The official Lucky Star site has taken the wraps off the figure project that’s been in the works for several months now, creating a special page for the purpose. Thus far preorders are available only for Chara-Ani limited edition versions (Nendoroid Konata + petit Akira and Nendoroid Kagami + petit Minoru) as well as limited edition Lucky Star homepage versions; we’ll keep you updated on what are sure to be some highly sought-after items indeed. Update: the official Nendoroid site has been updated with images and specs for the three varieties of limited edition Konata + Akira and Kagami + Minoru sets. The Comptiq versions (available via mail order from October’s issue of Comptiq, November’s edition of Comp Ace, or Comp H’s vol. 6) will come with smiling Konata / dere Kagami faces and cat/bunny ears and tails, the official homepage versions will come with “dadada” Konata face / angry Kagami face and special arm configurations, and the Chara-Ani versions will come with “mokyu” Konata face / smiling Kagami face and a SOS-dan bag and corone (Konata) and a box of Pocky and two pairs of new arm configurations (Kagami). All editions are scheduled for release in January ’08 at 4,000 yen each; still no word on a standard edition release (assuming there will be one). The Akira and Minoru puchi-Nendoroids come (one each) with Konata and Kagami regardless of the version ordered, but they’re unpainted in all configurations, making me wonder if they’ll be sold later as part of a larger painted set. (no more)
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omg…i want so bad!
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“Lucky Star” is perfect for Nendoroid figure merchandise! Must have Konata-chaaaaaaan! ^_^
i’m not a fan of the nendoroids. not that appealing to me. would rather have them in pvc but my wallet isn’t too sad haha.
That’s great! But what’s the deal, there are two different versions??
There are three different limited edition versions that have been announced thus far, all sharing the majority of parts in common but each with its own few unique parts (bunny ears, or choco corone, or dadada-face for example). Who knows what the standard issue release will come with, if there is even one planned…
Ok thanks, I’ve understood it reading your update and going to nendoroid website ^^
Damn, limited editions through magazines is something that is seen more and more…
OH NOES! I want the kitty and bunny versions.. ;_;
Wonder if I’ll be able to…
This doesn’t bother me – I can live without stupid limited-editions
I love them all! Lucky Star character stylings make them perfect subjects for Nendoroidisation >w
(html ish ate the rest of this msg) Pity they’re exclusives, but I’m pretty confident GSC will release standard editions, it’s too much of a goldmine for them not to – so I’ll just wait patiently in hopes of another announcement =3
Whoever came up with the idea of releasing these things in 3 different editions ought to get shot. And while those look cool the LS character I really want Nedoroided is Misao.
Man, they’re really sucking pockets dry. Those ingenious bastards.
*expletive* *expletive* *expletive* Not this limited edition/mail order crap! Now I feel the pain described in one of your previous posts!
I’d gladly buy all of them, but this just sucks.
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Yeah, limited edtitions is one of the reasons I stopped collecting comics in the states. I stopped getting heroclix and all that. In the end it just pisses off the customers and makes them quit collecting stuff.
By the way – Seeing how Tokyo Hunter closed down his service recently, anybody knows any other site that provides a similar service for these limited figures? Not that I don’t enjoy paying bloated prices on eBay, but it would be nice to have a broader range of choices when trying to purchase these editions.
Freakin’ lousy limited editions…
>>Buemba
Check out the “Proxy Services” links in the left sidebar, I’m not familiar with the details of how they operate but some or all should be able to hook you up with any limited edition goods you’re interested in.
Thanks Shingo, I’ll give ’em a look.
These are so cute! I’ve been trying to resist Nendoroids but I really want these! Ah!
Hello,
I’m from France, I’m really interested in buying these figurs, but the website is only in japanese. Does anybody know how to order them?
>>Dorothée
These figures are not available for purchase outside of Japan. Your best option to obtain them is probably to use a proxy service (there are several linked on the lower left side of this page), who will purchase the items within Japan and then ship them to you for a nominal handling fee.
I wish they’d planned a wider release, it’s disappointing that they limited them to Japan-only sales.