Nendoroid Petit Toritome May from L@ve Once to be Released on February 2011

Nendoroid Petit Toritome May from L@ve Once

We have got release date for the PS3 dating sim game L@ve Once: Mermaid’s Tears which will also be bundled with Nendoroid Petit Toritome May – courtesy of GSC and Maid Meets Cat. Both the standard (8190 Yen) and First Print limited edition (10290 Yen) of the game is scheduled for February 24, 2011 release.

Anyway here’s what you will get if you purchase the limited edition:

Illustrated box by Sasaki Mutsumi
Special Guide Book 2nd volume
Recorded drama CD “Akumu no Riyu”

And here’s the bonus if you pre-order the limited edition:

Bath and bedroom original character poster (12 variety set)
Nendoroid Petit Toritome May

Visit Maid Meets Cat official website for more information about it. Are you going to get her (and the bundle), Nendonesian?

More Info About Nendoroid Petit from Macross F Movie

Nov26 by animaster

Movie ticket + Nendoroid Petit Ranka Lee

Yep, Macross series finally gets some Nendoroid love from GSC, in the form of two cute Petits from the upcoming movie of Macross F: Sayonara no Tsubasa, which will be screened on February 26, 2011. First up is Nendoroid Petit Ranka Lee (Mahou Shoujo Pastel version), which will be distributed as a limited bonus gift if you pre-order a movie ticket for 2000 Yen. She will be released on January 8, 2011 and you can take her along with the ticket at the screening movie theater.

A pair of movie tickets + a pair of Nendoroid Petit Sheryl Nome

A pair of Nendoroid Petit Sheryl Nome can be yours if you secured pre-order for a pair of movie tickets for a price of 4000 Yen. As with Ranka Lee, this pair of Sheryl and two movie tickets will be available in early February 2011 at the screening movie theater.

So … are you thinking of getting them all, Nendonesian? It would be quite hard, I assume … ^^;

New Nendoroid and Petit Shown in Latest Hobby Magazine (Updated)

Nov22 by animaster

Nendoroid Haru-chan from NHK News Watch 9

Well … we have plenty of new Nendoroid news today, courtesy of the latest Japanese hobby magazine scan. The cute mascot of NHK News Watch 9 prototype was last seen in the Summer WonFes 2010, but now she got some availability info! Yes, Nendoroid Haru-chan is set to release on March 2011. No pricing has been announced yet, but I hope she would be released as regular (non-limited/non-exclusive) Nendoroid. ^^

Scans and info for Nendoroid Kinoshita Hideyoshi from Baka to Test to Shōkanjū and a pair of Petit sets after the break.

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Nendoroid Petit K-ON! Spotted? (Updated)

Nov11 by animaster

Nendoroid Petit K-ON! boxes

Whoa … what is this? Nendoroid Petit K-ON! has been released?! Isn’t its scheduled release date is December? Well … maybe these one are released separately, while the SET will be released on December as scheduled. Can’t wait to get this set soon …. since I am not fortunate enough to get regular-sized Ritsu-chan … ^^;

UPDATE: It turned out to be false info – someone made those boxes himself and posted the photos. The real photos can be seen after the break.

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Nendoroid Petit K-ON! Set (TBSishop & Lawson Limited Edition) Photos

Nov8 by animaster

Nendoroid Petit K-ON! Set (TBSishop & Lawson Limited Edition)

Mikatan’s first Nendoroid photo previews for this week belongs to … Nendoroid Petit K-ON! Set (TBSishop & Lawson Limited Edition). As you might have known, this Petit K-ON! Set can only be ordered exclusively from TBSishop and Lawson, available from October 15 to November 29. This set will be released on April 14, 2011 with an official price tag of 2100 Yen.

Yep, this set does not have complete HTT member as only Mio, Yui, and Azunyan are present – I wonder if Ritsu-Mugi set will also be announced later. Meanwhile, enjoy more of their photos in Mikatan’s blog post here. ^^

Petit Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Bundled with DVD/Blu-ray

Oct7 by animaster

Nendoroid Petit Tantei Opera Milky Holmes

GSC staff Mikatan has just posted some photos of the upcoming Nendoroid Petit from Tantei Opera Milky Holmes. Yep, for those who missed the regular sized Sharo for whatever reason, now you can get her in Petit form, along with all her friends: Elly, Cordelia, and Nero. By the way, their hat can be taken off, so you can have them with and without their respective hats. ^^

The bad news is … each of them is going to be bundled separately with vol.2, 3, 4, and 5 of the anime DVD/Blu-ray package. Here’s the listing:

Nendoroid Petit Sharo (Anime version) will be released with vol.2 on February 25, 2011.
Nendoroid Petit Elly (Anime version) will be released with vol.3 on March 16, 2011.
Nendoroid Petit Cordelia (Anime version) will be released with vol.4 on April 29, 2011.
Nendoroid Petit Nero (Anime version) will be released with vol.5 on May 27, 2011.

See more photos at Mikatan’s blog (or Engrish version here) and prepare to save up your money if you’re planning to grab them – no pricing info has been announced yet, but it should be there soon. ^^;

Nendoroid Storage

Oct5 by animaster

They deserve a better place - it's so cramped there

Note: This article is part of a series focusing on Nendoroid maintenance. This time, it’s about Nendoroid storage.

As your size of Nendoroid collection grow larger, a new problem arise: storage. How do you store them? Keeping them inside their respective boxes or putting them inside your drawer or lining them up in a display case? Well, in this article, I will discuss some of my fellow collectors’ method of storing their Nendoroids.

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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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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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