Usagi’s Preorder Forecast

It’s been a while since I’ve done a post like this, and seeing how large my preorder list has grown, and how many non-figmas are on it, I thought now would be a good time to take a look at my preorders for this year so far!

Nendoroid Elsa

Is it even a surprise that I ordered her? Mickey, Minnie, Marvel, and Star Wars characters have been made into nendoroids, but Frozen is the first Disney property I’ve been interested in figures from. Probably because Elsa is one of the Disney Princesses(well, Queens) which is doubtlessly one of Disney’s most popular and dear character lines. There are some stylistic choices I question with Elsa’s nendoroid transformation, but I’ll address those properly in my inevitable review.
Elsa is scheduled for release in May which puts her in my first batch of figures in a long time!

Review: figma Racing Miku 2011

Time to review yet another old figma! This review on figma Racing Miku Hatsune 2011 by Max Factory was a request!

Whereas Snow Miku has become a loathsomely exclusive, yet frighteningly irresistible nendoroid tradition of Goodsmile Company’s, the same can be said about Racing Miku figmas and Max Factory. Subsequently, GSC has Racing Miku nendos as well, but let’s not get into that. Every year, Racing Miku receives yet another redesign from an artist. This design is masterfully paraded as each year’s Racing Miku design adorns everything from key chains, to racecars, to actual race queens. And with the addition of the Goodsmile Racing sponsorship package, she can make her way to your shelf as well.

This particular Miku is Goodsmile Racing’s 2011 mascot, and was designed by Yuichi Murakami. As usual, she was available in several sponsorship packages, but what made getting her difficult is that this was before the days of GSC’s international shop. With her sales essentially limited to Japan, tracking down this Miku was not stress-free, and since she was the first Racing Miku figma, I just knew I had to have her. Thankfully, I was able to preorder one on Big in Japan(this was before their required pre-payment on exclusives too), and one disturbingly hefty sum later, Miku was mine.

This Miku did received a 2012 re-release, but the product I’ll be reviewing is from the original release.

Miku’s box is simply decorated with grey checkers on the outside, and blue within. The checkers even have an effect that suggests speed. Perfect for a racing themed figure!