining more popularity recently. Anyway, the complete chart listing can be seen here. ^^

Via Japan Amazon