Brought to you in full by shennanigans.

I blame Lovelyduckie for this one. Saw her review recently, went hunting on ebay, and now I’ve got a mini-review for y’all ^_^;;;

I had given up on getting this set after finding out it was gonna be pretty hard to get outside Japan… After release I hit up ebay and luckily restrained myself from dropping $100.  Prices are lower now, but was still pretty pricey at $55 (and I bumped up the shipping to EMS for another $20 ;_;) but, but… but it was limited! orz

Well, enuf crying, I have no regrets!  Saber is disappointed in me though.  ^^;

Good Smile Companyの涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱ねんどろいどぷちお中元セット{Good Smile Company's Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu Nendoroid Puchi Bon Festival Gift Set} ... what a mouthful ^^; Presented by Fate!

It wouldn’t be an いつも　いつでも　いつまでも review without nendoroid haruhi~

Tape took off that part of the box on the left... meh, wasn't planning on displaying the box :P

Jail break!

Fate: 「逃がしません！」 {You won't get away!} Miku: 「あわわ～」 {awawa~}

They’ve run away… to conduct a swim meet?

「おい、長門。　競泳する時は浮き輪を使うんじゃないぞ。」　{nagato, you don't use swimming rings during races!}

From all the pics, I never realized there was the usual plastic support in the back ^^;

浮き輪可愛い！ {The swim rings are kawaii!}

Fate finally catches up…

「ただで済むんじゃないよ！」 {You won't get off so easily!}

The starter blocks interconnect so they line up nice and neat without a lot of fuss. And of course, they can be separated…

Fate: 「あたしは誰だと思ってんのよ？！」 {Who do you think I am?!} Saber: 「。。。」

Nanoha to the rescue?

Saber: 「いい加減Testarossaさんを何とかしなさいよ！」　{Please do something about Miss Testarossa!}

konata isn’t one to miss out on such fitting shenanigans!

nagato is greedy.

「あのう～　私のだけを返していいでしょうか…」　｛ummm... can I at least have mine back?}

As you probably noticed, I’ve taken a liking to uncharacteristically-violent-and-cruel-Fate-chan.

Fate: 「覚悟！」　{Prepare yourselves!} Saber: 「いつの間に...？！　私の剣！」 {When did she...?! My swords!}

Was it really worth $15 a piece for these nendoroid puchis?  Probably not.  Are they cute as hell?  Definitely.  ^_^

Gomen if you were hoping for some kiriha coverage.  I have a week off though, so I should definitely get that review done soon!

Update: Make sure to get a full helping of coverage!

• as previously mentioned, Lovelyduckie’s Blog
• Exelica Meteor

And how could I resist more miku? ^_^

Were I able to budget myself better I probably would’ve just went with the Alter maid version but I really wanted to have the entire Max Factory lineup ^^;

My apologies to any regular readers, but I don't think I'll ever get tired of haruhi in that pose ^^;;

My usual box shot... now with 100% more figma!

Fate to the rescue again ^_^

Some of these photos are from the same day I shot tsuruya & Saber… unfortunately a lot of them were way dark -_-

元気ですね～ {very "healthy" isn't she?} ^^;

パンツ！　その一 {first pantsu shot}

Wouldn’t be right if haruhi wasn’t giving mikuru a hard time, now would it?

「パンツ見せなさい！」 {show your pantsu!}

「うううぅぅぅ～」 {uuuuu}

「はい！　でかした、みくるちゃん！」　{Ok! Good job, mikuru-chan!}

Though the short skirt provides ample panchira opportunities I’ve always preferred mikuru with her hair down… not to mention the maid outfit really suits her ^_^

Fate wants some tea...

「お茶とみくるビーム一つ、お願いします～」 {some tea and a mikuru beam please~}

「いや、ちょっと待っててね。変わりになのはちゃん一人にしますね。」 {On second thought, I'll have some nanoha-chan}

「あの、この店はそういうじゃないんですが」 {Umm, this isn't that kind of shop!}

I liked the Max Factory tsuruya but for some reason their mikuru maid didn’t do it for me. Too outgoing in her pose or something… just didn’t feel mikuru enough. (coulda sworn I left a comment somewhere saying the same thing… ^^;)

Is it just me or does haruhi look weird straight on? mmm on second thought maybe it's just late ^^;;

Nendoroid inspection... haruhi: "Not enough pantsu!" miku: "Not enough leeks!"

Wish I had that wonfes edition that came with more props ^^;

On to some close ups…  note to self: I need a tripod and some lighting orz

Very shiny from this angle for some reason...

One thing I enjoy about doing these reviews is that you discover all the little details about your figures.

I love all the little things like buttons or finger nails painted. This is no Alter Saber maid, but it'll do :P

Pantsu fans foiled by tights! Tights fans service!

Max Factory mikuru has no chance of escaping the low anglers...

…aaaand back to shenanigans. I also need to get the ac adapter for my camera… it’s pretty annoying to turn it off every time I have to pause to repose the figmas ^^;

miku fell ;_;

Attack!

oshiri slice!

I’ve seen the term 攻め (seme) pop up in koihime (anime) and tsuyokiss (game) recently. Literally it means “attack” but it can be used to refer to the dominant partner in a relationship ^^; Was happy I understood the jokes – that’s always been one of the frustrating parts about watching Japanese tv for me… all the people in the audience laughing and I’m just sitting there thinking, “wait, what? that was a joke?” …and by then I’ve missed more dialog orz

「前から気になったんだけど…どっちが攻め？」 {It's been bothering me for a while, but which one of you is the "aggressor"?}

It just occurred to me the above comment could be applied to either haruhi <-> mikuru or Fate <-> nanoha ^^;

Skirts make it damned impossible for figmas to sit ^^;

say cheese!

Is it bad I keep depicting my figures as ero or violent ^^;;

Fate! Stop that!

Ack! nanoha too?!

Max Factory haruhi is supposedly in the mail, which I believe will finally complete my MF haruhi collection (to my satisfaction at least). I find it strange I’ve gone to such lengths to grab all these haruhi figures seeing as how it’s really not my favorite series or anything. I guess it’s just so influential in the oktakusphere I couldn’t not collect them ^^;

foo-bar-baz has a bunch of relevant review… wf summer uniform haruhi w/adventure of mikuru prop set, Max Factory mikuru (mikuru beam version), Alter mikuru maid, and Max Factory mikuru maid

And more Max Factory mikuru coverage from blogs I read – Opticzone, ~Koi Aichaku~… it’s late and that’s all I could remember at the moment ^^; Drop a line if you’ve got more pics~ Didn’t find any Alter mikuru owners ^^;

それじゃ、おやすみなさい～ {and with that, good night, folks!}

Some mikuru love incoming, and perhaps some H2O later…

Also got notice of my wave kiriha shipping… fortune arterial fans out there? ^_^

Snatched her up after deciding I simply had to order Yagami Hayate.  As you can kind of see, she’s patiently waiting with everyone else in my closet, beating the heat ;_;

Not quite sure when I’m going to break everyone out again… There’s no AC where I live and we just recently suffered through some 100(37) degree weather. One day it was still 90(32) in my room at midnight! I already noticed the hair on my Wani Books/Uart Kanu had started to bend out of shape orz.

It’s cooled down quite a bit, but probably won’t last.  In the short term I think I’ll have to settle for a select few on display so it doesn’t take me 30 minutes (ever increasing ^^;) to pack up everyone every time it gets hot.

Was slightly worried about it being ebay and all but I think she’s legit? Haven’t done nearly enough research regarding what to look for in terms of bootleggers and such… If anyone is more knowledgeable or has any resources I’d be much obliged. For the moment, tentatively happy that I should be able to complete my Max Factory set (assuming my Haruhi ever ships from animexing -_-).

Hope to have a more complete overview of each in the near future.