Was quite a wait, especially since I wanted to play the game… after ordering her I couldn’t justify spending another $10 or $15 or whatever to get the xbox live version while I waited ^^;  Still available at Play Asia but she’ll cost you an arm and a leg ($160 usd… used to be $130 usd orz).  Even the regular game only version is going for $90 usd!!

As such, I really wouldn’t feel bad if I hadn’t ordered her ^^;  She’s cute, a great nendoroid and all… but not the centerpiece of a collection that I usually dish out that kind of money for.

You figure that the game should only account for $10 or $20 of the price (assuming you have an xbox)… or even if you’re generous and priced the game at regular $50 prices… that still means you’re paying $80 for a nendoroid ($110 at the current price! orz).

Blegh, ok, gonna stop talking about price that’s depressing to see how much I spent on her ^^;;;  So why did I buy her?

Those are the traits I love about her.  Love the character concept, she’s kawaii, well detailed and has weapons ^^  Ah yes, and I wanted the game. ^^;

One of the great things about this nendoroid is that it comes with ディアフェンド (diafendo – defender? defend? – the orb thingy) and アールスティア (a-rusutia – alstear? alstair? – the gun thing).  Great (and necessary!) accessories ^^

Next to their 1/8 sized counterparts:

You get a total of 3 faces and 2 different sets of legs.  Her right arm can be swapped between straight and curled.

Lighting still not where I want it to be.  Will have to act on James’ advice to post a pic of my setup so I can get some tips.

Wasn’t quite feeling the close up shots, so this review will end shorter than usual.  Before that, our combo finale~

Regular and chibi~  which reminds me of the miku video I’ve been obsessing over lately ^^;

A little swapping and exelica-chan acquires even more firepower ^^

Ah, almost forgot… a ballon was included?  Really random bonus item ^^;  Melonpan eating shana not included ^^;;

勝負！ shoubu! … exelica needs a boost thou ^^;

Meanwhile her satellites take out Limit Gunz’ ankles ^^;;

Ah yes, another thing I forgot to talk about.  You can now play as Faintear, love her character design too.

From the official site. 1600x900, other sizes available.

If you poke around the official site you’ll find other wallpaper and an info page that, if you scroll down even has some sample CG and such.   My previous post has the OP video embedded if you missed it.

As I may have mentioned… I am totally praying for an alter release of the other two girls.  It would be epic ^__^  I’m counting on you Alter!  More Exelica girls and subaru! (beat blades haruka subaru)

Aaand one last photo…

Protecting the galaxy with her mighty leek ^__^  Was really happy to get her twin tails to stick up ^^

Alrighty, that’s all.

You can find more exelica nendoroid action at:

• Exelica Meteor (white bg!)
• foobarbaz (blue bg!)

以上！

Fate-chan! Oh GAWD she is beautiful. Really amazing to see in person.

Unfortunately I don’t have my usual image editing tools here so this bare with me until I get home for better coverage…

The hair! They did such a lovely job with the hair!  And it was a pleasure to see the Riot Zamber.

Yoko was also on display…

I must admit I was having some sliiiight doubts when I saw pics of her earlier… but having seen her in person, she’s firmly in the must buy bin.

Narika was also on display, and though I have Kotobukiya’s version… I think I’m going to have to give in and get Alter’s version too ^^;;

Again, forgive the rush job, but here’s my pics from the Nendoroid wall… was quite a site to see every single Nendoroid on display.

I believe wcloudxkumo has a bit more in depth coverage of the Nendoroids, so head over there for more nendoroid love.

Ahhhh so many more photos I’d love to post but I gotta go out for dinner ^^;

以上！

At <2000￥ per half… couldn’t resist. Needed a home for my nendoroids. Makes me wish I had some haruhi figmas because it’s theme’d perfectly for ‘em.

The set is specifically targeted for nendoroids although figmas fit fine too. I tried a variety of scaled figures, results later in the review.

The set comes in two halves, A and B.

Set A gets you: Window side bat blackboard eraser chalk yakisoba pan milk (plain or ichigo sticker included) notebook pen notebook computer	Set B gets you: Door side coffee/soy milk (your choice of sticker) notepad pen sandwich desktop pc flat screen monitor mouse

Here’s a look at pretty much everything included in both sets… mmm well nagato’s chair not included ^^;

Miku, yabai! {Look out miku!}

detaaaaa-----!

Things quiet down…for a second ^^;  Alas, that seam between the two sets was pretty visible. Prolly be best to get a different background… (well, though I believe they do fit slightly better than I have it ^^;)

No eating in class!!

Evil Fate-chan returns!

Quit foolin' around!

Figma invasion!

"This lesson sucks."

As mentioned, a look at how other figures fit… as you may have expected…

...best stick with figmas and smaller ^^;

So much for hare hare yukai ^^;

…not close.

Ymir almost fits ^_^;

The laptop’s screen is adjustable – you can fully close it or open it to 180 degrees if you want.  The flat screen’s angle is also adjustable.

Fun way to display your nendoroids and figmas, and definitely a nice change of pace for backdrop. I believe you can use real chalk on the blackboard though I didn’t have any on hand to try orz. Also need to put something up on the bulletin boards to spice things up a little ^^;

Good stuff, wonder if they have plans for other themes…

以上！

Some mikuru love incoming, and perhaps some H2O later…

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

jya~n!

Hlj to the rescue! Soon as I figured out my shipment was delayed I looked around and hlj had her in stock! They also had a couple other things in stock so I kind of went overboard…

3 figmas, a miku, and a side of mikuru please~

the leaning tower of figma

^^;; Anyhow, back to the topic at hand… miku!  Been looking to get a hold of her forever.  She’s just too insanely cute to not have.

haruhi is eager to recruit new talent

Nendoroid owners are prolly familiar with all the goodies that come with her… extra faces, limbs… and a leek!

actually the disembodied parts are kinda freaky...

scene from a horror movie... ^^;

Finally free!

「じゃ～ん！」　{jya~n! (tada~!)}

haruhi gets miku to work right away.

「はい！歌ってちょうだい！」 {hai! utattechoudai! (ok, sing!)}

…haruhi never lets up.

「もう、許して下さい！」　{mou yurushite! (Please, let me go!)}

Ever.

「もう、限界です！」　{mou, genkai desu! (I can't take it anymore!)}

Saber to the rescue.

「いい加減にしろ！」　{iikagennishiro! (behave yourself!)}

Saber just wanted the leek.

「え？　セイバーさん？」 {e? seiba-san?}

One thing I found annoying when changing faces is that you have to remove miku’s two earpieces to do so. Can get a little tiring ^^;

「皆さん、歌いましょう！」 {minna-san, utaimashou! (Let's sing everyone!)}

Run faster miku!

「逃げるな！」　{nigeruna! (Stop running away!)}

Fate to the rescue?

「助けてあげます！」　{tasuketeagemasu! (I'll save you!)}

miku inadvertently steps onto a battlefield… [as always, click pics for higher rez versions]

「何ですか、これ？！」　{nandesuka, kore?! (What is this?!)}

Someday I’ll put my figmas in less violent poses ^^;

「いやあああぁ～」　{iyaaaaaaa~ (aaaaaaaaa~)}

nagato, ever stoic.

「。。。」

miku makes a hasty retreat.

「覚悟なさいよ！」　{kakugonasaiyo! (prepare yourself!)}

…only to be caught by a low angler ^^;

「パンツを見ないで下さい！」　{pantsu wo minaide kudasai! (don't look at my pantsu!)}

I love how her hair is adjustable. Unfortunately you need to keep her on the stand if you want to move it up, since normally it keeps her balanced ^^;

「ひどいです！」 {hidoi desu! (you're horrible!)}

About as much detail as you’d expect from a figure like this. It amazes me that the vocaloid text is so crisp.

「どうしてこんな事に…」　{doushite konna koto ni... (why did it have to be like this...)}

Seems haruhi and nagato decided to retreat for now…

戦勝！　{senshou! (victory!)}

「もしよかったら、このネギを…」　{moshi yokattara, kono negi wo... (If you'd like, please take this leek...)}

Poor miku!

「欲しくな～い！」　{hoshikuna~i! (we don't want that!)}

Be sure to stop by ..:: Anime Baka ::.. for intense miku love more coverage. Fariz Asuka has no less than 39 posts tagged hatsune miku at the time of this post ^_^

aaaand more at Excelica Meteor, Gordonator (ultra kawaii shots in a mini house), How a Girl Figures (miku + Lagann = win), foo-bar-baz, wcloudx, and I’m sure more on my blog roll that I’ve forgotten to list ^^;

And thus my review extras group doubled in size. You’ll probably be seeing a lot more of everyone in reviews to come ^^;

2 Bardiches > 1 Bardiche

…spent a couple hours more than I expected unpacking and messing around with parts/poses…

Fate moves in on Saber after taking out Nanoha... ^^;

When it rains, it pours… went from 0 figmas to 3. ^^;

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「無視すんな！」

I’ll have to post more shenanigans later… it’s way late right now! Nanoha to join up along with two other newcomers!

mmm still not really happy with the layout, gonna be futzing around with it for a bit here… gomen!