Scans have begun leaking on 2chan’s Mokeiura board from this month’s issue of Hobby Japan magazine, and the first to surface is the revelation that explosively popular virtual idol Hatsune Miku is to see a Nendoroid rendition come next March. She’s listed with a price point of 3,000 yen and typical Nendoroid accessories, clocking in at 10 cm tall. Revealed simultaneously is the news that a Nendoroid Petit series featuring the main female cast of Lucky Star (Konata, Kagami, Tsukasa, Miyuki, and Akira) is to be released! The figures will go on sale in March at 500 yen each and are approx. 6.5 cm tall. As far as we know neither are scheduled to be limited in the way that the full size Lucky Star Nendoroid release was. HJ magazine scan below. 16:30 Update: online shop Rakuten Sproutoy briefly had Miku up for preorder a few minutes ago, complete with color image (see below). Word is that she does in fact come with a leek…. She sold out in seconds, and is likely to disappear equally quickly wherever she appears. We’ll be keeping an eye out for any further info.
Hatsune Miku Nendoroid? That is an instant win right there! I am TOTALLY going for that!
Limited release of Lucky Star full-sized Nendoroids, but full release of petit series? GSC must absolutely hate us with this news. That must be the ultimate taunt to those of us who can’t get our hands on the real releases. =/
Omg!! I hope Miku comes with a LEEK!!
Is the Miku Nendoroid going to be limited edition/exclusive like the Lucky Star (Full size) ones, or is it going to be mass produced like most of the other nendoroids?
>>JSRV
To quote the above post, “As far as we know neither are scheduled to be limited in the way that the full size Lucky Star Nendoroid release was.”
I’m assuming she’ll see a full release until we receive word to the contrary. Here’s hoping!
Oh, I missed that, must have read too quickly.
It’s still far from its release date, but I’ll be praying hard. =)
>>Kenny Liu
I totally agree a LEEK is mandatory. ;-)
K……what the hell is a “leek”??
And wow….she looks cute as hell too……might have to break the nendoroid boundry…..maybe
Think of a green onion, Work_Ethic. It comes from that flash video where someone took Orihime swinging a leek around in a Bleach episode and put some European song to it, and looped it. Someone did the same thing with Hatsune Miku, synthed her voice to the song, and animated her swinging the leek around. You might be able to catch it on YouTube (if they haven’t taken it down for violation yet).
Even better. Direct link to Hatsune Miku and the magical leek of greenness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbbA9BhCTko
The leek originally came from ME-tan from OS-tan. :D
Loituma ftw.
Some pics over at akiba hobby. She looks to cute.
http://akibahobby.net/2007/11/dengeki_miku.html
The leek reminds me of an old joke in the old 80s British comedy Allo Allo:
German Colonel: I vant Evette with the vet celery and the flying helmet. :)
And Miku’s definitely KAWAII. If the mass produced item is 90% as good as the prototype, it’s worth buying. :)