Word came in last night via Amiami that Bandai will be releasing a pair of new “Metamo figures” from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, an alternate color version of their earlier released Haruhi kit as well as a new sundress catgirl Nagato Yuki. The Metamo gimmick is that the figures change color based on the ambient temperature, the new Haruhi going from red to black and Nagato from white to black. Both are 1/8 scale (~20 cm tall) and scheduled for release in February of ’08 at 3,980 yen retail. The Nagato is pretty cute, but I’m not sure if the simplified paint job required for the color change gimmick to work is worth it… (no more)
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yeah the yuki one is pretty cool. i have one of these metamo figure, Asuka. it takes a while for the colors to change. i’m impatience so i put it in the refrigerator so speed it the process. then i left it in my car for five minutes to change it back to white, now i have a leaner. bonehead move i made. maybe i’ll get yuki to replace asuka.
Wow! the new red Haruhi looks delicious.
And it’s priced affordably and reasonably at 4000yen.
I just have 1 concern though:
do these temperature dependent paints fade with time, even with precautions taken not to expose them to strong direct sunlight?
As much as I like the gimmick, I just hated the overall look of the last few figures in this line. They just were ugly to my eyes…
Yuki-chan!!! Hoshiiii!
Be warned guys, I am not stiring up something here. I have this 1.5 version of Haruhi and I found out that the figure is extremely sensitive to our hand heat while I was trying to fix her on the round board.
Later I realised that due to my gentle touch only, no her suit colour just sustain red colour in there. The suit (small spot) didn’t changed to black suit even is in a cold temperature room. :( – Very sad!!!! :'(