WeeklyAkibaWords: Nendoroid (ねんどろいど)
Nendoroid (ねんどろいど) is the series of character figures of anime and games. The most noticeable characteristic of it is its size- it's really small. Nendoid is made by a mysterious group of molding artists called "Nendoron." Figures made by them are well made regardless of its size: it's carefully made and they are really cute. Nendoroid comes with plenty of accessories among figures, and it's really popular. The fact is that since Nendoroid appeared in 2006, the total of 50 kinds of figures have released, and the cumulative total number Nendoron sold already reached 500,000. It is really popular that whenever new Nendoroid comes out, it's already gone in Akiba.
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| The New Nendoroid, "Shana Enpatsu Shakugan Ver." |
What is good about Nendoroid (ねんどろいど) is the loveliness. In such a small figure whose size is about 10cm (3.9in), attractiveness of characters are filled fully. Small accessories that come with Nendoroid are well made as well: different kinds of additional faces and accessories let us enjoy figures in many ways.
Even though I write how cute and how good Nendoroid is, the real fine points can't be explained. As the saying goes, "Seeing is believing." Let's check them out with photos!
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| A Cosplay Set of Lucky☆Star & Fate |
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| Rin & Len Kagamine |
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| Melissa Seraphy | |
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Nendoroid Strike Witches: Yoshika Miyafuji Comes with Striker Unit & 13mm Machine Gun |
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"Charinko Rider" Comes with "Charinko (Bicycle)" You Can Let Ms. Rider Do Wheelie |
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| Haruhi Suzumiya, the Leader of SOS-dan |
See? Now you want Nendoroid, don't you? Nendoroid catches our heart!!
But Nendoroid is not only Nendoroid. I mean, there is another series of Nendoroid- that is "Nendoroid Petit." The size is about half of normal Nendoroid. And the price of one figure is just 500yen! How reasonable it is! "Nendoroid Petit" is a "trading figure"; there are the total of 10 figures plus 1 secret figure.
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| Nendoroid Petit "Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu #01" | ||
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| Nendoroid Petit "Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu #03 | |
Did you guys fall in love with Nendoroid!? Everybody in Akiba has already fallen in love with Nendoroid, so every time when new Nendoroid comes out, even though stores put a lot of figures, all figures disappear from stores right away. Yes, Nendoroid is the hottest figure today!
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