We round out tonight’s journey through the figure world with looks at Wonder Festival previews from several companies, including Wave, Piccolo, Alpha Omega, Cafe Reo, and Resinya. Also: a small PVC Spica update, speculation on the future of the Revoltech action figure lines, a look at all three completed Kodomo no Jikan Play Stationery, a new Nendoroid announcement, a comparison of the disembodied hands of Figma Haruhi and Konata, and a figure that smells of strawberries.

More details on Wave’s WF lineup
Wave has updated their Wonder Festival 2008 winter page with images of their Etrian Odyssey Gunner Girl PVC, Xecty Ein PVC from Shining Wind (we’ve seen her elsewhere before) and a Gurren Lagann Yoko “space look” version resin kit that they’ll have on display at the event. We still don’t have visuals for their Treasure Figure Collection Asakura Reiko and Kyon’s sister, or for their Sasara or Tama-nee (maid ver.) Dreamtech PVCs – may have to wait until the event for those.

What color is your Spica-flavored parachute?
Lashinbang wants to know, as it continues development on the Spica PVC from 5CARAT (Brilliant Cut) coming later this year. One of these color schemes (or several) will appear on the painted version of the kit scheduled for display at Wonder Festival; we’ll keep an eye out for it.

Revoltech revolution continues
An anonymous individual at 2chan put together this image, in which the teaser posted on the Revoltech blog yesterday is dissected and analyzed for possible sources. I think he’s got most of them right… some are corroborated by the newly updated official Revoltech site, which lists eight flavors of action figure fun for 2008: Revoltech Yamaguchi, Fraeulein Revoltech, Hokuto no Ken Revolution, Yotsubato Revoltech, Assemble-Borg, Street Fighter Online, Conveni Revoltech, and Large Scale New Contents Under Construction. Can’t wait to see what they’re cooking up…

Kodomo no Jikan Play Stationery on parade
Solid Theater‘s Kodomo no Jikan Play Stationery 3(rd graders) set is now complete! While it’ll still be awhile before all three characters hit store shelves, both the official anime site and GA Graphic have profiles up of the recently color-finished Usa Mimi and Kagami Kuro. Rin will be available at Wonder Festival, while Mimi and Kuro are expected to retail in May – all three at 2,500 yen each (plus tax).
Wonder Festival Site Update Roundup
Piccolo on display:
- Seto no Hanayome “capsule voice figures”
- Seto no Hanayome Seto San 1/8 PVC
- Sisters of Wellber Rita 1/8 PVC
Alpha Omega on display:
- Silhouettes of three items on the site, one is Mon wo Hiraku Mono Arisu
Cafe Reo on display:
- Food Girls Strawberry-chan, from the Okama artbook – apparently “smells of strawberries,” is due out in April at 5,775 yen (non-scale, 18 cm long, castoffable)
- Shiratori Amane
Resinya on display/for sale:
- Little Busters! Noumi Kudryavka kit
- Shakugan no Shana II Shana (waitress ver.) kit
- Zero no Tsukaima Futatsuki no Kishi Louise kit
Finally, Akiba Hobby has posted previews of some of the resin kits coming from Griffon / R-Line: Saber / Al Ajif, and Echidna / Reina, as well as the limited edition Kanu Unchou PVCs for sale at the event.
In news totally unrelated to Wonder Festival, the official Nougami Neuro anime site has updated its goods page with the news that a Nendoroid Neuro is in the works.

Also, an update to the official Figma blog reveals that the limited edition Haruhi cosplay Konata isn’t just a hack of two different kits – it’s an original sculpt entirely, down to the lengths of the legs, torso shape and hand details. Seems like an awful lot of effort for an event limited piece, but leave it to Max Factory to go the extra mile…
My original Strawberry Shortcake figurine also smell of strawberries. Of course, being an American product, her dress and bloomers definitely aren’t castoffable. 8)
(p.s. there was never a figure of the bad guy – Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak)
Did I say my Strawberry Shortcake? I meant my sister’s…(-_-)”
That Echidna’s color scheme is bad. Specifically, pearly white doesn’t go well with the rest of the figure. I wish they had chosen a metallic color instead of pearly white.
And cross-eyed Saber is cute. Here’s hoping Griffon will eventually release her in the cheaper PVC format. 8)
The face on Echidna really does not look right. She looks like a muppet.
lol yea I’m not really feelin the face either. I think her eyes might be too high up on her face, giving her nose look really long.
Oh my sweet lord NENDOROID NEURO?! That just made my day!
Mitsumasa’s new Cammy sculpt is out too for WonderFest
scale, price and color on the Wave Xecty would be nice to see.