Before I start with the review, I feel I should tell my little Nendoroid related story. It started when I saw Nendoroids on a blog about a year ago, and then I decided I wanted one. But, at that time I wasn't watching anime or reading manga of any kind, but I did listen to Vocaloid. Unfortunately, I missed the rereleases, and then I missed the Cheerful Japan. Thing is, I don't stalk Good Smile Company, so I rarely make it for preorders of any Nendos that hold any interest to me. So, after that, I found Sakura Miku (the official one) preorders, and I missed that by 12 hours, because Japan time sucks. To skip a bit, Gumi Nendoroid preorders came, I ordered her a few hour after that, and she'll be here in February. And I bet my mom that bootleg Nendoroids sucked, so she bought this one of eBay for $10.
ON WITH THE REVIEW!!!
Here she is in her tray. The thing behind the face to the right are the cherries.
And after I took her out from that tray, I was really surprised. Her paint job wasn't that bad at all (although one of her twin tails fell out immediately...). The only real defects I could find were that her tie was askew, and she has a few scratches and a small stain on her head (pictured above).
This got me kinda frustrated. Her bangs wouldn't come off. It took quite a bit of pulling. But now it's better, probably just got stuck after being on for a while.
Notice the brown and pink headphones, and tell me they're not cute! It's a really adorable, and it makes all the difference.
All unassembled; the back hair piece came off way easier than the bangs.
New face! Her hands twist, too, which is surprising for a bootleg to be that detailed ( at least to newbie me).
Her bent arm went on easily, and she comes with a little fist to hold her leek with.
Now, her she is apologizing for the stand that is not worth crap. I don't know whether it was my newbie-ness screwing it up, or the stand itself is just junk (probably the latter), but her legs would not fit in those slots. And there are now cherries in her hair.
See how unshiny her face is? This faceplate and the Hatchune-esque one are very matte. I wish I could say the same for this next one...
It doubly sucks because only half of her face is shiny. Boooooo.
Better pic of the cherry blossoms on her hair...
And her bent leg, which was hard to put the joint in.
Honestly, she's adorable. And pink. Very pink. Her faceplates are all of decent quality, Her paint job is ok, and I think she'll look good next to Gumi. Sure, her twin tails are a bit prone to falling off, or the cherries are a tad stubborn than it comes to putting them in, but that's manageable. My only real complaint would have to be the stand. If she didn't have all that hair to stand her up, she'd be permanently laying down. But, other than that, she's fine. She was completely worth the 10 bucks that was spent on her, and because she was so cheap, she'll be going places. Like DisneyWorld, tomorrow night (maybe).
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