Nendoroid Miku Absolute HMO and Petit K-ON Available for Pre-order

Nendoroid Hatsune Miku (Absolute HMO Edition)

Coinciding with Hatsune Miku’s birthday – which turns out to be today, August 31, some online retailers have begun taking up reservations for Nendoroid Hatsune Miku (Absolute HMO Edition). The good news is, this adorable Miku is NOT a limited release. As mentioned in the previous post, she will include a keyboard, an electric drum set, as well as face stickers for Rin and Len. Her official retail price is 4000 Yen and slated to be released on December 2010. Read more details at the official page and secure your order A.S.A.P! ^^

Nendoroid Petit K-ON!

Nendoroid Petit K-ON! Set is also available for reservation starting today. For a box of 6000 Yen, you’ll get Yui, Mio, Ritsu, Tsumugi, and Azusa in both school uniforms and swimsuits (for a total of 10), a tanned version of Azusa, and one special/hidden/secret Petit. If you prefer to buy it separately – which I don’t think you would, they’re available for 500 Yen each. Yep, this Petit set is scheduled to release on December too. ^^;

Harumi Nation Limited Edition vol.2 + Petit Harumi Available for Pre-order

Aug27 by animaster

Some online retailers has just opened reservation for the manga Harumi Nation Limited Edition volume 2, which will also include a lovely Nendoroid Petit Hosono Harumi as a bonus. The flying alien heroine + manga set will be priced at 1600 Yen and scheduled to release on … December 2010. Well, if you are really into Harumi, then reserve one ASAP as this one will probably be very limited. ^^;

(Thanks for the news tip, Panzermaid!)

Nendoroid Petit Popura and Haruhi-chan (Updated)

Aug26 by animaster

Nendoroid Petit Popura from Working!!?

Whoaa … Nendoroid news is getting wild recently, isn’t it? If you have watched an anime titled Working!! then you would have guessed that there will be some Nendoroids coming from the characters there eventually. The pic above shows Nendoroid Petit Taneshima Popura, one of the main character in the anime. There are no further info available yet, but I’m pretty sure there will be more to come in not-so-distant future. ^^

Note: Haruhi-chan info after the break.

UPDATE: Nendoroid Petit Taneshima Popura will be included in a limited edition Working!! manga volume 9. (Thanks for the tips, jojo)

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Nendoroid Petit K-ON! Set 1 Announced

Aug24 by animaster

Nendoroid Petit K-ON! Set 1

Well, another K-ON! Nendoroids pop up, but this time they will be minimized as Nendoroid Petit K-ON! Set 1. Yui, Mio, Ritsu, Tsumugi, and Azusa will have two outfits: school uniforms and swimsuits. You can have them for 500 Yen each or about 5000 Yen for a set which contains 5 uniform-swimsuit pairs (for a total of 10) plus tanned Azusa, and one secret Petit. The first K-ON! Petit set will be released on … December. Yeah, that’s another blow to your wallet.

GSC Announced Official Release Dates for August 2010

Aug17 by animaster

Nendoroids scheduled to release on August 2010

Prepare your wallet, guys and gals, as Good Smile Corporation just announced the release dates for some Nendoroids and Nendoroid Petits that due by the end of this month (August 2010).

Here is the listing for Nendoroids:

2010/08/23 – Nendoroid 114a: Leina (Queen’s Blade)
2010/08/25 – Nendoroid 106: Black Rock Shooter (Black Rock Shooter)
2010/08/26 – Nendoroid 111: Takane Manaka (Love Plus)

And here is the listing for Nendoroid Petits:

2010/08/25 – Nendoroid Petit Lucky Star x Street Fighter set
2010/08/27 – Nendoroid Petit Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 1st

As always, you can also see the release dates at the Nendoroid and Petit release date listing. Let’s start breaking our saving, shall we? ^^

Black★Puchi Miku

Aug6 by animaster

Black★Puchi Miku, originally uploaded by animaster.

Whoa … Miku joins Black★Team!? … or not. She simply mimics what she has just seen on Black★Rock Shooter OVA. ^^;

The idea came up after I watched the OVA and comparing B★RS with her Nendoroid form – which has not been released yet. IMO the blue flame on her left eye is supposed to be “transparent” as seen on the OVA, isn’t it? ^^

Nendoroid Petit BRS: Included in Blu-ray + DVD Limited Boxset (Updated)

Jul29 by animaster

Nendoroid Petit Black Rock Shooter and Dead Master

It looks like the upcoming Black★Rock Shooter Blu-ray + DVD boxset will include Nendoroid Petit Black★Rock Shooter and Dead Master as limited benefits. Woot! Aside from the Petits, this limited boxset will also feature some videos of B★RS stop-motion animation and an illustration book. More information will be revealed tomorrow. Ah … hopefully I can pre-order this one … ^^;

Update: GSC has revealed its official price – 4000 Yen (or 4200 Yen including tax) and it will be released this December.

Via Mikatan’s blog

Upcoming Nendoroids and Petits Listing Available

Jul26 by animaster

Nendoroid and Nendoroid Petit

Following the massive Nendoroid line-up at the recent Summer WonFes 2010, we have compiled a listing of all upcoming Nendoroids and Petits. As the listing title suggest, this is merely a listing of upcoming releases, so once a Nendoroid or Petit is released, we will remove it from the listing.

Visit this link to view the listing or click on the right-most link in the top menu for quick access.

The listing will be updated once further availability information is provided, so kindly check back often. ^^

What is Nendoroid Petit?

Jul22 by animaster

Nendoroid Petit vs Normal

In a glance, Nendoroid Petit, also known as “Nendoroid Puchi” is merely a smaller version of Nendoroid. Is that all? Well, we’re going to have a in-depth deeper view about Petits, including their characteristics and differences with normal Nendoroids.

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