We’ve been tracking the progress of preorders for Konami’s Beatmania IIDX Lilina PVC figure over the past several months, and with the final deadline back on October 28th it seems she just barely made the 2,500 unit preorder cutoff required to trigger production. She’s set to go on sale on March 14th of next year at 4,935 yen retail and 1/8 scale (12 cm tall). Unlike Iroha, the first Bemani figure in this made-to-order series who cleared her 2,500 unit preorder quota with ease, Lilina required a three week extension to make the cut; while a third installment in the series is apparently planned it seems that if fan enthusiasm continues to wane Lilina may be the last that we’ll see actualized. If you’d like to support HD with your Lilina preorder, she’s available now at Play Asia. Update: figure sample image below:
Don’t see this figure series making it to three……..
WOOT!
What does the actual figure even look like>???
>>Anonymous
Sorry about that, I’ve updated the post with a photo of the prototype of the figure.
What the heck is with the play-asia price? The thing is 4935 yen and they charge 70 US dollars. I wish HLJ would get these figures :(
>>Anonymous
Play-Asia charges a premium for figures like this because they’re essentially acting as a proxy service. Konami is only selling the figure via preorder from their official site, it can’t be obtained via regular wholesale distribution channels so PA has no choice but to buy it at retail from the Konami site and mark it up accordingly or they wouldn’t make any profit at all.